The Book Depository The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale
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Description: The Synonym Finder : Paperback : Little, Brown & Company : 9780446370295 : 0446370290 : 01 Aug 1995 : This reference contains over 1,000,000 synonyms arranged alphabetically, including clearly labelled slang and other informal words and expressions, as well as rare, archaic, scientific and other specialized terms. The Book Depository The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9780446370295
MPN: 0446370290
GTIN: 9780446370295
Author: HLT
Rating: 5
Review: I've been after a thesaurus that's both comprenehensive and easy to use for a long time, and always found the offerings in local bookshops (Roget/Oxford/Collins) to be wanting. For me, this one fits the bill perfectly (okay, ideally I'd like to have its contents online, searchable, etc. but as a book it's hard to see how a thesaurus could be done any better than this). Here are the key points: - more than 1.5 million synonyms, according to the introduction, spread over 1361 pages of fairly dense 2-column text, which means it's one to keep by your writing desk, not to carry around in a satchel. Type size is small but readable -- a little smaller than the paperback novel I'm reading at the moment. - No-frills A-Z layout that makes it easy to find the entry you're looking for (should appeal to those who find Roget overly clunky in use). - sensible headword choices keep the thing to a manageable size (thus likely look-up candidates such as "thin" and "emaciated" are headwords while the possibly more rarefied "bony" only appears *within* the entries.
Author: KK185
Rating: 1
Review: The book itself is fantastic, very comprehensive just as I needed. It's quite thick though and the font is a little small which I guess it had to be but overall five stars for the content. However, the problem is the book I ordered was brand new but the item I received had minimal wrapping and arrived in a poor state, with pages bent and one page even slightly torn, as you can see in the photo. There's no time for me to return the book as I'm taking it away with me. Disappointed in Amazon.
