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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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  • Media Ethics: A Philosophical Approach by Kieran, Matthew
    Media Ethics: A Philosophical Approach
    From attempting to inform us about current events to entertaining us with imagined worlds, the media has a primary influence upon how we conceive the world, ourselves, and others. Consequently, the moral complexities, dilemmas, and duties that arise in relation to journalism and the...
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  • Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus, Second, Expanded Edition: A Handbook for Choral Conductors by Moses, Don V.
    Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus, Second, Expanded Edition: A Handbook for Choral Conductors
    Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus is a crucial guide for choral conductors who are presented with the daunting task of conducting a full-size orchestra. This book provides a survival kit for both novice and experienced choral conductors, with an overview of the...
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  • The Birds of Indiana by Mumford, Russell E.
    The Birds of Indiana
    The Birds of Indiana is a treasure-trove for ornithologists, casual birders, and art-lovers everywhere. Drawing on decades of field work and data collection and featuring the paintings of one of America's finest bird artists, this classic work is an introduction, a reference, and most...
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  • Oxford Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese = Dicionaario Oxford de Portuguaes: Portuguaes-Inglaes, Inglaes-Portugaes by Oxford University Press
    Oxford Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese = Dicionaario Oxford de Portuguaes: Portuguaes-Inglaes, Inglaes-Portugaes
    Endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Portuguese Dictionary is the most authoritative English-Portuguese / Portuguese-English dictionary ever published. Based on real modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words of both English (American and British) and Portuguese (Brazilian and European), the...
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  • Ib Diploma Sports, Exercise & Health: Course Book: Oxford Ib Diploma by Sproule, John
    Ib Diploma Sports, Exercise & Health: Course Book: Oxford Ib Diploma
    Covering all core and option units, this edition developed with the IB and accurately matches the 2007 syllabus. Written by a former IB chief examiner, free digital material drives an active approach to learning, and unrivalled insight into IB assessment concretely strengthens assessment potential....
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  • The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity by Frodeman, Robert
    The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity
    Interdisciplinarity has become as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the general public seek insights to help organize the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education. The second edition of The Oxford Handbook...
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  • Ib Environmental Systems and Societies Course Book: 2015 Edition: Oxford Ib Diploma Program by Rutherford, Jill
    Ib Environmental Systems and Societies Course Book: 2015 Edition: Oxford Ib Diploma Program
    Motivating learners to explore and investigate scientific concepts, this new core Course Book helps learners actively connect study with wider issues relevant to the world today. The most comprehensive match to the new syllabus first examined 2017 and the only DP Environmental Systems developed...
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  • The Lives and Times of the Great Composers by Steen, Michael
    The Lives and Times of the Great Composers
    A grand and panoramic biograhical history of the giants of classical music, The Lives and Times of Great Composers is a new, unique, and lovingly constructed modern reference--and a beguiling read which you will return to again and again. Interlinked yet self-contained, each chapter...
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  • Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary by Rennie, Susan
    Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary
    This is not an ordinary dictionary. After all, you wouldn't expect an Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary to be ordinary, would you? Lots of dictionaries tell you what an "alligator" is, or how to spell "balloon" but they won't explain the difference between a "ringbeller"...
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  • The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums by Morton, Brian
    The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums
    Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the...
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    $105.71 AUD
  • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by Hume, David
    Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
    In the posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, expressing the belief that religion is founded on ignorance and irrational fears. Though calm and courteous in tone - at...
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  • Traffic Signs Manual - All Parts: Chapter 8 - Part 2: Operations (2009) Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations by U K Stationery Office
    Traffic Signs Manual - All Parts: Chapter 8 - Part 2: Operations (2009) Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations
    Offers guidance for those responsible for the planning, managing, and participation in operations to implement, maintain and remove temporary traffic management arrangements. This book contains advice relating to good working practice spanning various aspects of temporary traffic management operations.Author: U K Stationery OfficePublisher: Stationery...
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  • Don't Know Much About(r) Geography: Revised and Updated Edition by Davis, Kenneth C.
    Don't Know Much About(r) Geography: Revised and Updated Edition
    Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science.In addition...
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  • Take Note: Real Life Lessons by Tone, Toni
    Take Note: Real Life Lessons
    Following on from her Sunday Times bestseller, I Wish I Knew This Earlier, Toni Tone is back again - and this time, filled with advice that goes beyond our dating and romantic lives. 'In my opinion, change as a form of evolution is wonderful,...
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  • Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus Boxed Set by Collins Dictionaries
    Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus Boxed Set
    Author: Collins DictionariesPublisher: CollinsPublished: 07/01/2019Pages: 1984Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.10lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 3.50dISBN: 9780008309725
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  • Fandex Kids: Space: Facts That Fit in Your Hand: 49 Galactic Wonders Inside! by Workman Publishing
    Fandex Kids: Space: Facts That Fit in Your Hand: 49 Galactic Wonders Inside!
    Launch out of this world with an exciting adventure into the unknown that includes 52 die-cut, full-color fact cards featuring bright illustrations of planets, galaxies, stars, space missions, and more. Fandex Kids: Space takes readers on a journey to explore the Universe, from its...
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  • The Little Book of Love: Advice and Inspiration for Sparking Romance by Lane, Lucy
    The Little Book of Love: Advice and Inspiration for Sparking Romance
    Show your special someone just how precious they are with this little book filled with tips and ideas for sparking romance. When it comes to love, our actions speak louder than words. Whether you're already in a relationship and looking for ways to keep...
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  • Historia de la Filosofía Con Relación Con La Teología by Ropero, Alfonso
    Historia de la Filosofía Con Relación Con La Teología
    Alfonso Ropero nos guía a través de más de dos mil años de fructíferos diálogos, conectando las líneas de tiempo referentes al pasado y descubrir algunas consecuencias futuras del pensamiento humano, la teología y demás temas desarrollados en esta obra.Condensa, además, tres elementos que...
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  • Kjv, Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter, Thumb Indexed, Comfort Print by Thompson, Frank Charles
    Kjv, Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter, Thumb Indexed, Comfort Print
    An easy-to-learn, easy-to-use tool for in-depth Bible studyBeloved and acclaimed for more than five generations, the Thompson(R) Chain-Reference(R) Bible is unparalleled in its ability to enrich personal devotions, topical study, and sermon preparation. This unique reference Bible enables you to search the breadth of...
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  • Kjv, Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, Handy Size, European Bonded Leather, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print by Thompson, Frank Charles
    Kjv, Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, Handy Size, European Bonded Leather, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print
    An easy-to-learn, easy-to-use tool for in-depth Bible studyBeloved and acclaimed for more than five generations, the Thompson(R) Chain-Reference(R) Bible is unparalleled in its ability to enrich personal devotions, topical study, and sermon preparation. This unique reference Bible enables you to search the breadth of...
    $181.17 AUD
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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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