Alphabetical

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848548877
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical written by Michael Rosen and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written down, he races on to show how nonsense poems work, pins down the strange story of OK, traces our seven lost letters and tackles the tyranny of spelling, among many, many other things. His heroes of the alphabet range from Edward Lear to Phyllis Pearsall (the inventor of the A-Z), and from the two scribes of Beowulf to rappers. Each chapter takes on a different subject - codes, umlauts or the writing of dictionaries. Rosen's enthusiasm for letters positively leaps off the page, whether it's the story of his life told through the typewriters he's owned or a chapter on jokes written in a string of gags and word games. So if you ever wondered why Hawaiian only has a thirteen-letter alphabet or how exactly to write down the sound of a wild raspberry, read on . . .

Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541675061
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Place for Everything written by Judith Flanders and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible. With abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z. A Times (UK) Best Book of 2020

Author : Tiphaine Samoyault
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Order written by Tiphaine Samoyault and published by Viking Juvenile. This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the development of alphabets and writing systems from ancient societies to American Indian societies.

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1848548877
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical written by Michael Rosen and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written down, he races on to show how nonsense poems work, pins down the strange story of OK, traces our seven lost letters and tackles the tyranny of spelling, among many, many other things. His heroes of the alphabet range from Edward Lear to Phyllis Pearsall (the inventor of the A-Z), and from the two scribes of Beowulf to rappers. Each chapter takes on a different subject - codes, umlauts or the writing of dictionaries. Rosen's enthusiasm for letters positively leaps off the page, whether it's the story of his life told through the typewriters he's owned or a chapter on jokes written in a string of gags and word games. So if you ever wondered why Hawaiian only has a thirteen-letter alphabet or how exactly to write down the sound of a wild raspberry, read on . . .

Author : Alba M. Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Index of Occupations and Industries written by Alba M. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Antonia Pesenti
Publisher : NewSouth
ISBN 13 : 9781742233703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Sydney written by Antonia Pesenti and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is our Sydney, the brightest and best of it, North to the south to the east and the west of it. Bats and cicadas, lawn bowls and the zoo, This is our town. Let us share it with you.

Author : Free Public Library of Jersey City
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supplement No. 1 to the Alphabetical Finding List of the Free Public Library of Jersey City. Oct. 1, 1891 written by Free Public Library of Jersey City and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Canada. Library of Parliament
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752520582
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Parliament written by Canada. Library of Parliament and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Author : United States. War Production Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, Cumulative Through February 1943 written by United States. War Production Board and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of the Department of the Interior written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: