Carousels Abound
Carousels Abound

Author: Greg Griffith

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781893062412

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From New York to New Orleans, cities are bringing art to the public with projects designed around animals that have played an important part of their history. There are pigs in Cincinnati, moose in Montana, cows in Chicago and fish in New Orleans. In November 2000 Around Town Carousels Abound was born, and 37 stunning original horses now stand in front of homes, restaurants, businesses, hospitals, and government buildings all over Meridian, Mississippi. Each horse is sponsored by an individual, a company, or an organization. Local artists designed and painted them. As part of the project, over 50 miniature horses were painted by local and national artists, dignitaries, and celebrities, and sold at an auction gala. Proceeds from the auction of miniature horses and the sponsorship of large horses benefit Hope Village for Children. Around Town Carousels Abound has presented $65,750 in donations to date. More donations -- including the proceeds from this book -- will be presented to Hope Village at the close of the project.

Atlanta
Atlanta

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-02

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.

Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage

Author: Bryan Garner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-27

Total Pages: 1007

ISBN-13: 0199888779

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Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, this book authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. Now in the third edition, readers will find the "Garner's Language-Change Index," which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability, giving the book a consistent standard throughout. Garner's Modern American Usage, 3e is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index, and the judgments are based both on Garner's own original research in linguistic corpora and on his analysis of hundreds of earlier studies. Another first in this edition is the panel of critical readers: 120-plus commentators who have helped Garner reassess and update the text, so that every page has been improved.

Garner's Modern English Usage
Garner's Modern English Usage

Author: Bryan Garner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 1008

ISBN-13: 0190491507

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With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.

Atlanta
Atlanta

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-02

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.

Mississippi Off the Beaten Path®
Mississippi Off the Beaten Path®

Author: Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1493044095

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Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Mississippi Off the Beaten Path shows you the Hospitality State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed. Take a stroll around The Square in Oxford, the quintessentially Southern town that inspired William Faulkner, John Grisham, and dozens of other acclaimed writers. Go ghost-hunting at Waverly Plantation, a spectacular antebellum mansion rumored to be haunted by the lonely spirit of a lost little girl. Tour the folk art masterpiece known as Margaret’s Grocery, a colorful, ramshackle structure named the Weirdest Roadside Attraction in Mississippi. So if you've "been there, done that" one too many times, forget the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.

Art of the Carousel
Art of the Carousel

Author: Charlotte Dinger

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Accompanied by over 400 color photographs, a guide to the art of the carousel, or merry-go-round, traces its development by describing style variations and identifiable features of carousel animals produced by the major American carving companies; and includes descriptions and illustrations of restoration techniques; advice on buying, shipping and insuring carousel animals, and a census of operating carousels in the United States and Canada.

Parallel Carousel
Parallel Carousel

Author: Saira Khan

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1450234615

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A collection of poetry and short stories which meander through a parallel universe full of mystery, intrigue and, ultimately, redemption. This book contains thematically diverse poetry ranging from sanguine spiritual writings to poems fraught with cynicism and despair. There are also tales of a selfish author's quest, an unlikely hero's discovery of himself and an interesting alternative story based on Edgar Allen Poe's famous novel 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'.

Carousel Animals
Carousel Animals

Author:

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2002-08

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9780811833479

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From glistening white unicorns to winged elephants and roaring tigers, this celebration of carousel animals takes a colorful look at an art form that's one part fantasy and two parts exceptional craftsmanship. 100+ photos, some in color.