The Treasure House

Author : Linda Newbery
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1444005731
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasure House written by Linda Newbery and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-05-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nina's mother, Miranda, mysteriously disappears, Nina's father goes to look for her, leaving Nina with her two eccentric aunts who run a charity shop in town. Nina soon discovers that working in the shop can be funny, intriguing and rewarding as she takes in weird and wonderful donations, makes new friends and uncovers strange secrets! But Nina is determined to solve the mysteries that have taken over her life - where has her mother gone? Why did she leave so suddenly? And just what is the secret she's been hiding? Award-winning author Linda Newbery grips and entertains readers in her usual mesmerising way with this intriguing new mystery.

Author : Charlotte Brewer
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300124293
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasure-house of the Language written by Charlotte Brewer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words and a staggering 2,500,000 quotations to illuminate the meaning and history of those words. A glorious, bursting treasure-house, the OED serves as a guardian of the literary jewels of the past, a testament to the richness of the English language today, and a guarantor of future understanding of the language. In this book, Charlotte Brewer begins her account of the OED at the point where others have stopped--the publication of the final installment of the first edition in 1928--and carries it through to the metamorphosis of the dictionary into a twenty-first-century electronic medium. Brewer describes the difficulties of keeping the OED up to date over time and recounts the recurring debates over finances, treatment of contentious words, public vs. scholarly expectations, proper sources of quotations, and changing editorial practices. With humor and empathy, she portrays the predilections and personalities of the editors, publishers, and assistants who undertook the Sisyphean task of keeping apace with the modern explosion of vocabulary. Utilizing rich archives in Oxford as well as new electronic resources, the author uncovers a history no less complex and fascinating than the Oxford English Dictionary itself.

Author : Jason Ruiz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292753802
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Americans in the Treasure House written by Jason Ruiz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz 1876-1911), focusing especially on the role of travelers in shaping ideas of Mexico as a logical place for Americans to extend their economic and cultural influence in the hemisphere. Overland travel between the United States and Mexico became instantly faster, smoother, and cheaper when workers connected the two countries' rail lines in 1884, creating intense curiosity in the United States about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. As a result, so many Americans began to travel south of the border during the Porfiriato that observers from both sides of the border began to quip that the visiting hordes of tourists and business speculators constituted a "foreign invasion," a phrase laced with irony given that it appeared at the height of public debate in the United States about the nation's imperial future. These travelers created a rich and varied record of their journeys, constructing Mexico as a nation at the cusp of modernity but requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential"--

Author : Kate Davies
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1786036789
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasure Hunt House written by Kate Davies and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two children receive an invitation from their Great-Aunt Martha to visit her incredible house and she sets them a treasure hunt to solve as they explore the rooms. Join the children on their treasure hunt around the great house, lifting more than 50 flaps and solving riddles on every page, whilst learning about famous historical and cultural objects as you go. Find out about instruments in the music room, the history of jeans in the bedroom, see a velociraptor skeleton in the Cabinet of Curiosities and Shakespeare's plays in the library. This magical book is a treasure hunt through the house of every child's dreams that will inspire a love of history. Ideal for anyone who loves exploring houses or playing with doll’s houses.

Author : Thomas Allibone Janvier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aztec Treasure-house written by Thomas Allibone Janvier and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sebastian P. Brock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881414219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasure-house of Mysteries written by Sebastian P. Brock and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The main purpose of this collection of translations is to make available to a wider readership a selection of poems that deal specifically with biblical topics." -- Introduction, page 12.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.4O/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasure Houses of Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486271
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comprehension Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House) written by Abigail Steel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They cover all the text types specified in the 2014 National Curriculum, with follow-up activities that build the skills necessary to develop critical thinking.

Author : John M. Mulhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634992343
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abandoned New Mexico written by John M. Mulhouse and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History encompasses huge swathes of time and space. As rural populations decline and young people move to ever-larger cities, much of our past is left behind. Out on the plains or along now-quiet highways, changes in modes of livelihood and transportation have moved only in one direction. Stately homes and hand-built schools, churches and bars--these are not just the stuff of individual lives, but of an entire culture. New Mexico, among the least-dense states in the country, was crossed by both the Spanish and Route 66; the railroad stretched toward every hopeful mine and outlaws died in its arms. Its pueblos are among the oldest human habitations in the U.S., and the first atomic bomb was detonated nearly dead in its center. John Mulhouse spent almost a decade documenting the forgotten corners of a state like no other through his popular City of Dust project. From the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert to the snow-capped Moreno Valley, travel through John's words and pictures across the legendary Land of Enchantment.--Back cover.

Author : Sarah Snashall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008486441
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spelling Skills Pupil Book 1 (Treasure House) written by Sarah Snashall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure House Spelling Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11 offering complete coverage of the 2014 National Curriculum.