The Bookbinder of Jericho, Williams, Pip

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: The Dictionary of Lost Words
ISBN: 1529113229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529113228
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'An enchanting story about love, loss and the power of language' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactorySometimes you have to start with what's lost to truly find yourself... Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood at her father's feet as he and his team gather words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. One day, she sees a slip of paper containing a forgotten word flutter to the floor unclaimed.

And so Esme begins to collect words for another dictionary in secret: The Dictionary of Lost Words. But to do so she must journey into a world on the cusp of change as the Great War looms and women fight for the vote. Can the power of lost words from the past finally help her make sense of her future?'A brilliant book about women and words - tender, moving and profound' Jacqueline WilsonReaders LOVE The Dictionary of Lost Words:'If you only read one book this year, let it be this one!''If you're a fan of The Binding and The Betrayals you will surely love this''A glorious combination of words, growing up, friendship, love, feminism and so much more''The best love letter to words and language''This book broke my heart ...

I highly recommend it to any historical fiction fans ... it's one I will be reading again'

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: The Dictionary Of Lost Words
ISBN: 1984820745 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984820747
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: "Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded."--The New York Times Book Review

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD - "A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress."--Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book

Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means "slave girl," begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.

As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women's and common folks' experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages.

Set during the height of the women's suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world.

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: The Dictionary of Lost Words
ISBN: 1784743860 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784743864
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary.

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: The Bookbinder of Jericho
ISBN: 1784745189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784745189
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Описание: So much of great literature centres on explorations of gender, sex, and sexuality. What does it mean to be a proper man or woman; what if one cannot be properly called either? Should one wield one`s sexual power politically? What is the relation between law, divine or secular, and sexuality? What does it mean to fail at doing gender? These are just some of the questions that this volume examines.

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: Ble mae santa / where`s santa?
ISBN: 1804162825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781804162828
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Описание: Play hide-and-SNOW-seek with this magic searchlight book where hidden Christmas characters are revealed on the `clever window` on each right-hand page! There are five festive scenes to `go-seek` and find the hidden Christmas characters. Just insert the included magic card `searchlight` between the page under each clever window and be amazed as... -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Автор: Williams, Pip
Название: The Bookbinder
ISBN: 0593600444 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593600443
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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