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- Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, editor in chief, Stanley I. Kutler
- British mystery writers, 1920-1939, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley
- Dictionary of word and phrase origins, by William and Mary Morris
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- MLA handbook for writers of research papers
- The Jerusalem Bible., General editor: Alexander Jones
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- Encyclopedia of American Indian literature, [edited by] Jennifer McClinton-Temple, Alan Velie
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- American poets since World War II, edited by R.S. Gwynn, Third series
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- Dictionary of the arts, [General editor, Chris Murray]
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- British children's writers, 1914-1960, edited by Donald R. Hettinga and Gary D. Schmidt
- British Romantic novelists, 1789-1832, edited by Bradford K. Mudge
- English English, by Norman W. Schur
- British novelists since 1960, edited by Merritt Moseley, Second series
- The Facts on File dictionary of clichés, Christine Ammer
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- American short-story writers, 1910-1945, edited by Bobby Ellen Kimbel, Second series
- Twentieth-century American dramatists, edited by John MacNicholas ; foreword by John Houseman
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- Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, edited by John R. Vile, David L. Hudson Jr., David Schultz
- Grand dictionnaire français-anglais, anglais-français, [direction de la rédaction Faye Carney]
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