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Product DescriptionThe Little Oxford Dictionary is the best-selling dictionary of its size - ideal for study, work, or use at home. This new 1994 edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. The Little Oxford Thesaurus packed with 150,000 synonyms, antonyms, and hyponyms in an easy-to-use A to Z format. The Little Oxford Book of Quotations is a sparkling thematic collection of quotations on 250 topics from Cats to Marriage: an ideal first quotations dictionary, it is delight for browsing, writing, or speechmaking.About the AuthorMaurice Waite is a senior editor in the OUP Dictionary dept. Alan Spooner is author of a number of dictionaries and reference books for adults and youngsters, including the Oxford Children's Thesaurus and the Oxford Study Thesaurus. Susan Ratcliffe was assistant editor on The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, (4/e 1992) and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1993).