Author: Tom CareyPublisher: Sourcebooks Hysteria
ISBN: 9781887590990
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Author: Tom CareyMerriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage
Author: Merriam-Webster, IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.
Author: Robert P. GeorgeThe Meaning of Marriage
Author: Garamond PressPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1623151422
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The Meaning of Marriage ...in 30 Minutes is your guide to quickly understanding the lessons in Timothy Keller's best-selling book, The Meaning of Marriage:Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God. In The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy Keller uses the wisdom from his marriage of over thirty-seven years to explain how to increase the success of a Christian marriage. He posits that modern society creates expectations about marriage that are distorted and unrealistic, preventing married couples from finding true happiness. Using studies and statistics about marriage as well as the wealth of knowledge between him and his wife, Kathy Keller, the author challenges commonly held views on marriage, and proves that with hard work and realistic expectations, a marriage can be the most unique and glorious way to experience God's love on Earth. Use this helpful guide to understand The Meaning of Marriage in a fraction of the time, with tools such as: Practical applications for how to overcome everyday obstacles and create realistic expectations within a marriage Insights into the different roles men and women have in a Christian marriage Personal stories about marriage and the importance of faith in everything from sex to raising children to everyday chores A synopsis of The Meaning of Marriage, definitions of key terms, and both positive and negative critical reception of the book An overview of why modern culture's idea of a soul mate is wrong As with all books in the 30 Minute Expert Series, this book is intended to be purchased alongside the reviewed title, The Meaning of Marriage:Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God.
Why Don't You Understand? a Gender Relationship Dictionary
Author: Karen Gail LewisPublisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608440257
Category : Interpersonal communications
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Mars and Venus describe the problem This dictionary provides the solution You already know men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Yet, knowing this doesn't prevent you and your partner from hurting each other with your miscommunication. More than 60% of relationship problems result from couples not understanding each other's language. This book, the world's first gender relationship dictionary, translates more than 70 words and phrases you regularly use that have very different meanings for your partner. Understanding the real meaning of these words, as used in Male-ese and Female-ese, will rescue you and your partner from frustrating bickering and painful arguments. At last your good intentions will be heard Men, are you ever - Frustrated that no matter what you do for her, it's not enough? - Baffled by why she just can't say what she means, why she's so indirect? Women, are you ever - Resentful that he doesn't really listen to you? - Hurt and confused when he just walks out of the room - in the middle of an argument? Get this dictionary before your next argument
The Liar's Dictionary
Author: Eley WilliamsPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385546785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “You wouldn’t expect a comic novel about a dictionary to be a thriller too, but this one is. In fact, [it] is also a mystery, love story (two of them) and cliffhanging melodrama.” —The New York Times Book Review An award-winning novel that chronicles the charming misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world. Mountweazel n. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth is toiling away at the letter S for Swansby’s multivolume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. But his disaffection with his colleagues compels him to assert some individual purpose and artistic freedom, and he begins inserting unauthorized, fictitious entries. In the present day, Mallory, the publisher’s young intern, starts to uncover these mountweazels in the process of digitization and through them senses their creator’s motivations, hopes, and desires. More pressingly, she’s also been contending with a threatening, anonymous caller who wants Swansby’s staff to “burn in hell.” As these two narratives coalesce, Winceworth and Mallory, separated by one hundred years, must discover how to negotiate the complexities of life’s often untrustworthy, hoax-strewn, and undefinable path. An exhilarating, laugh-out-loud debut, The Liar’s Dictionary celebrates the rigidity, fragility, absurdity, and joy of language while peering into questions of identity and finding one’s place in the world.
Author: Robin LeonardThe Dark Lord
Author: Thomas HarlanPublisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765390817
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 975
Book Description
Tom Harlan brings his Oath of Empire series to a shattering conclusion in The Dark Lord. In what would be the 7th Century AD in our history, the Roman Empire still stands, supported by the twin pillars of the Legions and Thaumaturges of Rome. The Emperor of the West, the Augustus Galen Atreus, came to the aid of the Emperor of the East, the Avtokrator Heraclius, in his war with the Sassanad Emperor of Persia. But despite early victories, that war has not gone well, and now Rome is hard-pressed. Constantinople has fallen before the dark sorceries of the Lord Dahak and his legions of the living and dead. Now the new Emperor of Persia marches on Egypt, and if he takes that ancient nation, Rome will be starved and defeated. But there is a faint glimmer of hope. The Emperor Galen's brother Maxian is a great sorcerer, perhaps the equal of Dahak, lord of the seven serpents. He is now firmly allied with his Imperial brother and Rome. And though they are caught tight in the Dark Lord's net of sorcery, Queen Zoe of Palmyra and Lord Mohammed have not relinquished their souls to evil. Powerful, complex, engrossing --Thomas Harlan's Oath of Empire series has taken fantasy readers by storm. The first three volumes, The Shadow of Ararat, The Gate of Fire, and The Storm of Heaven have been universally praised. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Defining the World
Author: Henry HitchingsPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312426200
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Brilliantly entertaining and enlightening, this volume tells the story of Samuel Johnson's endeavor to create an authoritative English dictionary. Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure--his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way, and his ultimate triumph.
