{"product_id":"b0dgdmlrth","title":"Dictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful: The Big Book of Cool Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eDictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful  is a compilation of three previous dictionaries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDictionary of the Strange, Curious, and Lovely ;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEpic English Words ; and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDictionary of the Rare, Creative, and Beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart dictionary and part carefully curated  encyclopedia,  this book offers a window into the breadth and depth of human experience and imagination, showcasing words with unique histories and meaning, or beauty of sound or appearance; other words are esoteric and deep – or strange and fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome categories of words, names, and terms are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlacenames  ( Pillars of Hercules, Arabia Felix, Doon Edin, Mare Tenebrosum  \u0026amp;  Riphean Mountains );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZ oology  ( quill pig ,  pink fairy armadillo  \u0026amp;  frantling );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAstronomy  ( Eddington luminosity ,  Venusian ,  Silurian hypothesis ,  Jovian trojans  \u0026amp;  Kreutz sungrazers );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeopolitics  ( Perfidious Albion  \u0026amp;  Baltoscandia );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistory  ( Sahelian kingdoms, sunlit uplands  \u0026amp; Groom of the Stool );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeometry  ( Penrose stairs  \u0026amp;  Villarceau circles );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnatomy  ( brain sand  \u0026amp;  frenulum );\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArcheology  ( Oldenburg Horn \u0026amp;  Nebra sky disc ).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus  nautical ,  poetic , and  literary  terms like:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ebrave west winds  \u0026amp;  naufragous ;  person from Porlock  \u0026amp;  the cavalier poets ;  the Lost Generation  \u0026amp; Erewhonian .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso select  slang  words, such as:  tactical chunder ,  snoutfair ,  molly wop , ghostshipping  \u0026amp; grundle .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd interesting  phrases  like:  bring owls to Athens ; et in Arcadia ego ;  happy as a box of birds; dolce far niente ; and  up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52855273947352,"sku":"YSL83027","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/71t_p2R7z6L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793417601","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0dgdmlrth","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}