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Goody Two-Shoes

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Publisher's chromolithographed pictorial wrappers
( 28 reviews )
Topics: Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Conduct of life, Education

Universal Library

826,304 826K

THE ART OF CARICATURING

1941 1941

by SMITH

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( 16 reviews )
Topic: ART

Community Texts

552,257 552K

The Voynich Manuscript

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The Voynich Manuscript is a document that is notable for its strange text, that to date hasn't been decyphered. Theories range from a secret language or code to an old sort of joke or hoax.
( 72 reviews )
Topics: voynich, manuscript

501,127 501K

Abroad

1882 1882

by Crane, Thomas, b. 1843?; Houghton, Ellen Elizabeth, 1853-1922

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Osborne Coll.
( 8 reviews )
Topics: Poetry of places, France -- Description and travel Juvenile literature

Newton's Principia : the mathematical principles of natural philosophy

344,456 344K

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by Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727; Chittenden, N. W. Life of Sir Isaac Newton; Adee, Daniel, ca. 1819-1892. (1846) bkp CU-BANC; Motte, Andrew, d. 1730; Hill, Theodore Preston. Early American mathematics books. CU-BANC

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( 8 reviews )
Topics: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Mechanics -- Early works to 1800, Celestial mechanics -- Early works...

University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library

327,158 327K

Vol 1: A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar

1785 1785

by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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( 3 reviews )
Topic: English language

A dictionary of the principal languages spoken in the Bengal presidency, viz. English, Bángálí, and Hindústání. In the roman character;

297,820 298K

1837 1837

by D'Rozario, P. S

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Topics: English language -- Polyglot, Bengali language -- Dictionaries Polyglot, Hindustani language --...

A Romanized Dictionary in English and Hindustani Designed for the Use of Schools and for English ...

275,187 275K

1878 1878

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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: men, qism, kam, karne, par, aur, liye, kisi, people, jis, kisi qadr, jis men, public domain, mulk...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=POQQAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8

Romanized school dictionary, English and Urdu

265,805 266K

1864 1864

by Calcutta School Book Society

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Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Urdu

A dictionary, Hindustani and English, and English and Hindustani, the latter being entirely new

259,473 259K

1849 1849

by Shakespear, John, 1775-1858

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Topics: Hindustani language, English language

Romanized school dictionary, English and Urdu

259,390 259K

1864 1864

by Calcutta School-Book Society

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Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: English language
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=4Ew_AAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8

A complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms ... with an appendix embracing a dictionary of Briticisms, Americanisms, colloquial phrases, etc

258,559 259K

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by Fallows, Samuel, Bp., 1835-1922

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Topic: English language -- Synonyms and antonyms

PIMS - University of Toronto

243,603 244K

Homiliary on Gospels from Easter to first Sunday of Advent

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by Heiric, of Auxerre, ca. 841-ca. 876

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Internet Archive's 2 millionth Text Scanned Handwritten in Latin by a number of scribes in a script inspired by the court of Charlemagne, this rare and beautiful treasure from the first millennium of Christianity, is one of the gems in the renowned collection of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. The Institute is dedicated to transmitting the inheritance of the Middle Ages to new generations; to deepening our understanding of the life and ideals of Western culture in the time of its...
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Homiliaries, Sermons, Latin

An English-Malayalam dictionary

208,068 208K

1907 1907

by Tobias Zacharias

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( 4 reviews )
Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Malayalam

Cornell University Library

206,113 206K

The legends of the Panjâb

1884 1884

by Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir, 1850-1931

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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Folk poetry, Panjabi, Folk poetry, Panjabi

A Tagalog English and English Tagalog dictionary

205,973 206K

1904 1904

by Nigg, Charles

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Photocopy
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Tagalog language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Tagalog

From Max Weber: Essays in sociology

202,577 203K

1946 1946

by Weber, Max, 1864-1920; Gerth, Hans Heinrich, 1908-; Mills, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962

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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 445-467)
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Social sciences

Biodiversity Heritage Library

179,169 179K

Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology

1957 1957

by American Society for Microbiology; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956

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Includes bibliographies
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Bacteriology, Bacteria -- classification, Bacteriology

Dictionary of French and English, English and French

175,691 176K

1919 1919

by Bellows, John, 1831-1902; Bellows, Wiilliam

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Topics: French language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries French

Thomas Fisher Astronomy

170,590 171K

Dialogo de Cecco di Ronchitti ... in perpvosito de la stella nvova : ... con alcune ottaue d'incerto, per la medesima stella contra Aristotele

1605 1605

by Ronchitti, Cecco di; Spinelli, Girolamo; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

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Once attributed to Girolamo Spinelli; now believed to be the work of Galilei. Cf. Drake, Stillman. Galileo against the philosophers Galileo, a major progenitor of the Scientific Revolution was also a martyr of the new science. His career can be viewed as a series of controversies, beginning with his earliest published work on the ‘new star’ of 1604, written when he was already 40. He then moved on to the proportional compass, the telescopic discoveries of 1610, the ‘bodies in water’ and...
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Lorenzini, Antonio, fl. 1606, Stars, New, Astronomy

Vol 1: A Malayalam and English dictionary

168,526 169K

1871 1871

by Gundert, Hermann, 1814-1893

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Pt.1. The vowels
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Malayalam language -- English

A Tagalog English and English Tagalog dictionary

167,627 168K

1904 1904

by Nigg, Charles

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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: Tagalog language, English language
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ui3i5gyRpgEC&oe=UTF-8

The Kama sutra of Vatsyayana

165,039 165K

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by Vatsyayana; Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares

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( 2 reviews )
Topic: Love

Community Texts

157,551 158K

Frankenstein 1818 edition

1818 1818

by Mary Shelley

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The 1818 edition of Frankenstein. This version is based on a digitisation by Distributed Proofreaders cross checked against an existing Project Gutenberg text and a new DP digitisation of the 1831 edition.
Topics: Frankenstein, 1818

The Library of Congress

154,972 155K

The Spanish translator;

1841 1841

by Cubi y Soler, Mariano. [from old catalog]

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Topic: Spanish language

A dictionary, Hindustání and English

152,549 153K

1847 1847

by Yates, William, 1792-1845

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( 1 reviews )
Topic: Urdu language -- Dictionaries English

Community Texts

150,224 150K

Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

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by Aaron Swartz

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Blueprint for information revolution.
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Open Access

The Library of Congress

146,307 146K

Telugu-English dictionary

1862 1862

by Percival, P

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Topics: Telugu language, English language

University of Connecticut Libraries

140,137 140K

Passing

1929 1929

by Larsen, Nella

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The sixth and seventh books of Moses, or, Moses' magical spirit-art : known as the wonderful arts of the old wise Hebrews, taken from the Mosaic books of the Cabala and the Talmud, for the good of mankind

139,943 140K

1880 1880

by Scheible, J. (Johann); Ennemoser, Joseph, 1787-1854. Geschichte der Magie. English; Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Magic, Jewish, Incantations, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=F4Y6AAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8

An English-Telugu dictionary

138,046 138K

1891 1891

by Sankaranarayana, Paluri

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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
( 1 reviews )
Topic: English language
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=hDgYAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8

135,881 136K

Airplane photography

1920 1920

by Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953

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Topic: Aerial photography

Grammar-land; Or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire ...

133,709 134K

1878 1878

by M. L. Nesbitt

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Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
( 1 reviews )
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=iXgSAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8

European Libraries

131,386 131K

A DICTIONARY OF THE BENGALI LANGUAGE

1828 1828

by Rev. William Morton

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Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: people, going, belonging, time, species, bit, lot, three, twenty, public domain, google book, large...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=hJoCAAAAQAAJ&oe=UTF-8

Canadian Libraries

130,383 130K

De civitate Dei

1475 1475

by St. Augustine

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A native of France, Nicolas Jenson was one of the most important printers operating in Venice in the fifteenth century. Between c.1470 and 1480, Jenson produced around 150 books including the 1475 printing of St. Augustine's "De Civitate Dei" or "The City of God." The quality of Jenson's books influenced greatly the revival of fine printing in Britain in the nineteenth century. The great British typographer Stanley Morison (1889-1967) once said that Jenson produced "the...
( 3 reviews )

Spanish-English and English-Spanish commercial dictionary of the words and terms used in commercial correspondence which are not given in the dictionaries in ordinary use; compound phrases, idiomatic and technical expressions, etc

129,407 129K

1918 1918

by Macdonald, George Robert

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Topics: Spanish language, Commerce

Vol 1: Tulu-English and English-Tulu dictionary

127,041 127K

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by Männer, A

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( 3 reviews )
Topic: Tulu language -- Dictionaries

Cornell University Library

124,576 125K

International code of signals

1909 1909

by United States. Hydrographic Office

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Haydn's univeral index of biography from the creation to the present time, for the use of the statesman, the historian, and the journalist

124,323 124K

1870 1870

by Haydn, Joseph, 1786 or 7-1856; Payne, James Bertrand, 1833-1898, [from old catalog] ed; Vincent, Benjamin, 1818-1899, [from old catalog] joint ed

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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topic: Biography
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3gxkEOZsVrwC&oe=UTF-8

Toronto Public Library

122,907 123K

A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

1922 1922

by Neil, Marion Harris

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Includes index
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cookery, Menus, cbk

Cornell University Library

114,707 115K

International code of signals. [U.S.] Hydrographic Office

1907 1907

by Great Britain. Board of Trade; United States. Hydrographic Office

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Thomas Fisher Astronomy

114,513 115K

Considerazioni d'Alimberto Mavri sopra alcvni lvoghi del Discorso di Lodouico delle Colombe intorno alla stella apparita 1604

1606 1606

by Mauri, Alimberto; Mauro, Marco; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

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Mauri is probably a pseudonym. Variously attributed to Marco Mauro, or Galileo Galilei. Cf. Melzi; Drake, Stillman. Galileo against the philosophers
Topics: Colombe, Lodovico delle, fl. 1612, Stars, New, Astronomy

Boston Public Library

108,370 108K

The history of the Yorubas : from the earliest times to the beginning of the British Protectorate

1921 1921

by Johnson, Samuel, d. 1901; Johnson, O. (Obadiah)

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OCLC number: ocm07397140
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Yoruba (African people)

Dictionary of spoken Spanish : Spanish-English, English-Spanish

107,218 107K

Constructive anatomy

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by Bridgman, George Brant, 1864-1943

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Includes index
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Anatomy, Artistic

Government Documents

104,757 105K

1945 1945

by United States. War Dept

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"TM 30-900"--cover
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Spanish language, English language, Spanish language

101,337 101K

Dracula

1897 1897

by Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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Vol 1: Dictionary of the Hausa language

99,514 100K

Jan 1, 1970 01/70

by Robinson, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1861-1925

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The wonderful wizard of Oz

98,786 99K

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by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919; Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915

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Publisher's green and red illustrated cloth over boards; illustrated endpapers. Plate detached
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Adventure and adventurers, Wizards

Folkscanomy: A Library of Books

98,465 98K

Living with art

2010 2010

by Getlein, Mark; Gilbert, Rita, 1942- Gilbert's living with art

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Living with Art by Mark Getlein
Topics: art, artists, museum, painting, artist, color, courtesy, images, sculpture, metropolitan museum,...

New York Public Library

97,819 98K

What to draw and how to draw it

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by Lutz, Edwin George, b. 1868

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NY3
( 5 reviews )
Topic: Drawing -- Study and teaching

University of Toronto Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

97,028 97K

Who's who in China; containing the pictures and biographies of China's best known political, financial, business and professional men

1925 1925

by Powell, John Benjamin, 1888-1947

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A dictionary of Latin phrases : comprehending a methodical digest of the various phrases from the best authors, which have been collected in all phraseological works hitherto published

96,821 97K

1824 1824

by Robertson, William, d. 1686?

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Topics: Latin language -- Idioms, English language -- Dictionaries Latin

English-Swahili Dictionary

96,456 96K

1902 1902

by Arthur Cornwallis Madan

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( 1 reviews )
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=IWs4AAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8

A Kannada-English school-dictionary : chiefly based on the labours of the Rev. Dr. F. Kittel

93,523 94K

1899 1899

by Bucher, J; Kittel, F. (Ferdinand)

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Topic: Kannada language -- Dictionaries English

The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism

92,885 93K

1930 1930

by Weber, Max, 1864-1920

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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 185-284)
Topics: Religion and sociology, Christian ethics, Capitalism, Economics -- Religious aspects Christianity,...

University of Toronto Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

92,457 92K

Gendai tanka shu

1929 1929

by Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912; Yamamoto, Sansei

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Topics: Waka, Haiku (Collections)

91,520 92K

Pride and prejudice

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by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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An English-Japanese dictionary of the spoken language

90,308 90K

1904 1904

by Satow, Ernest Mason, Sir, 1843-1929; Ishibashi, Masakata; Hobart-Hampden, E. M. (Ernest Miles), 1864-; Parlett, Harold G. (Harold George), Sir, 1869-

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( 1 reviews )
Topics: Japanese language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Japanese

88,875 89K

Marathi proverbs

1899 1899

by Manwaring, Alfred, comp. and tr

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( 2 reviews )
Topic: Proverbs, Marathi
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=dzlXAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8

Anatomy of the human body

87,273 87K

1918 1918

by Gray, Henry, 1825-1861; Lewis, Warren Harmon, 1870-

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Includes bibliographies and index
Topic: Human anatomy

Sacred songs and solos : twelve hundred hymns

87,089 87K

1921 1921

by Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908

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Includes index
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Hymns, English, Revival hymns

Pitman's shorthand writing exercises and examination tests; a series of graduated exercises on every rule in the system and adapted for use by the private student or in public classes ..

86,381 86K

1906 1906

by Pitman, Isaac, Sir, 1813-1897

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( 1 reviews )
Topic: Shorthand -- Pitman

A mathematical solution book containing systematic solutions to many of the most difficult problems. Taken from the leading authors on arithmetic and algebra, many problems and solutions from geometry, trigonometry and calculus, many problems and solutions from the leading mathematical journals of the United States, and many original problems and solutions

83,861 84K

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by Finkel, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1865-1947

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Topic: Mathematics

Armature winding and motor repair; practical information and data covering winding and reconnectig procedure for direct and alternating current machines, compiled for electrical men responsible for the operation and repair of motors and generators in industrial plants and for repairmen and armature winders in electrical repair shops

83,181 83K

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by Braymer, Daniel Harvey, 1885-1932

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( 1 reviews )
Topics: Armatures, Electric machinery -- Maintenance and repair

Spanish idioms with their English equivalents, embracing nearly ten thousand phrases

82,697 83K

1887 1887

by Becker, Sarah Cary; Mora, Federico, 1847-1926

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Topic: Spanish language -- Idioms

Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library

82,657 83K

Jiu qi nian lai jia guo: yi ge lao Xianggang de hui gui

1999 1999

by Guan, Shiguang

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Topic: Kwan, Stanley

A Sinhalese-English dictionary

82,526 83K

1892 1892

by Clough, Benjamin

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( 1 reviews )
Topics: Sinhalese language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Sinhalese

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

82,370 82K

Khasi-English dictionary

1906 1906

by Singh, U. Nissor

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( 1 reviews )
Topic: Khasi language -- Dictionaries English

81,911 82K

A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America

1963 1963

by Lancour, Harold, 1908-; Wolfe, Richard J

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Previous editions published under title: Passenger lists of ships coming to North America, 1607-1825
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Ships

Mathematical wrinkles for teachers and private learners ..

81,601 82K

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by Jones, Samuel I. (Samuel Isaac), b. 1880

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Topics: Mathematics, Mathematical recreations

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

81,505 82K

Malaysia

1919 1919

by Denyes, John Russel, 1869-1936

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Cover title
Topics: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missions

University of Michigan Books

80,814 81K

A Tagalog English and English Tagalog dictionary

1904 1904

by Nigg, Charles

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Mode of access: Internet
Topics: Tagalog language, English language

UCLA Library - Preservation

80,457 80K

The good earth

1947 1947

by Buck, Pearl S; Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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( 2 reviews )
Topic: NA

A dictionary of the Choctaw language

79,867 80K

1915 1915

by Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868; Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology; Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958; Halbert, Henry S. (Henry Sale), 1837-1916

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Topics: Choctaw language -- English, English language -- Choctaw