The Journey of English

The Journey of English
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Total Pages : 56
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076002206451
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Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Journey of English by : Donna Brook

Read about the history of the most popular language of the thousands spoken in the world today.

Say What?

Say What?
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Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9780887768781
ISBN-13 : 0887768784
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Say What? by : Gena K. Gorrell

Presents the history of the modern English language and how previous languages and civilizations influenced its development.

Making the Journey

Making the Journey
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Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0325078211
ISBN-13 : 9780325078212
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Making the Journey by : Leila Christenbury

"This fourth edition adds a fresh new voice from veteran English Education professor Ken Lindblom, where expertise in writing instruction, teaching with technology, and teaching informational and nonfiction texts complements Leila's love of literature and vast knowledge and experience across the field."--Back cover.

Welcome to Everytown

Welcome to Everytown
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Publisher : Granta Publications
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781847089199
ISBN-13 : 1847089194
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Welcome to Everytown by : Julian Baggini

This study of an ordinary town in Northern England is “a thoughtful, sympathetic portrait of white working-class life…essential reading” (Guardian). What do the English think? Every country has a dominant set of beliefs and attitudes concerning everything from how to live a good life, how we should organize society, and the roles of the sexes. Yet despite many attempts to define England’s national character, what might be called the nation's philosophy has remained largely unexamined until now. Philosopher Julian Baggini pinpointed postcode S66 on the outskirts of Rotherham as England in microcosm—an area that reflected most accurately the full range of the nation's inhabitants, its most typical mix of urban and rural, old and young, married and single. He then spent six months living there, immersing himself in this typical English Everytown, in order to get to know the mind of a people. It sees the world as full of patterns and order, a view manifest in its enjoyment of gambling. It has a functional, puritanical streak, evident in its notoriously bad cuisine. In the English mind, men should be men and women should be women (but it's not sure what children should be). Sympathetic but critical, serious yet witty, Baggini's account of the English as represented by this particular spot on its map is both a portrait of its people and a personal story about being an alien in your own land. “Baggini turns out to be a sensitive observer who takes people and places on their own terms. He is also good at examining his own prejudices and fears.”—Independent “An insightful and often amusing investigation of what it means to be English.”—London Review of Books

English Journey, Or, The Road to Milton Keynes

English Journey, Or, The Road to Milton Keynes
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Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Total Pages : 158
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ISBN-10 : 0786704209
ISBN-13 : 9780786704200
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis English Journey, Or, The Road to Milton Keynes by : Beryl Bainbridge

The author retains the style of J.B. Priestly while retracing the steps of his 1933 "English Journey" to capture the changes that half a century has brought to their native land

Around the World in 80 Words

Around the World in 80 Words
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780226682792
ISBN-13 : 022668279X
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Around the World in 80 Words by : Paul Anthony Jones

What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language. You’ll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama hats aren’t quite as straightforward as you might presume. If you’ve never heard of the tiny Czech mining town of Jáchymov—or Joachimsthal, as it was known until the late 1800s—you’re not alone, which makes its claim to fame as the origin of the word “dollar” all the more extraordinary. The story of how the Great Dane isn’t all that Danish makes the list, as does the Jordanian mountain whose name has become a byword for a tantalizing glimpse. We’ll also find out what the Philippines has given to your office inbox, what Alaska has given to your liquor cabinet, and how a speech given by a bumbling North Carolinian gave us a word for impenetrable nonsense. Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is essential reading for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world—if you know where to look.

The Journey of a Book

The Journey of a Book
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Publisher : ANU E Press
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781921313073
ISBN-13 : 1921313072
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Journey of a Book by : Elizabeth Keen

De proprietatibus rerum, ‘On the properties of things’, has long been referred to by scholars as a medieval encyclopedia, but evidence suggests that it has been many things to many people. The sheer number of extant manuscript copies and printed editions, along with translations, adaptations, and mentions in poems and sermons, testify to its continuous significance for Europeans of all estates and different walks of life, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. While first compiled soon after the time of St Francis by a humble continental friar to meet the needs of his expanding religious brotherhood, by 1600 English men of letters had claimed Bartholomew as a noble compatriot and national treasure. What was it about the work that propelled it through a progression of medieval cultures and into an exalted position in the world of English letters? This reception history traces evidence for the journey of ‘Properties’ over four centuries of social, political and religious change.

The Journey from Texts to Translations

The Journey from Texts to Translations
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : 9780801027994
ISBN-13 : 0801027993
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Journey from Texts to Translations by : Paul D. Wegner

Traces the history of the Bible from the earliest manuscripts to contemporary translations.

Your Mythic Journey

Your Mythic Journey
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9780874775433
ISBN-13 : 0874775434
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Your Mythic Journey by : Sam Keen

We all tell stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. These personal myths in turn shape who we become and what we believe—as individuals, families, and nations. This book offers readers the tools to detect the story line in their own lives and to write and tell it to others, opening up a hidden world of self-discovery and meaning. The numerous accessible exercises are followed by examples of personal stories and inspiring quotes to stimulate the journey to the center of one's purpose. "By the art of fantasy and imagination, story and image, these authors map the ways personal stories deepen into transpersonal mythic journeys." —David Miller, Ph.D., Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Syracuse University

Walking English

Walking English
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781468306255
ISBN-13 : 1468306251
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Walking English by : David Crystal

From an acclaimed linguist, “part travelogue, part memoir, and part meditation on the intellectual and emotional underpinnings of language. . . . Priceless.” (Booklist) In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates an entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, historical allusions, and observations of travelers, this fascinating journey through the language we use every day will have readers thinking twice about each word they speak. Starting in Wales and moving from England to San Francisco by way of, yes, Poland, Crystal encounters numerous linguistic side roads that he cannot resist exploring, from pubs to trains to Tolkien. Walking English is a captivating exploration of language by “one of England’s greatest living language commentators.” (The New Statesman) “In a conversational style that includes plenty of quirky facts, Crystal captures the exploratory, seductive, teasing, quirky, tantalizing nature of language study, and in doing so illuminates the fascinating world of words in which we live.” —Publishers Weekly “An informative, transformative trip into the mysterious, mutating, magical thicket of English.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Like passing the afternoon with a knowledgeable uncle.” —The Wall Street Journal “The Dr. Johnson of our age.” —The Sunday Herald “The book reads like a donnish Bill Bryson, a Bryson possessed with a maniacal passion for the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language! . . . [A] compelling guide.” —Independent “Crystal proves an entertaining companion! It is pleasant to ramble with him along the byways of language.” —The Tablet