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Akerman, James: Maps : Finding Our Place in the World, Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007
ISBN: 9780226010755 Fine

366pp 9780226010755 Maps are universal forms of communication, easily understood and appreciated regardless of culture or language. This truly magisterial book introduces readers to the widest range of maps ever considered in one volume: maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures; maps made for divergent purposes and depicting a range of environments; and maps that embody the famous, the important, the beautiful, the groundbreaking, or the amusing. Built around the functions of maps-the kinds of things maps do and have done-Maps confirms the vital role of maps throughout history in commerce, art, literature, and national identity. The book begins by examining the use of maps for wayfinding, revealing that even maps as common and widely used as these are the product of historical circumstances and cultural differences. The second chapter considers maps whose makers employed the smallest of scales to envision the broadest of human stages-the world, the heavens, even the act of creation itself. The next chapter looks at maps that are, literally, at the opposite end of the scale from cosmological and world maps-maps that represent specific parts of the world and provide a close-up view of areas in which their makers lived, worked, and moved.Having shown how maps help us get around and make sense of our greater and lesser worlds, Maps then turns to the ways in which certain maps can be linked to particular events in history, exploring how they have helped Americans, for instance, to understand their past, cope with current events, and plan their national future. The fifth chapter considers maps that represent data from scientific instruments, population censuses, and historical records. These maps illustrate, for example, how diseases spread, what the ocean floor looks like, and how the weather is tracked and predicted. Next comes a turn to the imaginary, featuring maps that depict entire fictional worlds, from Hell to Utopia and from Middle Earth to the fantasy game World of Warcraft. The final chapter traces the origins of map consumption throughout history and ponders the impact of cartography on modern society.A companion volume to the most ambitious exhibition on the history of maps ever mounted in North America, Maps will challenge readers to stretch conventional thought about what constitutes a map and how many different ways we can understand graphically the environment in which we live. Collectors, historians, mapmakers and users, and anyone who has ever "gotten lost" in the lines and symbols of a map will find much to love and learn from in this book (publishers notes) Fine Hard Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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Ford, J D M Editor, With Text Prepared By Guillermo Rivera. El Capitan Veneno for D Pedro a De Alarcon, From Heaths Modern Language Series. NY D C Heath and Co 1899
12mo, 193, boards darkened, beginning to fray at extremities, page edges soiled.

cloth G, 12mo, 193 pgs, some p o notes and underlining in pencil, drk

[KW: Language Language]

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Hauff, Wilhelm. Der Zwerg Nase. Boston, MA: D. C. Heath & Co, Publishers, 1913.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1913---- Heath's Modern Language Series----Very Good Condition----Tan-grey cloth binding .- Covers show wear --------keywords: AS TITLE--------------.NO Dust jacket.----Has added writing or notes, underlining etc. & previous owner's name on ffep Text has an introduction in English, but story lines are written in German ----- binding is very good ------Not ex-library ---From Private collection ---Not a Remainder ------107 pages.

Hard Cover, Very Good/No Jacket.

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Rieger, Eliezer. MODERN HEBREW. NY: Philosophical Library, c. 1953.
Light gray boards, black lettering. Notes. FOREIGN LANGUAGE. This book summarizes the 'recent' work done in the field of language pedagogy and applies the most important findings to the teaching of Hebrew as a second language. It presents a complete program for teaching Hebrew as a modern, spoken language. Of special interest to teachers, curriculum planners and textbook writers are the valuable lists of the most frequent Hebrew words and grammatical constructions, and the most frequent errors. The most important feature of the book is the working out of a system of 'Basic Hebrew' similar in scope and purpose to the system of "Basic English' devised by Ogden and Richradsman and a listing of 'basic' or 'nuclear' vocabulary of some 100 words. ; 8-5/8" Tall; 156 pages.

Hardcover, Very Good in Good- dust jacket; 1/32" of the edges of the binding is faded, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are uniformly lightly age-yellowed but otherwise clean. DJ's spine is faded but the lettering is clear. DJ's top edge is worn, torn, else minor wear on clea, complete DJ..

[KW: Hebrew; EDUCATION; Second Language; Hebrew Grammar; Unified Hebrew Pronunciation; Vocabulary; Jerusalem Method; Foreign Language,]

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