The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Expanded Second Edition) - Softcover
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The go-to guide for finding those exceptional and unexpected words that will bring your writing to the next level.
Do you find that your regular thesaurus spits out the same old words already running through your head? Are the lists boring, repetitive, and generally unhelpful? Peter E. Meltzer thought so and decided to create a unique thesaurus that would offer interesting, original synonyms along with contextual examples. He quotes from a range of recent media―including books and hundreds of magazines and newspapers―to reassure readers that though the words might be unfamiliar, they are all completely legitimate words in current use. The first edition was the top-selling thesaurus in the United States on numerous occasions. The second edition has been expanded by 50 percent and includes a new introduction that lays out the goals and methods of the thesaurus. This highly entertaining and informative book is truly a dream come true, not only for logophiles but for anyone wishing to enhance their writing through these wonderful words."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Peter E. Meltzer, the author of the best-selling The Thinker’s Thesaurus and So You Think You Know Baseball?, is an attorney and a former professor at Rutgers University School of Law.
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“Delves into the mostly untapped reservoir of the English lexicon, offering readers more than top-of-mind word choices.”
- Dow Jones Newsletter
“A million dollars’ worth of fifty-cent words.”
- Erin McKean, editor, Verbatim
“This book will lend hours of pleasure―as well as help you preserve the highest layers of the English vocabulary.”
- John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0393337944
- ISBN 13 9780393337945
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages720
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