This guide introduces you to the basic grammar of Vulgar Latin and the Romance languages. Compare related languages to understand how nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, words, phrases and sentences... More > work throughout this language family. Challenge yourself to see commonalities among a range of Romance languages and to understand their shared history from Vulgar Latin. View examples from major Romance languages like Portuguese, French and Romanian, as well as many regional languages like Catalan, Sardinian and Romansh.
Extra materials include comparative grammar tables with notes, a brief tour of Vulgar Latin grammar, a chapter on the pronunciation of Romance, helpful maps and a glossary of language names. Balanced explanations and examples, a thorough index and a clear table of contents make this the ideal reference guide for students and enthusiasts of the Romance languages.< Less
According to Prospero´s philosophy in "The Tempest", human life is a wakeful dreaming between two periods of endless sleep. During our history, dreams were thought to be of divine... More > origin, messages from the gods and goddesses, deities of all religions were embraced. Dream interpretations were perceived as warnings or prophecies sent for the dreamer´s guidance. In Eternal Romance, author Faith Aleksandar presents a shocking, sad, happy tale of dreams that come true. His book combines helpful advice column and haunting love poems that stir reader’s imagination about a person who had gone through a lot in life and in love while at the same time sees everything in his dream. It tells the story of a boy who is gifted with extrasensory perception while going through a difficult phase in life from his school days until his adulthood. He got his gift since 13 years old and started to have dreams about seeing heartbreaks before it actually happens.< Less
Years of imprisonment, and the still heavier burden of general incredulity and mockery, have combined with the natural decay of old age to erase from his mind many of the thoughts and notions, and... More > much also of the terminology, which he acquired during his short stay in Spaceland. He has, therefore, requested me to reply in his behalf to two special objections, one of an intellectual, the other of a moral nature.< Less
Years of imprisonment, and the still heavier burden of general incredulity and
mockery, have combined with the natural decay of old age to erase from his mind many of the thoughts
and notions, and... More > much also of the terminology, which he acquired during his short stay in Spaceland. He
has, therefore, requested me to reply in his behalf to two special objections, one of an intellectual, the
other of a moral nature.< Less
A romantic interest belongs to the rise and progress of most of our industries. Very often this lies in the career of the inventor, who struggled towards the perfection and recognition of his... More > invention against heavy difficulties and discouragements; or it may lie in the interesting processes of manufacture. Every fresh labourer in the field adds some link to the chain of progress, and brings it nearer perfection. Some of the small beginnings have increased in a marvellous way. Such are chronicled under Bessemer and Siemens, who have vastly increased the possibilities of the steel industry; in the sections devoted to Krupp, of Essen; Sir W.G. Armstrong, of the Elswick Works, where 18,000 men are now employed alone in the arsenal; Maxim, of Maxim Gun fame; the rise and progress of the cycle industry; that of the gold and diamond mining industry; and the carrying-trade of the world.< Less
In AD9 Rome suffered its worst military defeat, the annihilation of three legions in a German forest. But there was no clearly defined country of Germany to claim the victory; and for the victorious... More > general, one tribal chieftain among many chieftains and many tribes, defeating Rome was only the beginning of a far longer battle.< Less
No novelist ever conceived a romance so marvelous as the story of how God preserved his Word through the centuries. Fire and earthquake and war have blotted many things out of existence, but God's... More > Word has been kept for his people. Mighty kings and emperors have tried to destroy the Word, but he that sitteth in the heavens has laughed at them. Only the outlines of the wonderful story can be told in these pages. It is hoped that the reader will be led to inquire for some of the more ambitious volumes in which the story is told more fully.< Less
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