Author: Susan OsbornPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671025554
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
For each name Osborn provides a history, number, astrological sign, color, stone, element, and herb.
What's in a Name?
Author: Linda FrancisPublisher: Living Books
ISBN: 9780842379359
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fascinating name dictionary that features the literal meaning of people's first names, the character quality implied by the name, and an applicable Scripture verse for each name listed.
A Matter of Taste
Author: Stanley LiebersonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300083859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change over time? Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. He disputes the commonly-held notion that tastes in names (and other fashions) simply reflect societal shifts.
Author: Sharifa Zawawi
Author: Michelle AtkinsThe Word Made Flesh
Author: Eva TalmadgePublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006204253X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning. Gorgeous photographs and candid commentary are collected by authors Eva Talmadge—whose short story “The Cranes” was cited as Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2008 in Dave Eggers’ Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009—and Justin Taylor, author of Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever, and editor of the acclaimed short fiction anthology, The Apocalypse Reader.
The New Latino Studies Reader
Author: Ramon A. GutierrezPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520284836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
The New Latino Studies Reader is designed as a contemporary, updated, multifaceted collection of writings that bring to force the exciting, necessary scholarship of the last decades. Its aim is to introduce a new generation of students to a wide-ranging set of essays that helps them gain a truer understanding of what itÕs like to be a Latino in the United States. Ê With the reader, students explore the sociohistorical formation of Latinos as a distinct panethnic group in the United States, delving into issues of class formation; social stratification; racial, gender, and sexual identities; and politics and cultural production. And while other readers now in print may discuss Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Central Americans as distinct groups with unique experiences, this text explores both the commonalities and the differences that structure the experiences of Latino Americans. Timely, thorough, and thought-provoking, The New Latino Studies Reader provides a genuine view of the Latino experience as a whole. Ê
Author: Shani PetroffFang Ming Pu
Author: Shan LinPublisher:
ISBN: 9789812325235
Category : Names, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This practical guide is designed to help Chinese parents make the perfect choice in naming their children. Over 900 propitious words, in simplified characters and Hanyu Pinyin, are arranged alphabetically for easy reference. The meanings of these words are explained in English, and at least seven examples of names are given for each word.
Europe - What's in a Name
Author: Peter H. GommersPublisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789058671493
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Europe is a word that is almost daily on our lips. But how far do we have to go back in order to find the origins of its name? The first part of this beautifully illustrated book traces the geographical and mythological basis of Europe's name. Who came up with the idea to distinguish the world in continents with proper names? The search will bring the reader back to the early history of mankind. How did the ancient Egyptians see the world and populations around them? Where did the Hebrews get the idea to split the world in three? And what was the world-picture in ancient Greece, laid down in geographic treatises and fragments? Where did the name 'Europe' originate from? Could it be from a person, either mortal or divine? In ancient Greek literature the name 'Europa' appears quite frequently for Greek goddesses and Greek women. Strangely enough, the best known Europa myth concerns a Phoenician princess, loved by the Greek god Zeus. Many mythographs doubt the Asian descent of the Phoenician Europa. Is her real origin to be located on mainland Greece? How can the contradicting Greek myths be interpreted, and was the name universally accepted as the name for the continent? In the second part of this book, the author tells the amazing story of how the Arts have treated the Europa myths for almost three millennia. He shows the extraordinary influence of the personification of the geographic continent Europe on literature, music, sculpture, painting, tapestry and other applied arts. All this clearly demonstrates the vivid interest in Europe for the subject throughout the ages and illustrates, according to Karel van Miert in his Foreword, our common European culture.
