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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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book OE.
bōc, pl.
bēċ, corr. to OS.
bōk, OHG.
buoh, pl.
buoh (G.
buch), ON.
bók, pl.
bœkr :- Gmc. *
bōks, pl. *
bōkiz (Cf. Goth.
bōka, pl.
bōkōs); usu. taken to be a deriv. of *
bōkō BEECH.
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Book club buyers: they like getting mail, and they respond - on average, every three weeks!
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Books open doors
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Book club makes a good read better.(Neighbor)(North Aurora)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 6/30/2003; 700+ words
; ...strikes me most about the book club is the variety of books we read," said Al...The North Aurora Book Club typically gets its books from Messenger Public...There are several books about establishing your own book club, according to...
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Education: Books... or CROOKS? Are comic books real books? That's the question being debated by pupils across the city as part of Birmingham Young Readers Festival this week. DIANE PARKES asks students from Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield to argue their case.(Features)
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Books-A-Million Announces Grand Opening Sale for New Location in McDonough.
Business Wire; 10/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...creates balloon sculptures Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the leading book retailers and sells on...operating under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co., traditional...bookstores and combination book and greeting card stores...
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Books-A-Million to Open New Location in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
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; ...at low prices." Books-A-Million, one...nation's leading book retailers, selected...the coffee lover. Books-A-Million, Inc...one of the leading book retailers and sells...A-Million and Books & Co., traditional...bookstores and combination book and greeting card...
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Books for Freedom Launched to Promote Literacy and Education in Afghanistan; More Than 20,000 Books Leaving the United States Destined for National Library in Afghanistan.
Business Wire; 7/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...Feature Editors & Education Writers Books for Freedom, a non-profit organization...desperately needed professional and educational books to Afghanistan, today announced its first...National Library in Kabul. The mission of Books for Freedom is to support the development...
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Books to benefit History Center
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book
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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E-Books
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
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...in the history of book clubs. Since it...over 570 million books to members across...premise was that most book lovers do not read as many books as they intend to...included the Travelers Book Club and a subsidiary...and Educational Books. Some of these...
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Books
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...possesses an encyclopedie knowledge of books and bibliography. —...adj. bibliogony the making of books; book production. Also bibliogenesis...encyclopedia, encyclopaedia a book or set of books containing detailed knowledge and...
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Book
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...together with cords. These books dated back to 1300 b.c. Modern book production came about...moveable type mechanized the book production process, books became available in greater...traditional hardback book, has also made books more accessible to the...
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