Harrap's French and English Pocket Dictionary

Harrap's French and English Pocket Dictionary
Author: Harrap
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2004-06-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071440707

Harrap Dictionaries--the bestselling French dictionaries in the French-speaking world now available in the U.S.! Harrap's French and English Dictionary is the most comprehensive pocket French reference available. Among the more than 70,000 references and translations are hundreds of new words and expressions, including Internet terms. This highly readable dictionary features wide coverage of idiomatic French, hundreds of boxed notes on items of cultural interest, and a special section on all forms of written communication in French.

Harrap's Spanish and English Pocket Dictionary

Harrap's Spanish and English Pocket Dictionary
Author: Harrap's
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2005-06-24
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071456692

The ideal portable reference for beginners or intermediate learners of Spanish Harrap’s Spanish and English Pocket Dictionary is the most comprehensive portable dictionary available today. Fully revised and up-to-date, this authoritative reference features more than 57,000 references, 90,000 translations, and thorough coverage of Latin American Spanish. Concise and exceptionally easy to use, it’s the perfect dictionary for use at home or in school. In addition, this highly accessible guide: Covers hundreds of new words and expressions, including slang, colloquial usage, technical language, and Internet terms Provides numerous usage notes to help users avoid translation pitfalls Includes a handy guide to Spanish verbs Uses Harrap’s extensive language databases and large-scale reading programs to guarantee thorough coverage of all areas of vocabulary and monitor new words

Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Author: Theresa Bane
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476623384

Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.