Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The Academy and Literature
Author: Three of Diamonds
Author: Anthony HorowitzPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664053
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it's finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there's never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
Playing Marbles with Diamonds
Author: Vance HavnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780801042904
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
The Devil's Picture-books. A History of Playing Cards
Author: May King "Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer Van RensselaerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cards
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Author: Chamber's Journal
Author: Word Origins And How We Know Them
Author: Anatoly LibermanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199889015
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.
The Player's Library; the Catalog of the Library of the British Drama League
Author: British Drama League. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards
Author: William Andrew ChattoPublisher: London : J.R. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description