 | The Chambers Dictionary
The best one-volume dictionary there is - the standard for Crosswords and Scrabble. Indispensable.
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 | Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Deluxe CD (Encyclopaedia)
Buy new: £39.98 / Used from: £3.99 Once this filled a bookshelf and cost two months' wages, now it fits in your pocket and costs two hours' pay. The sum of human knowledge.
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 | The "Times" Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition (Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World)
Buy new: £103.13 / Used from: £142.46 You can buy cheaper atlases, but not better ones.
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 | Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Buy used from: £3.05 The ultimate Who's Who - and Who Was.
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 | The Chambers Thesaurus by Martin Manser
Buy new: £17.49 / Used from: £13.05 The finest example of just how much Thesauruses have improved since the days of Roget.
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 | Whitaker's Almanack 2006 (Whitaker'S) by ed. Inna Ward
Buy new: £24.45 / Used from: £0.99 Still quicker, better, more accurate and accessible than Google. A superb compendium of knowledge.
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 | Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase And Fable 17th Edition (Brewer'S ...) by ED
Buy new: £17.27 / Used from: £22.00 Delightfully eclectic, occasionally useless, often uniquely informative.
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 | Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (Dictionary)
Buy new: £16.50 / Used from: £2.35 For the purist, the Oxford dictionary is a better (and more expensive) bet, but Chambers is much more fun!
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 | The Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information by Amy And Wallechinsky, David Wallace
Buy new: £2.44 / Used from: £0.01 Although never perhaps intended as a serious reference work, I never ceased to be amazed by how often I hoik this down from the shelf.
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 | Guinness World Records 2006 by World Records Guinness
Buy used from: £0.35 Annoyingly useful
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