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Author : Evan Chiovari
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138739665X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Pebbleworm written by Evan Chiovari and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a faraway tropical island, a native shares his unique account of - and personal involvement in - a very well-known story.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
ISBN 13 : 9780877796039
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and published by Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gold mine of word histories for reference or browsing. Covers the origins of 1,500 words. Over 600 engagingly written articles. Explore the stories behind our vocabulary.
Author : Patrick Foote
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1633538516
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (335 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between written by Patrick Foote and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling reference that, “from the casually curious to etymology junkies . . . will have something for everyone.” —William C. Fox of the YouTube channel The Exploration with William C. Fox What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between, you can learn the origins of these monikers. From countries and cities to toys and animals to even planets, learn the etymology of interesting words in a fun and entertaining way. Learning doesn’t have to be boring. With his fun sense of humor, Patrick Foote—of the YouTube channel Name Explain—explains each appellation with jokes and quips you’re bound to enjoy. Full of pictures and packed with great information, The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between does exactly what it says it does—it explains the origin of names in a fun and easy-to-digest way. After reading this book, you will: Know why, exactly, Russia is called Russia Be able to entertain yourself and your friends with interesting fun facts Discover the origins of the names of planets, animals, countries, and much more “Patrick has made me realize that even the most mundane and ubiquitous words can have an endlessly fascinating story. His whimsical and friendly tone also makes any topic entertaining and accessible. Hmm . . . now all of a sudden I would love for Patrick to explain ‘mundane,’ ‘ubiquitous’ and ‘whimsical!’” —Betty Chen of the YouTube channel ARTiculations
Author : John Hignett
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456830643
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)
Download or read book England Never Slept written by John Hignett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Forsyth
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101611766
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Etymologicon written by Mark Forsyth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a “death pledge”? Why guns have girls’ names? Why “salt” is related to “soldier”? Discover the answers to all of these etymological questions and more in this fascinating book for fans of of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains how you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers “money for salt”; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what, precisely, the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening. This witty book will awake the linguist in you and illuminate the hidden meanings behind common words and phrases, tracing their evolution through all of their surprising paths throughout history.
Author : Robert Palmatier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313368384
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Speaking of Animals written by Robert Palmatier and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-04-30 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals. Speaking of Animals is a dictionary of animal metaphors that are current in American English. It is comprehensive, historical, and metaphor-based. Each entry refers to the other dictionaries that catalog that same metaphor, and the dates of first appearance in writing are supplied, where possible, for both the metaphor and the name of the source. The main text is organized alphabetically by metaphor rather than by animal or animal behavior; all the metaphors are classified according to their animal source in a list at the end of the book. An animal metaphor is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a resemblance or similarity between someone or something and a particular animal or animal class. True metaphors are single words, such as the noun tiger, the verb hog, and the adjective chicken. Phrasal metaphors combine true metaphors with other words, such as blind tiger, hog the road, and chicken colonel. Other animal metaphors take the form of similes, such as like rats leaving a sinking ship and prickly as a hedgehog. Still others take the form of proverbs, such as Don't count your chickens before they hatch and Let sleeping dogs lie. The horse is the animal most frequently referred to in metaphors, followed closely by the dog. The Bible is the most prolific literary source of animal metaphors, followed closely by Shakespeare.
Author : Liana Joy Christensen
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1927147980
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)
Download or read book Deadly Beautiful written by Liana Joy Christensen and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the humble marmot is responsible for more than one billion human deaths? Or that it’s possible to be bitten by a snake’s head for up to an hour after it’s been decapitated? On the flip side, for every person bitten by a shark each year, 25 people are bitten by New Yorkers. It seems that truth sometimes is stranger than fiction!These facts and many more appear in this fascinating tribute to our world’s ‘deadly’ wildlife. At its heart, however, 'Deadly Beautiful' makes a passionate plea for us to learn to better cohabit with our fellow residents of planet Earth. Ever-increasing concern for the fate of the environment and the world’s endangered wildlife means that this book is a particularly timely addition to the world of natural history publishing. Dr Liana Joy Christensen, one of Australia’s foremost nature writers, takes a fresh and entertaining look at the ‘deadly’ animals with which humans have for so long enjoyed a love–hate relationship. These animals are generally not the aggressors nor the lethal killing machines that mythology and tradition would have us believe. Most also serve vital roles in maintaining the ecological balance of their habitats, while their fascinating behaviour and often striking beauty make them worthy of close study, particularly as so many of them are facing the worst death of all — extinction.Beautifully illustrated, 'Deadly Beautiful' is certain to foster a new understanding and appreciation of these incredible animals and their importance on a global scale.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Magic of Words written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses words and language from the origins of words to people whose jobs use words and writing. Also includes a chapter on word games.
Author : John Ayto
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408101602
Total Pages : 983 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Word Origins written by John Ayto and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 neologisms are added to the English language: acronyms (nimby), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir-faire). Laid out in an A-Z format with detailed cross references, and written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Word Origins is a valuable historical guide to the English language.
Author : Mark Forsyth
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1785788752
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated Etymologicon written by Mark Forsyth and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY. 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent. 'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard. The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words is a classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere. 'Highly recommended' Spectator
Author : Valerie Kay Samuel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Gatorlog written by Valerie Kay Samuel and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Beard
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Zara's Tales written by Peter Beard and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a collection of personal anecdotes, essays, and reflections, the adventurer, photographer, and author describes his life in Africa, his arrival in Nairobi, Kenya, in the 1950s, his forty-acre Hog Ranch encampment, its animal inhabitants, and his encounter with the legendary man-eating lions of Tsavo.
Author : Megan Gogerty
Publisher : Original Works Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1630920347
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Bad Panda written by Megan Gogerty and published by Original Works Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 Males, 1 Female They're the last two pandas on earth. It's mating season. One of them falls in love with a crocodile. Who is gay. And then the baby comes. In this sweet celebration of non-traditional families, Gwo Gwo the panda must balance his newfound desire for Chester the crocodile with his obligations to his prescribed panda mate, Marion. The animals eat, mate, splash around in identity politics, wrestle with the ambivalence of parenthood, and love one another as only families can. "Bad Pandaoffers nonstop hilarity and sweet introspection... Playwright Megan Gogerty's smart, witty script and dedicated character development are to be lauded." -Broadwayworld.com "No school field trip to the zoo was ever this entertaining or self-discovering and this show will touch your heart on a warm and fuzzy level..." -DC Metro Theatre Arts "fresh, cute... and despite the characters being animals, very human." -Maryland Theatre Guide"
Author : Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zool̈ogy at Harvard College written by Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass written by Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896436
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Origins of English Words written by Joseph Twadell Shipley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.
Author : Sir John Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Depth and Marine Deposits of the Pacific written by Sir John Murray and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
