The ultimate joke book with over 3,000 side-splitting jokes for every occasion, ranging from one-liners and observations, to classic stories that will provide hours of fun.
LOCKE AND MOORE IN CONVERSATION An original take on an original mind In a bold experiment linguist Terence Moore holds a series of conversations in 21st century language with 17th century philosopher, John Locke.
Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world's best-known wordsmiths.
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language.
William Camden flourished at the beginning of the seventeenth century, was the first and one of the greatest of many authorities on the derivation and meaning of English names as far as Welsh names were concerned, he explained that it was his policy to sparingly touch them or to leave them to the learned of that nation.
Antonio Alatorre se despoja de cualquier término técnico, prescinde de la yod y del difícil código que sólo entienden los lingüistas para platicarnos, como en una charla de café, la historia de la lengua española.
**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?
'Superb'Spectator'Consistently entertaining'Independent'Impressive and sage'New Statesman'Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious'ObserverEnglish is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages.
LOCKE AND MOORE IN CONVERSATION An original take on an original mind In a bold experiment linguist Terence Moore holds a series of conversations in 21st century language with 17th century philosopher, John Locke.
Junto con la ferviente devoción a la persona de san Josemaría Escrivá, sigue creciendo en los cinco continentes el vivo deseo de conocer más a fondo su vida: paso a paso, punto por punto.
Ivanhoe A Romance Walter Scott - Ivanhoe, set in 12th century England, has been credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "e;had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages"e;, while Carlyle and Ruskin made similar assertions of Scott's overwhelming influence over the revival, based primarily on the publication of this novel.
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman denomina "lengua florida" a la que usaron los judíos sefardíes no sólo durante los ocho siglos de permanencia en España sino aún después de su expulsión de 1492 y hasta nuestros días.
Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found.
