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Castel off loue (Chasteau d'amour or carmen de creatione mundi) - An early English Translation of an old French Poem is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research...

The two Books of John Crellius Francus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1665. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a...

Chock-full of jokes and entertaining twists of the tongue, this lighthearted but scholarly guide to humorous language is a sure?re hit with word lovers. The examples are entertainingly bawdy, with a delightful narrative voice in word sleuth and author, Jim Bernhard. He provides examples...

In this sequel to English Studies: An Introduction to the Discipline(s), editor Bruce McComiskey and contributors from a range of disciplines propose seven principles to reimagine English studies for increased relevance in an increasingly diverse and globalized world.While social values outside of academia are...

This is a book of expression, on events that we often dream about at some point in our lives, but we fail to look beyond the preeminence. Messages within this book gives value and the needed insight before aspiring to fulfill such roles. Though...

Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three " Leeter" books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish! In this...

This pioneering examination of travel writing about New Zealand in the colonial period discusses a wide range of writing that helped place New Zealand on the literary map, while providing an oblique history of the young nation in the 19th century. Exploring early newspaper...

World premiere of a new version of Euripides' classic Medea. Plays in London as part of the Almeida's Greek Season. Medea's marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides' seminal play cuts to the heart...

Three ancient languages have molded the history of Western Europe: Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. The two first are the original languages of the sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity, the religions that have most deeply influenced Western Europe through time and space. Greek and...

This book "" A Cursory History of Swearing "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

Youth language data provides interesting perspectives on gender dynamics and gendered usage in society. However, the gender perspective has not received the deserved focus in youth language studies in Africa. This is partly due to the general perception that youth languages and classic youth...

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Salzburg, language: English, abstract: Studies on language attitudes have been conducted since the 1960s in various formats with native and non-native speakers as well...

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Bonn (Institut f? Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), course: Mapping the Romances, language: English, abstract: This analysis looks at the similarities between Shakespeare's play "Cymbeline"...

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine" (Anglistik II), course: Virus as Political Metaphor, language: English, abstract: How challenging the fulfillment of one's own role in society and...

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: The term paper provides a linguistic analysis of Shakespeare's coinages, based on the example of Macbeth. The analysis will focus...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: B, University of Cape Coast, language: English, abstract: This study looks at how tense and aspect is realized in Ghanaian Pidgin English and compares it to Standard...

Diploma Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, University of Graz (Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: This thesis investigates the relationship between apocalyptic fiction and reality during the Cold War era. By exploring the zeitgeist and media landscape...

Edgar Iacolenna takes you on a discovery of the profession of production sound mixer.What is this book?It represents the 'journey', in a figurative sense, that he wanted to undertakein order to discover the various ways of understanding this profession; thevarious ways of approaching the...

Knowing one's origin coupled with an appropriate name gives one a sense of great pride and belonging. In the United States in particular most people with African ancestry have started moving away from the traditional English names which is a clear sign that there...

Based on his many years in both the art world as a gallery owner and educator, The Art Rules is a practical, operational guide for visual artists that demystifies the art world and empowers practitioners to find success on their own terms. Author: Paul...

Includes flash cards on perforated sheets.Author: Mometrix College Credit Test TeamISBN-10: 1609711688ISBN-13: 9781609711689Publisher: Mometrix Media LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2023Format: OtherWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.50dNot available to be shipped via Media Mail

What destructive powers did the tongue and its speech have for medievals? It could damn humans through blasphemy. It could occlude penitential knowledge of the self, especially of the misdirected will, by generating excuses for what the medieval clergy regarded as sin. It could...

What's Up is athree-book series that presents many activities that build skills and knowledge of U.S. culture for adults. Each unit prominently features activities that develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and contains nine sections: Survey, Think, Read, Understand, Listen, Talk, Write, Apply,...

Sophocles is best known for Oedipus the King, in which the protagonist discovers-to his horror -that he has slain his father and married his mother. In one guise or another this thematic material is familiar territory for Sophocles; it arises in at least two...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

A series of poetic probes and philosophical musings based on 7 pechakucha presentations, and featuring 140 original collage illustrations, Massaging the Medium features famed poet Adeena Karasick at her best: incisive, insightful, ironic, illuminating, and always devoted to free play and humorous juxtapositions as...

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND ENDURING OF GREEK TRAGEDIESAuthor: EuripidesISBN-10: 1722503858ISBN-13: 9781722503857Publisher: G&D MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2022Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d

You will find in this work a rational discussion of techniques of what takes to write agile prose, techniques that prominent writers use to make them prominent writers. This textbook sets a fresh approach to the writing of riveting prose, an approach that isn't...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Anglophone Studies), language: English, abstract: In this Bachelor thesis I will analyse Juliet, Beatrice and Lady Macbeth's agency in relation to the plays'...

Stanislaw Lem was one of the greatest, and one of the most misunderstood, science fiction writers of the twentieth century. His work was both brilliant and challenging. His aliens were truly alien - beings whose thoughts are so incomprehensible to human minds that they...

" Startling and deft, loving the alien ricochets between worlds, tongue and selves " Rabha Ashry is the winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, 2020. She has published her work in Oyez Review, Collected 2018, Airport Road, Electra Street and Strange Horizons....

Learn the English to Creole translations for the parts of the body. The book includes colourful images with English to Creole translations. This book is for any age, designed to help develop your Caribbean Creole mainly from the island of Saint Lucia and Dominica,...

We are living through what is arguably the most challenging time for the health care industry. Glaring gaps and inequities in health persist both within and between countries, underscoring our collective failure to share the dramatic health advances of the last century equitably. At...

Author: Dahlia DwedarISBN-10: 1795765046ISBN-13: 9781795765046Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2019Pages: 424Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.99lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.10d

The American Slang Dictionary by James Maitland (1891) is an enjoyable artifact from the middle of the 19th century- offering a glimpse into the language that was used by the people. "This work, therefore, while aiming to present a full list of distinctively American...

Transnational Italian Studies is specifically targeted at a student audience and is designed to be used as a key text when approaching the disciplinary field of Italian studies. It allows the study of Italian culture to be construed and practised not simply as the...

A romance of the fifth century, in which many of the scenes described in the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' are reset to suit the purpose of the author. Only two historical personages are introduced into the story, - the Emperor...

The object of this volume is two-fold. It supplies very full and comprehensive vocabularies of the words required by the tourist or traveller, visitor or resident abroad, health or pleasure seeker, and professional or business man, together with a large number of conversational sentences...

Look what happens when assessment becomes a simple student-driven processTraditional outcome-based grades make school a place of right or wrong answers, a rigid system that stalls enjoyment and learning. In contrast, innovative teachers of all subjects and grade levels use process-based assessment to build...

Learn How to Improve Your Listening Skills and Discover the Secrets of Effective CommunicationRelationships are at the heart of our human experience. Think about it-no matter where you go, what you do, or what your beliefs are, relationships influence your life.In both personal and...

In book one, we established the idea that language is an essential aspect of the human condition and provided you with the basics for learning some conversational Dutch. In book two, we expand upon this by introducing you to other aspects of grammar which...

A figure of speech is an expression in which the words are used, but not in their literal sense, to create a more forceful or dramatic meaning. They are often in the form of metaphors, similes and hyperbole "A fountain of knowledge," is a...

A comprehensive, historical and scholarly dictionary of the English Creole languages of Trinidad and Tobago, this text is an essential reference for all those who are interested in the language.Author: Lise WinerISBN-10: 0773534067ISBN-13: 9780773534063Publisher: McGill-Queen's University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2009Pages: 1072Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.10lbsSize: 10.90h x...

Dystopian novels examine the fate of an individual in a technologically advanced society. 'Utopia' is defined as an ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects. The exact definition, given in the Oxford dictionary for Utopia is, 'an imagined place or...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow is a revolutionary approach to learning to write and improving your writing. In this culmination of 20 years spent developing the Imaginative Storm method, Huston and Navé have created a...

This is a book of expression, on events that we often dream about at some point in our lives, but we fail to look beyond the preeminence. Messages within this book gives value and the needed insight before aspiring to fulfill such roles. Though...

This Time Management book contains proven steps and strategies on how to quickly and effectively organize your life and schedule! You will learn how to stop dragging your feet and get productive, regain balance in your life, develop new habits, and much more!We are...

Do you have the self belief and confidence to make a difference? Do you "just know" that you'll succeed no matter what?How comes your colleague gets the promotion even though you always work more than him? Why all your teachers like Jeremy even though...