Use VOA’s Pronounce to correctly pronounce names and places quickly and easily. VOA's pronunciation guide has helped people around the world pronounce challenging words in the news since 2000.
This Excellent dictionary is the offline version of the great VOA pronunciation guide. It covers all the names and proper names, such as cities or presidents, that are usually used in their news broadcasts, and has sounds, guides, and several searching ways. It also includes biographical information.
Get the inside track on the incredible lives of history's biggest names, from William Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey, and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar. More than 150 visual timelines take you on unforgettable journeys through the lives of the great, the terrible, and the overlooked people of world history. Filled with easy-to-understand timelines, vibrant illustrations, and a diverse range of influential people, Timelines of Everyone is the must-have guide to the world's must-know names.
This book has some elements in Polish and is perfect for Polish Oral Matura exam, however, it can very well be used for other discussion-related purposes by non-Polish speakers.
Bookmarks added to the pdf file have the few Polish section names translated. Otherwise, it's mainly in English (including the instructions).
Ever wonder what the most popular and unpopular baby names are? And how certain people and places got their names? Or are you just looking for guidance in choosing your child’s name? All Those Wonderful Names is an amusing exploration of names, familiar words, phrases, and the stories behind their origins
Why do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in their work with acrostics and anagrams? How has the range of permissible given names changed and how is this reflected in literature? Why do some characters remain mysteriously nameless? In this rich and learned book, Alastair Fowler explores the use of names in literature of all periods - primarily English but also Latin, Greek, French, and Italian - casting an unusual and rewarding light on the work of literature itself. He traces the history of names through Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Thackeray, Dickens, Joyce, and Nabokov, showing how names often turn out to be the thematic focus.