Tales From The Word Guy

Author : Jonathan Berkowitz
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781039149380

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Tales From the Word Guy by Jonathan Berkowitz Pdf

Tales from the Word Guy is a collection of essays adapted from the author’s segments on CBC Radio One’s North by Northwest. Jonathan Berkowitz takes the reader on a delightful journey through the history, idiosyncrasies, and sheer pleasures of the English language. He covers how English evolved and expanded over the centuries. And he reminds us of long-forgotten aspects of how to use the language properly. You will chuckle at how it is used improperly, often with amusing results. With enthusiasm, humour, and plenty of infectious fun, Berkowitz offers up a deep appreciation for the beauty of our language. If you love our language, you’ll love this look at it.

Author : Jonathan Berkowitz
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781039107137

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The Whirl of Words by Jonathan Berkowitz Pdf

Why do word puzzles fascinate us? How do they help develop problem-solving skills? How do they teach us about geography, literature, sports, and popular culture? How are they an international language? Jonathan Berkowitz offers a brief history of wordplay, with insights into puzzles and the brain. He offers tips on how to solve puzzles and explains the educational value of puzzles. Challenges in the form of rebuses, anagrams, codes and cryptograms, crosswords, and wordplay with numbers supply even more fun! The Whirl of Words is a unique, rich, and intriguing tour of a wide variety of word puzzles certain to stimulate a brain work-out.

Author : E. Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075839145

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Tales of Mystery & Suspense: 25+ Thrillers in One Edition by E. Phillips Oppenheim Pdf

This carefully edited collection of "Tales of Mystery & Suspense: 25+ Thrillers in One Edition” has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Great Impersonation The Double Traitor The Black Box The Devil's Paw A Maker Of History The New Tenant The Cinema Murder The Box With Broken Seals The Yellow Crayon The Yellow House; Or As A Man Lives Mr. Marx's Secret The Great Secret Mysterious Mr. Sabin The World's Great Snare The Lost Ambassador Havoc The Lighted Way The Kingdom Of The Blind The Evil Shepherd The Great Prince Shan False Evidence The Betrayal Jeanne Of The Marshes The Vanished Messenger The Zeppelin's Passenger A Monk of Cruta The Traitor A Prince Of Sinners Anna The Adventuress The Master Mummer E. Phillips Oppenheim, the Prince of Storytellers (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.

Author : Rob Kyff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1930819293

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Once Upon a Word by Rob Kyff Pdf

Once Upon A Word, True Tales Of Word Origins, is a book by nationally syndicated language columnist Rob Kyff that relates the surprising and fascinating stories behind hundreds of common words and phrases. With wit and warmth, Kyff spins the colorful yarns of courage and compassion, fakery and farce that lie behind our language. He sails the seven seas to find the salty sources of "bitter end," "taken aback" and "aloof." He discreetly disrobes the origins of "bikini," "negligee" and "lingerie", then drops in on a poker game to reveal the genesis of "pass the buck", "four-flusher" and "play both ends against the middle."

Author : Robert W. Chambers
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 12282 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Delphi Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers (Illustrated) by Robert W. Chambers Pdf

The American Robert W. Chambers was a pioneer writer of weird, fantasy and supernatural tales, whose seminal collection of stories ‘The King in Yellow’ has had a lasting influence on the horror genre. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete Weird short story collections of Robert W. Chambers, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chambers’ life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 42 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many novels and tales are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * The complete Weird short story collections, including many Weird tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Franco-Prussian War Trilogy The Novels In the Quarter The Red Republic Lorraine Ashes of Empire Cardigan The Maid-At-Arms The Maids of Paradise In Search of the Unknown The Reckoning Iole The Tracer of Lost Persons The Fighting Chance The Younger Set The Firing Line Special Messenger The Danger Mark The Green Mouse Ailsa Paige The Common Law The Adventures of a Modest Man Blue-Bird Weather The Streets of Ascalon Japonette The Gay Rebellion The Business of Life Quick Action The Hidden Children Anne’s Bridge Between Friends Who Goes There! Athalie The Girl Philippa The Dark Star Barbarians The Laughing Girl The Restless Sex The Moonlit Way In Secret The Crimson Tide The Slayer of Souls The Little Red Foot The Flaming Jewel The Short Story Collections The King in Yellow The Maker of Moons The Mystery of Choice The Haunts of Men A Young Man in a Hurry The Tree of Heaven Police!!! The Better Man A Story of Primitive Love The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Author : Paul Schwartz
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781613210321

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Tales from the New York Giants Sideline by Paul Schwartz Pdf

Few sports franchises can match the long, storied history of the New York Giants. Schwartz collects anecdotes and stories made famous--and infamous--in the teams history, bringing back cheers and a few tears as he recounts the teams highs and lows.

Author : Mark Twain,James Fenimore Cooper,Max Brand,James Oliver Curwood,B. M. Bower,Zane Grey,Jackson Gregory,Jack London,Emerson Hough,Will Lillibridge,Andy Adams,Bret Harte,Owen Wister,Washington Irving,Willa Cather,O. Henry,Grace Livingston Hill,Charles Alden Seltzer,Stephen Crane,Dane Coolidge,Marah Ellis Ryan,Frederic Homer Balch,Frederic Remington,Robert W. Chambers,Forrestine C. Hooker,Frank H. Spearman,J. Allan Dunn,Robert E. Howard,R.M. Ballantyne,Charles Siringo
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 12303 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547813644

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60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures by Mark Twain,James Fenimore Cooper,Max Brand,James Oliver Curwood,B. M. Bower,Zane Grey,Jackson Gregory,Jack London,Emerson Hough,Will Lillibridge,Andy Adams,Bret Harte,Owen Wister,Washington Irving,Willa Cather,O. Henry,Grace Livingston Hill,Charles Alden Seltzer,Stephen Crane,Dane Coolidge,Marah Ellis Ryan,Frederic Homer Balch,Frederic Remington,Robert W. Chambers,Forrestine C. Hooker,Frank H. Spearman,J. Allan Dunn,Robert E. Howard,R.M. Ballantyne,Charles Siringo Pdf

This carefully edited ebook is a hand-picked collection of world's most admired Westerns in one volume: Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) The Rainbow Trail The Spirit of the Border The Untamed (Max Brand) The Night Horseman The Seventh Man The Virginian (Owen Wister) The Last of the Mohicans (James F. Cooper) The Prairie Chip, of the Flying U (B. M. Bower) The Flying U Ranch The Flying U's Last Stand Cabin Fever Rimrock Trail (J. Allan Dunn) The 'Breckinridge Elkins' Series (Robert E. Howard) The Last of the Plainsmen (Zane Grey) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Bret Harte) The Wolf Hunters (James Oliver Curwood) The Gold Hunters The Border Legion The Country Beyond (Curwood) The Lone Star Ranger (Grey) Riders of the Silences (Brand) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Heart of the West (O. Henry) White Fang (London) The Lure of the Dim Trails (Bower) The Luck of Roaring Camp (Harte) The Rustlers of Pecos County (Grey) O Pioneers! (Willa Cather) My Ántonia Roughing It (Mark Twain) The Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams) The Two-Gun Man (Charles Alden Seltzer) The Law of the Land (Emerson Hough) The Short Cut (Jackson Gregory) Astoria (Washington Irving) The Valley of Silent Men (James Oliver Curwood) "Drag" Harlan (Charles Alden Seltzer) Whispering Smith (Frank H. Spearman) The Outlet (Andy Adams) Reed Anthony, Cowman A Texas Cow Boy (Charles Siringo) The Boss of the Lazy Y (Charles Alden Seltzer) The Golden Dream (R.M. Ballantyne) The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane) The Long Shadow (B. M. Bower) The Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill) The Hidden Children (Robert W. Chambers) The Way of an Indian (Frederic Remington) The Bridge of the Gods (Frederic Homer Balch) Where the Trail Divides (Will Lillibridge) The Desert Trail (Dane Coolidge) The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane) That Girl Montana (Marah Ellis Ryan) The Long Dim Trail (Forrestine C. Hooker) Hidden Water (Dane Coolidge) A Voice in the Wilderness (Grace Livingston Hill) ...

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00090240

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Notes to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Lane DeGregory
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780226825380

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The Girl in the Window and Other True Tales by Lane DeGregory Pdf

Part anthology and part craft guide, this collection of pieces from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist offers something for readers and writers alike. Lane DeGregory loves true stories, intimate details, and big ideas. In her three-decade career as a journalist, she has published more than 3,000 stories and won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Her acclaimed work in the Tampa Bay Times often takes her to the edges of society, where she paints empathetic portraits of real-life characters like a 99-year-old man who still works cleaning a seafood warehouse, a young couple on a bus escaping winter, and a child in the midst of adoption. In “The Girl in the Window” and Other True Tales, DeGregory not only offers up the first collection of her most unforgettable newspaper features—she pulls back the curtain on how to write narrative nonfiction. This book—part anthology, part craft guide—provides a forensic reading of twenty-four of DeGregory’s singular stories, illustrating her tips for writers alongside pieces that put those elements under the microscope. Each of the pieces gathered here—including the Pulitzer Prize–winning title story—is accompanied by notes on how she built the story, plus tips on how nonfiction writers at all levels can do the same. Featuring a foreword by Beth Macy, author of the acclaimed Dopesick, this book is sure to delight fans of DeGregory’s writing, as well as introduce her to readers and writers who have not yet discovered her inspiring body of work.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWDQVY

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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales: text by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000054432038

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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Notes to the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101076782687

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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chauncer: Notes to the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Boston Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : English fiction
ISBN : HARVARD:HNKM8R

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Catalogue of English Prose Fiction and Books for the Young in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library by Boston Public Library Pdf

Author : Jules Verne,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,Jeffery Farnol,Randall Parrish,Jack London,Victor Hugo,Joseph Conrad,Herman Melville,Walter Scott,Ralph Henry Barbour,Daniel Defoe,Rudyard Kipling,Frederick Marryat,Rafael Sabatini,Charles Boardman Hawes,L. Frank Baum,R. M. Ballantyne,Tobias Smollett,Thomas Mayne Reid,Henry De Vere Stacpoole,R. L. Stevenson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 8903 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547002628

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THE GREAT SEA ADVENTURE - Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Maritime Stories by Jules Verne,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,Jeffery Farnol,Randall Parrish,Jack London,Victor Hugo,Joseph Conrad,Herman Melville,Walter Scott,Ralph Henry Barbour,Daniel Defoe,Rudyard Kipling,Frederick Marryat,Rafael Sabatini,Charles Boardman Hawes,L. Frank Baum,R. M. Ballantyne,Tobias Smollett,Thomas Mayne Reid,Henry De Vere Stacpoole,R. L. Stevenson Pdf

The goal of this collection of the greatest sea adventure novels is to awake your lust of voyage, your sense of adventure and the joy of discovery. Content: Captain Charles Johnson: The History of Pirates R. L. Stevenson: Treasure Island Jack London: The Sea Wolf The Mutiny of the Elsinore A Son of the Sun Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Captain Singleton Tobias Smollett: The Adventures of Roderick Random Walter Scott: The Pirate Frederick Marryat: Mr. Midshipman Easy Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific" Edgar Allan Poe: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket James Fenimore Cooper: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea The Red Rover Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale Miles Wallingford Homeward Bound; Or, The Chase: A Tale of the Sea Thomas Mayne Reid: The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Victor Hugo: Toilers of the Sea Herman Melville: Redburn White-Jacket Moby Dick Benito Cereno R. M. Ballantyne: The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Fighting the Whales Jules Verne: The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant 20 000 Leagues under the Sea Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen An Antarctic Mystery L. Frank Baum: Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea Randall Parrish: Wolves of the Sea Charles Boardman Hawes: The Dark Frigate The Mutineers Joseph Conrad: The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Lord Jim Typhoon The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous Ralph Henry Barbour: The Adventure Club Afloat Rafael Sabatini: Captain Blood The Sea-Hawk Jeffery Farnol: Black Bartlemy's Treasure Martin Conisby's Vengeance Henry De Vere Stacpoole: The Blue Lagoon The Garden of God

Author : Michael O'Leary,Su Eaton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780750969352

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Hampshire Folk Tales for Children by Michael O'Leary,Su Eaton Pdf

If you love magic and adventure, here is the book for you. In this treasure trove of tales, storyteller Michael O’Leary has collected stories from the Hampshire Downs (which are up), the New Forest (which is old), the copses and coppices, fields and farms, villages, towns and cities of Hampshire. In these stories you will meet dragons, giants, knights, princesses and some vile Vikings – and of course the Liphook fairies. From ‘Once upon a time ...’ to ‘Happy ever after’ you will be transported to Hampshire, where even the stones have stories to tell.