Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. Linguists can now explain how and why language changes, describe its structures, and map its activity in the brain. We imagine a word’s origin is it’s “true” meaning, that foreign languages are full of “untranslatable” words, or that grammatical mistakes undermine English. In Don’t Believe A Word, linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our prejudices in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words.
Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. His trusted friend, Iago, tells him terrible stories about his wife, Desdemona. Who should he believe?
Tom and Dylan, 13, see two suspicious men one day. They are putting a body into a van! Shocked, the boys follow the van to a dark building. They see the men put the body into the building. Then, the boys discover more bodies inside. Who are the men? What will happen to the bodies? The police don't believe them, so Tom and Dylan must solve the mystery alone, but how?
Don't Believe Your Eyes!: Footprint Reading Library. Level A2
Camogli is a small town in Italy. People there often paint in a special style called 'trompe l'oeil.' These paintings are so good, viewers think they're real things, but they're not. They're paintings! What things are real in Camogli? What things are actually paintings?
100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence: Believe In Yourself and Others Will Too
When you don’t believe in yourself, everything is more difficult. 100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence will literally help you change your life by changing the way you feel about yourself. Not only will you have faith in who you really are, but the people you love and work with will believe in you as well.