The blue book of grammar and punctuation : an easy-to-use guide with clear rules, real-world examples, and reproducible quizzes / / Jane Straus, Lester Kaufman, authors ; edited with new material by Tom Stern |
Autore | Straus Jane |
Edizione | [Eleventh edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KaufmanLester
SternTom |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Punctuation |
ISBN | 1-118-79021-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Grammar; Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects; Definitions; Noun; Verb; Subject; Subject-Verb Agreement; Singular vs. plural verbs; Finding subjects before phrases beginning with of; With or, either/or, and neither/nor; Two singular subjects; One singular and one plural subject; With such portions as percent, fraction, part, etc.; With here or there; With distances, periods of time, sums of money, etc.; With collective nouns; The subjunctive mood; Clauses and Phrases; Definitions
ClauseIndependent clause; Dependent clause; Phrase; Pronouns; Definition: Pronoun; Subject pronouns; As the subject of the sentence; Renaming the subject; When who refers to a personal pronoun; Object pronouns; Subject and verb agreement with who, that, and which; Who vs. Whom; He/him method; Common whom pitfall; Whoever vs. Whomever; Who, That, Which; Who, that, and which with people, groups, and things; That with essential clauses; Which with nonessential clauses; When which can be used with essential clauses; Adjectives and Adverbs; Definitions; Adjective; Adverb; When to add -ly Sense verbs: taste, smell, look, feel, etc.Good vs. well; Well as an adjective when referring to health; Comparisons, such as -er vs. -est and more vs. most; This, that, these, and those; Prepositions; Definition: preposition; Ending a sentence with a preposition; As, as if, as though, the way; Of vs. have; Different from vs. different than; In vs. into; Effective Writing; Overuse of there is, there are, it is, it was, etc.; Double negatives; Parallel construction; Dangling modifiers; Misplaced modifiers; Fragments; Chapter 2 Punctuation; Periods; With complete sentences With abbreviations at the end of a sentenceReplacing periods with question marks and exclamation points; Commas; To separate three or more items; To separate adjectives; With two independent clauses; Run-on sentences or comma splices; Joined by connectors such as and, or, but, etc.; When the subject does not appear in front of the second verb; With introductory words; To set off interrupting expressions; With names; With dates; With city and state; With Jr. and Sr.; With degrees and titles; Starting a sentence with a dependent clause vs. an independent clause With nonessential words, clauses, and phrasesWith quotations; To introduce or interrupt quotations; Following quotations; To separate statements from questions; To separate contrasting parts of a sentence; With certain introductory words; When followed by a series of items; When the series of items ends with etc.; Semicolons; To replace a period in two closely linked sentences; With such words as namely, however, therefore, etc., when they; introduce a complete sentence; With sufficiently identified noun; To avoid confusion where commas already exist; With sentences that have multiple clauses Colons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791330003321 |
Straus Jane | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blue book of grammar and punctuation : an easy-to-use guide with clear rules, real-world examples, and reproducible quizzes / / Jane Straus, Lester Kaufman, authors ; edited with new material by Tom Stern |
Autore | Straus Jane |
Edizione | [Eleventh edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KaufmanLester
SternTom |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language - Punctuation |
ISBN | 1-118-79021-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Grammar; Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects; Definitions; Noun; Verb; Subject; Subject-Verb Agreement; Singular vs. plural verbs; Finding subjects before phrases beginning with of; With or, either/or, and neither/nor; Two singular subjects; One singular and one plural subject; With such portions as percent, fraction, part, etc.; With here or there; With distances, periods of time, sums of money, etc.; With collective nouns; The subjunctive mood; Clauses and Phrases; Definitions
ClauseIndependent clause; Dependent clause; Phrase; Pronouns; Definition: Pronoun; Subject pronouns; As the subject of the sentence; Renaming the subject; When who refers to a personal pronoun; Object pronouns; Subject and verb agreement with who, that, and which; Who vs. Whom; He/him method; Common whom pitfall; Whoever vs. Whomever; Who, That, Which; Who, that, and which with people, groups, and things; That with essential clauses; Which with nonessential clauses; When which can be used with essential clauses; Adjectives and Adverbs; Definitions; Adjective; Adverb; When to add -ly Sense verbs: taste, smell, look, feel, etc.Good vs. well; Well as an adjective when referring to health; Comparisons, such as -er vs. -est and more vs. most; This, that, these, and those; Prepositions; Definition: preposition; Ending a sentence with a preposition; As, as if, as though, the way; Of vs. have; Different from vs. different than; In vs. into; Effective Writing; Overuse of there is, there are, it is, it was, etc.; Double negatives; Parallel construction; Dangling modifiers; Misplaced modifiers; Fragments; Chapter 2 Punctuation; Periods; With complete sentences With abbreviations at the end of a sentenceReplacing periods with question marks and exclamation points; Commas; To separate three or more items; To separate adjectives; With two independent clauses; Run-on sentences or comma splices; Joined by connectors such as and, or, but, etc.; When the subject does not appear in front of the second verb; With introductory words; To set off interrupting expressions; With names; With dates; With city and state; With Jr. and Sr.; With degrees and titles; Starting a sentence with a dependent clause vs. an independent clause With nonessential words, clauses, and phrasesWith quotations; To introduce or interrupt quotations; Following quotations; To separate statements from questions; To separate contrasting parts of a sentence; With certain introductory words; When followed by a series of items; When the series of items ends with etc.; Semicolons; To replace a period in two closely linked sentences; With such words as namely, however, therefore, etc., when they; introduce a complete sentence; With sufficiently identified noun; To avoid confusion where commas already exist; With sentences that have multiple clauses Colons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811342103321 |
Straus Jane | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades 6-8 [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina |
372.6044
428.0071273 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Middle school) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Middle school) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-118-14804-5
1-283-29479-6 9786613294791 1-118-14802-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Grade 6; Unit 1 I Won't Grow Up; Unit 2 Folklore: A Blast from the Past; Unit 3 Embracing Heritage; Unit 4 Courageous Characters; Unit 5 Figure It Out; Unit 6 Winging It; Grade 7; Unit 1 Characters with Character; Unit 2 Perseverance; Unit 3 Courage in Life and in Literature; Unit 4 Survival in the Wild; Unit 5 Science or Fiction?; Unit 6 Literature Reflects Life: Making Sense of Our World; Grade 8
Unit 1 Urban Settings in America: ''It Happened in the City''Unit 2 Rural Settings in North America: ''It Happened in the Country''; Unit 3 Looking Back on America; Unit 4 Authors and Artists; Unit 5 Dramatically Speaking; Unit 6 ''The Road Not Taken''; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781985403321 |
San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades 6-8 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 372.6/044 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Middle school) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Middle school) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-118-14804-5
1-283-29479-6 9786613294791 1-118-14802-9 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Grade 6; Unit 1 I Won't Grow Up; Unit 2 Folklore: A Blast from the Past; Unit 3 Embracing Heritage; Unit 4 Courageous Characters; Unit 5 Figure It Out; Unit 6 Winging It; Grade 7; Unit 1 Characters with Character; Unit 2 Perseverance; Unit 3 Courage in Life and in Literature; Unit 4 Survival in the Wild; Unit 5 Science or Fiction?; Unit 6 Literature Reflects Life: Making Sense of Our World; Grade 8
Unit 1 Urban Settings in America: ''It Happened in the City''Unit 2 Rural Settings in North America: ''It Happened in the Country''; Unit 3 Looking Back on America; Unit 4 Authors and Artists; Unit 5 Dramatically Speaking; Unit 6 ''The Road Not Taken''; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818984603321 |
San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades 9-12 [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina |
428.0071/273
428.0071273 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Secondary) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Secondary) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-118-15761-3
1-283-29485-0 9786613294852 1-118-15759-1 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Grade 9; Unit 1 Literary Elements and the Short Story; Unit 2 The Novel-Honor; Unit 3 Poetry-Beauty; Unit 4 Drama-Fate; Unit 5 Epic Poetry-Heroism; Unit 6 Literary Nonfiction-Reflection (the Memoir, the Essay, and the Speech); Grade 10; Unit 1 World Literature: Latin and Central America; Unit 2 World Literature: Asia; Unit 3 World Literature: Africa and the Middle East; Unit 4 World Literature: Russia; Grade 11
Unit 1 The New WorldUnit 2 A New Nation; Unit 3 American Romanticism; Unit 4 A Troubled Young Nation; Unit 5 Emerging Modernism; Unit 6 Challenges and Successes of the Twentieth Century; Grade 12; Unit 1 European Literature: Middle Ages; Unit 2 European Literature: Renaissance and Reformation; Unit 3 European Literature: Seventeenth Century; Unit 4 European Literature: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century; Unit 5 European Literature: Nineteenth Century; Unit 6 European Literature: Twentieth Century; Appendix: Scoring Rubric; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789718003321 |
San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades 9-12 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 428.0071/273 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Secondary) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Secondary) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-118-15761-3
1-283-29485-0 9786613294852 1-118-15759-1 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Grade 9; Unit 1 Literary Elements and the Short Story; Unit 2 The Novel-Honor; Unit 3 Poetry-Beauty; Unit 4 Drama-Fate; Unit 5 Epic Poetry-Heroism; Unit 6 Literary Nonfiction-Reflection (the Memoir, the Essay, and the Speech); Grade 10; Unit 1 World Literature: Latin and Central America; Unit 2 World Literature: Asia; Unit 3 World Literature: Africa and the Middle East; Unit 4 World Literature: Russia; Grade 11
Unit 1 The New WorldUnit 2 A New Nation; Unit 3 American Romanticism; Unit 4 A Troubled Young Nation; Unit 5 Emerging Modernism; Unit 6 Challenges and Successes of the Twentieth Century; Grade 12; Unit 1 European Literature: Middle Ages; Unit 2 European Literature: Renaissance and Reformation; Unit 3 European Literature: Seventeenth Century; Unit 4 European Literature: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century; Unit 5 European Literature: Nineteenth Century; Unit 6 European Literature: Twentieth Century; Appendix: Scoring Rubric; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807668503321 |
San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades K-5 [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
Disciplina |
372.6
372.6/044 372.6044 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Elementary) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Elementary) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-283-30647-6
9786613306470 1-118-13710-8 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Kindergarten; Unit 1 A Colorful Time with Rhythm and Rhyme; Unit 2 Tell a Story, 1-2-3; Unit 3 Exploring with Friends in the Neighborhood; Unit 4 America: Symbols and Celebrations; Unit 5 The Great Big World; Unit 6 Wonders of Nature: Plants, Bugs, and Frogs; Grade 1; Unit 1 Alphabet Books and Children Who Read Them; Unit 2 The Amazing Animal World; Unit 3 Life Lessons; Unit 4 Winds of Change; Unit 5 American Contributions
Unit 6 Around the World with a Glass Slipper Grade 2; Unit 1 A Season for Chapters; Unit 2 The Wild West; Unit 3 Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends; Unit 4 A Long Journey to Freedom; Unit 5 Hand-Me-Down Tales from Around the World; Unit 6 Taking Care of Ourselves; Reading Foundations: A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction; Grade 3; Unit 1 Stories Worth Telling Again and Again; Unit 2 Inspired by the Sea; Unit 3 Creative, Inventive, and Notable People; Unit 4 The People, the Preamble, and the Presidents; Unit 5 A Feast of Words on a Planet Called Earth-and Beyond Unit 6 Fantastic Adventures with Dragons, Gods, and Giants Grade 4; Unit 1 Tales of the Heart; Unit 2 Literature Settings: Weather or Not; Unit 3 Animals Are Characters, Too: Characters Who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak; Unit 4 Revolutionaries from the Past; Unit 5 Stories of the Earth and Sky; Unit 6 Literary Heroes; Grade 5; Unit 1 Playing with Words; Unit 2 Renaissance Thinking; Unit 3 Clues to a Culture; Unit 4 America in Conflict; Unit 5 Exploration, Real and Imagined; Unit 6 Coming of Age; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781970303321 |
San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common Core curriculum maps in English language arts, grades K-5 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
Disciplina | 372.6/044 |
Collana | The Common Core series |
Soggetto topico |
Language arts (Elementary) - Curricula - United States - States
Language arts (Elementary) - Standards - United States - States |
ISBN |
1-283-30647-6
9786613306470 1-118-13710-8 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM MAPS; CONTENTS; Foreword by Carol Jago; Written by Teachers, for Teachers; Introduction by Lynne Munson; How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps; Kindergarten; Unit 1 A Colorful Time with Rhythm and Rhyme; Unit 2 Tell a Story, 1-2-3; Unit 3 Exploring with Friends in the Neighborhood; Unit 4 America: Symbols and Celebrations; Unit 5 The Great Big World; Unit 6 Wonders of Nature: Plants, Bugs, and Frogs; Grade 1; Unit 1 Alphabet Books and Children Who Read Them; Unit 2 The Amazing Animal World; Unit 3 Life Lessons; Unit 4 Winds of Change; Unit 5 American Contributions
Unit 6 Around the World with a Glass Slipper Grade 2; Unit 1 A Season for Chapters; Unit 2 The Wild West; Unit 3 Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends; Unit 4 A Long Journey to Freedom; Unit 5 Hand-Me-Down Tales from Around the World; Unit 6 Taking Care of Ourselves; Reading Foundations: A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction; Grade 3; Unit 1 Stories Worth Telling Again and Again; Unit 2 Inspired by the Sea; Unit 3 Creative, Inventive, and Notable People; Unit 4 The People, the Preamble, and the Presidents; Unit 5 A Feast of Words on a Planet Called Earth-and Beyond Unit 6 Fantastic Adventures with Dragons, Gods, and Giants Grade 4; Unit 1 Tales of the Heart; Unit 2 Literature Settings: Weather or Not; Unit 3 Animals Are Characters, Too: Characters Who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak; Unit 4 Revolutionaries from the Past; Unit 5 Stories of the Earth and Sky; Unit 6 Literary Heroes; Grade 5; Unit 1 Playing with Words; Unit 2 Renaissance Thinking; Unit 3 Clues to a Culture; Unit 4 America in Conflict; Unit 5 Exploration, Real and Imagined; Unit 6 Coming of Age; About Common Core; Acknowledgments; Index of Suggested Works |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821565803321 |
San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The future for creative writing / / Graeme Harper |
Autore | Harper Graeme |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Collana | Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos |
Soggetto topico |
Creative writing
Authorship |
ISBN |
1-118-32584-2
1-118-47682-4 1-118-32583-4 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 The Age of Creative Writing 17 2 Dynamism and the Creative Writer 35 3 Creative Writing Educating 53 4 Developing Creative Exposition 71 5 Selling and Buying Creative Writing 89 6 Speaking in Creative Writing 107 7 Living and Working as a Creative Writer 119 Conclusion 135 Selected Reading 143 Index 149 . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140274003321 |
Harper Graeme | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The future for creative writing / / Graeme Harper |
Autore | Harper Graeme |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Collana | Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos |
Soggetto topico |
Creative writing
Authorship |
ISBN |
1-118-32584-2
1-118-47682-4 1-118-32583-4 |
Classificazione | EDU029020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 The Age of Creative Writing 17 2 Dynamism and the Creative Writer 35 3 Creative Writing Educating 53 4 Developing Creative Exposition 71 5 Selling and Buying Creative Writing 89 6 Speaking in Creative Writing 107 7 Living and Working as a Creative Writer 119 Conclusion 135 Selected Reading 143 Index 149 . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823894203321 |
Harper Graeme | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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