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Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing
"The most brutally addictive fantasy I've read in a decade!" --#1 NYT bestselling author Tracy Wolff"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end. Brutal games, grumpy dragons, complex characters, sizzling sexual tension, magic, and war...a fantasy like you've never read before."...
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by Grann, David
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The...
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Maame by George, Jessica
Maame
"An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward, joyous, a little...
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The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Ortega-Medina, Orlando
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent Rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with...
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Divine Rivals by Ross, Rebecca
Divine Rivals
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to...
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Big Swiss by Beagin, Jen
Big Swiss
"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last...
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  • Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference by Stim, Richard
    Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference
    Life has become an endless series of contracts--this is the manual. There's no reason to risk your hard-earned money signing a contract you don't understand. With Contracts: The Essential Business Desk Reference, you get easy-to-understand explanations for every common contract term. In no time,...
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  • GIS Tutorial for Arcgis Desktop 10.8 by Gorr, Wilpen L.
    GIS Tutorial for Arcgis Desktop 10.8
    Updated for use with ArcGIS(R) Desktop 10.8 GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Desktop 10.8 is the updated replacement for GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, 10.3 Edition, a classic textbook for teaching ArcGIS(R) Desktop. GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Desktop 10.8 teaches the fundamentals of using ArcGIS...
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  • NLT Personal Size Giant Print Bible, Filament Enabled Edition (Red Letter, Leatherlike, Floral Frame Teal) by Tyndale
    NLT Personal Size Giant Print Bible, Filament Enabled Edition (Red Letter, Leatherlike, Floral Frame Teal)
    Bible Reading: IlluminatedThe new Tyndale NLT Personal Size Giant Print Bible, Filament-Enabled Edition has readable text and an attractive layout in an easy-to-carry size. And while it has the same low price as basic text-only Bibles, the NLT Personal Size Giant Print Bible offers...
    $90.58 AUD
    $90.58 AUD
  • 101 Things I Learned(r) in Product Design School by Jang, Sung
    101 Things I Learned(r) in Product Design School
    An engaging, enlightening, and cleverly illustrated guide to product design, written by experienced professional designers and instructors. Products are in every area of our lives, but just what product designers do and how they think is a mystery to most. Product design is not...
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  • TC 3-21.76 Ranger Handbook: April 2017 by The Army, Headquarters Department of
    TC 3-21.76 Ranger Handbook: April 2017
    Note: This description is for the 7.5" x 9.25" size edition. Perfectly formatted. Not too big. Not too small. Large enough to actually read, this is the ULTIMATE edition of the 2017 Ranger Handbook This is the Official US Army Ranger Handbook TC 3-21.76...
    $42.43 AUD
    $42.43 AUD
  • Managing Meltdowns: Using the S.C.A.R.E.D. Calming Technique with Children and Adults with Autism by Richards, Hope
    Managing Meltdowns: Using the S.C.A.R.E.D. Calming Technique with Children and Adults with Autism
    In a chaotic or threatening situation, fear is the primary emotional response of an autistic individual. Often the initial physical response is to freeze. 'Meltdowns', or brain overloads can be scary for the individual with autism, and for the person trying to help if...
    $36.13 AUD
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  • Gemstone Settings: The Jewelry Maker's Guide to Styles & Techniques by Young, Anastasia
    Gemstone Settings: The Jewelry Maker's Guide to Styles & Techniques
    Gemstone Settings is the most in-depth, technical guide to stone setting. Jewelry makers will enjoy an encyclopedic overview, which features an extensive summary of stone-setting and techniques for creating beautiful gemstone jewelry, from basic bezels and prongs to pave, carre, clusters, and numerous others--including...
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    $79.25 AUD
  • Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy by Broadie, Mark
    Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy
    Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie's paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game. Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your...
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  • The Gallaudet Children's Dictionary of American Sign Language by The Editors of Gallaudet University Pres
    The Gallaudet Children's Dictionary of American Sign Language
    *DVD video is now online. Visit the Gallaudet University Press website to access the video dictionary * Featuring more than 1,000 ASL sign drawings* All signs paired with charming color illustrations* Introduction explains how to sign ASL and fingerspell* Complete index of English terms...
    $90.48 AUD
    $90.48 AUD
  • KJV Large Print Compact Reference Bible, Black Leathertouch by Holman Bible Staff
    KJV Large Print Compact Reference Bible, Black Leathertouch
    The KJV Large Print Compact Reference Bible features a large, easy-to-read 8-point type in a convenient, easy-to-carry compact size that slips nicely into a pocket, backpack, or purse. This Bible makes the perfect gift for a person "on the go" who wants to keep...
    $40.75 AUD
    $40.75 AUD
  • Ultimate Bible Dictionary: A Quick and Concise Guide to the People, Places, Objects, and Events in the Bible by Holman Bible Editorial
    Ultimate Bible Dictionary: A Quick and Concise Guide to the People, Places, Objects, and Events in the Bible
    The Ultimate Bible Dictionary is the perfect tool for those who are beginning to study the Bible. Carefully researched and accessible definitions are designed to provide a quick understanding of a term right up front and then, in many cases, go into more detail...
    $22.63 AUD
    $22.63 AUD
  • The Herbalist's Bible: John Parkinson's Lost Classic--82 Herbs and Their Medicinal Uses by Bruton-Seal, Julie
    The Herbalist's Bible: John Parkinson's Lost Classic--82 Herbs and Their Medicinal Uses
    Here Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal have beautifully combined selections from John Parkinson classic book from 1640 with their own modern commentary on how each plant is used today to create a truly one-of-a-kind, comprehensive collection of herbal information old and new. Herbalist to...
    $43.00 AUD
    $43.00 AUD
  • Enter the Dragon Bruce lee Scrapbook Vol No1 by Baker, Ricky
    Enter the Dragon Bruce lee Scrapbook Vol No1
    Bruce Lee is, without doubt, one of the most photographed movie stars in the worldThere are tens of thousands of images, both on set and off, capturing Bruce in his everyday life whether he is training, at a function, at home with his family,...
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  • Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer: North Carolina by Rand McNally
    Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer: North Carolina
    Author: Rand McNallyPublisher: Delorme Mapping CompanyPublished: 09/01/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 15.40h x 10.70w x 0.20dISBN: 9781946494443This title is not returnable
    $67.83 AUD
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  • Clear Speech from the Start Student's Book with Integrated Digital Learning: Basic Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English by Gilbert, Judy B.
    Clear Speech from the Start Student's Book with Integrated Digital Learning: Basic Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English
    The Clear Speech From the Start, Second Edition, Student's Book provides easy-to-follow presentations, helpful rules, and extensive practice in pronunciation. This revised edition offers new and updated content, additional visual support, and is now in full color. The full Student's Book audio program is...
    $169.45 AUD
    $169.45 AUD
  • The Potter's Bible: An Essential Illustrated Reference for Both Beginner and Advanced Potters by Scott, Marylin
    The Potter's Bible: An Essential Illustrated Reference for Both Beginner and Advanced Potters
    An essential illustrated reference for both beginner and advanced potters, The Potter's Bible features step-by-step photographic sequences to guide you through a comprehensive range of techniques. Begin making beautiful ceramics, even if you've never attempted pottery before, following detailed information about: Essential tools and...
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  • The New Executive Assistant: Exceptional executive office management by McIlroy, Jonathan
    The New Executive Assistant: Exceptional executive office management
    Today's office is almost unrecognisable from its counterpart of 20 or 30 years ago. Everybody knows that. But what many fail to recognise is that the role of the executive assistant has developed enormously over that period as well.Or it should have.The new executive...
    $61.03 AUD
    $61.03 AUD
  • Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary by Costello, Elaine
    Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary
    A complete pocket dictionary of American Sign Language Over 4,500 fully illustrated, up-to-date signsFrom basic hand shapes to fully illustrated and described signs, Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary offers a comprehensive and up-to-date treasury of signs. Whether you are a novice...
    $20.35 AUD
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  • Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide by Flodin, Mickey
    Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide
    Here is the complete learning guide that teaches American Sign Language by "category," the most popular and preferred method of teaching and learning. This easy-to-use guide is updated and expanded to include new computer and technology signs and offers a fast and simple approach...
    $45.30 AUD
    $45.30 AUD
  • Oxford Dictionary of English by Oxford Languages
    Oxford Dictionary of English
    The foremost single volume authority on the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today. It is informed by the most up-to-date evidence from the largest language research programme in...
    $147.23 AUD
    $147.23 AUD

Reference books are the unsung heroes of the information age. Whether you're a student, researcher, or simply curious, having the right reference materials can be invaluable. From quick facts to in-depth analysis, reference books offer a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips.

Pocket reference books are perfect for on-the-go information. These compact guides cover a wide range of topics, from medical terms to historical dates. For those working on academic or professional projects, mastering the art of book citation is essential. A good style guide, such as the MLA Handbook or the Chicago Manual of Style, can help you format citations correctly.

While digital resources have become increasingly popular, there's still something to be said for the convenience of a physical reference book. Whether you need a dictionary, encyclopedia, or specialized guide, having a reliable print resource can save you time and effort.

To find the perfect reference book, consider your specific needs and explore online bookstore booksdeli.com. With a vast selection of titles, you're sure to find the essential tools for your research or personal interests.

FAQ's

Q. What is the difference between a reference book and a textbook?

A. While both provide information, reference books are designed for quick and specific lookups, while textbooks offer in-depth explanations and analysis of a subject. A dictionary is a classic example of a reference book, while a college-level history book is a textbook.

Q. How can I find the right reference book for my needs?

A. Start by identifying the specific information you need. Are you looking for facts, statistics, definitions, or in-depth explanations? Once you know your goal, you can search for books with specific titles or consult a librarian for recommendations. Online booksellers often have detailed descriptions and customer reviews to help you choose.

Q. Are there online alternatives to traditional reference books?

A. Yes, there are numerous online resources that serve as digital reference books. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases are widely available online. However, printed reference books still offer advantages like offline accessibility and a tangible format for some users.

Q. How do I cite information from a reference book?

A. Citation styles vary depending on the format required (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). Generally, you'll need the author (if listed), title of the book, publication date, and specific page number where you found the information. Consult a style guide for precise formatting guidelines.

Q. Can I use reference books for research purposes?

A. Absolutely! Reference books are valuable tools for research. They can provide background information, statistics, definitions, and citations for further exploration. However, remember to verify information from multiple sources to ensure accuracy.

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