Author: Paul Anthony Jones
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826356567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for "stumbling block" and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means "little house" in Italian. Roulette means "little wheel" in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Word Drops
Author: Paul Anthony Jones
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826356567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for "stumbling block" and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means "little house" in Italian. Roulette means "little wheel" in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826356567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for "stumbling block" and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means "little house" in Italian. Roulette means "little wheel" in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Word Drops
Author: Paul Anthony Jones
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826356575
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for “stumbling block” and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means “little house” in Italian. Roulette means “little wheel” in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826356575
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for “stumbling block” and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means “little house” in Italian. Roulette means “little wheel” in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Words We Misspell in Business
Author: Frank H. Vizetelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual
Author: John Eckhardt
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621366251
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Identifies specific demons, spirits, strongholds, and other elements of darkness, and offers biblical teachings and strategies for defeating them and achieving self-deliverance.
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621366251
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Identifies specific demons, spirits, strongholds, and other elements of darkness, and offers biblical teachings and strategies for defeating them and achieving self-deliverance.
Arkansas Extension Bulletin
Author: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus) Agricultural Extension Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Gorgias and Rhetoric
Author: Plato
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 158510468X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
By pairing translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric, along with an outstanding introductory essay, Joe Sachs demonstrates Aristotles response to Plato. If in the Gorgias Plato probes the question of what is problematic in rhetoric, in Rhetoric, Aristotle continues the thread by looking at what makes rhetoric useful. By juxtaposing the two texts, an interesting "conversation" is illuminated—one which students of philosophy and rhetoric will find key in their analytical pursuits. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle and Plato’s immediate audience.
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 158510468X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
By pairing translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric, along with an outstanding introductory essay, Joe Sachs demonstrates Aristotles response to Plato. If in the Gorgias Plato probes the question of what is problematic in rhetoric, in Rhetoric, Aristotle continues the thread by looking at what makes rhetoric useful. By juxtaposing the two texts, an interesting "conversation" is illuminated—one which students of philosophy and rhetoric will find key in their analytical pursuits. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle and Plato’s immediate audience.
Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trade-mark and Copyright Cases
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
"Compiled from Official gazette. Beginning with 1876, the volumes have included also decisions of United States courts, decisions of Secretary of Interior, opinions of Attorney-General, and important decisions of state courts in relation to patents, trade-marks, etc. 1869-94, not in Congressional set." Checklist of U. S. public documents, 1789-1909, p. 530.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
"Compiled from Official gazette. Beginning with 1876, the volumes have included also decisions of United States courts, decisions of Secretary of Interior, opinions of Attorney-General, and important decisions of state courts in relation to patents, trade-marks, etc. 1869-94, not in Congressional set." Checklist of U. S. public documents, 1789-1909, p. 530.
Extension Publications, Boys' and Girls' Club Work
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Handbook to Life in the Aztec World
Author: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195330838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195330838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Windows XP Power Hound
Author: Preston Gralla
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596006195
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Now power users can rejoice as Gralla offers them tips, tools, and know-how to bend Windows XP to their will.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596006195
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Now power users can rejoice as Gralla offers them tips, tools, and know-how to bend Windows XP to their will.