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  The Pop-up Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Fifth Edition) From the publisher:
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is as impressive, erudite, enjoyable, and educational a tome as you might expect from Oxford. It's the sort of undertaking the press does very well. The first such dictionary, as compiled by Oxford, was published in 1953, and it's been tweaking, modifying, and updating it ever since. This new edition, the fifth, offers well over 20,000 quotations from more than 3,000 authors. Responding to correspondence from their readers, Oxford has restored some material from past editions, such as the proverbs and nursery-rhymes section. There's a much more inclusive attention to sacred texts of world religions, and 2,000 quotations are brand new. Search through all the quotes with this CD.
System Requirements for Windows
- Windows 95/98/ME/2K/XP
- Pentium 166MHz or faster
- 32MB RAM
- 20MB free hard disk space
- 256-color SVGA display
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
- Internet Explorer 5.0+
- Printer
- Mouse
- Internet access to register and download upgrades
From the publisher regarding the paper edition:
ISBN: 0-19-860173-5
Publication date: 30 September 1999
1,152 pages, 234mm x 172mm
'Invaluable' - Brian MacArthur, The Times, 3.12.99
This is a major new edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford's flagship quotations dictionary. Now with 20,000 quotations, this collection continues to provide unrivalled coverage of traditional areas such as classical literature and Shakespeare, and now has new features such as in-text panels for Advertising Slogans, Film Lines, Epitaphs and Misquotations among others, a thematic index, and biographical cross-references to encourage browsing.
Readership: This is one of Oxford's best-loved reference books, bought by a wide range of people such as academics, writers, and speakers, as well as by the general public, often as a gift.
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