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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
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"100 Words for Lovers" provides both would-be and experienced lovers with the right words to get in the mood and set the tone. These are words used by famous lovers themselves and by famous writers describing the most torrid affairs of the heart. What kinds of words? Amorous and alluring, beguiling and bewitching. They show lovers showering attention, idolizing each other, and meeting in secret trysts. They show lovers who are tortured by infatuation, star-crossed, inflamed, and full of ardour, as they pine and yearn for an embrace with their heartthrob and succumb to the bliss of erotic passion. Anyone with the least inclination for romance will be entranced by the quotations that illustrate the words in this book. They come from poetry, fiction, and movie and television scripts, as well as private letters. The authors range from Elizabethan poets such as William Shakespeare and John Donne, to modernists such as Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence, to contemporaries such as Michael Ondaatje and Kiran Desai. You'll swoon when you read this book, and if you're playing it smart, you won't be reading alone.
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“A book that will appeal to word lovers as well as parents hoping to boost their kids’ verbal test scores.” —BooklistMore is expected of middle schoolers—more reading, more writing, more independent learning. Achieving success in this more challenging world requires knowing many more words. 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students in grades 6 to 8 (ages 11-14) to express themselves with distinction and get the most out of school.The 100 words are varied and interesting, ranging from verbs like muster and replenish to nouns like havoc and restitution to adjectives like apprehensive and imperious. Knowing these words enables students to express themselves with greater clarity and subtlety. Each word has a definition and a pronunciation and appears with at least one quotation—a moving or dramatic passage—taken from a book that middle schoolers are assigned in the classroom or enjoy reading on their own.Both classic and contemporary works of fiction and nonfiction are represented. Among the authors are young adult favorites and award-winners such as Kate Di Camillo, Russell Freedman, Neil Gaiman, E.L. Konigsberg, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers, Katherine Paterson, J. K. Rowling, and Gary Soto. Readers can see for themselves that the words are used by the very best writers in the very best books. It stands to reason that they will see them again and again in higher grades and throughout their lives.100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students to gain useful knowledge and prepares them to step into a broader world.