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Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

A History of Cookery

By: Betty Wason

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This is the first and only book which traces the history of cookery from the days of primitive man up to the present day of the Four Seasons Restaurant and gourmet supermarkets. It is full of curious lore about cooking down through the ages, and also features over 150 extra-special recipes, adapted from their historical sources for the modern American kitchen. Opening with a description of feasts in ancient Greece, Miss Wason rapidly covers a gastronomical tour of Greece and Rome—including feasts where each guest was served an entire roast boar; visits to neighbors when you brought your own goatskin of wine and they provided appetizers; banquets at which one rose was placed on the table, signifying that nothing said there could be repeated, thus sub rosa. Undaunted by the scope and complexity of her subject matter, Miss Wason covers cookery in the Far and Near East, all of Europe and the New World, using anecdotes about those who cook and enjoy food. The last four chapters are devoted to the United States—from Thomas Jefferson to the Harvey girls to Betty Crocker. COOKS, GLUTTONS AND GOURMETS is a book for everyone interested in food—fun reading for the gourmet, invaluable as a reference work for home economists and others in the food field, it is also a practical guide for the home cook who can now give company meals the added spice of history.

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Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

A History of Cookery

By: Betty Wason

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Macular Degeneration

Living Positively with Vision Loss

By: Betty Wason,James J. McMillan

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Macular Degeneration

Living Positively with Vision Loss

By: Betty Wason,James J. McMillan

This book is designed to help those with the progressive vision loss caused by macular degeneration. The leading cause of blindness in people over 50, the disease is more common than cataracts and glaucoma combined.

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Hunter House

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0897932390

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9780897932394

Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English

By: Betty J. Birner,Gregory L. Ward

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Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English

By: Betty J. Birner,Gregory L. Ward

This work provides a comprehensive discourse-functional account of three classes of noncanonical constituent placement in English preposing, postposing, and argument reversal and shows how their interaction is accounted for in a principled and predictive way. In doing so, it details the variety of ways in which information can be 'given' or 'new' and shows how an understanding of this variety allows us to account for the distribution of these constructions in discourse. Moreover, the authors show that there exist broad and empirically verifiable functional correspondences within classes of syntactically similar constructions. Relying heavily on corpus data, the authors identify three interacting dimensions along which individual constructions may vary with respect to the pragmatic constraints to which they are sensitive: old vs. new information, relative vs. absolute familiarity, and discourse- vs. hearer-familiarity. They show that preposed position is reserved for information that is linked to the prior discourse by means of a contextually licensed partially-ordered set relationship; postposed position is reserved for information that is 'new' in one of a small number of distinct senses; and argument-reversing constructions require that the information represented by the preverbal constituent be at least as familiar within the discourse as that represented by the postverbal constituent. Within each of the three classes of constructions, individual constructions vary with respect to whether they are sensitive to familiarity within the discourse or (assumed) familiarity within the hearer's knowledge store. Thus, although the individual constructions in question are subject to distinct constraints, this work provides empirical evidence for the existence of strong correlations between sentence position and information status. The final chapter presents crosslinguistic data showing that these correlations are not limited to English.

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329

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027230439

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The Slave Ship Heir of Mister Homes

By: Betty Rosa

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The Slave Ship Heir of Mister Homes

By: Betty Rosa

Mr. Adam Homes came to America in the 1800s with nothing and became one of the richest men in the world. From building boats to being a slaver, he had one bad son who fell in love with sweet Anna. His name is Adam Jr. IV

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450029523

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9781450029520

Dwarfism

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Profound Short Stature

By: Betty M. Adelson

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Dwarfism

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Profound Short Stature

By: Betty M. Adelson

A great leap forward for the social and cultural condition of dwarfism." -- Andrew Solomon, "Newsday" This landmark volume is the first to trace the exciting developments in the field of dwarfism research and treatment over the past century -- particularly during the past fifty years. Dr. Betty M. Adelson, a psychologist, has unearthed and synthesized the most significant information about dwarfing conditions, from articles written a century ago to current books and specialized databases.

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JHU Press

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0801881218

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9780801881213

Introduction to Pragmatics

By: Betty J. Birner

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Introduction to Pragmatics

By: Betty J. Birner

Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. Offers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics Addresses the traditional range of topics – such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts – as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance Theory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning Explores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics Ideal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118348303

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9781118348307

The Lives of Dwarfs

Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation

By: Betty M. Adelson

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The Lives of Dwarfs

Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation

By: Betty M. Adelson

The Lives of Dwarfs is extraordinary in its range and vision. Beautifully written. Totally absorbing."--Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River "As a little person, husband, and father of a little person, I dream of the day when dwarfs attain full acceptance in society. The Lives of Dwarfs provides a giant step in that direction."--Rick Spiegel, former president of Little People of America "This important book makes it possible for both average- and short-statured people to challenge our collective understanding of dwarfism as a synonym for diminishment or as an array of cute and evil fairy-tale figures. The libratory work of this book is to invite us all to reimagine dwarfism as a livable experience and tenable way of being in the world."--Rosemarie Garland Thomson, author of Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature "A work of compassionate scholarship. A unique contribution to the literature of physical deformity and social isolation and a gift to the individuals whose personal struggle this is."--Linda Hunt, actor Historically, they have borne the labels "freaks" and "oddities"; they have been collected as pets, displayed as spectacles, and treated as comic relief. Now, for the first time, in this elegant and comprehensive volume, the lives of dwarfs are explored in all their fullness and humanity. Spanning the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present, this unique social history chronicles the various ways this population has been exploited, describes their strategies for coping, and notes the persistent influence of mythology upon perceptions of them by others. The narrative also highlights the lives of eminent individuals and contains a thought-provoking account of the representation and participation of dwarfs in the arts, enhanced by outstanding color photographs. Betty M. Adelson, the mother of a daughter with dwarfism, brings special insight and sensitivity to the research. She traces the widespread mistreatment of dwarfs over the centuries, engendered by their being viewed as curiosities rather than as human beings capable of the same accomplishments as people of average height, and deserving of the same pleasures. For much of their history, dwarfs have resorted to exhibiting themselves: because of social stigma no other employment was available. Only in recent years have short-statured individuals begun to challenge their position in society. Medical advances, new economic opportunities, and disability legislation have led to progress, mainly in Western nations. Advocacy groups have also formed in countries as diverse as Chile, South Korea, and Nigeria. Adelson compares what she refers to as the "small revolution" to similar social and cultural awakenings that women, African Americans, gays and lesbians, and persons with disabilities experienced when they identified themselves as a community with shared goals and obstacles. Written with passion, grace, and the dignity that the subject deserves, The Lives of Dwarfs will not only revolutionize current perceptions about the historically misrepresented dwarf population, but also offer pause for thought on issues of disability, medical treatment, height, beauty, and identity.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813535484

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9780813535487

Macular Degeneration

Living Positively with Vision Loss

By: Betty Wason,James J. McMillan

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Macular Degeneration

Living Positively with Vision Loss

By: Betty Wason,James J. McMillan

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Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets

Macular Degeneration

Macular Degeneration

Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English

Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English

The Slave Ship Heir of Mister Homes

The Slave Ship Heir of Mister Homes

Dwarfism

Dwarfism

Introduction to Pragmatics

Introduction to Pragmatics

The Lives of Dwarfs

The Lives of Dwarfs

Macular Degeneration

Macular Degeneration

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