Central book house rh (13 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good.

Condición: Good. First Edition. What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What is a fandango? What's the new name for Calcutta? How do you spell supersede? Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Is it hippy or hippie? These questions really matter to Bill Bryson, ever since his days as a rookie subeditor on The Times back in the 1970s: as they do to anyone who cares about the English language.Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors , Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors has now been completely revised and updatedfor the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson himself. Here is a very personal selection of spellings and usages, covering such head-scratchers as capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. Bryson also gives us the difference between British and American usages, and miscellaneous pieces of essential information you never knew you needed, like the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the new name for the Department of Trade and Industry - or the correct spelling of Brobdingnag. An indispensable companion to all those who write, work with the written word, or who just enjoy getting things right, it gives rulings that are both authoritative and commonsense, all in Bryson's own inimitably good humoured way.; Gebonden boek met losse stofomslag. Boek in zeer goed staat, gaaf. Omslag OK, wat gedonkerd.…

Softcover. Condición: Good. The bestselling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city's founding to the present day. New York; the world's greatest city and the world's greatest story. Edward Rutherfurd tells this story as no other author could - from the epic, empty grandeur of the New World, to the skyscrapers of the City that Never Sleeps, from the intimate detail of lives long forgotten to those lived today at breakneck speed -- four centuries brought to brilliant life by one of the world's greatest historical novelists. The novel begins with a tiny Indian fishing village and the Dutch traders who first carved out their hopes amidst the splendour of the wilderness. The British settlers and merchants followed, with their aristocratic governors and unpopular taxation which lead to rebellion, war, the burning of the city and the American Nation. Yet a country that had already rent itself asunder once did so again over slavery. As the country fought its bloody Civil War, the city was torn apart by deadly riots. Hopes and dreams, greed and corruption -- they have always been the companions of freedom and opportunity in the city's teeming streets . As the immigrant ships berthed next to Ellis Island in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, they poured more and more Germans, Irish, Italians and Jews into the churning ethnic mix of the city. Deals were struck, politicians corrupted, men bought or assassinated, heiresses wooed, fortunes were speculated on Wall Street and men became rich beyond the dreams of avarice. The heady seesaw of wealth and poverty was seen in the Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash, the city's future symbolised by its buildings which literally touched the sky: the Empire State, the Chrysler Building, the Twin Towers. Rutherfurd tells this irresistible story through a cast of fictional and true characters whose fates interweave in the rise and fall, fall and rise of the city's fortunes. It is the story of how in four centuries New York became the envy of the world, the Big Apple, sometimes loved and sometimes hated until those who envied it most sought to destroy it. And in telling the story through the lens of New York, Rutherfurd brings the story of America itself to unforgettable life in this epic masterpiece.…

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Very Good.

Paperback. Condición: New.