2023, ISBN: 9780689114038

An illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels. Gestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod… More...

An illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels. Gestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod of the head, a bold jut of the chin, an enthusiastic thumbs-up: all speak louder than words. Yet the same gesture may have different meanings in different parts of the world. What Americans understand as the "A-OK gesture," for example, is an obscene insult in the Arab world. This volume is the reference book we didn't know we needed--an illustrated dictionary of 850 gestures and their meanings around the world. It catalogs voluntary gestures made to communicate openly--as distinct from sign language, dance moves, involuntary "tells," or secret handshakes--and explains what the gesture conveys in a variety of locations. It is organized by body part, from top to bottom, from head (nodding, shaking, turning) to foot (scraping, kicking, playing footsie). We learn that "to oscillate the head while gently throwing it back" communicates approval in some countries even though it resembles the headshake of disapproval used in other countries; that "to tap a slightly inflated cheek" constitutes an erotic invitation when accompanied by a wink; that the middle finger pointed in the air signifies approval in South America. We may already know that it is a grave insult in the Middle East and Asia to display the sole of one's shoe, but perhaps not that motorcyclists sometimes greet each other by raising a foot. Illustrated with clever line drawings and documented with quotations from literature (the author, François Caradec, was a distinguished and prolific historian of literature, culture, and humorous oddities, as well as a novelist and poet), this dictionary offers readers unique lessons in polylingual meaning., The MIT Press, 2023, 6, New York: Atheneum, 1984. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Edges foxed. 1984 Hard Cover. 821, [3] pp. 8vo. "Marco Polo was nicknamed "Marco of the millions" because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied "I have not told the half of what I saw and did." Now Gary Jennings has imagined the half that Marco left unsaid as even more elaborate and adventurous than the tall tales thought to be lies. From the palazzi and back streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, from the perfumed sexuality of the Levant to the dangers and rigors of travel along the Silk Road, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and, insatiably curious, becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages and women. In more than two decades of travel, Marco was variously a merchant, a warrior, a lover, a spy, even a tax collector - but always a journeyer, unflagging in his appetite for new experiences, regretting only what he missed. Here - recreated and reimagined with all the splendor, the love of adventure, the zest for the rare and curious that are Jennings's hallmarks - is the epic account, at once magnificent and delightful, of the greatest real-life adventurer in human history., Atheneum, 1984, 3<

1984, ISBN: 0689114036

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York], Stated 1st Edition.Atheneum, New York, NY, 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brown boards with copper stamped squ… More...

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York], Stated 1st Edition.Atheneum, New York, NY, 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brown boards with copper stamped square design on cover. Brown cloth spine with copper letters. Map illustrated endpages and 783 bright, white, clean, unmarked pages. No Dust Jacket. Synopsis: Based on Marco Polo's death-bed refusal to confess that what he had encountered on his travels to and from China was nothing but lies. Instead he reputedly confessed: "I have not told the half of what I saw and did". This novel is the other half of the story. Remarkable novel which is fascinating from beginning to end. Some parts are truly memorable., Books<

1984, ISBN: 9780689114038

Hardcover

New York: Atheneum, 1984. Stated 1st Edition.Atheneum, New York, NY, 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brown boards with copper stamped square design on cover. Brown cloth spine with co… More...

New York: Atheneum, 1984. Stated 1st Edition.Atheneum, New York, NY, 1984. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brown boards with copper stamped square design on cover. Brown cloth spine with copper letters. Map illustrated endpages and 783 bright, white, clean, unmarked pages. No Dust Jacket. Synopsis: Based on Marco Polo's death-bed refusal to confess that what he had encountered on his travels to and from China was nothing but lies. Instead he reputedly confessed: "I have not told the half of what I saw and did". This novel is the other half of the story. Remarkable novel which is fascinating from beginning to end. Some parts are truly memorable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket., Atheneum, 1984, 2.5<

1984, ISBN: 0689114036

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York], GENERAL FICTION, Jacket, Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book has a s… More...

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York], GENERAL FICTION, Jacket, Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book has a small tan blemish at the top of the front end-paper which does not affect the end-paper map and the spine-ends are edge-creased, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has scuffing to the glossy surface and a bit of edge-wear at the spine-ends, the original price (17.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "a spell-binding re-creation of the of the epic journey of Marco Polo, Books<

1984, ISBN: 0689114036

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York, New York, U.S.A.], FICTION HISTORICAL, Jacket, tel # bottom inside rear dj flap; mauve map endpapers; price clippe… More...

[EAN: 9780689114038], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Atheneum, New York, New York, U.S.A.], FICTION HISTORICAL, Jacket, tel # bottom inside rear dj flap; mauve map endpapers; price clipped; pp.782+1; re: Marco Polo, the journeyer, Books<