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Treasure-house of the Language

Author : Charlotte Brewer
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300124293
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Treasure-house of the Language written by Charlotte Brewer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words and a staggering 2,500,000 quotations to illuminate the meaning and history of those words. A glorious, bursting treasure-house, the OED serves as a guardian of the literary jewels of the past, a testament to the richness of the English language today, and a guarantor of future understanding of the language. In this book, Charlotte Brewer begins her account of the OED at the point where others have stopped--the publication of the final installment of the first edition in 1928--and carries it through to the metamorphosis of the dictionary into a twenty-first-century electronic medium. Brewer describes the difficulties of keeping the OED up to date over time and recounts the recurring debates over finances, treatment of contentious words, public vs. scholarly expectations, proper sources of quotations, and changing editorial practices. With humor and empathy, she portrays the predilections and personalities of the editors, publishers, and assistants who undertook the Sisyphean task of keeping apace with the modern explosion of vocabulary. Utilizing rich archives in Oxford as well as new electronic resources, the author uncovers a history no less complex and fascinating than the Oxford English Dictionary itself.

The Treasure House

Author : Linda Newbery
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1444005731
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Treasure House written by Linda Newbery and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-05-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nina's mother, Miranda, mysteriously disappears, Nina's father goes to look for her, leaving Nina with her two eccentric aunts who run a charity shop in town. Nina soon discovers that working in the shop can be funny, intriguing and rewarding as she takes in weird and wonderful donations, makes new friends and uncovers strange secrets! But Nina is determined to solve the mysteries that have taken over her life - where has her mother gone? Why did she leave so suddenly? And just what is the secret she's been hiding? Award-winning author Linda Newbery grips and entertains readers in her usual mesmerising way with this intriguing new mystery.

Americans in the Treasure House

Author : Jason Ruiz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292753802
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Americans in the Treasure House written by Jason Ruiz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz 1876-1911), focusing especially on the role of travelers in shaping ideas of Mexico as a logical place for Americans to extend their economic and cultural influence in the hemisphere. Overland travel between the United States and Mexico became instantly faster, smoother, and cheaper when workers connected the two countries' rail lines in 1884, creating intense curiosity in the United States about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. As a result, so many Americans began to travel south of the border during the Porfiriato that observers from both sides of the border began to quip that the visiting hordes of tourists and business speculators constituted a "foreign invasion," a phrase laced with irony given that it appeared at the height of public debate in the United States about the nation's imperial future. These travelers created a rich and varied record of their journeys, constructing Mexico as a nation at the cusp of modernity but requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential"--

Treasure-house of Mysteries

Author : Sebastian P. Brock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881414219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Treasure-house of Mysteries written by Sebastian P. Brock and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The main purpose of this collection of translations is to make available to a wider readership a selection of poems that deal specifically with biblical topics." -- Introduction, page 12.

Spelling Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House)

Author : Sarah Snashall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486441
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Spelling Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House) written by Sarah Snashall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Spelling Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11 offering complete coverage of the 2014 National Curriculum.

Treasure Hunt House

Author : Kate Davies
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1786036789
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Treasure Hunt House written by Kate Davies and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two children receive an invitation from their Great-Aunt Martha to visit her incredible house and she sets them a treasure hunt to solve as they explore the rooms. Join the children on their treasure hunt around the great house, lifting more than 50 flaps and solving riddles on every page, whilst learning about famous historical and cultural objects as you go. Find out about instruments in the music room, the history of jeans in the bedroom, see a velociraptor skeleton in the Cabinet of Curiosities and Shakespeare's plays in the library. This magical book is a treasure hunt through the house of every child's dreams that will inspire a love of history. Ideal for anyone who loves exploring houses or playing with doll’s houses.

Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House)

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486271
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House) written by Abigail Steel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They cover all the text types specified in the 2014 National Curriculum, with follow-up activities that build the skills necessary to develop critical thinking.

Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 4 (Treasure House)

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486352
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 4 (Treasure House) written by Abigail Steel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They cover all the text types specified in the 2014 National Curriculum, with follow-up activities that build the skills necessary to develop critical thinking.

Aztec Treasure House

Author : Evan Connell
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619026910
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Aztec Treasure House written by Evan Connell and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are tales of fabulous advances made in anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, and linguistics, stories of the Anasazi, the "old ones" of the southwestern desert, of the great explorers, eccentrics, dreamers, scientists, cranks, and geniuses. "There's no end to the list, of course," Connell says, "because gradually it descends from such legendary individuals to ourselves when, as children, obsessed by that same urge, we got permission to sleep in the backyard."

Comprehension Skills Teacher’s Guide 1 (Treasure House)

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486387
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Comprehension Skills Teacher’s Guide 1 (Treasure House) written by Abigail Steel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Comprehension Skills Teacher’s Guides provide at-a-glance lesson planning to guide teachers through the activities in Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books.

The Treasure House of Belgium

Author : Emile Cammaerts
Publisher : London : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasure House of Belgium written by Emile Cammaerts and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1924 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wordhord

Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069123275X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Wordhord written by Hana Videen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.

The House of Rust

Author : Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451603
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book The House of Rust written by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage to rescue her father The House of Rust is an enchanting novel about a Hadhrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made of a skeleton to rescue him. She is guided by a talking scholar’s cat (and soon crows, goats, and other animals all have their say, too). On this journey Aisha meets three terrifying sea monsters. After she survives a final confrontation with Baba wa Papa, the father of all sharks, she rescues her own father, and hopes that life will return to normal. But at home, things only grow stranger. Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s debut is a magical realist coming-of-age tale told through the lens of the Swahili and diasporic Hadhrami culture in Mombasa, Kenya. Richly descriptive and written with an imaginative hand and sharp eye for unusual detail, The House of Rust is a memorable novel by a thrilling new voice.

The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse

Author : Olive Beaupré Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse written by Olive Beaupré Miller and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of literature for the youngest children including nursery rhymes, fables, folk tales, poems and stories primarily from American and British sources but from many other places, too.

The House of the Vestals

Author : Steven Saylor
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312582412
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The House of the Vestals written by Steven Saylor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine crime stories featuring Gordianus the Finder, a detective in ancient Rome who marries his slave. Part mystery, part a social history of the period from the end of Sulla's dictatorship to the Spartacan slave revolt.

Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Year 1 Pupil Book

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : Collins Educational
ISBN 13 : 9780008133368
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Year 1 Pupil Book written by Abigail Steel and published by Collins Educational. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House: Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11, offering complete coverage of the demanding 2014 National Curriculum, and ideal practice of the skills in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test. This Treasure House pupil book: * is matched directly to the 2014 National Curriculum * explains each concept clearly and simply, followed by a set of carefully tailored questions * ensures pupils will master all appropriate language skills. This pupil book can be used with Treasure House Teacher's Guide 1, Anthology 1 and activities on Collins Connect for an integrated approach to teaching English.

Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 3 (Treasure House)

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486344
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 3 (Treasure House) written by Abigail Steel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They cover all the text types specified in the 2014 National Curriculum, with follow-up activities that build the skills necessary to develop critical thinking.