Author: Dian S.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369601551
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
My First Malaysian Malay Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations
Author: Dian S.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369601551
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369601551
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
My First Afrikaans Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations
Author: Earleen S.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369600257
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Afrikaans ? Learning Afrikaans can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Afrikaans Alphabets. Afrikaans Words. English Translations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369600257
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Afrikaans ? Learning Afrikaans can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Afrikaans Alphabets. Afrikaans Words. English Translations.
Out in the Midday Sun
Author: Margaret Shennan
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The story of British Malaya and Singapore, from the days of Victorian pioneers to the denouement of independence, is a momentous episode in Britain’s colonial past. Through memoirs, letters and interviews, Margaret Shennan chronicles its halcyon years, the two World Wars, economic depression and diaspora, revealing the attitudes of the diverse quixotic characters of this now quite vanished world. The British came as fortune-seekers to exploit Asian trade shipped through Penang and Singapore. They found a mature Asian culture in a land of palm-fringed shores and primeval jungle. Like modern Romans, they built townships, defences, communications and hill stations, they spurred a rivalry between the fledgling commercial centres of Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur, and they superimposed their law and established an idiosyncratic political system. They also developed the tin and rubber of the Malay States, encouraging Chinese and Indian immigrants by their open-door policy. The outcome was a vibrant multi-racial society – the most cosmopolitan in the East.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The story of British Malaya and Singapore, from the days of Victorian pioneers to the denouement of independence, is a momentous episode in Britain’s colonial past. Through memoirs, letters and interviews, Margaret Shennan chronicles its halcyon years, the two World Wars, economic depression and diaspora, revealing the attitudes of the diverse quixotic characters of this now quite vanished world. The British came as fortune-seekers to exploit Asian trade shipped through Penang and Singapore. They found a mature Asian culture in a land of palm-fringed shores and primeval jungle. Like modern Romans, they built townships, defences, communications and hill stations, they spurred a rivalry between the fledgling commercial centres of Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur, and they superimposed their law and established an idiosyncratic political system. They also developed the tin and rubber of the Malay States, encouraging Chinese and Indian immigrants by their open-door policy. The outcome was a vibrant multi-racial society – the most cosmopolitan in the East.
Letter Perfect
Author: David Sacks
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
The Guinness Book of Records
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Guinness Book of Records 1991
Author: Donald McFarlan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851123745
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851123745
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Guinness book of records
Author: Peter Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816026449
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Lists records and statistics related to human beings, animals, science, technology, buildings, transportation, business, arts, entertainment, human achievement, and sports
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816026449
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Lists records and statistics related to human beings, animals, science, technology, buildings, transportation, business, arts, entertainment, human achievement, and sports
JFK's Ghost
Author: David R. Stokes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493061429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
“I’d rather win a Pulitzer Prize than be President of the United States,” John F. Kennedy confided to author Margaret Coit shortly after his election to the Senate in 1953. Kennedy got his wish four years later, when his book Profiles in Courage was awarded the Pulitzer for biography—even though it wasn’t among the finalists for the prize. Furthermore, the role of Ted Sorensen in drafting the main chapters in the book was never acknowledged by Kennedy’s inner circle, and Kennedy himself was hyper-sensitive until his dying day about rumors that cast doubt on his ownership of Profiles in Courage. Still, Jack Kennedy the writer is part of the Kennedy narrative that helped propel his political career. And he did indeed work for a time as a journalist, and brought a measures of erudition, wit, and charm to his speeches. But if the rumors surrounding authorship of Profiles in Courage were proven to be true prior to his ascendance to the Presidency, there might have been no brief and shining moment in America called Camelot.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493061429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
“I’d rather win a Pulitzer Prize than be President of the United States,” John F. Kennedy confided to author Margaret Coit shortly after his election to the Senate in 1953. Kennedy got his wish four years later, when his book Profiles in Courage was awarded the Pulitzer for biography—even though it wasn’t among the finalists for the prize. Furthermore, the role of Ted Sorensen in drafting the main chapters in the book was never acknowledged by Kennedy’s inner circle, and Kennedy himself was hyper-sensitive until his dying day about rumors that cast doubt on his ownership of Profiles in Courage. Still, Jack Kennedy the writer is part of the Kennedy narrative that helped propel his political career. And he did indeed work for a time as a journalist, and brought a measures of erudition, wit, and charm to his speeches. But if the rumors surrounding authorship of Profiles in Courage were proven to be true prior to his ascendance to the Presidency, there might have been no brief and shining moment in America called Camelot.
The Guinness Book of Records
Author: Norris McWhirter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851124391
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851124391
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
English as a Global Language
Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107611806
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107611806
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.