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Author |
: Melvyn Bragg |
Publisher |
: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2011-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781611450071 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1611450071 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventure of English by : Melvyn Bragg
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
Author |
: Robert Freidin |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2020-02-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108487726 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108487726 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Adventures in English Syntax by : Robert Freidin
An engaging introduction to English sentence structure, showing how users can apply this knowledge to become better readers and writers.
Author |
: Melvyn Bragg |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 465 |
Release |
: 2011-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781628720242 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1628720247 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventure of English by : Melvyn Bragg
Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global language, spoken by more than two billion people worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, Melvyn Bragg shows how English conquered the world. It is a magnificent adventure, full of jealousy, intrigue, and war—against a hoard of invaders, all armed with their own conquering languages, which bit by bit, the speakers of English absorbed and made their own. Along the way, its colorful story takes in a host of remarkable people, places, and events: the Norman invasion of England in 1066; the arrival of The Canterbury Tales and a “coarse” playwright named William Shakespeare, who added 2,000 words to the language; the songs of slaves; the words of Davy Crockett; and the Lewis and Clark expedition, which led to hundreds of new words as the explorers discovered unknown flora and fauna. The Adventure of English is an enthralling story not only of power, religion, and trade, but also of a people and how they changed the world.
Author |
: Jess Redman |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2021-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374314705 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374314705 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventure Is Now by : Jess Redman
A fun-filled, action-packed middle grade novel about a boy who learns about protecting the environment, finding real friends, and living in the now while spending the summer on a remote island. Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong things, his family is falling apart, and everyone at school avoids him because of the very embarrassing Bird Brain Incident. But when Milton plays his video game Isle of Wild, he becomes someone else—Sea Hawk, the brave and brilliant naturalist explorer who conquers danger at every turn. Then Milton’s parents ship him off to the remote Lone Island for the summer, where his uncle Evan is an environmentalist researcher. The island is chock-full of spectaculous species, and Milton realizes this is his chance to become the brave and brilliant naturalist he’s always wanted to be—and even meet some fellow explorers! But as it turns out, the future of the Lone Island is in some pretty serious peril, and the only thing that can save it is a field guide full of cryptic clues. If Milton and his unexpected new friends are going to protect the island, they’ll have to trust each other, discover new truths, and embark on a wild and wondrous adventure all their own. The Adventure is Now is a dazzling, fun-filled story from Jess Redman.
Author |
: Carlo Collodi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 140 |
Release |
: 2011-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1603033939 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781603033930 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pinocchio, the Tale of a Puppet by : Carlo Collodi
Pinocchio, The Tale of a Puppet follows the adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grew longer whenever he told a lie and who wanted more than anything else to become a real boy.As carpenter Master Antonio begins to carve a block of pinewood into a leg for his table the log shouts out, "Don't strike me too hard!" Frightened by the talking log, Master Cherry does not know what to do until his neighbor Geppetto drops by looking for a piece of wood to build a marionette. Antonio gives the block to Geppetto. And thus begins the life of Pinocchio, the puppet that turns into a boy.Pinocchio, The Tale of a Puppet is a novel for children by Carlo Collodi is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father and woodcarver Geppetto. It is considered a classic of children's literature and has spawned many derivative works of art. But this is not the story we've seen in film but the original version full of harrowing adventures faced by Pinnocchio. It includes 40 illustrations.
Author |
: Albert C. Baugh |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 438 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1283297554 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis “A” History of the English Language by : Albert C. Baugh
Author |
: Paul Henley |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 534 |
Release |
: 2010-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226327167 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226327167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventure of the Real by : Paul Henley
Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917–2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. Over the course of a fifty-year career, he completed over one hundred films, both documentary and fiction, and exerted an influence far beyond academia. Exhaustively researched yet elegantly written, The Adventure of the Real is the first comprehensive analysis of his practical filmmaking methods. Rouch developed these methods while conducting anthropological research in West Africa in the 1940s–1950s. His innovative use of unscripted improvisation by his subjects had a profound impact on the French New Wave, Paul Henley reveals, while his documentary work launched the genre of cinema-vérité. In addition to tracking Rouch’s pioneering career, Henley examines the technical strategies, aesthetic considerations, and ethical positions that contribute to Rouch’s cinematographic legacy. Featuring over one hundred and fifty images, The Adventure of the Real is an essential introduction to Rouch’s work.
Author |
: Lynda Mugglestone |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 613 |
Release |
: 2012-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199660162 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199660166 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford History of English by : Lynda Mugglestone
This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.
Author |
: John St. Loe Strachey |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 554 |
Release |
: 1923 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:HNZPZC |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (ZC Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventure of Living by : John St. Loe Strachey
Author |
: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara |
Publisher |
: Charco Press |
Total Pages |
: 125 |
Release |
: 2019-11-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781999368425 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1999368428 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adventures of China Iron by : Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 1872. The pampas of Argentina. China is a young woman eking out an existence in a remote gaucho encampment. After her no-good husband is conscripted into the army, China bolts for freedom, setting off on a wagon journey through the pampas in the company of her new-found friend Liz, a settler from Scotland. While Liz provides China with a sentimental education and schools her in the nefarious ways of the British Empire, their eyes are opened to the wonders of Argentina’s richly diverse flora and fauna, cultures and languages, as well as to the ruthless violence involved in nation-building. This subversive retelling of Argentina’s foundational gaucho epic Martín Fierro is a celebration of the colour and movement of the living world, the open road, love and sex, and the dream of lasting freedom. With humour and sophistication, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara has created a joyful, hallucinatory novel that is also an incisive critique of national myths.