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Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A Walk in Shetland. By two eccentrics. By the author of "The Jew Exile in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland," etc
Author: A Walk in Shetland by Two Eccentrics
Author: Author of The Jew exile in the Highlands and Islands of ScotlandPublisher:
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Category : Shetland (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
Author: General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Author: Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Includes List of members.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibraryThe British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900: Scurati to Singing
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years Of Exile
Author: Herman MelvillePublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 384960361X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. When Israel Potter leaves his plough to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is captured by the British Navy and taken to England. Yet, he makes his escape, and this triggers a series of extraordinary events and meetings with remarkable people. Along the way, Israel encounters King George III, who takes a liking to the Yankee rebel and shelters him in Kew Gardens; Benjamin Franklin, who presses Israel into service as a spy; John Paul Jones, who invites Israel to join his crew aboard The Ranger; and Ethan Allen, whom Israel attempts to free from a British prison. (from wikipedia.com)
English – One Tongue, Many Voices
Author: Jan SvartvikPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230596169
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.