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Title: The Firefly Visual Dictionary by Jean Claude Corbeil, Arianne Archambault, Jean-Claude Corbeil, Quebec, Amerique International ISBN: 1-55297-585-1 Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A feast for the eyes
Comment: "The Firefly Visual Dictionary," by Jean-Claude Corbeil and Ariane Archambault, is full of detailed, full-color illustrations and extensive textual labels. Looking at the world around us, the book has a scope that ranges from the inner structure of an atom to the shapes of galaxies. The cover boasts that the dictionary contains 6,000 color entries and 35,000 terms. The items pictured include pure symbols, tangible man-made items, natural objects and living entities. At more than 900 pages long, the book is a hefty achievement.
This book is divided up into 17 chapters: Astronomy, Earth, Vegetable Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Human Being, Food and Kitchen, House, Do-It-Yourself and Gardening, Clothing, Personal Adornment and Articles, Arts and Architecture, Communications and Office Automation, Transport and Machinery, Energy, Science, Society, and Sports and Games. An index is included.
Yes, I'm sure people could complain about things that are left out or not covered in great enough detail, but overall this book is ambitious and comprehensive. If I could only give one book to an extraterrestrial visitor to help him/her/it become oriented to Earth, this would be it. Among the specific things covered are types of mushrooms, the inner parts of a toilet bowl, the anatomy of an umbrella, the structure of a Greek temple, the flags of the world, major North American road signs, the parts of a volleyball court, and much, much, more. This is one reference work which is not only informative and well organized, but a genuine work of art.
Rating: 5
Summary: An unusual, exceptional approach
Comment: This visual reference will appeal to entire families, as well as reference library holdings, revamping a popular visual dictionary originally produced by Macmillan over a decade ago. Thousands of new updated entries have been added for this edition, while a presentation by picture and an organization by subject makes it easy to look up such diverse topics as different sock lengths and carpentry tools. An unusual, exceptional approach to defining over 35,000 terms.
Rating: 4
Summary: More practical than the Ultimate Visual Dictionary
Comment: I bought the Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2000 and had a lot of frustration. So a few months ago I bought the Firefly Visual Dictionary and found that it's more practical (sometimes). While the former book has more compact illustrations, it's not easy to find the words in the pictues through the indexes, and many of the terms it uses is latin, rather than plain English.
I read fictions and many cases I cannot picture the descriptions in the novels, and that's when I need these dictionaries most. But both dictionaries I mentioned above use latin tems more than English, and I find it's practically useless. The Firefly is a lot better in this sense. The Firefly could improve in the future versions by eliminating white spaces, reducing some repetitions. But being able to distinguish things of the same kind (e.g., dog breeds, spices, fruits) should be preserved.
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Title: Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science (Ultimate Visual Dictionary) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789435128 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Ultimate Visual Dictionary by Jo Evans ISBN: 0789499703 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Visual Dictionary (Ultimate Visual Dictionary) ISBN: 0789489481 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Ultimate Visual Dictionary by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789428741 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Random House Webster's Word Menu (Random House Newer Words Faster) by Stephen Glazier ISBN: 0375700838 Publisher: Random House Reference Publishing Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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