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Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable. by Ayto, John.; Crofton, Ian.;

Subjects: English language; Literature; Mythology; Allusions.;

© 2006., Weidenfeld & Nicolson,

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Secret language / by Blake, Barry J.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-320) and index.On being mysterious -- From anagrams to cryptic crosswords : Anagrams ; Palindromes ; Semordnilaps ; Acronyms and acrostics ; Word squares ; Lipograms and univocalics ; Cryptic crosswords -- Talking in riddles : Riddles ; The rebus ; The charade ; Equivocation and prevarication ; Riddles for the reader -- Ciphers and codes : Steganography ; Substitution ciphers ; Transposition ; Codes ; Towards a random key ; One-time pad ; Secret communication in the computer age ; Final word ; Ciphers to solve -- Biblical secrets : Kabbalah ; Anagrams ; Ciphers ; Notarikon ; Gematria ; Onomancy -- Words of power : Beliefs about language ; Letters and symbols ; Magic words and formulas ; Texts of power ; Iconicity -- Words to avoid : Names of humans ; In-laws ; Other avoidance -- Jargon, slang, argot, and 'secret' languages' : Jargon ; Slang ; Argots and 'secret languages' -- The everyday oblique : Politeness and the like ; Deliberate obscurity ; Humour ; Euphemism ; Abusive language ; Speaking in opposites ; Oxymora and other contradictions -- Elusive allusions : Literary allusions ; Allusive names ; Parody and satire ; Allusive brainteasers -- Finale.Tours languages that hide meanings from all but a chosen few, explains the difference between ciphers and codes, and shows how secret messages have been written and broken for years.

Subjects: Historical linguistics.; Ciphers.; Cryptography.; Ciphers.; Language and languages.; Cryptography.; Signs and symbols.;

© 2010., Oxford University Press,

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The complete Odes and Epodes / by Horace.; West, David Alexander.; Horace.Epodae.English.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The life of Horace / Suetonius -- Translator's note -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- Chronological survey -- Epodes -- Odes, book 1 -- Odes, book 2 -- Odes, book 3 -- Secular hymn -- Odes, book 4 -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary.Horace (65-8 B.C.) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere. While the Odes are subtle and allusive, the Epodes are robust and coarse in their celebrations of sex and tirades against political leaders. This edition also includes the Secular Hymn and Suetonius's "Life of Horace." - Publisher.

Subjects: Horace; Odes; Laudatory poetry, Latin; Verse satire, Latin;

© [2008], Oxford University Press,

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Little women : an annotated edition / by Alcott, Louisa May,1832-1888.; Shealy, Daniel,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references."In this richly annotated, illustrated edition, Daniel Shealy illuminates the novel's deep engagement with issues such as social equality, reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and of course the passage into adulthood. The editor provides running commentary on biographic contexts, social and historical contexts, literary allusions, and words likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. With Shealy as a guide, we appreciate anew the confusions and difficulties that beset the March sisters as they overcome their burdens and journey toward maturity and adulthood. This edition examines the novel's central question: How does one grow up well?--

Subjects: Domestic fiction, American.; American fiction; American fiction; March family (Fictitious characters); Mothers and daughters; Young women; Sisters;

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Bulfinch's Mythology : [electronic resource] : The age of fable, or stories of Gods and Heroes. by Bulfinch, Thomas.; Cowley, Jonathan.;

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley.First published in three separate volumes from 1855 to 1863, Bulfinch's Mythology quickly became the standard source of classic tales from ancient Greece and Rome, the Norse tradition, and beyond. This edition contains the full text of The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, the first volume of Bulfinch's seminal work. From stories of the Greek gods of Mt. Olympus to retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, from descriptions of mythological monsters to tales of Hindu and Egyptian deities, Bulfinch's versions of these classic stories bring their characters to life. Throughout the text, Bulfinch includes examples of literary interpretations of and allusions to the various stories and points out proverbial expressions that have their origins in the mythology he relates, making this a vital reference for students of literature as well as a delightfully vibrant collection of the stories that form our cultural heritage.Text Difficulty 9 - Text Difficulty 121200Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 391148 KB).

Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Literary Criticism.; Sociology.;

© 2011., Tantor Audio,

On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=562486 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;

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Karl Marx / by Berlin, Isaiah,1909-1997.; Hardy, Henry.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Childhood and adolescence -- The philosophy of 'the spirit' -- The young Hegelians -- Paris -- Historical materialism -- 1848 -- Exile in London: the first phase -- The international -- The Red Terror doctor -- Last years.Overview: Isaiah Berlin's intellectual biography of Karl Marx has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words, a more "direct, deliberate, and powerful" influence on mankind than any other nineteenth-century thinker. A brilliantly lucid work of synthesis and exposition, the book introduces Marx's ideas and sets them in their context, explains why they were revolutionary in political and intellectual terms, and paints a memorable portrait of Marx's dramatic life and outsized personality. Berlin takes readers through Marx's years of adolescent rebellion and post-university communist agitation, the personal high point of the 1848 revolutions, and his later years of exile, political frustration, and intellectual effort. Critical yet sympathetic, Berlin's account illuminates a life without reproducing a legend. New features of this thoroughly revised edition include references for Berlin's quotations and allusions, Terrell Carver's assessment of the distinctiveness of Berlin's book, and a revised guide to further reading.

Subjects: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.; Communists;

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Adam Bede / by Eliot, George,1819-1880.; Martin, Carol A.,1941-;

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxviii).George Eliot's first full-length novel, Adam Bede paints a powerful portrait of rural life, seduction, faith, and redemption. First published in 1859, this innovative novel carried its readers back sixty years to a time of impending change for England and the wider world. Eliot's penetrating portrayal of the interaction of ordinary people brought a new social realism to the novel, in which humor and tragedy co-exist, and fellow-feeling is the mainstay of human relationships. This is the first edition based on Eliot's final revision of the novel in 1861, using the definitive Clarendon text. It includes Eliot's journal entry on the real-life origins of the story and broadsheet accounts of Mary Voce, whose execution provided the germ of the novel. Carol Martin's superb Introduction sheds light on the novel's historical context and some of the main issues it explores: the role of work, class, and relations between the sexes, and Eliot's belief that the artist's duty is "the faithful representing of commonplace things." The book includes comprehensive notes that identify literary and historical allusions. - Publisher.

Subjects: Didactic fiction.; Love stories.; Young women; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Infanticide;

© ©2008., Oxford University Press,

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Geopedia : A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities. by Bjornerud, Marcia.; Hagerman, Haley.;

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acasta Gneiss The Old World -- Allochthon Rocks that roam -- Amethyst Purple haze -- Amygdule On the bubble -- Anthropocene It's about time -- Areology Wars of the Worlds -- Benioff-Wadati Zone Off the deep end -- Bioturbation The worm churns -- Boudin Secrets of sausage making -- Breccia You're breaking up -- Brimstone Volcanic theology -- Chondrite Recipe for a small planet -- Cryogenian Many are cold but few are frozen -- Darcy A truth universally acknowledged -- Deborah Number Beyond measure -- Dreikanter Three, of a kind -- Eclogite Pulling its weight -- Ediacara Peaceable kingdom -- Erg The sands of time -- Firn Snows of yesteryear -- Gastrolith From the gizzards of lizards -- Geodynamo Electromagnetic blanket -- Geophagy Raw terroir -- Geosyncline Magic mountains -- Granitization Igneous agnostics -- Grus Things fall apart -- Haboob Dust in the wind -- Hoodoo Hats off -- Jökulhlaup Breaking the ice -- Karst The holey land -- Katabatic Winds Blow me down -- Kimberlite Diamonds are ephemeral -- Klippe Strata gone astray -- Komatiite The rock that went extinct -- Lahar Abhorrent torrent -- Lazarus Taxa Zombie fossils -- Lusi Its name is Mud -- Moho Setting boundaries -- Mylonite Faulty logic -- Namakier Salt - water = taffy -- Nuée Ardente Cloud with a white-hot lining -- Nunatak Peaks in a blanket -- Nutation Nodding off -- Oklo The original Manhattan project -- Ophiolite Crocodile rock -- Panthalassa Oceans of time -- Pedogenesis Dirt rich -- Pingo Young as the hills -- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis -- Polynya Window of opportunity -- Porphyry All crystals great and small -- Pseudotachylyte Hot flashes -- Rapakivi Oddballs -- Scree Slippery slopes -- Skarn A slow roast.Slickensides Science friction -- Speleothem Drip feed -- Stygobite What lives beneath -- Stylolite Marble marvels -- Sverdrup Current affairs -- Taphonomy What becomes a fossil most -- Thalweg The valley below -- Thixotropy Call me quick -- Tiktaalik Fish out of water -- Tully Monster Alien autopsy -- Turbidite Muddy waters -- Twist Hackle Give me a break -- Unconformity Conspicuous absence -- Uniformitarianism Same as it ever was -- Varve Dear diary -- Xenolith Wayfaring stranger -- Yardang Gone with the wind -- Yazoo Parallel lives -- Zircon I will survive -- Appendix 1. Simplified Geologic Timescale -- Appendix 2. Entries by Language of Origin -- Appendix 3. Entries by Topical Category -- Appendix 4. Entries by Geographic Location -- Appendix 5. Biographical References -- Useful References.Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries―from Acasta gneiss to Zircon―this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike.Geoscientists are magpies for words, and with good reason. The sheer profusion of minerals, landforms, and geologic events produced by our creative planet demands an immense vocabulary to match. Marcia Bjornerud shows how this lexicon reflects not only the diversity of rocks and geologic processes but also the long history of human interactions with them.With wit and warmth, she invites all readers to celebrate the geologic glossary―a gallimaufry of allusions to mythology, imports from diverse languages, embarrassing anachronisms, and recent neologisms. This captivating book includes cross-references at the end of each entry, inviting you to leave the alphabetic trail and meander through it like a river. Its pocket-friendly size makes it the perfect travel companion no matter where your own geologic forays may lead you.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Geology-Encyclopedias.;

On-line resources: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kirtland-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6798565 -- Available  online. Click here to access.;

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