David Crystal

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Exploring Shakespeare's Language

'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivaled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theater and as literature? David Crystal addresses these and many other questions in this lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language. Covering in turn the five main dimensions of language structure - writing system, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and conversational style - the book shows how examining these linguistic 'nuts and bolts' can help us achieve a greater appreciation of Shakespeare's linguistic creativity.

Think on My Words

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Louisiana

The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia is the authoritative single-volume reference work on people, both living and dead. In addition to its thousand or more pages of A-Z entries, the book offers an invaluable Ready Reference section with lists of political leaders and rulers, Nobel Prizewinners, patron saints, sports champions and many more. Acclaimed on its first publication in 1994 as a new kind of biographical reference book, the Encyclopedia is now established as a reliable source of information on over 26,000 people, fully cross-referenced. The book's international coverage and devotion to important figures - both historical and contemporary - in science and the arts as well as sports and popular personalities make it unique. This Second Edition has been comprehensively updated and supplemented with new entries.

The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

Reveals language's myriad intricacies and quirks. This book focuses on the development of unique linguistic styles, the origins of obscure accents, and the search for the first written word. It discusses the plight of endangered languages, as well as successful cases of linguistic revitalization.

A Little Book of Language

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A narrative history of language ranges from the first words of an infant to the modern dialect of text messaging, discussing linguistic styles, the origin of accents, and the search for the first written word.

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Montana

World Languages

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Missouri

History

The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age. But how did it evolve? How did a language spoken originally be a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one used by over a quarter of the human race? The Stories of English is a groundbreaking and entertaining history of the language by David Crystal, the world-renowned writer and linguist. Crystal turns the history of English on its head and provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity, and diversity of the language truly lies-in the accents and dialects of nonstandard English users all over the world. Whatever their regional, social, or ethnic background, each group has a story worth telling, whether it is in Scotland or Canada, South Africa or the United States. Interwoven within this central chronological story are accounts of uses of dialect around the world and examples taken from current popular culture as well as literary classics. As Newsday wrote, "Crystal is bold, thoughtful, and often very funny.... His comparisons and allusions are effortless, and he's as up on Ali G and Middle Earth as he is on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English".

The Stories of English

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Iowa

The Gr8 Db8

It has been argued that texting will spell the end of literacy. David Crystal looks at the evidence, investigating how texting began, what it is, why it's used, and how it works. He aims to make this book entertaining and instructive, reassuring for parents and illuminating for teenagers.

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Cambridge Factfinder

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Oversized paperback. Bottom right corner is bumped. Spine has scratch near the bottom. Former owner’s name in ink and price in pencil on front end paper 

Indiana

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

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Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Florida

A history of the English language draws on the diversity of dialects and regional accents around the world, as well as the dialects that appear in a variety of literary classics, to explain the significance of the language.

Wisconsin

English

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

A Journey in Search of English

Combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world.

By Hook or by Crook

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Kansas

The Cambridge encyclopedia

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Tennessee

Norma Lehr

David Grant Noble

This third edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and thirteen newly opened archaeological sites. From Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas to the Zuni-Acoma Trail in New Mexico, reader will be provided with old-time favorites and new treasures. In addition to descriptions of each site, Noble provides time-saving tips for the traveler, citing major highways, nearby towns and the facilities they offer, campgrounds, and other helpful information. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when they are exploring the Southwest.

Dance of the Crystal Skull

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David Childress

Stephen S. Mehler

Pennsylvania

Astonishing Portals to Man's Past

What unknown hands carved these mysterious skulls perhaps over 12,000 years ago? Do they really have the power of life and death? In 1927, while searching for the lost civilisation of Atlantis, archaeologists discovered in the ruins of a Mayan city a perfect replica of a human skull, exquisitely carved and polished from a single piece of quartz crystal. It is clearly the product of a sophisticated civilisation -- yet its age has been estimated at 12,000 years! A number of life-size crystal skulls are known to exist. Where did they come from? Observers have reported strange sounds, odours, and light effects emanating from crystal skulls. Crystal skulls are said to have caused violence, physical injury, and even death. Can it be that these uncanny objects are our link to mankind's dark, magical past? Are they messengers from another age -- or another world? A fascinating compendium of current information on crystal skulls by two authors with first hand knowledge.

The Crystal Skulls

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James Luceno

George Lucas

Jeff Nathanson

David Koepp

Michigan

Join Dr Jones as he travels around the world on the quest for the Crystal Skull. 20 years on from The Last Crusade and Indy is picking up the fedora and bullwhip once again on the hunt for the Crystal Skull.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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David Eddings

Leigh Eddings

Book Three of The Dreamers

Two New York Times bestselling authors are back with the final book in their epic fantasy series. Aracia, sister of the goddess Zelana (The Elder Gods), and Veltan (The Treasured One) have ignored the prophecy of The Dreamers. Now their ignorance may bring about the destruction of Dhrall.

The Crystal Gorge

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Crystal Bowman

David comes to live at the king's house and becomes best friends with Prince Jonathan, but they aren't sure what to do when the king isn't happy with David.

Little David and His Best Friend

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