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Author: Diane Swanson
Publisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 9781550378504
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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A book to empower readers to continue exploring, imagining and discovering what science is all about.

Author: David Wilton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199740836
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.

Author: Kenneth Kennon
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462835627
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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Chased by the Dawn is a collection of poems spanning a lifetime of observation and experience. Humorous, touching, strident, ironic, tender, angry, insightful, encouraging, this American poet paints vivid images emerging along an eventful journey from a Missouri Ozarks boyhood to his present high desert Arizona home. Raised in a home where both the arts and humanity were highly valued, Kenneth Kennon learned to observe life experience and relate to both people and nature from his parents rich perspective of poet and painter. Poems in this eclectic collection explore a wide range of themes offering observations and encounters with visions of childhood, musing on growing older, life touched with discouragements and encouragements, wise lessons of nature, experiencing moments of routine, elation and grief, interactive with family and a wide community of friends and neighbors met, lost and kept, all revealing a souls search and discovery of beauty, justice, peace, and a sustaining faith.

Author: Warner Lee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671672522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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When the thaw comes to Ice Island, there is no escape from evil. Each spring, there are weeks when the island is completely cut off from the mainland. No one can arrive on the island--and no one can leave. And this year, evil has found a new home . . . .

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance
Publisher:
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Jim O'Neal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136707484
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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The Voice of the Blues brings together interviews with many pioneering blues men including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, B.B. King, and many others.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1538

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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1244

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Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1044

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Considers (85) S. 2375, (85) S. 3186, (85) S. 3199, (85) S. 3307, (85) S. 3315, (85) S. 3537, (85) S. 3892, (85) S.J. Res. 16.

Author: Marvin Phillips
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451605668
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Never Lick a Moving Blender is a humorous look at life that will encourage you in your faith and lift you above your daily struggles. Some humor simply makes you laugh, some makes you think, and some may even motivate you to live differently. Marvin Phillips uses his endearing wit and well-known wisdom to deliver a book that does all that and more. This fully illustrated book is fun reading with a healthy infusion of optimism and hope.