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Norway has a thousand year history from the Vikings (750-1100) to
modern times. Historically, a poor country on Europe’s periphery,
its natural resources and hardy people have established a
successful modern welfare state. Norway has exploited its natural
resources of fish, water, oil, and gas to become one of Europe’s
most successful small states. This second edition of I contains a
chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The
dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on
important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations,
religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for
students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about
Norway.
'Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking
rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which – as both
common sense and experience show – happiness is impossible.
Therefore: happiness depends at least partly on good grammar.' So
writes Mr Gwynne in his small, but perfectly formed new book. Mr
Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of
the lost science of grammar before it is too late. Formerly a
successful businessman, Mr Gwynne has for many years been teaching
and tutoring just about every sort of subject to just about every
sort of pupil in just about every sort of circumstance. His
teaching methods are very much the traditional, common-sense ones,
refined over the centuries, that were almost everywhere until they
were abolished in the 1960s. Being disappointed in the standards of
grammar he encountered in his pupils, Mr Gwynne, over time, wrote
this wonderful, succinct and yet comprehensive little book –
because nothing quite as suitable already existed. This edition
also includes Strunk’s classic guide to style, explaining how to
write well and the main pitfalls to avoid. Beautifully designed,
easy to understand and a joy to read, Gwynne's Grammar may be the
best little book you will ever have in your life.
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