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Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms Donald D. Spencer 624 p. ; 18 cm OL117984W
Damp Squid Damp Squid Jeremy Butterfield When James Murray compiled the OED in the 19th century, he used a small army of volunteers--and thousands upon thousands of paper slips--to track down the English language. Today, linguists use massi… OL15498798W
How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One Stanley Fish Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language: "I am … OL15662588W
The golden scales The golden scales Parker Bilal "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-burie… OL16142378W
Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Audrey Becker "Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Togethe… OL16183875W
Principles and practices for teaching English as an international language Principles and practices for teaching English as an international language Lubna Alsagoff "What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles? This text e… OL16215306W
The Sins of the Father The Sins of the Father Jeffrey Archer It is only days before Britain declares war on Germany. Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of a family scandal, and realizing he can never marry Emma Barrington, has joined the Merchant… OL16342621W
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thoma… OL16547664W
When nights were cold When nights were cold Susanna Jones Fifteen years after a climbing tragedy, a woman is finally ready to remember and face the terrible events. OL16701236W
Be Careful What You Wish For Be Careful What You Wish For Jeffrey Archer "Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best fr… OL17043107W
Lily Alone Lily Alone Jacqueline Wilson Lily Alone is a deceptively light tale of a big sister coping with her three siblings after their mother disappears off on holiday with a new boyfriend and the babysitter doesn't turn up. Lily takes … OL17516867W
Bertie's guide to life and mothers Bertie's guide to life and mothers Alexander McCall Smith "Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The lon… OL17712929W
Empire state Empire state Adam Christopher "It's a parallel-universe, Prohibition-era world of mooks and shamuses that is the twisted magic mirror to our bustling Big Apple. It's a city where sinister characters lurk around every corner while… OL17751563W
Sleeping funny Sleeping funny Miranda Hill "In nine stories, Miranda Hill explores the consciousness of a modern teenage girl trying to navigate an embarrassing sex ed class, a middle-aged country-village minister in the 19th century who is e… OL17758828W
Thursdays in the park Thursdays in the park Hilary Boyd Jeanie is on the brink of turning sixty. When her husband George retreats from his conjugal duties, she is deeply hurt and very confused: Has she done something wrong? Is he in love with someone else… OL17830284W
The promise of rain The promise of rain Donna Milner Howard Coulter was one of hundreds of Canadian soldiers sent to the Far East following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. He became a POW, moving from camp to notorious camp, watching his friends … OL17872766W
The Age of Ice The Age of Ice J. M. Sidorova Cursed with longevity and an immunity to the cold, a lovelorn eighteenth-century Russian noble traverses two hundred years of history and three continents while investigating the truth about his stra… OL17875471W
First novel First novel Royle, Nicholas Either First Novel is a darkly funny examination of the relative attractions of creative writing courses and suburban dogging sites, or it's a twisted campus novel and possible murder mystery that's … OL17883677W
The Eliot girls The Eliot girls Krista Bridge Audrey has always wanted to attend George Eliot Academy, the private school where her mother has taught for a decade. But when she is accepted, she finds that the school is filled with bullying and i… OL17890088W
The quarry The quarry Iain M. Banks Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends - or at least the… OL17897015W
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