English Begins at Jamestown. Narrating the History of a Language, Hardback - ***

English Begins at Jamestown explores how people tell and have told the story of English, from its Indo-European origins to its present-day status a...

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The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New ...

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This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern Englis...

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A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s):...

A biography of Katherine SwynfordPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Jeannette LucraftNumber of pages: 252Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

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Publisher: Amazon PublishingAuthor(s): Rhys BowenNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 217 x 150 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day's a...

DescriptionThe study of the history of the English language (HEL) encompasses a broad sweep of time and space, reaching back to the fifth century a...

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Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the compan...

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Reducere. In the beginning was Jamestown.... This is the wondrous story of the genesis of America told through this cradle to the grave account of the life o...

Reducere. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society...

Reducere. Few women and children sailed to Jamestown in 1609. But to Joan, prosperity in Virginia sounded promising. Then she learned she would have to leave...

Publisher: Linden Publishing Co IncAuthor(s): Richard SorskyNumber of pages: 267Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 23Cover type: Hardbac...

In 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists entered the Four Corners area for what they thought would be a calm summer's work comp...

Reducere. What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the accomplishments ...

Reducere. DescriptionJamestown, England's first real foothold in the New World, was fraught with danger -- from starvation and disease to violent skirmishes ...

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The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New ...

But the drum of the New Model Army beat ever louder and in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolled in the heavy guns. The Siege of Loyalty House tells...

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