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A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London by Daniel Defoe libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin speakers to organize aspects of their society into sexual categories, and how this identification of grammatical gender with biological sex affected Roman perceptions of Latin poetry, divine power, and the human hermaphrodite.Beginning with the ancient grammarians, Anthony Corbeill examines how these scholars used the gender of nouns to identify the sex of the object being signified, regardless of whether that object was animate or inanimate. This informed the Roman poets who, for a time, changed at whim the grammatical gender for words as seemingly lifeless as "dust" (pulvis) or "tree bark" (cortex). Corbeill then applies the idea of fluid grammatical gender to the basic tenets of Roman religion and state politics. He looks at how the ancients tended to construct Rome's earliest divinities as related male and female pairs, a tendency that waned in later periods. An analogous change characterized the dual-sexed hermaphrodite, whose sacred and political significance declined as the republican government became an autocracy. Throughout, Corbeill shows that the fluid boundaries of sex and gender became increasingly fixed into opposing and exclusive categories.Sexing the World contributes to our understanding of the power of language to shape human perception.Show book
The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!Show book
If you are looking to learn Spanish in a fast, simple way without entering a classroom, then you have chosen the perfect audiobook. Conversational Spanish for Beginners and Travel is a comprehensive and simple program for learning Spanish in fast, simple, and interactive lessons that will help you learn Spanish in your car and reach native-level fluency in no time. Learning Spanish can be a daunting experience. When you travel abroad not knowing the language, it can be scary and dangerous. Through this audiobook, you will learn conversational Spanish for beginners through lessons that will help you develop your vocabulary and teach you simple phrases useful for travel. Through these audiobooks' lessons, you will learn basic interactions in different and useful topics for travel. The following audiobook on conversational Spanish will give you the necessary tools for survival abroad in simple and quick lessons. It’s time to begin the adventure of learning Spanish through simple and quick lessons you can listen to in your car. Inside, you will find:How to greet, introduce yourself, and to ask for things politely How to communicate that you don’t speak English or require assistanceTo understand and ask for the time Hot to eat in restaurants in SpanishHow to ask for directions and to get places How to shop, ask for prices, and even haggle How to get places and use public transportation How to check into your hotel and ask for assistanceMedical emergency English and how to explain your symptomsLearn quick Spanish: Understand vocabulary and interactions and learn correct pronunciation through these simple audio lessonsShow book
Start speaking Italian in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Lower Beginner Italian, Volume 2, a completely new way to learn Italian with ease! Lower Beginner Italian, Volume 2 will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Italian friends. A few topics covered in this audiobook: Modal verbs in Italian Reflexive verbs Frequency Adverbs Body Parts and Idiomatic Expressions Indirect objects Present Progressive and Imperfect Tense You see, unlike other audio books, we actually teach Italian and Italian culture. With each lesson, you will master a target phrase and key vocabulary. This is a complete lesson taught by a professional, bi-lingual teacher! Listen to the preview now! This is NOT a vocabulary audiobook with just words and their translations. These 25 short and effective audio lessons will allow you to: Speak Italian within minutes of your first lesson Understand culture, customs, and the Italian people Order the food you want in restaurants Travel in taxis, trains, buses and cars with confidence Master manners, etiquette, and customs Surprise phrases and tips that will leave your guests wondering where you learned them This audiobook comes with downloadable lesson notes totaling over 150+ pages. Start speaking Italian now! Download the PDF and read alongShow book
Author, poet and social activist Susan Griffin sees that we are in somewhat of a box, and that we need the visionary power of art to help us find our way out. "I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever."Show book
Want to immerse yourself in the Chinese language and speak at a native level? Curious about China and the culture? Then this Audiobook is for you! With Advanced Chinese, Volume 1, you get Chinese-only lessons and learn the all about the country, culture, history, folklore, arts and popular destinations. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions and advanced grammar. To help you learn Chinese even faster and understand everything, you get a 370+ page eBook with translations so you can read along. By the end of this book, you will... • Learn All About China and Chinese Culture • Master Advanced Level Expressions & Grammar • Master Chinese Listening Skills & Tune Your Ear to the Native Speaking Style • Be Able to Speak at a Native Level • Master Reading by Reading Along with the eBook • Understand Everything with Translations Provided inside the eBook With this Audiobook, you get: • 2.5 hours of audio in total • 50 Advanced level lessons • 370+ page eBook so you can read along Download the PDF and read alongShow book
