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Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

By: Charlie Croker

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Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

By: Charlie Croker

The search for the globe's funniest language howler continues apace. As with his two previous volumes, Charlie Croker has scoured Kazakhstan hotel foyers, South Korean supermarkets and Argentinian airports, plucking from the mistranslation tree only the very choicest of fruits for your delectation. There is the French hotel advising that 'pets are not allowed in the breakfast'. The bar in Rome requesting that you 'use the arse-tray for your fags'. And the bookshop in China boasting a section titled 'sports and hobbits'.Who can tell what the Japanese camera manufacturer had in mind when they included 'beware the weatherly swell' in their instructions? Who would brave the Barcelona hotel where the pillows have 'firmness to take care of your cervicals'? Who could resist the Austrian restaurant offering 'Saddle of Rabbit in a vortex sheet'?This delightful book is an affectionate trawl through the gems that arise when people all round the world graciously indulge English speakers' shunning of any language but their own. In fact, some of the gems are home-grown: a Hertfordshire restaurant warns that 'any person consumed in the restaurant without paying will be prospected'. So eat some 'chicken soap' in Bulgaria, drink 'Jack Denials' in Italy, stay at the Budapest hotel offering 'non-sliding mates for the bathtubes'... and find yourself Utterly Lost in Translation.'Before use, please read this instruction for god's sake and keep well...Please put on the ocular for use safe...Keep well for fear of danger.' Electrical wire cutters, China 'You are kindly requested not to reach for a table before going through the cashier.' Restaurant, ItalyPraise for Charlie Croker's Lost in Translation and Still Lost in Translation: 'Too funny for public transport' - The Sunday Times 'Very funny and beautifully illustrated' - The Spectator 'As amusing as its predecessor, unashamedly exposing language manglers' - Daily Record

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Metro Publishing

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1784186821

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9781784186821

A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods in Second Language Pronunciation

By: Charlie Nagle

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A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods in Second Language Pronunciation

By: Charlie Nagle

This book offers a comprehensive resource on the state-of-the-art in L2 pronunciation, surveying the most up-to-date theoretical and methodological developments to highlight the multidimensional nature of pronunciation scholarship and directions for future research. The volume examines both speech perception and production, including the perception-production link. The book explores production from a range of perspectives, including acoustic analysis of specific features and listener-based ratings of global dimensions of pronunciation. Each chapter spotlights a different dimension of pronunciation through a consistent structure, including a summary of the latest research, a critical appraisal of methods, and an overview of data analysis procedures with recommendations for practical implementation. The innovative interconnected structure allows readers to build on their knowledge with each successive chapter while also allowing the flexibility to use chapters as standalone units depending on individual interests. A concluding chapter outlines a research agenda for future scholarship, spotlighting the methods and approaches that are most likely to advance the field. This book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers, at all stages of their careers, looking to expand their knowledge base in SLA and L2 pronunciation and related fields such as phonetics and phonology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040046320

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9781040046326

The Art of Playing Mythos

A Tome of Arcane Knowledge

By: Scott D. Aniolowski,Shannon Appel,Charlie Krank

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The Art of Playing Mythos

A Tome of Arcane Knowledge

By: Scott D. Aniolowski,Shannon Appel,Charlie Krank

Mythos" is the most innovative collectable card game on the market. Unlike most collectable card games, it does not use a boardgame rule system. Instead, it goes back to traditional card games like Hearts, Bridge and Poker for its mechanics. This enables a simple and elegant rule set without the complicated timing problems of other games. It also means that everyone in the game is always involved, never having to wait while others complete their turn. Since its release, players have discovered and appreciated the simplicity of play and the depth of possibilities provided in the "Mythos" collectable card game. This tome reveals additional secrets about the game, and provides hints, strategies, and deck-building guidance for intrepid Mythos investigators everywhere.

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Chaosium

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1568820615

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9781568820613

Chile Handbook

By: Charlie Nurse

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Chile Handbook

By: Charlie Nurse

These brand-new or newly updated guides feature the same authoritative and detailed coverage characteristic of all Footprint Handbooks. They provide travelers with the most in-depth information available about a specific country or region.

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NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company

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0844221279

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9780844221274

The Gallery of Miracles and Madness

Insanity, Modernism, and Hitler's War on Art

By: Charlie English

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The Gallery of Miracles and Madness

Insanity, Modernism, and Hitler's War on Art

By: Charlie English

The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the “Final Solution.” “A penetrating chronicle . . . deftly links art history, psychiatry, and Hitler’s ideology to devastating effect.”—The Wall Street Journal As a veteran of the First World War, and an expert in art history and medicine, Hans Prinzhorn was uniquely placed to explore the connection between art and madness. The work he collected—ranging from expressive paintings to life-size rag dolls and fragile sculptures made from chewed bread—contained a raw, emotional power, and the book he published about the material inspired a new generation of modern artists, Max Ernst, André Breton, and Salvador Dalí among them. By the mid-1930s, however, Prinzhorn’s collection had begun to attract the attention of a far more sinister group. Modernism was in full swing when Adolf Hitler arrived in Vienna in 1907, hoping to forge a career as a painter. Rejected from art school, this troubled young man became convinced that modern art was degrading the Aryan soul, and once he had risen to power he ordered that modern works be seized and publicly shamed in “degenerate art” exhibitions, which became wildly popular. But this culture war was a mere curtain-raiser for Hitler’s next campaign, against allegedly “degenerate” humans, and Prinzhorn’s artist-patients were caught up in both. By 1941, the Nazis had murdered 70,000 psychiatric patients in killing centers that would serve as prototypes for the death camps of the Final Solution. Dozens of Prinzhorn artists were among the victims. The Gallery of Miracles and Madness is a spellbinding, emotionally resonant tale of this complex and troubling history that uncovers Hitler’s wars on modern art and the mentally ill and how they paved the way for the Holocaust. Charlie English tells an eerie story of genius, madness, and dehumanization that offers readers a fresh perspective on the brutal ideology of the Nazi regime.

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Random House

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0525512055

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9780525512059

Three Delays

A Novel

By: Charlie Smith

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Three Delays

A Novel

By: Charlie Smith

“Mind-blowing… This isn’t Smith’s first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic.” — Booklist (starred review) “Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary.” —Washington Post Book World From Charlie Smith (Cheap Ticket to Heaven, Chimney Rock, Shine Hawk), author of three New York Times Notable Books and a literary stylist whose “writing can make the mountains ring" (New York Times Book Review), comes his first novel in more than a decade, Three Delays, which follows the troubled lives of two lovers as they combat their passions and each other. In the words of James Dickey, "Writers after Charlie Smith will have to take him into account, but I doubt if any will equal or surpass him.

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Harper Collins

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0061992607

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9780061992605

I'm No Hero

A POW Story

By: Charlie Plumb

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I'm No Hero

A POW Story

By: Charlie Plumb

I'm No Hero' is the story of Charlie Plumb, but it is also the story of all POWs who faced an isolated world of degradation, loneliness, tedium, hunger, and pain. It is no pretty story. It tells of the torture room with walls built to muffle human screams, of the 'rope trick' and 'fanbelt' techniques designed to make a man talk, of illness, of insanity. But it also tells of the ingenuity and creativity which allowed the men to outsmart their guards and to set up communication systems, classes, escape plans, and to maintain their chain of command. It is a revealing story. It pictures men who are reduced to the basics physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It shows how these situations can be survived with individual integrity and pride intact. It tells of growing relationships with God which came as a result of desperate need. It outlines a closed society's methods of developing rules which allow members to live together in harmony. It is a story of hope, for it suggests that the techniques used by POWs to survive their conditions can be used by others to overcome similar situations faced in day-to-day living.

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1881886018

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9781881886013

Book's by Charlie English

Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods in Second Language Pronunciation

A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods in Second Language Pronunciation

The Art of Playing Mythos

The Art of Playing Mythos

Chile Handbook

Chile Handbook

The Gallery of Miracles and Madness

The Gallery of Miracles and Madness

Three Delays

Three Delays

I'm No Hero

I'm No Hero

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