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Author | : Rob Lacey |
Publsiher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2009-05-18 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 9780310566052 |
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For those who’ve never read the Bible and for those who’ve read it too much. Lacey’s “dangerously real” retelling of Scripture vividly demonstrates that the Bible is packed full of stories, poems, and images that resonate with the big issues of today. This fresh paraphrase-come-running-commentary brings the text alive: Bible stories are retold as mini blockbusters; psalms as song lyrics; epistles as emails; Revelation as seen through a virtual reality headset. Out with stale religious terms, here’s a “Bible” which talks today’s language—gritty, earthy, and witty. Enough starting at Genesis with good intentions and getting lost in Leviticus-Lacey succeeds in revitalizing a classic work by focusing on the big picture: fast-forwarding through the “slow-moving” bits with pace, passion, and energy to make the Bible a page turner. Lacey’s tour de force was created during a remarkable personal journey through terminal cancer: the stuff Bible stories are made of. This life-experience injects Lacey’s take on Scripture with authenticity and authority—resonating with Bible characters who also wrestled with the big questions. Purist alert: This is not THE Bible (capital B)… but it might just get you reaching for one.
The Word on the Street
Author | : Rob Lacey |
Publsiher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780310922674 |
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A "Bible" that talks today's language - gritty, earthy, witty - A "Bible" for those who've never read the Bible, and for those who've read it too much.
Word On The Street
Author | : John Mcwhorter |
Publsiher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2009-03-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780786731473 |
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Though there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing -- not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words' meanings as well. Debunking the myth of "pure" standard English, tackling controversial positions, and eschewing politically correct arguments, linguist John McWhorter considers speech patterns and regional accents to demonstrate just how the changes do occur. Wielding reason and humor, McWhorter ultimately explains why we must embrace these changes, ultimately revealing our American English in all its variety, expressiveness, and power.
The Word on the Street
Author | : David Mitchell |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Bell hops |
ISBN | : 1916004709 |
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The Word on the Streets
Author | : Brooks E. Hefner |
Publsiher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2017-10-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780813940427 |
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From the hard-boiled detective stories of Dashiell Hammett to the novels of Claude McKay, The Word on the Streets examines a group of writers whose experimentation with the vernacular argues for a rethinking of American modernism—one that cuts across traditional boundaries of class, race, and ethnicity. The dawn of the modernist era witnessed a transformation of popular writing that demonstrated an experimental practice rooted in the language of the streets. Emerging alongside more recognized strands of literary modernism, the vernacular modernism these writers exhibited lays bare the aesthetic experiments inherent in American working-class and ethnic language, forging an alternative pathway for American modernist practice. Brooks Hefner shows how writers across a variety of popular genres—from Gertrude Stein and William Faulkner to humorist Anita Loos and ethnic memoirist Anzia Yezierska—employed street slang to mount their own critique of genteel realism and its classist emphasis on dialect hierarchies, the result of which was a form of American experimental writing that resonated powerfully across the American cultural landscape of the 1910s and 1920s.
The Word On The Street
Author | : John Mcwhorter |
Publsiher | : Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : UOM:39015045683367 |
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John McWhorter reveals American English in all its variety, beauty, and expressiveness. Debunking the myth of a "pure" standard English, he considers the speech patterns and accents of many regions and ethnic groups in the U.S. and demonstrates how language evolves.
What s the Word on the Street
Author | : Jodie Shepherd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0794421504 |
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Wrong Number 2
Author | : R.L. Stine |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2014-02-25 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781481413756 |
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The sequel to one of the most popular Fear Street titles, with nearly 500,000 copies in print. Deena and Jade are up to their old tricks, despite their vow to stop the phone pranks. Then the ominous call comes: “I’m getting out soon,” the voice says, “and when I do, I’ll come after you.” Now the girls fear someone is out to kill them!