Download or read book AlphaBest written by Helaine Becker and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses each letter of the alphabet to introduce a grade-appropriate adjective along with its comparative form and its superlative form.
Download or read book Alphabetter Juice or The Joy of Text written by Roy Blount and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh-squeezed Lexicology, with Twists No man of letters savors the ABC's, or serves them up, like language-loving humorist Roy Blount Jr. His glossary, from adhominy to zizz, is hearty, full bodied, and out to please discriminating palates coarse and fine. In 2008, he celebrated the gists, tangs, and energies of letters and their combinations in Alphabet Juice, to wide acclaim. Now, Alphabetter Juice. Which is better. This book is for anyone—novice wordsmith, sensuous reader, or career grammarian—who loves to get physical with words. What is the universal sign of disgust, ew, doing in beautiful and cutie? Why is toadless, but not frogless, in the Oxford English Dictionary? How can the U. S. Supreme Court find relevance in gollywoddles? Might there be scientific evidence for the sonicky value of hunch? And why would someone not bother to spell correctly the very word he is trying to define on Urbandictionary.com? Digging into how locutions evolve, and work, or fail, Blount draws upon everything from The Tempest to The Wire. He takes us to Iceland, for salmon-watching with a "girl gillie," and to Georgian England, where a distinguished etymologist bites off more of a "giantess" than he can chew. Jimmy Stewart appears, in connection with kludge and the bombing of Switzerland. Litigation over supercalifragilisticexpialidocious leads to a vintage werewolf movie; news of possum-tossing, to metanarrative. As Michael Dirda wrote in The Washington Post Book World, "The immensely likeable Blount clearly possesses what was called in the Italian Renaissance ‘sprezzatura,' that rare and enviable ability to do even the most difficult things without breaking a sweat." Alphabetter Juice is brimming with sprezzatura. Have a taste.
Download or read book Alpha Guide written by Alpha, and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alpha Guide is a companion to either the Alpha Film Series or Alpha with Nicky Gumbel. This guide is divided up by session with an easy-to-read outline so that guests can follow along during each talk. With simple bullet-point organization and plenty of room for notes, the guide functions as an invaluable resource to the guest during Alpha, and as a reference tool for individual reflection long after Alpha. It is considered an essential resource for Alpha guests as well as the host and helpers on Alpha. Alpha creates an environment of hospitality where people can bring their friends, family, and work colleagues to explore the Christian faith, ask questions, and share their point of view. Alpha makes it easy to invite friends to have spiritual conversations which explore life's biggest questions in a safe and respectful way. Alpha's approach to hospitality, faith, and discussion is designed to welcome everyone, especially those who might not describe themselves as Christians or church-goers. Each session includes time for a large group meal, short teaching, and small group discussion.
Download or read book Maine Lighthouse ABC written by Connie Roop and published by Penobscot Books. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A children's ABC with information on Maine lighthouses, including a fun ditty and illustrations for each letter, a photograph of an accompanying lighthouse for each letter, and in-depth back matter for older children and adults about lighthouse history, visiting lighthouses and more.
Download or read book Literary Journalism on Trial written by Kathy Roberts Forde and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1984, Jeffrey Masson filed a libel suit against writer Janet Malcolm and the New Yorker, claiming that Malcolm had intentionally misquoted him in a profile she wrote for the magazine about his former career as a Freud scholar and administrator of the Freud archives. Over the next twelve years the case moved up and down the federal judicial ladder, at one point reaching the U.S. Supreme Court, as lawyers and judges wrestled with questions about the representation of truth in journalism and, by extension, the limits of First Amendment protections of free speech. Had a successful Freudian scholar actually called himself an intellectual gigolo and the greatest analyst who ever lived? Or had a respected writer for the New Yorker knowingly placed false, self-damning words in her subject's mouth? In Literary Journalism on Trial, Kathy Roberts Forde explores the implications of Masson v. New Yorker in the context of the history of American journalism. She shows how the case represents a watershed moment in a long debate between the advocates of traditional and literary journalism and explains how it reflects a significant intellectual project of the period: the postmodern critique of objectivity, with its insistence on the instability of language and rejection of unitary truth in human affairs. The case, Forde argues, helped widen the perceived divide between ideas of literary and traditional journalism and forced the resolution of these conflicting conceptions of truth in the constitutional arena of libel law. By embracing traditional journalism's emphasis on fact and objectivity and rejecting a broader understanding of truth, the Supreme Court turned away from the FirstAmendment theory articulated in previous rulings, opting to value less the free, uninhibited interchange of ideas necessary to democracy and more the trustworthiness of public expression. The Court's decision in this case thus had implications that reached beyond the legal realm to the values and norms expressed in the triangular relationship between American democracy, First Amendment principles, and the press.
Download or read book Why English written by Pauline Bunce and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways and means by which English threatens the vitality and diversity of other languages and cultures in the modern world. Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, it explores the use and misuse of English in a wide range of contexts, revealing how the dominance of English is being confronted and counteracted around the globe. The authors explore the language policy challenges for governments and education systems at all levels, and show how changing the role of English can lead to greater success in education for a larger proportion of children. Through personal accounts, poems, essays and case studies, the book calls for greater efforts to ensure the maintenance of the world’s linguistic and cultural diversity.
Download or read book Modeling Evolution written by Derek A. Roff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer modeling is now an integral part of research in evolutionary biology. This book outlines how evolutionary questions are formulated and how, in practice, they can be resolved by analytical and numerical methods.
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Download or read book Report written by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 41- 1916/17- include the Station's Bulletin and other of Its publications which are also issued separately.
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Download or read book A Diabetic Manual for the Mutual Use of Doctor and Patient written by Elliott Proctor Joslin and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report written by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 41- 1916/17- include the Station's Bulletin and other of Its publications which are also issued separately.
Download or read book Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the Year written by Connecticut. Office of State Entomologist and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Message and Documents Communicated to the Legislature of Connecticut written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station New Haven 1913 1920 written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Documents of the Legislature of Connecticut written by Connecticut and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
