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Author: Tim Brookes Publisher: Quercus ISBN: 1529408253 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 379
Book Description
A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them. If something is important, we write it down. Yet 85% of the world's writing systems are on the verge of vanishing - not granted official status, not taught in schools, discouraged and dismissed. When a culture is forced to abandon its traditional script, everything it has written for hundreds of years - sacred texts, poems, personal correspondence, legal documents, the collective experience, wisdom and identity of a people - is lost. This Atlas is about those writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them. From the ancient holy alphabets of the Middle East, now used only by tiny sects, to newly created African alphabets designed to keep cultural traditions alive in the twenty-first century: from a Sudanese script based on the ownership marks traditionally branded into camels, to a secret system used in one corner of China exclusively by women to record the songs and stories of their inner selves: this unique book profiles dozens of scripts and the cultures they encapsulate, offering glimpses of worlds unknown to us - and ways of saving them from vanishing entirely.
Author: Tim Brookes Publisher: Quercus ISBN: 1529408253 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 379
Book Description
A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them. If something is important, we write it down. Yet 85% of the world's writing systems are on the verge of vanishing - not granted official status, not taught in schools, discouraged and dismissed. When a culture is forced to abandon its traditional script, everything it has written for hundreds of years - sacred texts, poems, personal correspondence, legal documents, the collective experience, wisdom and identity of a people - is lost. This Atlas is about those writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them. From the ancient holy alphabets of the Middle East, now used only by tiny sects, to newly created African alphabets designed to keep cultural traditions alive in the twenty-first century: from a Sudanese script based on the ownership marks traditionally branded into camels, to a secret system used in one corner of China exclusively by women to record the songs and stories of their inner selves: this unique book profiles dozens of scripts and the cultures they encapsulate, offering glimpses of worlds unknown to us - and ways of saving them from vanishing entirely.
Author: Brooke Smith Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC ISBN: 1452170835 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 59
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A touching tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter exploring and cherishing the natural world. Words, the woods, and the world illuminate this quest to save the most important pieces of our language—by saving the very things they stand for. When Mimi finds out her favorite words—simple words, like apricot, blackberry, buttercup—are disappearing from the English language, she elects her granddaughter Brook as their Keeper. And did you know? The only way to save words is to know them. • With its focus on the power of language and social change, The Keeper of Wild Words is ideal for educators and librarians as well as young readers. • For any child who longs to get outside and learn more about nature and the environment • A loving portrait of the special relationship that grandparents have with their grandchildren For children who love such books as Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature, And Then It's Spring, and Finding Wild. Brooke Smith is a poet and children's book author. She lives in Bend, Oregon, at the end of a long cinder lane. Brooke writes daily from her studio, looking at the meadow and many of the wild words she cherishes. Madeline Kloepper is a Canadian artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Major in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work is influenced by childhood, nostalgia, and the relationships we forge with nature. She lives in Prince George, British Columbia.
Author: Ronie Kendig Publisher: Ronie Kendig ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 265
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Prioritizing career over family cost Brooke Metcalfe Mulroney everything—her relationship with her siblings, her marriage, her children. Written off by her family, she delves deeper into her work. Until a life-altering moment offers a chance at something she didn’t know she wanted—redemption. But her self-centered ways nip at her heels as she goes on the lam to do what she knows is right. Former Special Forces operator and founder of MiLE, Cord Taggart wages war on human trafficking by taking the violence to the wicked, determined to never again let an innocent die because he did nothing. But maybe he’s bitten off more than he can chew this time as he works to track down New York City high-powered attorney Brooke Metcalfe, who is MIA. Then there’s her brothers who have threatened to chase him into the afterlife should he fail. Tricky are the hours as Cord negotiates many battles: freeing the captives, demolishing the Trench that has made millions off the skin-trade industry, and his growing, deep-rooted feelings for the bombshell in her highfalutin tower. Brooke must put her life—and heart—in the hands of the thick-skulled operator. The Metcalfes Book 1: Stone Book 2: Willow Book 3: Range Book 4: Brooke Discarded Heroes Book 1: Nightshade Book 2: Digitalis Book 3: Wolfsbane Book 4: Firethorn Book 5: Lygos
Author: Nick Bruel Publisher: Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 1429960248 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 44
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A hilarious holiday picture book about everyone's favorite naughty feline, Nick Bruel's Bad Kitty! "Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the city, not a creature was stirring...Except for BAD KITTY." A greedy Bad Kitty didn't get all the presents she wanted for Christmas, but after she goes on a Christmas caper across town and through multiple alphabets, she makes a new friend, finds an old friend, and learns the true meaning of Christmas. Or not.
Author: John F. Chabot Publisher: Full Blast Productions ISBN: 1895451450 Category : Vocabulary Languages : en Pages : 137
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This is a reproducible book of 100 word search puzzles. Each puzzle is based on a theme. Each puzzle has at least 40 words to be found. After all the words have been found, the puzzle has not been completed entirely. As a bonus, the remaining extra letters on the grid can be arranged, in the order they are found on the grid, to make a sentence relevant to the topic. The puzzles can be used alone or with other thematically linked materials.
Author: Mark Hamilton Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1635253209 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 299
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This book offers you the reader an in depth look through all facets of life. It is compiled of my personal experience, with faith, love, encouragement and personal reflection of life's struggles, triumphs and victories. I pray " the mirror in the brook" touches your heart, as it has mine. I hope these pages, will inspire you and empower you to " Hold onto your Dreams, and just Breathe". Most of all Jesus loves us so much! more than we will ever know. Did you ever ask God why? when your heart was breaking. I did, and the Holy Spirit said, who are you to question infinite God and his wisdom, with your finite mind. We may never understand, why God does, what he does, but he is almighty God, and we are just the little people. (Isaiah chapter 40)
Author: Dina Anastasio Publisher: Benchmark Education Company ISBN: 1936258188 Category : Languages : en Pages : 15
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Jake convinces Linda, Maria, and Cai to be in a band, but he can't sing or play an instrument. Jalissa, Jamal, Luke and Tia don't follow Brooke's instructions for a home-improvement project. How will Jake and Brooke handle these situations? Read this book to find out.
Author: Tim Brookes
Author: Tim Brookes
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Author: Andrew Alexander Bonar
Author: Frederick William ROBERTSON (Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton.)
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Author: John F. Chabot
Author: Mark Hamilton
Author: Dina Anastasio