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On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World
Alexander HumezNow, in On the Dot, Alexander and Nicholas Humez offer a wide ranging, entertaining account of this much overlooked and minuscule linguistic sign. The Humez brothers shed light on the dot in all its various forms.
A B C et cetera: the life & times of the Roman alphabet
Alexander HumezFirst edition published in 1985 by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc. 306 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Copyright © 1985 by Paul Alexander Humez and Nicholas D. Humez All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used ...
Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, ...
Alexander HumezA Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, Rob Flynn. 3. Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University's ...
Urdu Letters of Mirza Asadu'llah Khan Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Khan GhalibFor collaboration on those lines I was fortunate to have the help of Dr. Paul Alexander Humez, a versatile author of scholarly books related to linguistics. He was charmed by Ghalib's personality and epistolary art. In Dr. Humez I now have a ...
Alpha to Omega: The Life & Times of the Greek Alphabet
Alexander HumezThe vocabulary of language is a mirror of the minds of its speakers, and in this book we see the first reflections of the modern world.
A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet
Alexander HumezDescribes the origins and history of words adopted from Latin and discusses ancient and modern usage.
Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers
Alexander HumezA collection of essays blending elements of linguistics and mathematics provides an educational look at the social history and culture of common phrases and colloquial expressions
On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World
Alexander Humez... we know footnotes like anything else on the Web can go poof! and disappear,” writes Chuck Zerby at the conclusion of The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes. not supposed to read the footnotes: Anthony Grafton, The Footnote *A Curious ...
Latin for People / Latina Pro Populo
Paul Alexander HumezIn addition, Latin for People contains two closing chapters, hailed as 'invaluable' by The Classical Outlook: one that translates all the readings in the book and one that suggests further readings.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the ...
More editions1941, to Edna Lucile, daughter of Rufus Jerry Nelson of Little Rock, Ark., a publisher, and has three children: Thomas Arthur; Elizabeth Jean, who married Paul Alexander Humez; and Nancy Lucile, who married Edwin Swanborn. DUNLOP ...
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Current volume
More editions1941, to Edna Lucile, daughter of Rufus Jerry Nelson of Little Rock, Ark., a publisher, and has three children: Thomas Arthur; Elizabeth Jean, who married Paul Alexander Humez; and Nancy Lucile, who married Edwin Swanbom. DUNLOP ...
Social Register, Summer
More editionsM' James W 2d [Alexander) Alexander MiM"Lawrence D (Orline St John). Alexander Mies Orline Alexander M" Robert C (Annie Clare) " Buena Vista" Bolton-on-Lake-George N Y Alexander D' Samuel ab'd Onic Apr 24 Alexander MiM" Walter ...
Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record
John W. Busey... North Carolina 904 Alexander, J.B.; “C.” 8th Georgia 305 Alexander, J.M. (2nd Lieutenant); “K,” Sth Texas 1442 Alexander, Jacob B.; “G,” 12th South Carolina 1332 Alexander, James C.; "I," 26th Alabama 178 Alexander, James Needham; “ A ...
Register of Members of the General Council of the University ...
University of GlasgowDunbar, Mrs. Joseph — see Whish, Grace Birrell Duncalfe, Mrs. Arthur B. — see Begg, Lilias Scott Craig Duncan, Alexander Duncan, Alexander, M.A. . Duncan, Alexander Adams, B.D. Duncan, Alexander Findlay, M.A. Duncan, Sir Andrew ...
Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander
Stephanie AlexanderHighly acclaimed cook, writer and seasonal food pioneer Stephanie Alexander shares some of her all-time favourite recipes in this classic collection.
Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...
Edward Porter AlexanderAlexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manass Rescued from an archive and published only eight years ago, this private memoir by Confederate General Porter Alexander is now recognized as one of the ...
Sputnik
More editionsPhotograph by Alexander Makarov. PHOTO AND PICTURE CREDITS Front cover: Alexander Makarov; page 43: Nikolai Rakhmanov; pp.79 — 85: Alexander Makarov; pp.88— 95: Valeri Shustov; pp.124— 127: Vassili Peskov. Design and ...
The Works of Alexander Pope
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope. VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR, etc. Once (says an Author, where I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their way ; Both fierce, both hungry; the dispute grew strong, While Scale in hand ...
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography
Peter Greenr = PETSAS, P. 'New discoveries at Pella, birthplace and capital of Alexander', Archaeology 1 1 (1958), 246-54.. PFISTER, F. 'Alexander der Grosse. Die Geschichte seines Ruhms im Lichte seiner Beinamen', Historia 13 (1964), 37-79.
The works of mr. Alexander Pope
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope. All bail ! Ye virgin daughters of the main ; iU Ye streams , beyond my Hopes beheld again/ To you once more your own Ulyjfes bows, Attend his transports, and receive his vows. If Jove prolong my days , and Pallas crown The ...
Ergonomics in Manufacturing: Raising Productivity Through ...
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Conflict in Cyber Space: Theoretical, Strategic and Legal ...
PreviewAlexander Klimburg has written extensively about a wholeofnation approach to cyber defense and offense (Alexander Klimburg, “The Whole of Nation in Cyberpower,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 11 (2010): 171–79; Alexander ...
Alexander Dalrymple and the Expansion of British Trade
Howard T. FryThe Earl of Egmont desired him to do so; and Captain Kempenfelt called upon Alexander Dalrymple after his return to England, and informed him of the Earl of Egmont5s desire to see him; which Alexander Dalrymple declined, as Lord (then ...
Walter Scott's Books: Reading the Waverley Novels
J.H. AlexanderDavid Hewitt and Alison Lumsden 7a *The Bride of Lammermoor [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 7b A Legend of the Wars of Montrose [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 8 * Ivanhoe [1820], ed. Graham Tulloch 9 The Monastery [1820], ed. Penny Fielding ...
Reuben Doty: his ancestors and descendants from the ...
Kathleen Moore FitzpatrickAlexander DOTY's Occupation Alexander DOTY was a sugar cane and corn farmer. A sketch on Alexander DOTY in Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical states: "...Mr. Doty has always used the greatest business tact in the ...
1585-1592
More editionsEsmn of Caution by Alexander Burnett of Leyis for Alexander Burnett in Kynnes- Edinburgh, kie, J ohnne Burnett in Inverrie, and Thomas Burnett in Brachanis gland“); (Braichinche), in 500 merks each, and for Alexander Blakhall in Leyis ...
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology
Jeffrey C. AlexanderAlexander, Jeffrey C. 1998, Winter. “Bush, Hussein, and the Cultural Preparation for War: Toward a More Symbolic Theory of Political Legitimation.” Epoche 21 (1): 1–14. Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2000a. “Theorizing the Good Society: Hermeneutic, ...
General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...
Edward Porter AlexanderIn the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
Inaugural address by lords rectors of the University of ...
Glasgow univ1837, James Graham, Duke of Montrose. — Ex. Chart. Universitat. Glas'j. LORDS CHANCELLORS. 1664, Alexander Burnett, do. 1670, Robert Leighton, do. 1674, Alexander Burnett, do. 1679, Arthur Ross, do. 1684, Alexander Cairncross, do.
General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...
Edward Porter AlexanderIn the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
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