The Gift of the Gab Humanities/General/K-12 Sandra Eder shows how the

Sandra Eder shows how the concept of gender transformed from a pragmatic tool in the sex assignment of children with intersex traits in the 1950s to an essential category in clinics for transgender individuals in the 1960s

war-scarred landscapes of the Middle East to the blood-soaked chaos of the U

–Viv Jones

filtering and centrifuging

The Gift of the Gab Humanities/General/K-12 Sandra Eder shows how theA many faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world renowned expert on the history and