Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517202845
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Here is a fabulous and fun reference guide to the Latin and Greek origins of such words and expressions as "windbag" and "seize the day," as well as a lively tour through the literature and life of ancient times. With fun black-and-white illustrations, this irreverent and informative book provides history, maps, and even a glossary for a unique way to revisit the ancient classics.
Brush Up Your Classics!
Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517202845
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Here is a fabulous and fun reference guide to the Latin and Greek origins of such words and expressions as "windbag" and "seize the day," as well as a lively tour through the literature and life of ancient times. With fun black-and-white illustrations, this irreverent and informative book provides history, maps, and even a glossary for a unique way to revisit the ancient classics.
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517202845
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Here is a fabulous and fun reference guide to the Latin and Greek origins of such words and expressions as "windbag" and "seize the day," as well as a lively tour through the literature and life of ancient times. With fun black-and-white illustrations, this irreverent and informative book provides history, maps, and even a glossary for a unique way to revisit the ancient classics.
It's Greek to Me
Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062720449
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From Homer's Iliad (bite the dust) to Plato's Phaedo (swan song), this fascinating fun-filled sequel to Brush Up Your Shakespeare! reveals the classical origins of many common English phrases. Macrone is an erudite guide.--San Francisco Chronicle. 40 illustrations.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062720449
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From Homer's Iliad (bite the dust) to Plato's Phaedo (swan song), this fascinating fun-filled sequel to Brush Up Your Shakespeare! reveals the classical origins of many common English phrases. Macrone is an erudite guide.--San Francisco Chronicle. 40 illustrations.
By Jove
Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062720198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A synopsis of classical myths and how they have lent their names and stories to our language.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062720198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A synopsis of classical myths and how they have lent their names and stories to our language.
It's Greek to Me!
Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Years
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The last novel that the famous Modernist novelist Virginia Woolf published in her lifetime, 'The Years' was published in the year 1935. It traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to the "present day" of the mid-1930s. The story focuses on the small private details of the characters' lives. Except for the first, each section takes place on a single day of its titular year, and each year is defined by a particular moment in the cycle of seasons.
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The last novel that the famous Modernist novelist Virginia Woolf published in her lifetime, 'The Years' was published in the year 1935. It traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to the "present day" of the mid-1930s. The story focuses on the small private details of the characters' lives. Except for the first, each section takes place on a single day of its titular year, and each year is defined by a particular moment in the cycle of seasons.
My Friends
Author: Emmanuel Bove
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810160583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"Victor Baton is a wounded war veteran trying to reestablish his prewar lifestyle but avoid work. Living in a run-down boardinghouse, Baton spends his days searching Paris for the modest comforts of warmth, cheap meals, and friendship, but he finds little. Despite his desperate situation, Baton remains vain and unsympathetic, a Bovian antihero to the core. Bove himself called My Friends, published in France in 1923, a "novel of impoverished solitude."" --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810160583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"Victor Baton is a wounded war veteran trying to reestablish his prewar lifestyle but avoid work. Living in a run-down boardinghouse, Baton spends his days searching Paris for the modest comforts of warmth, cheap meals, and friendship, but he finds little. Despite his desperate situation, Baton remains vain and unsympathetic, a Bovian antihero to the core. Bove himself called My Friends, published in France in 1923, a "novel of impoverished solitude."" --Book Jacket.
Area Studies
Author:
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category : Area studies
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A wide range of sources - by writers, diplomats, tourists, businessmen, and missionaries - documenting the political, cultural and social history of Japan from 1400 to the 20th century.
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category : Area studies
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A wide range of sources - by writers, diplomats, tourists, businessmen, and missionaries - documenting the political, cultural and social history of Japan from 1400 to the 20th century.
Synopsis
Author: Andrew D. Dimarogonas
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789057025778
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Lists the scholarly publications including research and review journals, books, and monographs relating to classical, Hellenistic, Biblical, Byzantine, Medieval, and modern Greece. The 11 indexes include article title and author, books reviewed, theses and dissertations, books and authors, journals, names, locations, and subjects. The format continues that of the second volume. All the information has been programmed onto the disc in a high-level language, so that no other software is needed to read it, and in versions for DOS and Apple on each disc. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789057025778
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Lists the scholarly publications including research and review journals, books, and monographs relating to classical, Hellenistic, Biblical, Byzantine, Medieval, and modern Greece. The 11 indexes include article title and author, books reviewed, theses and dissertations, books and authors, journals, names, locations, and subjects. The format continues that of the second volume. All the information has been programmed onto the disc in a high-level language, so that no other software is needed to read it, and in versions for DOS and Apple on each disc. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7947
Book Description
DigiCat presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Contents: Content: Novels: The Voyage Out Night and Day Jacob's Room Mrs Dalloway To the Lighthouse Orlando The Waves The Years Between the Acts The Common Reader: Second Series Three Guineas The Death of the Moth and Other Essays The Moment and Other Essays...
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7947
Book Description
DigiCat presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Contents: Content: Novels: The Voyage Out Night and Day Jacob's Room Mrs Dalloway To the Lighthouse Orlando The Waves The Years Between the Acts The Common Reader: Second Series Three Guineas The Death of the Moth and Other Essays The Moment and Other Essays...
Eureka!
Author: Michael Macrone
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760713891
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760713891
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description