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Dictionary, glossary, terminology software for Windows. Dictionary Organizer Deluxe: build and manage business or school glossaries, science terminology books, or personal dictionaries. Quote Organizer Deluxe: quote, verse, proverb inventory software for Windows. Book Organizer Deluxe: book inventory software for book collectors. Bestselling and bargain books: Science * Search bestsellers * Search bargain books * Other books Dictionaries -> Science The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by: Manguel, Alberto Publisher: Harcourt Published: November 2, 2000 ISBN: 0156008726 Format:Paperback Pages:804    Read More, Buy It Book Description Amazon.com Like an ordinary geographical dictionary, The Dictionary of Imaginary Places contains alphabetically organized entries for more than a thousand locales. In this case, however, the locales in question are far from ordinary--they range from the orc-ridden wastes of Tolkien's Middle-earth to the languorous shores of Homer's Island of the Lotus-Eaters. Though for the most part these fantastical lands are mapped and chronicled with straight-faced seriousness, the encyclopedia is not without a certain deadpan wit. For example, the entry for Oz describes "a large rectangular country divided into four small countries.... As a famous visitor once remarked, Oz is not Kansas." This handsome and whimsically charming book, adorned with fanciful line drawings and maps, is rich with enough fictive detail to please the most inveterate reader.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.   Read More, Buy It Copyright © 1996-2005 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved.