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ABC for You and Me
by Meg Girnis Shirley GreenChildren with Down syndrome will be delighted to see a reflection of themselves in this alphabet book. Full color photographs of a multicultural cast of children, most with Down syndrome, illustrate the simple text that helps children learn their ABCs.
ABC Dream
by Kim KransThis stunning and innovative alphabet picture book will dazzle little ones and engage the adults who share it with them! Each page is dedicated to a letter, and clever alliterations are packed into each ink-and-watercolor spread. This gem comes to us from Kim Krans, the creator of The Wild Unknown--a lifestyle website offering prints, calendars, and more.
ABC-Deconstructing Gender
by Ashley Molesso Chess NeedhamBe affectionate, beautiful, courageous, and more in this gender-bending ABC book. Daryl is so affectionate. Alex is gentle with the family cat. Sage and Kaylin are super strong. And Ira yearns to do ballet like their older brother. Demystify gender stereotypes while learning your ABCs in this bright, celebratory debut picture book by stationery company Ash + Chess, who bring not only their quirky artistic flavor but also their personal perspectives as a queer couple to this empowering book for younger kids. This hardcover picture book is rendered in bright, bold colors and patterns and uses neon pink hues throughout.
ABC Bug Book for Kids
by Jessica Lee AndersonExplore bug facts while practicing the ABCs—for kids ages 1 to 3 From ants to zebra spiders, there's a bug for every letter of the alphabet! Meet a huge variety of our many-legged friends with this colorful book made just for toddlers. They'll dive into awesome trivia about bugs—like what they eat and where they live—all while learning their letters.Go beyond other bug books for kids with:Crawling critters from A to Z—Connect all 26 letters to different bugs to help little ones remember what they learn.Fascinating facts and pictures—Age-appropriate language and tons of vibrant photos will keep kids engaged with every page.A quiet time activity—This book is perfect for adults to read aloud, or for kids and parents to read together.Help kids learn the alphabet and get excited about nature with this big book of bugs.
ABC Book
by C. B. FallsThis classic primer ranges from the familiar Antelope, Bear, and Cat to more unusual creatures ― the graceful Ibis, the aquatic Newt, the legendary Unicorn, and the powerful Xiphius, better known as the swordfish. Originally published in the 1920s, this volume is graced with striking poster art images of every animal. Each letter is represented by a full-page color woodcut illustration. In addition to its value to young learners, the ABC Book will appeal to collectors, bibliophiles, and others who appreciate beautiful books.
ABC Arts Book (STEAM Baby for Infants and Toddlers)
by Hope KnightFuel your child's learning through the power of S.T.E.A.M. with this ABC art book for kids ages 0 to 3 Give your little artist a jump start with this fun, inspiring way to learn their ABCs. From Actor to Zoom Lens, this ABC book introduces young children to the arts with each letter of the alphabet, doubling the learning and fun while giving your toddler a head start on their education. Levels of discovery—Explore a tiered learning approach that grows with your child. Focus first on letters, then on words, and then on understanding concepts. Colorful images—Rich and vibrant illustrations add to learning and keep your child engaged. Full S.T.E.A.M. ahead—Encourage a lifelong love of learning with all the books in the S.T.E.A.M. Baby series.
ABC: The Alphabet from the Sky
by Benedikt Gross Joey LeeDiscover the alphabet from a bird's-eye view!Geographer and designer duo Benedikt Gross and Joey Lee have taken the alphabet to new heights—literally! Using satellite imagery and computer technology, the pair has discovered "accidental letters" all over the world: in roads, rivers, buildings, lakes, and more. Take a journey around the Earth in 26 letters with this special book.&“A delightful anytime book with hours of entertainment&”—Booklist
ABC
by Karen Wilkens Cindy Peattie Mike LitwinTitle contained within StartUp Phonic Core Program. Not Sold Separately
Abbasid Belles-Lettres
by Julia Ashtiany T. M. Johnstone J. D. Latham R. B. Serjeant G. Rex SmithThis volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD. 'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide cross-section of current academic opinion.
Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel
by John C. CharlesAbandoning the Black Hero is the first book to examine the postwar African American white-life novel--novels with white protagonists written by African Americans. These fascinating works have been understudied despite having been written by such defining figures in the tradition as Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ann Petry, and Chester Himes, as well as lesser known but formerly best-selling authors Willard Motley and Frank Yerby.John C. Charles argues that these fictions have been overlooked because they deviate from two critical suppositions: that black literature is always about black life and that when it represents whiteness, it must attack white supremacy. The authors are, however, quite sympathetic in the treatment of their white protagonists, which Charles contends should be read not as a failure of racial pride but instead as a strategy for claiming creative freedom, expansive moral authority, and critical agency.In an era when "Negro writers" were expected to protest, their sympathetic treatment of white suffering grants these authors a degree of racial privacy previously unavailable to them. White writers, after all, have the privilege of racial privacy because they are never pressured to write only about white life. Charles reveals that the freedom to abandon the "Negro problem" encouraged these authors to explore a range of new genres and themes, generating a strikingly diverse body of novels that significantly revise our understanding of mid-twentieth-century black writing.
The A - Z of Nuclear Jargon (Routledge Revivals)
by Jonathon GreenFirst published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks. The terminology of the nuclear age expands and changes as fast as the weapons and strategies it describes; the dictionary therefore covers a span ranging from the first tentative post-Hiroshima ideas and systems through to the near-fictions of the ‘Star Wars’ initiative. This fascinating reissue will be of particular value to those in need of a comprehensive guide to the vocabulary of nuclear warfare, as well as students of linguistics with a particular interest in slang and jargon.
A-Z Great Modern Writers (A-Z Great Modern series)
by Caroline TaggartA-Z Great Modern Writers is an essential reference guide to the world's most important contemporary writers, boldly illustrated by Andy Tuohy.Artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy turns his hand to the world of modern literature in this new instalment of the A-Z series. Rendered in his distinctive style, this new book features portraits of 52 key modern writers significant for their contribution to literature, with a whole host of names from across the world including:-Simone de Beauvoir-F. Scott Fitzgerald-Kazuo Ishiguro-Doris Lessing-Salman Rushdie-Vladimir NabokovBest-selling author Caroline Taggart provides a crib sheet of everything you need to know about each author: why they are important in the field of literature, a list of their must-read books, and a surprising fact or two about them. Alongside Andy's portraits, the book features additional imagery, including book covers and author photographs.A fun, easy guide to some of the best writers of modern times, this is a great gift for anyone who wants to broaden their literary horizons.
A ver esa lengua: Cómo el habla se adapta a las nuevas realidades: lenguaje inclusivo y otros asuntos espinosos
by VanfunfunUsando palabras sencillas y argumentos de perroflauta punki de la lengua, defendidos por la lingüística más actual, este influencer de YouTube va a cambiar tu percepción de cómo se habla. ¡Hola! ¿Sabías que hablar mal es imposible? ¿Que la RAE no tiene la razón en muchas ocasiones? ¿Que el lenguaje inclusivo es bueno? ¿Que çe pue eccribî en andalû y no se acaba el mundo? ¿Y que, de hecho, la gente joven no está arruinando la lengua?
A veces un caballero
by Javier MaríasSin alharacas ni presunciones, Javier Marías se ha convertido en uno de los indiscutibles maestros del actual columnismo, como puede comprobarse en los ciento cuatro artículos contenidos en A veces un caballero, escritos entre 1998 y 2001. Casi siempre educado, resulta sin embargo más impertinente que cualquier provocador profesional, sin más adorno que el de la diversión, su prosa es siempre punzante y ágil; dotado para la vehemencia contagiosa, también es capaz de hacer soltar a menudo la carcajada; sin rehuir los asuntos cotidianos, nos lleva a pensar en nuestro tiempo de manera inesperada y profunda; sus rememoraciones ocasionales nunca caen en la excesiva nostalgia, pero logran emocionar sobriamente. Todo ello, cada vez, en el espacio de tres o cuatro páginas tan sólo. El autor consigue crear un estado de ánimo con cada pieza, y, lo que es más importante, hace que sus relatos y sus reflexiones lleguen a afectarnos personalmente, y que tras su lectura veamos un poco más claro y limpio el mundo por el que transitamos. «A veces un caballero... y a veces un rufián», como el propio Javier Marías reconoce en su prólogo, sus impecables razonamientos, sus evocaciones, su inconformidad y su guasa obran como infalible estímulo para la inteligencia.
A ti, sí, a ti
by Capitán SagoSi te gusta la prosa poética y la investigación literaria... Este libro está escrito para escritores aficionados. En él se pueden encontrar los recursos necesarios para lograr decidirte a la poesía, para escribir tu propio libro...
A Spanish Learning Grammar (Essential Language Grammars)
by Mike Thacker Pilar MunozA Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition , is an innovative reference grammar and workbook suitable for you, whether you are studying Spanish at intermediate or advanced level.Its straightforward explanations of grammar are supported by examples with contemporary vocabulary, humorous cartoon drawings, and plentiful, varied exercises, helping you to grasp often complex points of grammar in an enjoyable way. Its carefully devised two-part structure mirrors the learning process, allowing you to focus on core knowledge first and enabling you to progress confidently to more advanced knowledge at your own pace.Key features for this third edition include: New drawings which illustrate grammar through real-life scenarios New vocabulary bringing you up-to-date with Spanish in the digital agRe-ordering of the section on verbs, making the tenses easier for you to findOnline interactive exercises with audio answers, providing you with invaluable listening and pronunciation practice. To aid your understanding, this third edition also contains a glossary of grammatical terms, useful verb tables and a key to the exercises.Written in the belief that grammar is the key to real communication, this is an essential textbook for any student of Spanish.
A. S. Byatt and Intellectual Women: Fictions, Histories, Myths (Palgrave Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing)
by Leanne BibbyThis monograph is a study of the work of British author A. S. Byatt, exploring the cultural representation of the woman intellectual in her fiction. It argues that Byatt’s representations of this figure show narratives of intellectual women to be inherently mythopoeic, or capable of restructuring the myth of the intellectual as male by default. This mythopoeia is, furthermore, intrinsically feminist in function, thus potentially broadening the conventional, limited view of women in intellectual history. The book will be the first study of Byatt’s work to examine this figure in detail, and the first study of women intellectuals in historical and literary discourse to apply concepts of mythopoeia and sexual difference in ways that allow new readings of women’s status and work in public spheres.
A. S. Byatt: The Essential Guide (Vintage Living Texts #1)
by Jonathan Noakes Margaret ReynoldsIn Vintage Living Texts teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of A. S. Byatt. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with A. S. Byatt relating specifically to the novels under discussion. A. S. Byatt's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary. Featured texts: Possession, Angels & Insects, and A Whistling Woman.
A punta de pistola: Sueños democráticos e intervenciones armadas
by David Rieff¿Cuándo se debe intervenir militarmente en los asuntos internos de otros países? En este inquietante ensayo, David Rieff plantea una serie de cuestiones fundamentales que no podemos ignorar en esta era global. ¿Cuándo se debe intervenir militarmente en los asuntos internos de otros países? ¿Constituyen los derechos humanos y las cuestiones humanitarias razones legítimas para intervenir o es este asalto a la soberanía nacional una excusa para la recolonización de parte del mundo? ¿Qué papel deberían desempeñar las Naciones Unidas en la solución de las crisis humanitarias? Y sobre todo, ¿se puede imponer la democracia a punta de pistola? Los ensayos aquí reunidos presentan un penetrante retrato de lo que ocurre cuando los grandiosos planes de los políticos y las bienintencionadas ambiciones éticas de los activistas pro derechos humanos descarrilan terriblemente sobre el terreno. La pregunta que surge una y otra vez es ¿se corresponde esta ambición nuestra de proteger a la gente de las masacres y la penuria con nuestros medios y nuestra inteligencia? La respuesta no es optimista. Al contrario, es la desilusionada conclusión de un escritor que una vez abanderó la necesidad de tales intervenciones.
A paso de cangrejo: Artículos, reflexiones y decepciones 2000-2006
by Umberto EcoAntología de los artículos publicados por Umberto Eco entre comienzos de 2000 y finales de 2005. A paso de cangrejo es como parece caminar la historia en este nuevo milenio. Tras el 11 de septiembre la humanidad entró en una peligrosa regresión. Volvieron los viejos conflictos territoriales, las guerras medievales con denominación de «cruzada», la nostalgia por los totalitarismos, el antisemitismo y otras formas de racismo. Eco arremete contra la forma de vida contemporánea, las guerras, la política internacional y el consumo en las grandes superficies como único espacio de ocio posible, sin olvidar el nefasto papel de los medios de comunicación, empeñados en construir una imagen del mundo basada en el espectáculo. El resultado es un libro intenso y combativo, cargado de lúcidos análisis sobre el escenario que nos rodea. La crítica opina...«Un trabajo excelente que escapa del maniqueísmo al uso y apuesta por la cautela intelectual ante un presente incierto como el nuestro.»ABC de las artes y las letras
A, My Name Is Alice
by Jane BayerThe antics never quit as a parade of animals sell their wares in this wildly illustrated version of the familiar alphabet ditty and ball-bouncing game.
A mis mejores amigos no los he visto nunca: Cartas y ensayos selectos
by Raymond ChandlerUn viaje excepcional al mundo de Chandler, marcado por la genialidad, el alcoholismo, la soledad y la visión crítica de la industria del cine. Una lectura fundamental para los fans del género. A mis mejores amigos no los he visto nunca recoge una amplísima selección de la correspondencia y la obra periodística de Raymond Chandler, y constituye como tal un volumen inédito. Aquí se desvelan sus reflexiones literarias, que se caracterizan por un gran sentido del humor, los secretos de su personalidad siempre al borde del abismo, su intuición artística, su curiosidad intelectual y su tormentosa relación con Hollywood. La primera parte del libro es una antología de sus cartas a amigos, editores, agentes y colegas que se lee como una fascinante biografía. La segunda parte consiste en una decena de artículos escritos para la prensa -varios nunca antes traducidos- , que retratan su cambiante visión del mundo a lo largo de los años. Reseña:La obra de Chandler me parece tan imprescindible literariamente como pueda serlo la de Hemingway o Scott Fitzgerald.»Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
A. Mary F. Robinson: Victorian Poet and Modern Woman of Letters
by Patricia RiggBorn in England in 1857, Agnes Mary Frances Robinson contributed to cultural and literary currents from nineteenth-century Victorianism to twentieth-century modernism; she was equally at home in London and Paris and prolific in both English and French. Yet Robinson remains an enigma on many levels.This literary biography integrates Robinson's unorthodox life with her development as a writer across genres. Best known for her poetry, Robinson was also a respected biographer, history writer, travel writer, and contributor of reviews and articles to the Times Literary Supplement for nearly forty years. She had a romantic friendship with the writer Vernon Lee and two happy – and celibate – marriages. Her salons in London and Paris were attended by major literary and artistic figures, and she counted amongst her friends Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, John Addington Symonds, Gaston Paris, Ernest Renan, and Maurice Barrès.Reflecting a decade of research in international archives and family papers, A. Mary F. Robinson reveals the extraordinary woman behind the popular writer and critically acclaimed poet.
A.M. Klein: Original Poems 1937-1955 and Poetry Translations
by A. M. Klein Zailig PollockIt is for his poetry that A.M. Klein is best known and most warmly remembered. This collection includes all Klein's poetry, both original works and translations from Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, and Latin. Many of them, coming from all periods of his careers, have never been published.The poems are arranged chronologically according to date of composition. This makes possible, for the first time, an appreciation of Klein's poetic development. The editor's introduction places this development in the perspective of Klein's life and time, and in particular explores Klein's lifelong struggle to reconcile his dual vocations as both a Jewish and a modernist writer.The textual apparatus identifies all authoritative versions for each poem and lists all emendations and all substative variants in both published and mauscript versions. The explanatory notes gloss obscure terms and references. They also provide a rich context for appreciation and interpretation by drawing connections with Klein's life, his wide reading, and his work as a whole. Wherever possible, Klein's own numerous, but scattered, comments on his poems have been cited.
A.M. Klein
by A. M. Klein Elizabeth A. PophamIn the final volume of the Collected Works of A.M. Klein, Elizabeth Popham completes the process of restoring the public voice of one of Canada's most respected authors. A.M. Klein: The Letters is the first compilation of a significant body of Klein's correspondence. Using his communications to construct a compelling narrative, Popham traces Klein's career from his apprenticeship to great critical success and his tragically premature silence.The content of Klein's letters gives new resonance to his works, most notably to his critically acclaimed novel The Second Scroll (1951) and his Governor General Award-winning The Rocking Chair and Other Poems (1948). In his exchanges with publishers and scholars, Klein glosses his own writing and argues for the integrity of his poetic vision. Samplings of his correspondence with Seagram's Distilleries clarify Klein's controversial role as ghost-writer and PR consultant for Sam Bronfman. A valuable resource for understanding Canadian literary modernism, diasporic Judaism, and the culture of Montreal, A.M. Klein: The Letters is a remarkable portrait of an important Canadian literary figure of the twentieth century.