Download or read book Rotten Row written by Petina Gappah and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petina Gappah returns with another collection of stories, exploring modern Zimbabwe.

Download or read book Ayrshire Herd Book written by Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Herd Book of the Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society of Great Britain and Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gold Rush Girl written by Avi and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Medalist Avi brings us mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 with a willful heroine who goes on an unintended — and perilous — adventure to save her brother. Victoria Blaisdell longs for independence and adventure, and she yearns to accompany her father as he sails west in search of real gold! But it is 1848, and Tory isn’t even allowed to go to school, much less travel all the way from Rhode Island to California. Determined to take control of her own destiny, Tory stows away on the ship. Though San Francisco is frenzied and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory finds freedom and friendship there. Until one day, when Father is in the gold fields, her younger brother, Jacob, is kidnapped. And so Tory is spurred on a treacherous search for him in Rotten Row, a part of San Francisco Bay crowded with hundreds of abandoned ships. Beloved storyteller Avi is at the top of his form as he ushers us back to an extraordinary time of hope and risk, brought to life by a heroine readers will cheer for. Spot-on details and high suspense make this a vivid, absorbing historical adventure.

Download or read book Rats Alley written by Peter Chasseaud and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 2006, Rats Alley was a ground-breaking piece of research, the first-ever study of trench names of the Western Front. Now, in this fully updated and revised second edition, the gazetteer has been extended to well over 20,000 trench names, complete with map references – in itself an essential tool for any First World War researcher. However, combined with the finely considered history and analysis of trench naming during the First World War, this is an edition that no military history enthusiast should be without. Discover when, how and why British trenches were first named and follow the names' fascinating development throughout the First World War, alongside details of French and German trench-naming practices. Looked at from both contemporary and modern points of view, the names reveal the full horror of trench warfare and throw an extraordinary sidelight on the cultural life of the period, and the landscape and battles of the Western Front. Names such as Lovers Lane, Idiot Corner, Cyanide Trench, Crazy Redoubt, Doleful Post, Furies Trench, Peril Avenue, Lunatic Sap and Gangrene Alley can be placed in context. With useful information on where original trench maps are held, and how to obtain copies, Rats Alley is a vital volume for both military and family historians.

Download or read book Origin Uncertain written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old journals that they may as well be lost to the general public. In Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology, eminent etymologist Anatoly Liberman draws on his professional expertise and etymological database to tell the stories of less understood words such as nerd, fake, ain't, hitchhike, trash, curmudgeon, and quiz, as well as puzzling idioms like kick the bucket and pay through the nose. By casting a net so broadly, the book addresses language history, language usage (including grammar), history (both ancient and modern), religion, superstitions, and material culture. Writing in the spirit of adventure through the annals of word origins, Liberman also shows how historical linguists construct etymologies, how to evaluate competing explanations, and how to pursue further research.

Download or read book Chambers s Edinburgh Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chambers s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by New York (N.Y.). Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Graphic written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Risely On the Early History of Risely Bedfordshire Signed Uncle John With a Portrait MS Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions of the London and Middlesex Arch ological Society written by London and Middlesex Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains its Proceedings, Reports, List of members, etc.

Download or read book Transactions written by London and Middlesex Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 21 written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Northern Notes Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: