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A Glossary of Literary Terms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,049 ratings — published 1941
Mises Made Easier A Glossary for Ludwig Von Mises' Human Action (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 1974
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 6,328 ratings — published 2014
Birds of New Mexico Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published
The Extremely Unofficial Guide to Lumin (and Love): A King's Man Glossary (The King's Man #0.5)
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avg rating 4.52 — 23 ratings — published
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,619 ratings — published 2002
Houseplant HortOCCULTure: Green Magic for Indoor Spaces (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 39 ratings — published 2024
The Dark Becomes Her (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 831 ratings — published 2024
The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms: Third Edition (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Key Terms in Literary Theory (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2012
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Quick Reference) by Chris Baldick (14-May-2015) Paperback
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.71 — 70 ratings — published 2012
Waters of Destruction (An Orchid Isle Mystery #2)
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avg rating 4.08 — 51 ratings — published
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 320 ratings — published 2024
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.71 — 183 ratings — published
The Dramatic Writer's Companion: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, and Build Stories (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.30 — 166 ratings — published 2009
Valley of the Dolls (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 76,260 ratings — published 1966
East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 616,946 ratings — published 1952
Atonement (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 557,137 ratings — published 2001
The Queer Arab Glossary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 139 ratings — published
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,318,851 ratings — published 1949
Ravnenes hvisken (Ravnenes hvisken, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,445 ratings — published 2016
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms by Donald J. Borror(2000-06-12)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
The Book of Ancestors: A Guide to Magic, Rituals, and Your Family History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 96 ratings — published
Psilocybin Therapy: Understanding How to Use Nature’s Psychedelics for Mental Health (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 43 ratings — published
The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 290 ratings — published 2024
Snowy Blast (Perfectly Poppy)
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avg rating 3.69 — 29 ratings — published 2014
Party Pooper (Perfectly Poppy)
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avg rating 3.53 — 19 ratings — published 2014
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 3,297 ratings — published 2018
Beach Bummer (Perfectly Poppy)
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avg rating 3.75 — 20 ratings — published 2014
Talent Trouble (Perfectly Poppy)
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avg rating 3.81 — 21 ratings — published 2014
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 11,777 ratings — published 1974
The Taoist Classics (Volume 2): The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary
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avg rating 4.46 — 92 ratings — published 1999
Cute as an Axolotl: Discovering the World's Most Adorable Animals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 463 ratings — published
A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 426 ratings — published 2007
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,737 ratings — published 2006
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 518 ratings — published 2019
The Superior Person's Third Book of Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 72 ratings — published 2001
The Superior Person's Second Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 104 ratings — published 1992
Geeger the Robot Goes to School (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 151 ratings — published
O pássaro de fogo e outros contos de fadas russos (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 127 ratings — published
The Ugly Vegetables (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,034 ratings — published 1999
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 473 ratings — published 2022
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 716 ratings — published 2017
Pashmina (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 10,422 ratings — published 2017
Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 188 ratings — published 2022
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 338 ratings — published 2020
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 474 ratings — published 2021
Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 303 ratings — published 1994
The Kew Plant Glossary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 16 ratings — published 2010
“FOOD
Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---Considered the Philippines's national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (though there are many regional and personal variations)
Almondigas (ahl-mohn-dee-gahs)---Filipino soup with meatballs and thin rice noodles
Baon (bah-ohn)---Food, snacks and other provisions brought on to work, school, or on a trip; food brought from home; money or allowance brought to school or work; lunch money (definition from Tagalog.com)
Embutido (ehm-puh-tee-doh)---Filipino meatloaf
Ginataang (gih-nih-tahng)---Any dish cooked with coconut milk, sweet or savory
Kakanin (kah-kah-nin)---Sweet sticky cakes made from glutinous rice or root crops like cassava (There's a huge variety, many of them regional)
Kesong puti (keh-sohng poo-tih)---A kind of salty cheese
Lengua de gato (lehng-gwah deh gah-toh)---Filipino butter cookies
Lumpia (loom-pyah)---Filipino spring rolls (many variations)
Lumpiang sariwa (loom-pyahng sah-ree-wah)---Fresh Filipino spring rolls (not fried)
Mamón (mah-MOHN)---Filipino sponge/chiffon cake
Matamis na bao (mah-tah-mees nah bah-oh)---Coconut jam
Meryenda (mehr-yehn-dah)---Snack/snack time
Pandesal (pahn deh sahl)---Lightly sweetened Filipino rolls topped with breadcrumbs (also written pan de sal)
Patis (pah-tees)---Fish sauce
Salabat (sah-lah-baht)---Filipino ginger tea
Suman (soo-mahn)---Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed (though there are regional variations)
Ube (oo-beh)---Purple yam”
― Arsenic and Adobo
Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---Considered the Philippines's national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (though there are many regional and personal variations)
Almondigas (ahl-mohn-dee-gahs)---Filipino soup with meatballs and thin rice noodles
Baon (bah-ohn)---Food, snacks and other provisions brought on to work, school, or on a trip; food brought from home; money or allowance brought to school or work; lunch money (definition from Tagalog.com)
Embutido (ehm-puh-tee-doh)---Filipino meatloaf
Ginataang (gih-nih-tahng)---Any dish cooked with coconut milk, sweet or savory
Kakanin (kah-kah-nin)---Sweet sticky cakes made from glutinous rice or root crops like cassava (There's a huge variety, many of them regional)
Kesong puti (keh-sohng poo-tih)---A kind of salty cheese
Lengua de gato (lehng-gwah deh gah-toh)---Filipino butter cookies
Lumpia (loom-pyah)---Filipino spring rolls (many variations)
Lumpiang sariwa (loom-pyahng sah-ree-wah)---Fresh Filipino spring rolls (not fried)
Mamón (mah-MOHN)---Filipino sponge/chiffon cake
Matamis na bao (mah-tah-mees nah bah-oh)---Coconut jam
Meryenda (mehr-yehn-dah)---Snack/snack time
Pandesal (pahn deh sahl)---Lightly sweetened Filipino rolls topped with breadcrumbs (also written pan de sal)
Patis (pah-tees)---Fish sauce
Salabat (sah-lah-baht)---Filipino ginger tea
Suman (soo-mahn)---Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed (though there are regional variations)
Ube (oo-beh)---Purple yam”
― Arsenic and Adobo
“RATS. In sewers. In religions. In words like pirate, desperate, and narrative. Rats infest this glossary as surely as words and mushrooms.”
― City of Saints and Madmen
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