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  • Opening Pandora's Box

    Phrases We Borrowed From the Classics and the Stories Behind Them

    de Ferdie Addis ...
    It has been one of those days. You've worked like a Trojan, displaying titanic strength and stoic endurance to overcome the Herculean labours that have faced you in order to meet that deadline. We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. But an incomplete classical education need no ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Eu Tenho Um Sonho

    de Ferdie Addis ...
    Podem as palavras mudar o mundo? Ou palavras leva-as o vento? Por vezes, quando as circunstâncias envolventes parecem demasiado negras para haver qualquer esperança, são palavras que envolvem, elevam e motivam populações a lutar. As palavras podem desafiar ditadores: «lutaremos nas praias»; podem começar revoluções: «Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade»; podem criar novas nações. «consideramos ... Leer más

    $3.48 USD

  • The Good Samaritan Bites the Dust

    The Amazing Way the Bible Influences Our Everyday Language

    de Ferdie Addis ...
    Ever claimed that there is 'no rest for the wicked', judged something as 'sour grapes', or rallied friends by shouting 'eat, drink and be merry'? Knowingly or not, you have been quoting from the Bible. The English language features countless biblically-derived phrases that are used by people on a day-to-day basis, yet the user often does not know the origin or meaning behind them. However, there ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • I Have a Dream

    The Speeches That Changed History

    de Ferdie Addis ...
    To read of Elizabeth I addressing her troops before the Spanish Armada, or Martin Luther-King urging the American population for racial equality is to understand the tremendous power of language to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse an audience. It is inspiring to hear the words of people whose gift was to know what to say, when to say it, and how to phrase it, often in language so ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • I Dare Say: Inside Stories of the World's Most Powerful Speeches

    de Ferdie Addis ...
    Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can inspire an angry mob to pick up those clubs in the first place. This collection of fifty speeches reveals how men and women throughout the ages changed the course of history. Featuring classical orators, wartime heroes, and contemporary icons, from Elizabeth I to Abraham Lincoln, from Margaret Thatcher to Nelson Mandela, right up through Barack ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • O Retrato da Mãe de Hitler

    de Domingos Amaral ...
    Finda a guerra na Europa, Jack Gil procura o rasto de tesouros nazis numa cidade cada vez mais imprevisível. Lisboa 1945. Jack Gil Mascarenhas Deane já não trabalha para os serviços secretos ingleses, pois a guerra acabou, mas a chegada do seu pai a Lisboa vai alterar a sua vida. O pai é um colecionador de tesouros nazis e vai obrigar Jack Gil a ajudá-lo na sua demanda pelos valiosos artefactos, ... Leer más

    $16.30 USD

  • Suicide of a Superpower

    Will America Survive to 2025?

    de Patrick J. Buchanan ...
    The New York Times–bestselling conservative author explains why he believes certain social trends will lead to the downfall of the United States.America is disintegrating. The "one Nation under God, indivisible" of the Pledge of Allegiance is passing away. In a few decades, that America will be gone forever. In its place will arise a country unrecognizable to our parents. This is the thrust of Pat ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Lend Me Your Ears

    Great Speeches in History

    de William Safire ...
    From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, this collection of speeches is "the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart" (Peggy Noonan).This third edition of the bestselling collection of classic and modern oratory offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered—from the ancient world to the modern. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Great Speeches

    Words that Shaped the World

    de John Boyes ...
    Great Speeches collects over forty of the most powerful and stirring addresses delivered in the English language.It captures the significant historical events of the past 400 years in the words of their participants, from those speeches given in times of war and sorrow, such as Winston Churchill's 'This Was Their Finest Hour', to those delivered at moments of hope, such as Barack Obama's election ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Death of the West

    How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization

    de Patrick J. Buchanan ...
    " Everyone's favorite conservative argues that the decline in the West's birthrate will lead to a fatal decline in its power." — Library JournalThe West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the US, coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Bad English

    A History of Linguistic Aggravation

    de Ammon Shea ...
    The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language “mistakes” and how they came to be accepted as correct—or not.English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Law Book

    de DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about the most important legal milestones in history in The Law Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Law in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Law Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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