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Author : Richard Scollins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Ey Up, Mi Duck ! written by Richard Scollins and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria de Rijke
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861894899
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Duck written by Victoria de Rijke and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The squat, noisy duck occupies a prominent role in the human cultural imagination, as evidenced by everything from the rubber duck of childhood baths to insurance commercials. With Duck,Victoria de Rijke explores the universality of this quacking bird through the course of human culture and history. From the Eider duck to the Brazilian teal to the familiar mallard, duck species are richly diverse, and de Rijke offers a comprehensive overview of their evolutionary history. She explores the numerous roles that the duck plays in literature, art, and religion—including the Hebrew belief that ducks represent immortality, and the Finnish myth that the universe was hatched from a duck’s egg. The author also highlights the significant role humor has always played in human imaginings of duck life, such as the Topographia Hibernia, a twelfth-century tome contending that ducks originated as growths on tree trunks washed up on a beach. But the book does not neglect the bird’s role in everyday life as well, from food dishes to jokes to beloved animated characters such as Daffy Duck and Donald Duck. Duck is an entertaining account of a bird whose distinctive silhouette is known the world over.
Author : James Milroy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317896955
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Real English written by James Milroy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that exists within the British Isles today. In addressing this problem, Real English brings together the work of a number of experts on the subject to provide a pioneer volume in the field of the grammar of spoken English.
Author : Patrick Honeybone
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474442579
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Dialect Writing and the North of England written by Patrick Honeybone and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates how dialect variation in the North of England is represented in writing.
Author : Berlie Doherty
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448189012
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The Girl Who Saw Lions written by Berlie Doherty and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two girls, from very different places, are brought together in a tale of loss, courage and family. Abela has lost everything, and now she must leave her home in Tanzania and flee to Britain. Rosa's struggling to cope with her mum's wish to adopt a child. When they are brought together, will Abela and Rosa ever be able to love one another like sisters? From the Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty, The Girl Who Saw Lions is a powerful and moving story, inspired by the author's visit to Africa.
Author : Natalie Braber
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501502379
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)
Download or read book East Midlands English written by Natalie Braber and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume will provide a comprehensive yet accessible description of East Midlands English, an area of neglect in linguistic research. Existing publications, which aggregate the findings of earlier surveys and more recent localised studies presenting an overview of regional speech in the UK, are either lacking up-to-date research data from the East Midlands or simply ignore the region. A coordinated survey of dialects of the East Midlands was part of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) in the 1950s. This data is now over sixty years old and focuses almost exclusively on broad rural dialect speakers. This book will fill the knowledge and literature gaps by comparing vernacular speech in different urban and rural locations in the East Midlands, and examining whether the East Midlands is a 'transition zone' between the North and South. Recordings held by the British Library will be used, and will be supplemented with recordings made with local speakers. Language in the East Midlands is distinctive and there is considerable regional variety, for instance, between speech in the major urban centres of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Bringing out this regional variation will also improve our wider understanding of language variation in English. The concept of the East Midlands in itself is not a clear one, and this volume aims to address such issues and to examine what makes the East Midlands an area of itself and what this area includes.
Author : Richard Scollins
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853066580
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Ey Up Mi Duck! written by Richard Scollins and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring cartoon-like illustrations that aim to capture the warmth and humour of the East Midlands, this work is a celebration of the dialect spoken in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Staffordshire.
Author : Katie Hutton
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1838770380
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)
Download or read book The Gypsy's Daughter written by Katie Hutton and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, heartwrenching saga for fans of Dilly Court and Kitty Neale. Harmony 'Harry' Loveridge is growing up on a farm in post-war Kent. With a Gypsy for a father, she has had a somewhat unconventional, yet happy life. But Harry has always hoped for more. And with ambitions to go to university, and a scholarship in sight, it looks as though she is about to get what she wants. That is until one fateful night, during the yearly hopping, when something happens to Harry. Refusing to give up on her dreams Harry must draw on all her strength and courage as she embarks on her new life in Nottingham. Will she be able to escape the tragedies of her past, or is history doomed to repeat itself? Don't miss the next engrossing, moving saga from Katie Hutton, Annie of Ainsworth's Mill. Available to pre-order now. - - - - - - Praise for The Gypsy's Daughter 'Love, loss and everything in between. Another fabulous read by Katie Hutton.' Lynn Johnson, author of Wartime with the Tram Girls 'Cleverly balanced between two worlds and weaves a story that's well-written, exciting and full of Romani charm.' Shirley Mann, author of Lily's War and Bobby's War 'Cracking characters, tender love story, impeccably researched historical detail. I loved it . . . I couldn't put it down.' Elizabeth Woodcraft, author of The Saturday Girls and The Girls from Greenway 'At times, heartbreaking. At others, heartwarming. This is the enchanting story of a young woman's struggle to recover from the traumatic events of her past.' Jennifer Page, author of Freedom from Loneliness 'A poignant and compelling story of trauma and the healing power of love: its many voices ring true and a past era in England is evoked with cinematic precision.' Maybelle Wallis, author of Heart of Cruelty 'An original gem . . . Captivating.' Patricia O'Reilly, author of The First Rose of Tralee
Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521272476
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (724 download)
Download or read book Mr Noon written by D. H. Lawrence and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-05-21 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiographical novel - more or less a sequel to Sons and Lovers. The first part appeared as a short story in 1934; the second, larger part was never published. Mr Noon was first published in its entirety in 1984, and was widely hailed as a major literary event.
Author : Kate Atkinson
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385680236
Total Pages : 1467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)
Download or read book Jackson Brodie 4-Book Bundle written by Kate Atkinson and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 1467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson Brodie is a private investigator in Cambridge. A former soldier and policeman, he makes his money working from investigating infidelity and finding missing cats. But Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and increasingly he becomes a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, the Jackson Brodie series begins as the investigator attempts to unravel three disparate case histories. He soon realizes, however, that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected. . . Now, with this four-volume eBook bundle, you can discover the novels that the New York Times has called “deliciously underhanded . . . and well worth waiting for.” “Atkinson’s detective novels are masterworks of character-driven plots and leisurely observation. But they are primarily triumphs of tone: sardonic, faithless, and dark as the inside of a cow. As a reader, you might come for the mystery, but you’ll return for the prose.” —The Globe and Mail This bundle includes: CASE HISTORIES ONE GOOD TURN WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG
Author : Tim Sample
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1608933695
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin' written by Tim Sample and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine humor icon Tim Sample gives us a new collection of short essays and monologues about his growing up and living in Maine and throughout his long entertainment career. His wide range of subjects include things that could happen “Only in Maine,” how his dad invented the SUV, his long friendship with horror master Stephen King, the pitfalls of Maine’s fifth season (mud), and the right way to eat a lobster. Part whimsical anecdote, part hard-won wisdom, these stories are imbued with Sample’s distinct wry Yankee wit.
Author : Stanley Middleton
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473518237
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Golden Evening written by Stanley Middleton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Booker-Prize-winning author of Holiday. Rejacketed and reissued by Windmill to mark the 40th anniversary of Stanley Middleton's Booker Prize win. A brother and sister – Bernard is at college, Mary is still at school - are struggling with their own young lives and loves, near the end of one beautiful summer. At the same time, their mother Ivy is dying from cancer whilst their father, a simple and dignified man, is barely coping. A family faces fundamental changes, together and apart. 'This humane book digs patiently beneath the surface of ordinary lives to the rock of universal truths.' Sunday Times 'Stanley Middleton, once dubbed 'The Chekhov of suburbia', is to the Midlands suburb what Anne Tyler is to the Midwest picket fence. His careful writing creates an always precise and often unnerving picture of reality.' The Times
Author : Joel Greenberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226306607
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Of Prairie, Woods, and Water written by Joel Greenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the literary imagination, Chicago evokes images of industry and unbridled urban growth. But the tallgrass prairie and deep forests that once made up Chicago’s landscape also inspired musings from residents and visitors alike. In Of Prairie, Woods, and Water, naturalist Joel Greenberg gathers these unique voices from the land to present an unexpected portrait of Chicago in this often charming, sometimes heart-wrenching anthology of nature writing. These writings tell the tale of a land in transition—one with abundant, unique, and incredibly lush flora and fauna, a natural history quite elusive today. Drawing on archives he uncovered while writing his acclaimed A Natural History of the Chicago Region, Greenberg hand-selected these first-person narratives, all written between 1721 and 1959. Not every author is familiar, but every contribution is distinctive. From a pioneer’s hilarious notes on life in the Kankakee marsh to Theodore Drieser’s poignant plea for conservation of the Tippecanoe River to infamous murderer Nathan Leopold’s charming description of a pet robin he kept in prison, the sources included are as diverse as the nature they describe. The excerpts conclude with insightful biographical essays and traverse a wide area of greater Chicagoland, from the Illinois River to southwest Michigan, from southern Wisconsin to the Limberlost swamp of northeastern Indiana. A fascinating record of Chicago’s changing environmental history, Of Prairie, Woods, and Water captures the natural world in a way that will inspire its continued conservation. Errata: We have learned the title of a book by the Chicago ecologist and writer May Theilgaard Watts has been incorrectly rendered in the selections attributed to Mrs. Watts. The correct title of her book is Reading the Landscape of America (Nature Study Guild Publishers, see http://naturestudy.com). This will be corrected in the next printing. We very much regret the error.
Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521294270
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (942 download)
Download or read book The White Peacock written by D. H. Lawrence and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge edition of The White Peacock faithfully recovers Lawrence's words and punctuation.
Author : Robert Shore
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007524439
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Bang in the Middle written by Robert Shore and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book to put the Midlands back on the map.
Author : Simon Barnes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643139169
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A History of the World in 100 Animals written by Simon Barnes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated in color, a fascinating exploration of the one hundred animals that have had the most profound influence on humanity throughout the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our homes. We are humans and we love the idea of our uniqueness. But the fact is that we humans are as much members of the animal kingdom as the cats and dogs we surround ourselves with, the cows and the fish we eat, and the bees who pollinate so many of our food-plants. In The History of the World in 100 Animals, award-winning author Simon Barnes selects the one hundred animals who have had the greatest impact on humanity and on whom humanity has had the greatest effect. He shows how we have domesticated animals for food and for transport, and how animals powered agriculture, making civilisation possible. A species of flea came close to destroying human civilisation in Europe, while the slaughter of a species of bovines was used to create one civilisation and destroy another. He explains how pigeons made possible the biggest single breakthrough in the history of human thought. In short, he charts the close relationship between humans and animals, finding examples from around the planet that bring the story of life on earth vividly to life, with great insight and understanding. The heresy of human uniqueness has led us across the millennia along the path of destruction. This book, beautifully illustrated throughout, helps us to understand our place in the world better, so that we might do a better job of looking after it. That might save the polar bears, the modern emblem of impending loss and destruction. It might even save ourselves.
Author : Yorkshire Dialect Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society written by Yorkshire Dialect Society and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each number.
