Author: Pedro Carolino
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486835006
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Unintentionally hilarious Portuguese-English phrase book written by an author who spoke no English. In his Introduction to this literary curiosity, Mark Twain warmly praised it for its "miraculous stupidities."
English as She Is Spoke
Author: Pedro Carolino
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486835006
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Unintentionally hilarious Portuguese-English phrase book written by an author who spoke no English. In his Introduction to this literary curiosity, Mark Twain warmly praised it for its "miraculous stupidities."
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486835006
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Unintentionally hilarious Portuguese-English phrase book written by an author who spoke no English. In his Introduction to this literary curiosity, Mark Twain warmly praised it for its "miraculous stupidities."
English as she is spoke; or, a jest in sober earnest
Author: José da Fonseca
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
English as she is spoke by Jose de Fonseca is a befuddled Portuguese-to-English dictionary which was intentionally published as a humorous guide. Excerpt: "A choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms, and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to studious Portuguese and Brazilian Youth; and also to persons of others nations, that wish to know the Portuguese language. We sought all we may do, to correct that want, composing and devising the present little work in two parts."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
English as she is spoke by Jose de Fonseca is a befuddled Portuguese-to-English dictionary which was intentionally published as a humorous guide. Excerpt: "A choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms, and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to studious Portuguese and Brazilian Youth; and also to persons of others nations, that wish to know the Portuguese language. We sought all we may do, to correct that want, composing and devising the present little work in two parts."
Atlas of the Skies
Author:
Publisher: Zebra Press
ISBN: 9781844060832
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Journeying between the stars and planets in the discovery of the universe.
Publisher: Zebra Press
ISBN: 9781844060832
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Journeying between the stars and planets in the discovery of the universe.
One Child, Two Languages
Author: Patton O. Tabors
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Practical, engaging guide to helping early childhood educators understand and address the needs of English language learners.
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Practical, engaging guide to helping early childhood educators understand and address the needs of English language learners.
Mark Twain Speaking
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587297191
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Originally published in 1976 and reissued in 2006 after many years out of print, Mark Twain Speaking assembles Twain's lectures, after-dinner speeches, and interviews from 1864 to 1909. Explanatory notes describe occasions, identify personalities, and discuss techniques of Twain's oral craftsmanship. A chronology listing date, place, and title of speech or type of engagement completes the collection.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587297191
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Originally published in 1976 and reissued in 2006 after many years out of print, Mark Twain Speaking assembles Twain's lectures, after-dinner speeches, and interviews from 1864 to 1909. Explanatory notes describe occasions, identify personalities, and discuss techniques of Twain's oral craftsmanship. A chronology listing date, place, and title of speech or type of engagement completes the collection.
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
The Publisher's Weekly American Book-Trade Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Health at Home
Author: Alfred Hudson Guernsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The Popular Science Monthly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Allan Dare and Robert Le Diable
Author: David Dixon Porter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description