Letter Perfect

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Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371034
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis Letter Perfect by : David Sacks

Download or read book Letter Perfect written by David Sacks and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.

Significance of the Alphabet

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Significance of the Alphabet by : Charles V. Kraitsir

Download or read book Significance of the Alphabet written by Charles V. Kraitsir and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Place for Everything

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Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541675061
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Book Synopsis A Place for Everything by : Judith Flanders

Download or read book A Place for Everything written by Judith Flanders and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible. With abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z. A Times (UK) Best Book of 2020

Letters to Live By

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Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762473061
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Book Synopsis Letters to Live By by : Lisa Frenkel Riddiough

Download or read book Letters to Live By written by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A social-emotional concept picture book that teaches readers the power of setting intentions and embracing mindfulness in our everyday. Appreciate art, become brave, and choose compassion. Pairing big ideas like generosity, respect, and joy with the letters of the alphabet, Letters to Live By is a beautiful picture book that encourages children to make the most of each day and leave their mark on the world.

Alphabets of the World

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499751895
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis Alphabets of the World by : M. Schottenbauer

Download or read book Alphabets of the World written by M. Schottenbauer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World languages present an amazing array of fascinating, geometrically elaborate letters! In this book, readers can discover the wonders of world alphabets. Easy-to-read, big-print charts provide comparison and contrast of letters from different geographical regions of the world!Alphabets Included:English AfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasque BelarusianBengaliBerberBosnianBulgarianCantoneseCatalanCebuanoCroatianCzechDanishDutchEgyptianEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitianHausaHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKhmerKoreanLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalteseMandarinMarathiNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedishTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseYiddishYorubaZulu

The Alphabet Book

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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375806032
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Book Synopsis The Alphabet Book by : P.D. Eastman

Download or read book The Alphabet Book written by P.D. Eastman and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2000-09-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From American ants to zebras with zithers, kids will love exploring the alphabet in this classically creative P. D. Eastman alphabet book.

The Alphabet Parade

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Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 140488310X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis The Alphabet Parade by : Charles Ghigna

Download or read book The Alphabet Parade written by Charles Ghigna and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh what a sight to see--a big parade of letters from A to Z.

Tricky Living

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ISBN 13 : 9780939151011
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Tricky Living by : Russ Walter

Download or read book Tricky Living written by Russ Walter and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers everything important about life. 10 sections: health (blood chemistry, nutrition, etc.) , daily survival (housing, transportation, finances, careers, crooks, etc.), law (lawyers, judges, politics, war), intellectual life (professors, philosophers, psychologists, mathematicians, scientists), arts (Picasso's advice, music, movies, writing), American cultures (holidays, aging, regions), foreign cultures (French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese), morality (ethics, prejudice, evil, Christian humor, Judaism), sexuality (male-female relationships, prostitution), and Donna's comments (about Chinese & American cultures). Fun, tricks, philosophies, and methods, written by Russ & Donna and culled from thousands of other sources.

Curious George Learns the Alphabet

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054734239X
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis Curious George Learns the Alphabet by : H. A. Rey

Download or read book Curious George Learns the Alphabet written by H. A. Rey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998-09-28 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers learn the alphabet along with George as the man in the yellow hat teaches the curious monkey how to read.

The Origin and Progress of Letters

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Origin and Progress of Letters by : William Massey

Download or read book The Origin and Progress of Letters written by William Massey and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Operation Alphabet

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ISBN 13 : 9780500652633
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (526 download)

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Book Synopsis Operation Alphabet by : Al MacCuish

Download or read book Operation Alphabet written by Al MacCuish and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to England's Ministry of Letters, the place where all the words in the world - in books, magazines, newspapers, road signs, posters, and more-start their lives, and from which the letters coordinate their critical missions to help children learn the alphabet. This book tells the story of Charlie Foxtrot, who starts school and finds mastering the alphabet confusing. The members of the Ministry's Special Alphabet Service set off on a mission to Scotland to help Charlie and to open his mind to the power of letters and words. The charming artwork, reminiscent of classic children's book illustrations from the 1950s and 1960s, combines with the witty text to bring the characters of the alphabet to life.

The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z!

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Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0385516622
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Book Synopsis The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! by : Steve Martin

Download or read book The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! written by Steve Martin and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a rhyming couplet featuring each letter of the alphabet, with such characters as David the dog-faced boy, who dons a derby despite being dirty, and Victor, whose frequent victories have made him vainglorious.

P Is for Pterodactyl

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492695335
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis P Is for Pterodactyl by : Raj Haldar

Download or read book P Is for Pterodactyl written by Raj Haldar and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! A "raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet." —The New York Times Let's get real—the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and aeons. Why does the word "gnat" start with a G but the word "knot" doesn't start with an N? It doesn't always make sense, but don't let these rule-breaking silent letters defeat you! This whimsical, funky book from Raj Haldar (aka rapper Lushlife) turns the traditional idea of an alphabet book on its head, poking fun at the most mischievous words in the English language and demonstrating how to pronounce them. Fun and informative for word nerds of all ages!

Simple First Words Let's Say Our Alphabet

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312506643
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis Simple First Words Let's Say Our Alphabet by : Roger Priddy

Download or read book Simple First Words Let's Say Our Alphabet written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invites youngsters to press the lettered buttons and repeat the letters as they look at objects beginning with each letter--from an apple to some zebras--in the illustrations. On board pages.

Spell It Out

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Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847658229
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis Spell It Out by : David Crystal

Download or read book Spell It Out written by David Crystal and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French and Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution and the internet. By learning the history and the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right.

Inventing the Alphabet

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226815811
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Inventing the Alphabet by : Johanna Drucker

Download or read book Inventing the Alphabet written by Johanna Drucker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though there are many books about the history of the alphabet, virtually none address how that history came to be. In Inventing the Alphabet, Johanna Drucker guides readers from antiquity to the present to show how humans have shaped and reshaped their own understanding of this transformative writing tool. From ancient beliefs in the alphabet as a divine gift to growing awareness of its empirical origins through the study of scripts and inscriptions, Drucker describes the frameworks-classical, textual, biblical, graphical, antiquarian, archaeological, paleographic, and political-within which the alphabet's history has been and continues to be constructed. Drucker's book begins in ancient Greece, with the earliest writings on the alphabet's origins. She then explores biblical sources on the topic and medieval preoccupations with the magical properties of individual letters. She later delves into the development of modern archaeological and paleographic tools, and she concludes with the role of alphabetic characters in the digital era. Throughout, she argues that, as a shared form of knowledge technology integrated into every aspect of our lives, the alphabet performs complex cultural, ideological, and technical functions, and her carefully curated selection of images demonstrates how closely the letters we use today still resemble their original appearance millennia ago"--

Letters

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ISBN 13 : 9781936342143
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis Letters by : Peter Nicholas Liptak

Download or read book Letters written by Peter Nicholas Liptak and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art and poetry of the English alphabet comes alive through rhythm and rhyme in philosophically charged verse. This playful treatise on the English alphabet explores the art and philosophy of some letters as they gained form in one artist's eye and expression in the language of a wondering wordsmith.