With thousands of intricate and colorful illustrations presented in a
browser-friendly paperback format, the new compact
edition of The Macmillan
Visual
Dictionary is an easily portable <javascript:void(0)> follow-up to
the popular hardback version. The dictionary connects each phrasing, key
word, or key words to a grouping of finely detailed and descriptive
pictures, all formatted into a series of sections assembled in an
easy-to-follow index at the beginning of the book.
With a depth that
includes 12 kinds of mushrooms and 4 types of billiards, the Visual
Dictionary also manages to keep a wide enough focus so that most anyone
interested in contemporary life will find a section or two to capture their
eye and attention--whether they''re painstakingly searching the book for help
with a research paper, tracking down a contested fact, or peering through
the many vivid drawings for pure pleasure. From a castle to a cathedral,
from a socket wrench to a telephone, from a working farm to a grapevine,
from human anatomy to human ornamentation, unlock the entire universe in a
single volume.