All That Glisters Is Not Gold

Author : Stephen W. King
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525559990

Get Book

All That Glisters Is Not Gold by Stephen W. King Pdf

After the death of his beloved grandfather, Lucas Bitterman discovers he and his family have inherited a priceless collection of twenty-dollar gold pieces minted in the early twentieth century. The will also stipulated that Luke is the sole protector of the collection’s crowning piece: a 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, one of only a handful known to exist. With the help of a numismatist trusted by his grandfather, Luke learns that not only is the coin worth millions of dollars, it is also viewed as stolen by the federal government. It is illegal to own, impossible to publicly sell, and highly desired by both wealthy collectors and common street thugs. Fearing for the safety of his family, Luke is thrown into a dilemma. How can he deal with this problematic inheritance?

Author : Janet Brennan Croft,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786428274

Get Book

Tolkien and Shakespeare by Janet Brennan Croft,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III Pdf

Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have more in common than one might expect. These essays focus on the broad themes and motifs which concerned both authors. They seek to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, "corrected," and otherwise held an ongoing dialogue with Shakespeare's works. The depiction of Elves and the world of Faerie, and how humans interact with them, are some of the most obvious points of comparison and difference for the two writers. Both Tolkien and Shakespeare deeply explored the uses and abuses of power with princes, politics, war, and the lessons of history. Magic and prophecy were also of great concern to both authors, and the works of both are full of encounters with the Other: masks and disguises, mirrors that hide and reveal, or seeing stones that show only part of the truth.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Jews
ISBN : UCLA:31158000128339

Get Book

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Alice Bradley Haven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : American fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433076087885

Get Book

"All's Not Gold that Glitters", Or, The Young Californian by Alice Bradley Haven Pdf

Author : Leung Che Miriam Lau,Wing Bo Anna Tso
Publisher : Springer
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811005824

Get Book

Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students by Leung Che Miriam Lau,Wing Bo Anna Tso Pdf

This is a teacher’s resource book tailor-made for EFL teachers who want to bring Shakespeare into their classes. It includes forty innovative lesson plans with ready-to-use worksheets, hands-on games and student-oriented activities that help EFL learners achieve higher levels of English proficiency and cultural sensitivity. By introducing the plots, characters, and language arts employed in Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice, the book conveys English grammatical rules and aspects like a walk in the garden; complicated rhetorical features such as stress, meter, rhyme, homonymy, irony, simile, metaphor, euphemism, parallelism, unusual word order, etc. are taught through meaning-driven games and exercises. Besides developing EFL learners’ English language skills, it also includes practical extended tasks that enhance higher-order thinking skills, encouraging reflection on the central themes in Shakespeare’s plays.

Author : Randolph Nelson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783030378615

Get Book

A Brief Journey in Discrete Mathematics by Randolph Nelson Pdf

The goal of this book is to showcase the beauty of mathematics as revealed in nine topics of discrete mathematics. In each chapter, properties are explored through a series of straightforward questions that terminate with results that lie at the doorstep of a field of study. Each step along the way is elementary and requires only algebraic manipulation. This frames the wonder of mathematics and highlights the complex world that lies behind a series of simple, mathematical, deductions. Topics addressed include combinatorics, unifying properties of symmetric functions, the Golden ratio as it leads to k-bonacci numbers, non-intuitive and surprising results found in a simple coin tossing game, the playful, trick question aspect of modular systems, exploration of basic properties of prime numbers and derivations of bewildering results that arise from approximating irrational numbers as continued fraction expansions. The Appendix contains the basic tools of mathematics that are used in the text along with a numerous list of identities that are derived in the body of the book. The mathematics in the book is derived from first principles. On only one occasion does it rely on a result not derived within the text. Since the book does not require calculus or advanced techniques, it should be accessible to advanced high school students and undergraduates in math or computer science. Senior mathematicians might be unfamiliar with some of the topics addressed in its pages or find interest in the book's unified approach to discrete math.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015040786983

Get Book

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : George Latimer Apperson
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1840223111

Get Book

Dictionary of Proverbs by George Latimer Apperson Pdf

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

Author : Neal R. Norrick
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110101963

Get Book

How Proverbs Mean by Neal R. Norrick Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Author : Hugh Stowell Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101067631471

Get Book

Lectures to the Men of Liverpool ... by Hugh Stowell Brown Pdf

Author : Scott Hahn
Publisher : Image
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780385530088

Get Book

Catholic Bible Dictionary by Scott Hahn Pdf

More than a generation has passed since the appearance of the last major Catholic Bible dictionary. It has been a fertile generation for biblical scholarship, an eventful time for biblical archaeology, and a fruitful time for the Church’s interpretation of the Bible. It is time for a new resource. Scott Hahn, internationally renowned theologian and biblical scholar, has inspired millions with his insight into the Catholic faith. Now he brings us this important reference guide, written specifically for Catholics, which contains more than five thousand clear and accessible entries and covers a wide range of people, places, and topics. From Genesis to Revelation, the whole of salvation history is presented and explained in smart, easy-to-understand prose. Catholic Bible Dictionary is an invaluable source of information, insight, and guidance for Catholics and others who are interested in enriching their understanding of Sacred Scripture. Scott Hahn draws from two millennia of scholarship to create an accessible and comprehensive tool for deeper and more rewarding biblical study.

Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781789290028

Get Book

All That Glisters ... by Caroline Taggart Pdf

Quotations - or snippets from them - are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of comfort to advice for the lovelorn, you can bet that someone, somewhere has come up with phraseology that perfectly sums up whatever situation you find yourself in and put it more succinctly than you could ever dream of. In All That Glisters . Caroline Taggart presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where the quotation has come from and why it may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one's friends. Part of the pleasure of this book is to reveal the provenance of the well-worn quote (or misquote) - my cup runneth over, ay, there's the rub, to err is human, the spice of life - but also to introduce some less familiar ones. Most of the quotations included are from classic sources - from the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, other poets, classical authors, Dickens (God bless us everyone, waiting for something to turn up, very humble), Charlotte Bronte (Reader, I married him) and George Bernard Shaw (who didn't actually say Youth is wasted on the young, but may have said something like it. Somewhere. No one seems to know for sure). This entertaining and informed - but not too serious - take on the wit and wisdom of the last 2000 years is ideal for modern readers who like their knowledge in tweet-sized chunks.

Author : Bob Hostetler
Publisher : Worthy Inspired
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781617958427

Get Book

The Bard and the Bible by Bob Hostetler Pdf

365 Devotions pairing Scripture from the King James Bible and lines from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Includes little known history, curiosities, and facts about words introduced or used in new ways by Shakespeare.

Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 1166 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Allusions
ISBN : 1840223103

Get Book

Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer Pdf

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-23
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191580017

Get Book

A Dictionary of Proverbs by Jennifer Speake Pdf

This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.