Created and used as an instrument of coercion and indoctrination, the Nazi language, Nazi-Deutsch, reveals how the Nazis ruled Germany and German-occupied Europe, fought World War II, and committed mass murder and genocide, employing language to encode and euphemize these actions.
While most fans know that baseball stars Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg, and Bob Feller served in the military during World War II, few can name the two major leaguers who died in action.
The first book by David Dicaire, Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century, (McFarland, 1999), included pioneers, innovators, superstars, and cult heroes of blues music born before 1940.
Analysis of the great demand for this work over a number of years has revealed that conference participants and interpreters, for whom the manual was primarily intended, are by no means alone in appreciating the usefulness and reliability of this unique publication.
Voici un ouvrage de référence original et rigoureux qui permettra de découvrir que le français parlé des îles de la Madeleine est profondément enraciné dans le terreaufertile des anciens dialectes de la France, des parlers de l’Acadie et de la mer.
Le Dictionnaire de la Philosophie d'Encyclopaedia Universalis dresse un vaste panorama des thèmes et questions propres à la philosophie, de la lointaine Antiquité aux questionnements actuels.
First published between 1988 and 1991, these dictionaries provide guides to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of South America, Southern Africa, Central America and the Caribbean.
This work covers the whole history of Catholicism, including the periods of Christian history prior to the present divisions into Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant, but within the earlier periods it focuses on the ';story line' that leads to Catholicism in the Roman Rite, and particularly to Roman Catholicism in the United States.
Although China's intelligence activities may not have been well documented, they can be traced back to the ancient writings of Sun Tzu, and espionage has been a characteristic of Chinese domestic politics and international relations ever since.
Sri Lanka has had a celebrated history, a long colonial past, and since independence in 1948 has passed through a series of crises and political experiments.
Organized in an English-Swahili section and a Swahili-English section, English-Swahili Swahili-English Immersive Dictionary is a comprehensive presentation of Swahili usual lexicon.
Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual -- or is it recondite?
Woody Allen has accomplished that which no American filmmaker in the modern era has or perhaps ever will: directing to date 49 films (47 full-length theatrical releases, 1 short film in an anthology, and 1 television film), writing 42 of those films (and co-writing the remaining 7) and acting in 29 of them.
From the earliest days of baseball, young men who filled team rosters felt compelled to fill the uniforms of America's armed forces when their country called.
Le bilinguisme est un terrain propice à la croissance d’espèces hybrides, parfois douées d’un charme captieux, mais toujours tenaces et envahissantes : les calques.
When a large number of the people in Scotland rejected King Charles Is religious policy, they set in motion a train of events that resonated throughout England, Wales, and Ireland and challenged the rule of the king.
From 1990-1994 the Danish Research Council for the Humanities granted a research project entitled "e;translation of LSP texts"e;, which was initially split up into five part-projects, one of which has been concerned with LSP lexicography.
First published in 1989, An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers contains more than 600 entries and an extensive plate section, providing examples of work referenced in the text and adding a clear chronological dimension to the subject.
This dictionary consists of some 25,000 terms and references in both Spanish and English, drawn from all the major areas in the field of Telecommunications.
The English-Ciyawo dictionary has been designed to help Yawo learners improve their English language skills for undertaking secondary school and university in the following ways: It helps a Yawo learner identify and learn the 3,000 most important and frequently used words in the English language.
