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  • A History of Writing

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Series series Globalities
    From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a form that everyone can follow. The author also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • A History of Language

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed, as he analyses the emergence ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • A History of Reading

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Steven Roger Fischer’s fascinating book, now available in an updated B-format edition, traces the complete story of reading from the time when symbol first became sign through to the electronic texts of the present day. Describing ancient forms of reading, Fischer turns to Asia and the Americas and discusses the forms and developments of completely divergent writing systems and scripts.With the ... Read more

    $25.09 CAD

  • A History of Language

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Series series Globalities
    It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer begins his book with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of ‘language’ might be applied. As he charts the history of ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Island at the End of the World

    The Turbulent History of Easter Island

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c. AD 700. Centuries later the island's statues were famous throughout the world. This book presents a comprehensive history of Easter Island told by a writer who is intimately familiar with the island, its people and their extraordinary story.When voyaging in the South ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Off By Heart

    Poems for Children to Learn, Remember and Perform

    by Roger Stevens ...
    A brilliant, dip-in collection of poems to be read aloud, with tips and advice on how to be the best poetry performer!This wonderful anthology is full of poems that are easy to remember and perfect for reciting out loud. It includes new, modern and classic poems, ranging from very short to long and written by a diverse range of poets from Joshua Seigal to Christina Rossetti and from Lewis Carrol ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Pinch Hitters

    by Roger Steven ...
    Will Livingston and his best friend, Sugarbread, aren't about to let the paucities of war deprive them of the adventures of childhood. The Pinch Hitters chronicles one South Carolina family facing the flight of young adults in their call to wartime duty after Pearl Harbor in 1944. When the enlistment of the four military-age siblings leaves their farm in the hands of Granny Jack, the widowed owner ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Olympic Poems

    100% Unofficial!

    by Brian Moses, Roger Stevens ...
    There are poems about winning, and about taking part; poems about having all the right kit, but no talent; poems that show that it if you are at school being the best egg and spoon racer really is as important to your mum and dad as being an Olympic athlete; poems about being a team player and poems about being an individual hero. In fact, this book is packed with sporting gems of all kinds. ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Islands

    From Atlantis to Zanzibar

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Our planet hosts over a million islands. From Britain to Japan, Mauritius to Manhattan, they are small living geological, biological and cultural laboratories. Ranging from the ancient continents to the accretions of an ocean sandbank, they can lie in the sea, in a river, in a lake. Some are entire countries: Madagascar, Jamaica, Iceland. Other countries are multiple large islands: Japan, the ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • A History of the Pacific Islands

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Essential Histories
    This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning over 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet – Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia – the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery

    by Cara Rogers Stevens ...
    Series series American Political Thought
    Finalist, George Washington PrizeWinner: Herbert J. Storing Book PrizeFinalist, Center for Presidential History Book PrizeFinalist, Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year AwardIn this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers Stevens examines the fascinating life of Thomas Jefferson’s book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its ... ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • It's Not My Fault!

    by Roger Stevens, Mr Steven Withrow ...
    Packed full of every type of poem you can think of, this quirky, wonderful collection of poems from Roger Stevens and Steven Withrow, with fantastic funny illustrations from Katie Abey, is a great way to get kids excited about poetry!"It wasn't me-or was it He,My evil, evil, evil twin?I didn't mean to be so mean.There goes my evil twin again."Join poets Roger Stevens and Steven Withrow for this ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD