- text|book|ish
- text|book|ish «TEHKST BUK ihsh», adjective.of the nature of a textbook: »
He has put nearly everything into double columns, which I find textbookish and uninviting (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
He has put nearly everything into double columns, which I find textbookish and uninviting (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Book burning — (a category of biblioclasm, or book destruction) is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs… … Wikipedia
Book of Jeremiah — The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū in Hebrew), is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism s Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianity s Old Testament. It was originally written in a complex and poetic Hebrew (apart from… … Wikipedia
Book of Optics — Front page of a Latin edition of Alhazen s Thesaurus opticus, showing how Archimedes set on fire the Roman ships before Syracuse with the help of parabolic mirrors. The Book of Optics (Arabic: Kitāb al Manāẓir (كتاب المناظر); … Wikipedia
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Ben Ish Chai — Yosef Chaim (1 September, 1832 – 30 August, 1909) (Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Hakham (Sephardic Rabbi), authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work of Halakha Ben Ish Chai ( Son of… … Wikipedia
CHRONICLES, BOOK OF — CHRONICLES, BOOK OF, one of the books of the Hagiographa section of the Bible. In the printed Jewish editions of the Bible, it appears last. In Christian Bibles Chronicles follows II Kings and precedes Ezra. book of chronicles contents Book of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KINGS, BOOK OF — KINGS, BOOK OF, biblical book divided into two roughly equal parts, beginning with an account of the end of david s reign, Solomon s succession and reign, and the disruption of the kingdom at his death, and continuing with the parallel histories… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing — A page from the book Al Kitāb al mukhtaṣar fī hīsāb al ğabr wa’l muqābala (Arabic for The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing , in Arabic script الكتاب المختصر في حساب الج … Wikipedia
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Lady's Mantle — Quote box quote = The plant is of graceful growth and though only a foot high and green throughout flowers, stem and leaves alike, and therefore inconspicuous the rich form of its foliage and the beautiful shape of its clustering blossoms make it … Wikipedia