Language Study

رحلة مؤثِّرة ومثيرة إلى جزيرة سُقُطْرى، أو جزيرة السندباد المفقودة، يأخذنا إليها جوردي إستيفا في جولة معاصرة، مستعيداً أزمنة مضيئة من تاريخ قديم. هذا الكتاب نتاج خمس رحلات قام بها الرحَّالة الإسباني إلى سُقُطْرى في الفترة ما بين عامَي 2005 - 2011، تنقَّل فيها بين الماضي والحاضر، وقابل سَحَرة، واستمع إلى حكايات كبار السن، وجال بين روائح البخور والمر والقات، ومخلَّفات الجِمال وأغاني الواوا. يرسم المؤلف، فـي رهبـة وبشكل توثيقـي، جغرافية الجزيـرة الطبيعيّـة والأسطوريّـة والروحيّـة، وينقل قصص سكانها؛ لنتعرَّف بذلك على عالمٍ من الأعاجيب ربما أوشك على الاندثار.

Under the Skin investigates the role of cross-cultural body modification in seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. These permanent and painful marks could act as signs of alliance or signs of conflict, producing a complex bodily archive of cross-cultural entanglement. Indigenous body modification practices were adopted and transformed by colonial powers, making tattooing and scalping key forms of cultural and political contestation in early America.

Mining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the letters and words in language as Bayley moves beyond mere pictures to understand the vital messages that have been ignored or lost across the centuries.

Claire Wilcox has been a curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum for most of her working life. In Patch Work, she steps into the archive of memory, deftly stitching together her dedicated study of fashion with the story of her own life lived in and through clothes. From her mother's black wedding suit to the swirling patterns of her own silk kimono, her memoir unfolds in spare, luminous prose the spellbinding power of the things we wear.

Inviting listeners to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term "information" and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and practices with a critical eye.

A Groundbreaking Resource for Preaching If the church wishes to converse effectively with a culture, it must learn the culture’s language. Today, shifts in technology mean that language is increasingly one of symbols and metaphors, stories and images—not words. So what does this mean for the...

The truth is that the GED exam is a challenging test, and GED graduates earn on average $9,000 more a year! Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked, therefore. That is why the author Jeff Morrow, an education professional, developed the GED AUDIO Study Guide!

High on a cliff in Hawaii in 1807, an irrepressibly curious native boy dives into the sea and swims to an American merchant ship anchored offshore, embarking on an extraordinary adventure that will change history.

Someone last year just loved the way you wrote and argued and somehow convinced you that taking AP English Language and Composition was right up your alley. Now, as May gets closer, you're stressed, slammed with everything else high school throws at you on top of dealing with college admissions. Ok, deep breaths. You can do this. And we're here help to you knock it out of the park.

In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from colonial times to the present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities, with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and in this study guide we analyse the key meanings and subtleties within the play. We discuss the main protagonists, the key themes and the context and break down the core scenes so that you have all the necessary facts and arguments at your disposal. Written by Catherine Hartley and Stella Vassiliou, both of whom have master's degrees in English literature from Cambridge and Oxford Universities respectively.

Pastor Tracy Wilde reflects on the absence of empathy in today’s world and shares how Christians can renew their compassion to help unify not only the church, but society as well, in this timely and refreshing guide. Achieving meaningful relationships and cultivating lasting connections with...

In this first-ever collection of nonfiction by John Edgar Wideman, a “towering figure in American literature” (The Nation), five decades of cultural and literary criticism paint a vivid portrait of America’s changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a generational...

The audio course Nature-Study for 5th Grade covers the main sections of the study curriculum in natural history for the 5th grade.

Speaking My Soul is the honest story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years as the youngest of ten children in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford, of the transformation of his identity from colored or mixed race in Guyana to black in the USA, and of his work championing Black Talk and its speakers. In this engaging memoir, Rickford recalls landmark events for his racial identity.

In a hurry? Save time on the go with this compact and concise summary of Eragon from The Inheritance Cycle. Explore key quotations from the book.

Baseado nas pesquisas científicas mais recentes, Daniel Willingham criou 94 dicas práticas para aprimorar cada etapa do aprendizado, seja ler, ouvir ou fazer anotações. Um dos maiores especialistas da área, ele mostra também como lidar com a procrastinação, a ansiedade, a falta de concentração e outros desafios comuns à rotina de estudo. Perfeito para professores e qualquer estudante que queira melhorar seu desempenho, este é o guia definitivo para aprender mais rápido, melhorar as notas e, sobretudo, reter o conhecimento por muito mais tempo.

So, 500 years is a lot of history to cover. Not only that, but you're super busy having a life and studying for all the other tests you have to take AND all the stuff you've got to do just to get in to college. But don't worry! We've got you covered... this audiobook is designed to walk you through everything that happened in the Old World from 1450 all the way through... well... right now!

Here is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Soak up the atmosphere of ancient Rome. Decide for yourself whether Caesar's power and ambition was a threat to the Republic, and whether assassination can ever be justified.

"Nicht schon wieder ein Diktat!" – auch zu Ihren Schulzeiten hat die Ankündigung eines Rechtschreibtests sicherlich für Stöhnen im Klassenzimmer gesorgt und nun zieht Ihr Nachwuchs beim Gedanken an Doppelkonsonanten ein ähnlich begeistertes Gesicht. Korrekturprogramme hin oder her, gute Rechtschreibung ist auch heute noch das A und O für eine gelungene Bildungskarriere, allerdings wird Ihr Kind heute deutlich unkomplizierter zum Rechtschreibprofi. Denn genau dafür sorgen die unterhaltsamen Diktate in diesem Hörbuch.