Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
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A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language.
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British comedian and novelist Stephen Fry is fascinated with word games like crossword puzzles and Scrabble, so much that he believes them to be an integal part of our culture. With the help of linguists, puzzle makers and psychologists...
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Stephen Fry investigates the phenomenon of gibberish - what it is, why we write and speak and sing it, and why we enjoy it so much. Words like awaopbopbaloobop awop bam bam and Bill and Ben's contemporary sounding catchphrase: blogalog...
- Author:Ross, StuartSummary:
Further Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer takes up where Stuart Ross’s Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer left off in 2005. Memoir, tirade, unsolicited advice — this new volume is drawn largely from Stuart’s notorious “...
- Author:Moss, JohnSummary:
The format of this book is arbitrary and exact, the way paint is in a landscape by Alex Colville. It follows the program of the symposium that took place at the University of Ottawa, from April 25 to 27, 1986. As Bakhtin leaps from the...
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Dix-huit collaborateurs parlent de la façon dont l’œuvre et la personnalité de Gabrielle Roy les a touchés personnellement. On ne pouvait pas faire un plus grand éloge à cette grande romancière que de demander à des chercheurs...
- Author:Strathern, PaulSummary:
In Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Garcia Marquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also...
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
Stories are medicine. During a time of heightened isolation, this bestselling author shares what he knows about the power of storytelling--and offers some of his own favourite stories from Elders, friends, and family. Gathering around a...
- Author:Garrett, GeorgeSummary:
Starting from humble beginnings as a farm boy in Saskatchewan, George Garrett rose through the ranks of journalism and came to be known as the reporter who, as radio personality Rafe Mair recalled, 'seemed to know details almost as soon...
- Author:Shelden, MichaelSummary:
George Orwell was more than just a writer. He was a political and social sage who valued, above all else, individual freedom. His works aren't just entertainment--they're cautionary tales and red flags of warning. And if we...
- Author:Gibbs, Cheryl K.Summary:
This introductory text combines the "whys" of journalism with the "how-tos." Students are guided toward mastery of the finer points of reporting, beat coverage, and news writing, while also gaining awareness of the important role...
- Author:Zackheim, Sarah Parsons, Zackheim, AdrianSummary:
There’s never been a better time to be an author. Books like the Harry Potter series create a media phenomenon, with people lining up and camping outside bookstores to purchase newly released titles. Yet book sales overall—not just...
- Author:Knoop, SavannahSummary:
The JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT's fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with...
- Gleaning Ruth : a biblical heroine and her afterlives, studies on personalities of the Old TestamentAuthor:Koosed, Jennifer L.Summary:
The biblical story of Ruth celebrates the power to begin life anew, to gather what has been scattered, to glean what one needs. In this original approach to understanding an ancient love story, Jennifer L. Koosed crafts a multifaceted...
- Author:Keith, W.J.Summary:
A companion volume to Canadian Odyssey: A Reading of Hugh Hood's The New Age, God's Plenty surveys the short fiction of the writer dubbed Canada's Proust. Hugh Hood, an unparalleled stylist, was equally accomplished in short forms and...
- Author:Kidder, TracySummary:
Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing-about the creation of good prose-and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young...
- Author:Gibson, Graeme, Munro, AliceSummary:
In honour of Alice Munro's Nobel Prize for Literature, Anansi Digital is re-releasing a candid interview with Munro by Canadian novelist Graeme Gibson. Taken from Eleven Canadian Novelists, which was originally published in 1973 by...
- Author:Woods, GeraldineSummary:
For students competing for the decreasing pool of college scholarships, writing a stellar entrance essay can make all the difference. With discrete explanations of vital grammar rules, common usage errors and the other key concepts...
- Author:Cognard-Black, JenniferSummary:
While short stories exist in traditions all over the world, Americanshort stories are a genre all their own. Emerging from the clash of cultures--and the collision of oral and print traditions--that began during the arrival of European...
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