a book of etymologies; any treatise on the derivation of words. exordium the beginning or introductory part of a book or other printed work, or of a discourse. fascicle an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts. ...
Despite having a Latin title, it’s not written inLatin; it’s written in German. Parts of it might as well have been . . . Quite. In a way, this follows on from the Sainsbury book, because in it we see the limits of logical thinking. When struggling with the paradoxes we seem ...
“an alphabet book comprised of fifteen cards drilled through the center and threaded onto a long stove bolt” (p.279). On each side of thirteen of the bolted cards, the artist has printed various anatomical and sexual terms in different fonts and sizes in alphabetic order. Unscrewed, the...
, Johnson and Stixrud show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, beginning with defining and demonstrating the basic principles of listening and speaking. Then they show new ways to handle specific, thorny topics of the sort that usually end in parent/kid standoffs: delivering ...
Her memoir, When I Was Puerto Rican recounts that journey, beginning with Santiago trying to find her place in a new culture, using a new language. 5. Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros Buy on Amazon Add to library Sandra Cisneros grew up at the border between Mexico and America,...
Kissinger also has been accused of endorsement via inaction of deadly anti-democratic activities by right-wing Latin American governments, including Operation Condor, in which several South American military governments—most notably those of Argentina and Augusto Pinochet in Chile—coordinated their efforts...
Around the orangerie, agricultural attrezzi (“implements”) are strewn, stone aquile (“eagles”) perch on the building, alms are being distributed by a man in Arab dress, trees beginning with the letter A forest the background and pop up from pots, and the whole setting evokes Arabia ...
September 9, 2024: I knew at the beginning of this year that I wanted to go to Japan and Bali, Indonesia in September-October. I was a bit shaken on New Year’s Day when I read about the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture on the main island...
What holds it together is a focus on families, starting with the first footprints of a family ever found right the way through to the Trump family. As Sebag Montefiore explains at the beginning, this a work of synthesis, based on his reading and travels over the decades, written up during...
As a planned community, Indianapolis boasted finished frame and brick buildings from its beginning. Architects and builders drew on Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Gothic, Romanesque, and Italian Renaissance styles for commercial, industrial, public, and religious buildings and...