Download or read book Alphabet Compendium written by Nigel Sussman and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique alphabet book features full-page, ultra-detailed, hand-drawn illustrations with an average of 100 items per letter for each of the 26 letters of the English alphabet. As envisioned by illustrator and muralist, Nigel Sussman, this book will provide hours of educational seek-and-find fun for art enthusiasts of all ages. There are an abundance of things to discover, from Aardvark to Zucchini!
Download or read book Steve Mack s ABC written by Steve Mack and published by . This book was released on 2006-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn your ABC's with colorful and vibrant illustration by Steve Mack.
Download or read book Inventing the Alphabet written by Johanna Drucker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies. Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet. Drawing on decades of research, Johanna Drucker dives into sometimes obscure and esoteric references, dispelling myths and identifying a pantheon of little-known scholars who contributed to our modern understandings of the alphabet, one of the most important inventions in human history. Beginning with Biblical tales and accounts from antiquity, Drucker traces the transmission of ancient Greek thinking about the alphabet’s origin and debates about how Moses learned to read. The book moves through the centuries, finishing with contemporary concepts of the letters in alpha-numeric code used for global communication systems. Along the way, we learn about magical and angelic alphabets, antique inscriptions on coins and artifacts, and the comparative tables of scripts that continue through the development of modern fields of archaeology and paleography. This is the first book to chronicle the story of the intellectual history through which the alphabet has been “invented” as an object of scholarship.
Download or read book Compendium for Literates written by Karl Gerstner and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1974 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Gerstner is one of Switzerland's—and therefore the world's—best and best-known graphic and typographic designers. His high ambition in this book, first published in German in 1972, is to provide a complete and systematic taxonomy of writing, a programmed investigation into the underlying structure of script and type; Gerstner writes that his book is meant to "encompass the aspects and possibilities of the alphabet in their totality." It is this systematic and programmatic approach that sets the book apart. Most studies of typography and its larger graphic setting and context are concerned with the history of the development of writing and printing, or are collections of typographic models or typical examples, or are textbooks on layout and design. This one is organized into five sections that take up, in turn, Script and Speech—the relation between writing and language, different alphabets, reading directions (the eye follows directions and moves in a direction), style; Manual Graphics or craft—materials, tools, methods, procedures, reproductive techniques; Images—letter pictures, word pictures, sentence pictures, handwriting, size, proportion, type weight, form, harmony, texture, brightness, color; Function—as effected through dimensioning, spacing, grouping, layout, integration; and Expression—as achieved through coordination, articulation, emphasis, diversion, and the spirit of play. As a physical object, the book is more than a passive repository of examples of typographic display. It makes a dynamic and integrated typographic statement of its own and as a whole as it progresses and develops in accordance with its internal program. The book is nearly square and opens vertically rather than horizontally. Type is printed on only one side of the sheets, which are folded back on themselves along the outer edge to form double leaves, so that there is no distracting show-through "noise." There are words printed in blind embossing and stencil cutouts. And color is used with an elegant restraint, appearing only at the book's mid-section climax—its very sparseness amid the prevailing sharp black and white contributes a luxurious effect.
Download or read book Compendium of the World s Languages Abaza to Kurdish written by George L. Campbell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many languages, particularly those which have achieved literary status, have been studied in great detail, and specialized descriptions of these are plentiful. What has not been so readily available, however, is a general survey covering a wide spectrum of the world's languages on a comparative basis. It is this kind of comparative cross-section of languages, ranging from the familiar and well-documented to the relatively obscure, that the Compendium of the World's Languages presents.
Download or read book From Gay to Z A Queer Compendium written by Justin Elizabeth Sayre and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated compendium celebrates LGBTQIA+ history and culture, written by and according to culture icon Justin Elizabeth Sayre! Based on Sayre's five-part show in New York City, From Gay to Z is a humorous collection of the rich legacy of gay culture, told through the letters of the alphabet. From ABBA to addiction, hair and makeup to HIV, Fannie Flagg to fierce, Sayre offers their own perspective on the things that have influenced gay culture today, including iconic figures, historical moments, ongoing issues in the LGBTQIA+ community, and everything in between. As gay culture is always evolving and different for everyone, this book does not serve as a definitive guide—instead, Sayre encourages readers to use this knowledge to reflect on the things that have informed their personal identities. Engagingly written and beautifully designed, From Gay to Z is a distinctive and dynamic look at gay culture for LGBTQIA+ readers everywhere. STRONG VOICE AND ENGAGING CONTENT: Sayre's writing is lively, engaging, and rich. The entries have their own style and contain humorous anecdotes, facts, commentary, and more—all told through Sayre's animated yet authoritative voice. BELOVED, WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR: Sayre is active and well-known in the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond. They've been recognized as one of "LA's 16 Most Talented LGBT Comics" by Frontiers Magazine, and their debut comedy album, The Gay Agenda, was named one of 2016's "Best Things in Comedy" by The Comedy Bureau. They host their own podcast, Sparkle & Circulate, where they interview performers, writers, and other creative minds of the LGBTQIA+ community. As an activist, Justin's charity benefit show, "Night of a Thousand Judys," raises money for the Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBTQIA+ youth and is now in its 7th year. Perfect for: • LGBTQIA+ people of all ages • Fans of Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood • Those looking for a birthday or holiday gift for their LGBTQIA+ friends and family
Download or read book Spencerian Handwriting written by Platts Roger Spencer and published by Ulysses Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spencerian penmanship is considered the pinnacle of classic handwriting and cursive--now a lost art. Offering a bind up of 6 books in 1, this hands-on guide is the only all-in-one edition of L.P. Spencer's theory and practice workbooks for learning and practicing perfect lettering.
Download or read book Irish Alphabet written by Rickey E. Pittman and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ce'ad mi'le fa'ilte." One hundred thousand welcomes from Ireland, a place where Riverdancers dance and uilleann pipes play across the famed forty shades of green. Culture on the Emerald Isle is rich in history, legends, and symbolic reminders of the country's early Celtic roots. Now young readers can explore this magical realm from A to Z. Beginning in ancient times, symbols of luck (four-leaf clover) and faith (Celtic Cross) established themselves in the Irish culture and have survived for centuries. The country's rich history extends from the Rock of Dunamase and Kilkenny Castle to the legends of St. Patrick and Finn MacCool.
Download or read book Yankee Doodle America written by Wendell Minor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A to Z of the American Revolution.
Download or read book The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words written by Tyler Vendetti and published by Whalen Book Works. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words is an illustrated dictionary of the 300+ most specific words in the English language, along with their definitions, roots, and (hilarious) usage quotes! Have you ever been lying in your bed, surrounded by crumbs and wrappers, feasting on your fifth pop tart and thought, “I wish there was a word for this”? Well, there is! Accubationis - the practice of eating and drinking while lying down. The English language is populated by many words that have a regular place in everyday conversation, and The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words celebrates these words by featuring definitions, origins and usage, and coupling illustrations. Words include: Badling (noun) - a group of ducks. Crapulence (noun) - sickness resulting from eating too much. Guddle (verb) - fishing only with your hands. Kaiju (noun) - A film genre characterized by giant, terrifying monsters. Slugabed (noun) - A lazy person who stays in bed late. Wegotism (noun) - The excessive use of the word ‘we’. With more than 300 insanely specific words, you’d think that you would know a few of them, right? Well, think again! We’re willing to wager that you don’t know a single one of these words! Unless, of course, you have a special interest in the smell of horse urine (the word for that particular odor is jumentuous). The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words not only captures these words through equally specific illustrations, it also tells you what they mean! And like so many great reference books before it, it is organized in alphabetical order, from aglet to zopissa. Readers will close this book a little bit smarter than they were when they picked it up!
Download or read book The American Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American national trade bibliography.
Download or read book The Caribou Alphabet written by Mary Beth Owens and published by Tilbury House Nature Book. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical celebration of the caribou.
Download or read book Work written by Kellen Hatanaka and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical tour through the coolest jobs you can imagine—and some you might never have heard of! With a sophisticated, minimalist design and visual jokes to interpret on every page, Work: An Occupational ABC introduces children both to the alphabet and to a range of alternative careers. The ideal reader for this book is the child (or adult) who is interested in exploring all manner of professions through original and inspired illustrations. Must be open to adventure. Knowledge of the alphabet is desirable but not required, since successful applicants will receive training from A to Z.
Download or read book The Alphabet Abecedarium written by Richard A. Firmage and published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think you know your alphabet, think again. Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible and literature, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet. It shows the history and development of each letter and how its shape evolved.
Download or read book The English Language in Its Elements and Forms written by William Chauncey Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Grammar written by William Chauncey Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The English Language written by R. G. Latham and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work was laid before the public, with the intention of representing in a form as systematic as the extent of the subject would allow, those views concerning the structure and relations of the English language, which amongst such scholars as had studied them with the proper means and opportunities, were then generally received; and which, so being received, might take their stand as established and recognized facts. With the results of modern criticism, as applied to his native tongue, it was conceived that an educated Englishman should be familiar. To this extent the special details of the language were exhibited; and to this extent the work was strictly a Grammar of the English Language.
