The Language of Wood

The Language of Wood
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: UVA:X006078442

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Secret Language

Secret Language
Author: Monica Wood
Publsiher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2008-12-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307490650

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Connie has trouble with time. She always has to stop and think a minute: How old is she now? . . . Faith always seems to know, though her life is the same as Connie’s: back and forth to theater towns all over. The same dingy food, the same noisy sidewalks, the same cramped suites in the same hotels. . . Sometimes they go to school, sometimes not, though they always have books to read: big packets of books that Armand sends to them in every city. Armand is their parents’ lawyer, the only person they know who likes children. . . . Faith and Connie endured the same childhood as daughters of egocentric, semi-famous actors who can scarcely take care of themselves. But the two sisters could not be more different. Connie learned to beg for attention, clamor for approval, and fill the silence with words. Faith turned inward, shrinking from the tender emotions that make up an ordinary life. Despite their differences, the sisters came to rely on each other exclusively. But lately, after years of quiet connection, Faith and Connie seem to have lost the ties that once held them close. Faith has a home and two growing sons, but is still unable to fathom unconditional love. Connie, a flight attendant, is always searching, ever-expecting to find her true place in life at the end of each long flight. But a series of shocking, revelatory events will bring the sisters back to each other—and forever alter how they define love, fulfillment, and most importantly, family.

How Fiction Works

How Fiction Works
Author: James Wood
Publsiher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-07-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781429908658

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In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh? James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carré, and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.

Sign Languages

Sign Languages
Author: Joseph C. Hill,Diane C. Lillo-Martin,Sandra K. Wood
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780429665141

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Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book: offers a comprehensive introduction to the basic grammatical components of phonology, morphology, and syntax with examples and illustrations; demonstrates how sign languages are acquired by Deaf children with varying degrees of input during early development, including no input where children create a language of their own; discusses the contexts of sign languages, including how different varieties are formed and used, attitudes towards sign languages, and how language planning affects language use; is accompanied by e-resources, which host links to video clips. Offering an engaging and accessible introduction to sign languages, this book is essential reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.

Wood Reference Handbook

Wood Reference Handbook
Author: Canadian Wood Council
Publsiher: Canadian Wood Council = Conseil canadien du bois
Total Pages: 588
Release: 1991
Genre: Architectural woodwork
ISBN: UCAL:B4599328

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The Language of Wood

The Language of Wood
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 23
Release: 1989
Genre: Building, Wooden
ISBN: OCLC:233531449

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The International Book of Wood

The International Book of Wood
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1982
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:634074878

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Proof sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians

Proof sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians
Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 1238
Release: 1885
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN: CORNELL:31924029621921

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