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  • Naming Names

    by Victor S. Navasky

    Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC explores the events behind the hit film Trumbo.Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller—award-winning author Victor S. Navasky reveals ... Read more

    € 13,40 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Naming Names

    Can Preachers Tell You Whom to Vote For?

    by Alwyn Lau

    Naming the powers is not an exercise in generality. And if the appropriate action following the act of naming is to cast a vote, then ipso facto political naming cannot be separated from electoral endorsement. But if a preacher should advise his flock on whom to vote for, would this mean that the Church has sold out to political partisanship? ... Read more

    € 0,60

  • Any Kid USA - Telling Stories and Naming Names

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    by A.B. Swift

    series 1
    This book is about the life of 12-year-old Sean Campden. He makes fun of kids, he plays pranks on them, he even gives his brother and sister and hard time. But Starr, his big sister really knows how to push his buttons. You won't believe how she gets back at him. This book is humorous, crazy entertaining and even teaches kids that parents know best. ... Read more

    € 3,65 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Naming of Names

    The Search for Order in the World of Plants

    by Anna Pavord

    For centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from plant extracts and there was a practical need to differentiate between one plant and another. Alongside this was an overwhelming desire to make sense of the natural world. Scholars, aided by the artists who painted the first ... Read more

    € 24,08

  • Naming Your Little Geek

    The Complete List of Comic Book, Video Games, Sci-Fi, & Fantasy Names

    by Scott Rubin

    Having trouble finding the perfect name for your new baby? One that celebrates your favorite fandom, whether you want it to be immediately recognizable or something cool that won’t sound out of place on the playground? Naming Your Little Geek is here to save the day! This ultimate guidebook is complete with every name a geek could ever want to give their baby, their meanings, and a list of all the ... Read more

    € 8,06 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Names and Naming in 'Beowulf'

    Studies in Heroic Narrative Tradition

    by Philip A. Shaw

    'Beowulf', one of the earliest poems in the English language, recounts a tale of heroism played out against the backdrop of Scandinavia in the 5th to 6th centuries AD. And yet, this Old English verse narrative set in Scandinavia is – a little surprisingly, perhaps – populated with names of German descent.This insight into the personal names of 'Beowulf' acts the starting point for Philip A. Shaw's ... Read more

    € 86,64

  • Names and Naming

    People, Places, Perceptions and Power

    by Guy Puzey and 1 more

    series Multilingual Matters
    This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of political and social engagement in relation to how we name people and places. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of ... Read more

    € 41,85

  • Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany

    by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer and 1 more

    series Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association #20
    Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics ... Read more

    € 29,31

  • Rhetorics of Names and Naming

    by Star Medzerian Vanguri

    series Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
    This volume takes up rhetorical approaches to our primarily linguistic understanding of how names work, considering how theories of materiality in rhetoric enrich conceptions of the name as word or symbol and help explain the processes of name bestowal, accumulation, loss, and theft. Contributors theorize the formation, modification, and recontexualization of names as a result of technological and ... Read more

    € 35,20

  • Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries

    The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland

    by Ágoston Berecz

    series Austrian and Habsburg Studies #27
    Set in a multiethnic region of the nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire, this thoroughly interdisciplinary study maps out how the competing Romanian, Hungarian and German nationalization projects dealt with proper names. With particular attention to their function as symbols of national histories, Berecz makes a case for names as ideal guides for understanding historical imaginaries and how they ... Read more

    € 29,31

  • The Naming Book

    5 Steps to Creating Brand and Product Names that Sell

    by Brad Flowers

    NAME YOUR BUSINESS. TELL YOUR STORY.Advertising and marketing masters from Ogilvy to Godin have proven the value of words when it comes to building a brand, attracting an audience, and making a sale. In our increasingly crowded and noisy world, a name is the foundation of every product, brand, or business—and it needs to stand out.In The Naming Book, Bullhorn Creative founder and partner Brad ... Read more

    € 13,40 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming

    by Carole Hough

    series Oxford Handbooks
    In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and ... Read more

    € 41,85