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May 2005UpdateThis content update
features a major new American dictionary and three new titles of particular interest to subscribers in the professional and further education sectors (Premium Collection only), and two new editions for Core and Premium Collections.
There are also updates this month to nearly 40 key contemporary writers in The Oxford Companion to American Literature, including Maya Angelou, J. P. Donleavy, Ursula Le Guin, Marge Piercy, and Thomas Pynchon. Premium CollectionNEW TITLESThe New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition - just published!Designed to serve the user clearly, simply, and quickly, The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition gives you the precise guidance you expect from Oxford, combined with in-depth and up-to-date coverage that all users need and expect. This major new edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary includes more than a thousand new entries, covering everything new in our language from low-carb to warblog and beyond. The Handbook of International Financial Terms by Peter Moles and Nicholas Terry This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book on the world of finance. Here you can find out the meanings of what can seem a bewildering array of financial terms, such as Circus, Firewall, Amazon Bond, Clean Float, Cocktail Swap, Butterfly, Streaker, Straddle, and Strangle. A Dictionary of Human Resource Management by Edmund Heery and Mike Noon This dictionary is an authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definitions of words, terms, and phrases that are encountered in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations. This is an ideal dictionary for MBA and undergraduate students, as well as those studying for professional qualifications in Human Resources; it is also a useful quick look-up guide for Human Resource practitioners. Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine by Michael Kent This dictionary covers all the major areas of sports science and medicine including: anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, sports psychology, sports sociology, sports injuries, and training principles. Core Collection and Premium CollectionNEW EDITION
A-Z Countries of the World by Peter Stalker
This handbook provides an up-to-date overview of each country in the world. Featuring maps and vital statistics, it also includes summaries of the social, economic, religious, and political issues that shape each country. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics by Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson The third edition has been brought right up-to-date with terms used in first-year university courses, such as Lorenz attractor and Liouville numbers; computing entries have also been expanded, along with biographies of prominent mathematicians, including Nobel Prizewinners and Fields' medalists. |
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