The Macmillan Visual Dictionary: Compact Edition

Archambault, Ariane

ISBN 10: 0028608100 / ISBN 13: 9780028608105

Published by Macmillan General Reference, 1995

About this Item

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Seller Inventory # M00028608100-G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Macmillan Visual Dictionary: Compact Edition
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028608100
• ISBN 13: 9780028608105
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A paperback edition of a unique reference tool defines more than 25,000 terms, from more than six hundred subjects, in full-color pictures, answering such questions as how to tell escarole from kale and how to distinguish the moves in judo. Original.

Review

With thousands of intricate and colorful illustrations presented in a browser-friendly paperback format, the new compact edition of The Macmillan Visual Dictionary is an easily portable follow-up to the popular hardback version. The dictionary connects each phrasing, key word, or key words to a grouping of finely detailed and descriptive pictures, all formatted into a series of sections assembled in an easy-to-follow index at the beginning of the book. With a depth that includes 12 kinds of mushrooms and 4 types of billiards, the Visual Dictionary also manages to keep a wide enough focus so that most anyone interested in contemporary life will find a section or two to capture their eye and attention--whether they're painstakingly searching the book for help with a research paper, tracking down a contested fact, or peering through the many vivid drawings for pure pleasure.