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Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781567315547
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Word Lover's Dictionary written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Foyle
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Foyle's Philavery written by Christopher Foyle and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word 'philavery' was invented to describe this book - a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of these words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness.
Author : Pip Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1984820737
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Dictionary of Lost Words written by Pip Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review “A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”—Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. Set during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world. WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD
Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781616086503
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (865 download)
Download or read book The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words written by Josefa Heifetz Byrne and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From aasvogel (the South African vulture) to knurry (full of knots), from melangeur (a machine for making chocolate syrup) to zumbooruk (a small cannon fired from the back of a camel), the words in this book are guaranteed to expand your vocabulary and confound your friends. They may be obscure and even preposterous, but every entry in this eye-opening book has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary. This dictionary does not claim or attempt to be complete. It is based completely on the editor’s sense of wonder and absurdity. It is educational, yes, but also more fun than any dictionary has a right to be!
Author : Peter Bowler
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780879235567
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (355 download)
Download or read book The Superior Person's Book of Words written by Peter Bowler and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1985 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will teach you the practical riches of saying it well with good words, neglected words, precise words for vocabular exaltation.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author : Brian McCarthy
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1613128819
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Parish-Hadley Tree of Life written by Brian McCarthy and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lushly illustrated look inside the interior design firm that set the standard for America’s finest homes—serving the Astors, the Kennedys, and more. Starting in the 1960s, one name was synonymous with gorgeous interior design and luxurious, stylish home décor: Parish-Hadley Associates, who were commissioned by some of the most prominent families in the country, from the Kennedys to the Astors, Rockefellers, and Gettys. In this “must-have addition to your design library,” thirty interior designers relate in detail their personal experiences working at the firm, accompanied by images they have chosen of their own work, past and present, illustrating how their careers have been shaped by the industry-changing partnership between Sister Parish and Albert Hadley (Architectural Digest). “You can’t say ‘Parish-Hadley’ without tipping your cap toward the revered interior firm that’s inspired the design community since the ’60s. . . . Here, 30 renowned designers revisit lessons learned from the iconic duo. Take notes!” —USA Today
Author : Barbara Wallraff
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061758701
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Word Fugitives written by Barbara Wallraff and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the many thousands of dictionary words at our disposal, our language can be dismayingly inadequate. How many times have you searched for a word that means just what you want it to but failed to find anything suitable anywhere? Most of us, it turns out, lead lives rife with experiences, people, and things that have no names. At least, they lacked names until now. Word Fugitives comes to the rescue, supplying hundreds of inspired words coined or redefined to meet everyday needs. For instance, wouldn't it be handy to have a word for the momentary confusion people experience when they hear a cell phone ringing and wonder whether it's theirs? (How about fauxcellarm, phonundrum, or pandephonium?) Or what about a word for offspring who are adults? (Try unchildren or offsprung.) Or a word for the irrational fear when you're throwing a party that no one will show up? (That might be guestlessness, empty-fest syndrome, or fete-alism.) This mind- and vocabulary-expanding book grew out -- way out -- of Barbara Wallraff's popular column in The Atlantic Monthly. Brimming with irresistible diversions and pop quizzes; illuminated by contributions and commentary from authors, linguists, and leading language authorities; and enlivened by pleas for help from people whose words have yet to be found, Word Fugitives will captivate and inspire anyone who ever struggles to describe the world that he or she, or they, or thon (thon? see page 141) lives in.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744029554
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)
Download or read book English for Everyone: English Vocabulary Builder written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pencil to complete the exercises. This absolutely essential language guide and workbook will expand your English vocabulary in no time. Spilling over with thousands of entries for useful words and phrases, this is the perfect study aid for any adult learning English as a foreign language. With 3,000 words across hundreds of pages, English Vocabulary Builder brings you everything you need to know and much, much more. From activities, family, holidays, science, and work to animals, feelings, health, sports, and weather, just about every subject in the English language is covered in eye-catching, illustrative detail. All the vocabulary is shown with both UK and US spellings, and every word can be heard with its own audio recording in the accompanying app available for download. Additional interactive exercises ensure language learning is an easy, entertaining, and educational experience. This book is part of DK's best-selling English for Everyone series, which is suitable for all levels of English language learners and provides the perfect reading companion for study, exams, work, or travel. With audio material available on the accompanying website and Android/iOS apps, there has never been a better time to learn English.
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words ... written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Skye Byrne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481406272
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book The Power of Henry's Imagination (The Secret) written by Skye Byrne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy learns the secret to locating his missing stuffed bunny in this picture book about the extraordinary power of imagination, from the team behind the phenomenally bestselling The Secret. When Henry’s beloved stuffed rabbit, Raspberry, goes missing, he enlists his whole family to help him search for the missing toy. But Raspberry can’t be found. Then Henry’s grandfather suggests that Henry use his imagination to find his rabbit. Will the power of Henry’s imagination bring Raspberry back? Or is Raspberry gone for good? Depicting the love of a boy for his toy and the power of friendship, The Power of Henry’s Imagination is sure to become an instant classic.
Author : Bruce Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743236599
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Tea That Burns written by Bruce Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Edward Hall may have an English name and a Connecticut upbringing, but for him a trip to Chinatown, New York, is a visit to the ghosts of his Chinese ancestors - ancestors who helped create the neighborhood that is really as much a transplanted Cantonese village as it is a part of a great American city. Among these Ancestors are missionaries and reprobates, businessmen and scholars. In Tea That Burns, Bruce Edward Hall uses the stories of these and others to tell the history of Chinatown, starting with the tumultuous journey from an ancient empire ruled by the nine dragons of the universe to a bewildering land of elevated trains, solitary labor, and violent discrimination. The world they constructed was built of backbreaking labor and poetry contests; gambling dens and Cantonese opera; Tong Wars, festivals, firecrackers, incense, and food - always food, to celebrate every conceivable occasion and to confound the ever-meddlesome "White Devils" as they attempt to master the mysteries of chop sticks and stir-fry.
Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802197620
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book A Confederacy of Dunces written by John Kennedy Toole and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806504988
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Mrs. Byrne dictionary written by Josefa Heifetz Byrne and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. Flammer
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008086662X
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Discourse Processing written by A. Flammer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on discourse (or text) processing has only recently come into its own. It builds on the work of text analysis which has a long and distinguished history, but modern developments in psychology (e.g. memory research), artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy have contributed to this emergence in the last decade as a lively and promising research area.This book contains 46 selected and edited contributions from the International Symposium held in Fribourg in 1981, and represents a truly international overview of the developments in research on written and oral discourse. The contributions have been grouped according to problem area and not according to methodology, with the intention of focusing on the important issues in the field of discourse processing and of showing how diverse approaches contribute to a better understanding of the problems involved. The main themes are: text structure, coherence, inference, memory processes, attention and control, goal perspectives, and educational implications.
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ISBN 13 : 9780586206003
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Mrs Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
