Oxford Compact English Dictionary

This one is for you Janine. The entire 20-volume Oxford English DIctionary comes in this compact volume -- yes, one book, 2,416 pages has it all. This is a dictionary that has its own user guide -- 80-pages worth of guidance. Since they had to photo-reduce the original 20-volume set to get it to fit in just 2,416 pages, the compact volume ships with its own magnifying glass. After reading the user guide, you'll need the magnification to find the words -- and there are lots of words: definitions of 500,000 words, 290,000 main entries, 137,000 pronunciations, 249,300 etymologies, 577,000 cross-references, and over 2,412,000 illustrative quotations.