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Speaking of History

Roger Adelson
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Author : Roger Adelson
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040674478

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What is of particular significance about this set of interviewees is the fact that each has approached the process of research and historical writing by applying a variety of techniques from the broad spectrum of the humanities, liberal arts, and social and natural sciences; each has avoided narrow specialization by comparing the particular contexts they study with other times and places. Collectively, they see the study of history in a global perspective.

Speaking American

Richard W. Bailey
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Author : Richard W. Bailey
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195179347

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Investigates the history and continuing evolution of American English, from the 16th century to the present, to celebrate the endless variety and remarkable inventiveness that have always been at the heart of our language. By the author of Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language.

Speaking to History

Paul A. Cohen
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Author : Paul A. Cohen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520265837

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The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex 5th-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during the 20th century, but remains little known in the West. This book explores the story's connections to the major traumas of the 20th century, and also considers why such stories remain unknown to outsiders.

Speaking into the Air

John Durham Peters
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Author : John Durham Peters
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226922638

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Communication plays a vital and unique role in society-often blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A sweeping history of communication, Speaking Into the Air illuminates our expectations of communication as both historically specific and a fundamental knot in Western thought. "This is a most interesting and thought-provoking book. . . . Peters maintains that communication is ultimately unthinkable apart from the task of establishing a kingdom in which people can live together peacefully. Given our condition as mortals, communication remains not primarily a problem of technology, but of power, ethics and art." —Antony Anderson, New Scientist "Guaranteed to alter your thinking about communication. . . . Original, erudite, and beautifully written, this book is a gem." —Kirkus Reviews "Peters writes to reclaim the notion of authenticity in a media-saturated world. It's this ultimate concern that renders his book a brave, colorful exploration of the hydra-headed problems presented by a rapid-fire popular culture." —Publishers Weekly What we have here is a failure-to-communicate book. Funny thing is, it communicates beautifully. . . . Speaking Into the Air delivers what superb serious books always do-hours of intellectual challenge as one absorbs the gradually unfolding vision of an erudite, creative author." —Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer

Speaking Up

Marcel Martel,Martin P?quet
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Author : Marcel Martel,Martin P?quet
Publisher : Between the Lines(CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1926662938

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A fresh look at one of the great issues of our time

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

Andrew Roberts
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Author : Andrew Roberts
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297865247

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Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prizewinner has been inspired by Churchill's example to write the story of the 20th century. Churchill wrote: 'Every nation or group of nations has its own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials and struggles is necessary to all who would comprehend the problems, perils, challenges, and opportunities which confront us today 'It is in the hope that contemplation of the trials and tribulations of our forefathers may not only fortify the English-speaking peoples of today, but also play some small part in uniting the whole world, that I present this account.' As the greatest of all the trials and tribulations of the English-speaking peoples took place in the twentieth century, Roberts' book covers the four world-historical struggles in which the English-speaking peoples have been engaged - the wars against German Nationalism, Axis Fascism, Soviet Communism and now the War against Terror. But just as Churchill did in his four volumes, Roberts also deals with the cultural, social and political history of the English global diaspora.

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II

Winston Churchill
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Author : Winston Churchill
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472585493

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Originally published: London: Cassell, 1956.

Speaking with Vampires

Luise White
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Author : Luise White
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520922297

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During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. In colonial Tanganyika, for example, Africans were said to be captured by these agents of colonialism and hung upside down, their throats cut so their blood drained into huge buckets. In Kampala, the police were said to abduct Africans and keep them in pits, where their blood was sucked. Luise White presents and interprets vampire stories from East and Central Africa as a way of understanding the world as the storytellers did. Using gossip and rumor as historical sources in their own right, she assesses the place of such evidence, oral and written, in historical reconstruction. White conducted more than 130 interviews for this book and did research in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. In addition to presenting powerful, vivid stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, the book presents an original epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory, and into their relationship to the writing of history.

Speak: A Short History of Languages

Tore Janson
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Author : Tore Janson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191622908

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This book is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of some languages and the fall of others, explaining why some survive and others die. It shows how languages change their sounds and meanings, and how the history of languages is closely linked to the history of peoples. Writing in a lively, readable style, distinguished Swedish scholar Tore Janson makes no assumptions about previous knowledge. He takes the reader on a voyage of exploration through the changing patterns of the world's languages, from ancient China to ancient Egypt, imperial Rome to imperial Britain, Sappho's Lesbos to contemporary Africa. He discovers the links between the histories of societies and their languages; he shows how language evolved from primitive calls; he considers the question of whether one language can be more advanced than another. The author describes the history of writing and looks at the impact of changing technology. He ends by assessing the prospects for English world domination and predicting the languages of the distant future. Five historical maps illustrate this fascinating history of our defining characteristic and most valuable asset.

Speaking Our Truth

Monique Gray Smith
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Author : Monique Gray Smith
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459815841

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Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.

Speaking History

S. Armitage
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Author : S. Armitage
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230104914

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This oral history reader, designed to supplement texts on the second half of the U.S. history survey, features the words of ordinary people who describe how they shaped, viewed, and remembered American history.

Speaking of Chinese

Raymond Chang,Margaret Scrogin Chang
Speaking of Chinese Book PDF

Author : Raymond Chang,Margaret Scrogin Chang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0393321878

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"This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."--Scientific American

Speaking in the Past Tense

Herb Wyile
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Author : Herb Wyile
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781554588251

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“Speaking in the Past Tense participates in an expanding critical dialogue on the writing of historical fiction, providing a series of reflections on the process from the perspective of those souls intrepid enough to step onto what is, practically by definition, contested territory.” — Herb Wyile, from the Introduction The extermination of the Beothuk ... the exploration of the Arctic ... the experiences of soldiers in the trenches during World War I ... the foibles of Canada’s longest-serving prime minister ... the Ojibway sniper who is credited with 378 wartime kills—these are just some of the people and events discussed in these candid and wide-ranging interviews with eleven authors whose novels are based on events in Canadian history. These sometimes startling conversations take the reader behind the scenes of the novels and into the minds of their authors. Through them we explore the writers’ motives for writing, the challenges they faced in gathering information and presenting it in fictional form, the sometimes hostile reaction they faced after publication, and, perhaps most interestingly, the stories that didn’t make it into their novels. Speaking in the Past Tense provides fascinating insights into the construction of national historical narratives and myths, both those familiar to us and those that are still being written.

The History of God Speaking

Les Martin
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Author : Les Martin
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781098090999

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Surely most evangelicals would affirm the Bible is the Word of God. It is the record of what God has spoken, what He wanted us to know; it is the revelation of Himself and His will. He has declared that what He has given to us is sufficient for us. If all we can know about God can only be found in the pages of Scripture, is that enough? Does He still speak, and if so, how? If He speaks personal revelation to individual believers, what is to be done with such revelation? Is that assumed revelation as authoritative and accurate as the biblical text? Can we know for sure that it came from God? The answers to these questions carry serious consequences. We need to carefully examine what God has recorded in order to accurately understand how God has spoken and how He continues to speak.

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Collection

Winston S. Churchill
A History of the English Speaking Peoples Collection Book PDF

Author : Winston S. Churchill
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1079 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780795300387

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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Collection by Winston S. Churchill Pdf

The magnificent history of Britain by the legendary statesman and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, now condensed in one volume. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston S. Churchill's most extraordinary literary works. Begun during the “wilderness years” when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history, and completed when Churchill was in his eighties, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid account. This one-volume abridged edition of Churchill’s major work makes accessible to readers the full sweep of his magisterial chronicle.