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The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Makes study for the SAT easier using a facing-page format which, on the right-hand side, lays out the text of Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, highlighting challenging SAT words, and, on the left-hand side,

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Sat Score-raising Dictionary

Definitions and sample sentences for 1,000 frequently tested SAT vocabulary words.

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte

Heathcliff tries to win back the woman he loves, only to find she has died.

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The Disheveled Dictionary

Karen Elizabeth Gordon

A dictionary of more than two hundred unusual English-language terms of international origin.

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Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary

Jeff Foxworthy

A humorous reference guide to redneck words and phrases that teaches a unique form of Southern dialect.

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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

Presents dictionary-style entries on one hundred challenging but commonly used words chosen by the editors of "The American Heritage College Dictionary" as ones that young adults should know.

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100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know

Defines and provides usage examples for one hundred words likely to be encountered by students in their freshman year of high school, and includes three vocabulary enrichment exercises.

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What's What, a Visual Glossary of the Physical World

Reginald Bragonier

Pictures of common objects and the parts of which they are composed, classed under general categories such as living things, transportation, and personal items, are identified by name.

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