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Inside the colorful cover of this compact volume are clearly written definitions for the most commonly used words in the language today

a barber-surgeon from the poorest streets of benighted fourteenth-century London

The book also includes an introduction in which he talks about his writing and his way of life

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Death Under Sail Juvenile Nonfiction - Sports & Recreation - General exploring haunted housesWhen the host of a party of seven friends spending a fortnight sailing on a small boat is abruptly murdered, a diligent amateur detective and a comic detective sergeant slowly uncover the murderer's identity.