Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno, Bryson Ellen

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Short History of Nearly Everything
ISBN: 0552151742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552151740
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can`t contain his curiosity about the world around him. It`s not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Made In America (R/I)
ISBN: 1784161861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784161866
Издательство: Random House
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Цена: 8060.00 T
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Описание: Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn`t won, why Americans say `lootenant` and `Toosday`, and more.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Troublesome Words
ISBN: 0141040394 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141040394
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: A guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. It lets you discover whether you should care about split infinitives, or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say `an historic day`.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Bryson`s Dictionary of Troublesome Words
ISBN: 0767910435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767910439
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 10220.00 T
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Описание: One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.

As usual Bill Bryson says it best: "English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; and] where 'colonel, ' 'freight, ' 'once, ' and 'ache' are strikingly at odds with their spellings." As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 1980s, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly, the proposition was accepted, and for "a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth," he proceeded to write that book-his first, inaugurating his stellar career.

Now, a decade and a half later, revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, it has become Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, more than ever an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With some one thousand entries, from "a, an" to "zoom," that feature real-world examples of questionable usage from an international array of publications, and with a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation, this precise, prescriptive, and-because it is written by Bill Bryson-often witty book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about the language not to maul or misuse or distort it.

From the Hardcover edition.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: At Home (Illustrated Edition)
ISBN: 0857521381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857521385
Издательство: Random House
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Цена: 22000.00 T
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Описание: What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. This title presents a history of the way we live.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: One Summer HB
ISBN: 0385608284 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385608282
Издательство: Random House
Цена: 14670.00 T
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Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Bill Bryson`s African Diary
ISBN: 0767915062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767915069
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 7660.00 T
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Описание: Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh. "Daily Telegraph"
Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.
Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. It is also a country with many serious problems: refugees, AIDS, drought, and grinding poverty. The resultant diary, though short in length, contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious insight."

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Bryson`s Dictionary
ISBN: 0385610440 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385610445
Издательство: Transworld Publishers
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Цена: 10990.00 T
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Описание: A selection of spellings and usages, covering capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. This book also helps the readers with the difference between British and American usages, and includes information such as the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the new name for the Department of Trade and Industry.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Made in America
ISBN: 0552998052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552998055
Издательство: Random House
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Цена: 6590.00 T
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Описание: An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning, and many other improbable but true facts.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
ISBN: 0007479638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007479634
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 13930.00 T
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Описание: This exquisitely illustrated edition of Bill Bryson`s best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: At Home
ISBN: 0552777358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552777353
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: What does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. Taking a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, the author discovered surprising connections in relation to the history of the way we live.

Автор: Bryson Bill
Название: Bryson`s Dictionary: for Writers and Editors
ISBN: 0552773530 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552773539
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Bryson`s Dictionary for Writers and Editors has now been completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson himself.