Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
A Smattering of Latin
Author: Simon JamesPublisher: Portico
ISBN: 1911042645
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. It includes sections on Latin in the movies, US state mottoes and place names, and also some choice snippets from real Latin poetry from Catullus, Horace and Virgil, with evocative translations. It contains a fascinating section on the Roman emperors and what they got up to, and gives the basics of the language itself for anyone who would like to learn it. Quizzes allow the reader to guess the names of famous books, songs and James Bond films, cunningly translated into Latin. From the spells in Harry Potter to the use of Latin in Asterix, to the Latin terms that litter law and medicine to the meaning behind UK football club mottoes, this book is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to brush up their Latin, whether they studied it at school or not.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Word-related Books, 1966-1974
Author: Annie M. BrewerPublisher: Detroit : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Word-related Books: English and polyglot books
Author: Annie M. BrewerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits
Author: Rod L. Evans Ph.D.Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101515929
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now? Rod L. Evans's Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure words. Containing hundreds of words from agitron (the phenomenon of wiggly lines in comic strips indicating that something is shaking) to zarf (the holder for a paper cone coffee cup), this lively reference will enable you to easily locate your thingamajig or whatchamacallit, be it animal, vegetable, mineral, or punctuation mark. Leave no linguistic oddity unexamined-your brain will thank you. *catachresis: strained, paradoxical, or incorrect use of a word; *defenestrate: to throw out a window; *phloem bundles: stringy bits between the skin and the edible parts of a banana; *diastema: the gap between teeth in a jaw; *occiput: the back part of the head or skull
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Word-related Books
Author: Annie M. BrewerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Word-related Books: Multiple languages (with English as one language)
Author: Annie M. BrewerPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Waterstone's Guide to Books
Author: Waterstone & CoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780951258989
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
Book Description
Waterstone's Guide to Books
Author: Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description