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  2. Loser (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Loser is a children’s novel by Jerry Spinelli, first published in 2002 by Joanna Cotler, an imprint of Harper Collins Books. [1] It portrays the growth of Zinkoff, a boy who is considered "stupid" by his classmates due to his clumsiness, poor performance in school and athletics, and sometimes, clueless enthusiasm.

  3. Michael Quinion - Wikipedia

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    Quinion is the author and webmaster of World Wide Words, a site that documents the meaning and derivation of English language words and phrases. It covers a wide range of issues, including etymology, grammar, neologisms, writing style and book reviews. This site explores International English from a British viewpoint.

  4. Loser - Wikipedia

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    Loser (band), an American rock band "Loser" (Big Bang song), a 2015 song by Big Bang "Loser" (Beck song), a 1993 song by Beck "Loser" (3 Doors Down song), a 2000 song by 3 Doors Down from their album The Better Life "Loser" (Ayreon song), a 2005 song by Ayreon; Losers, a 1990 album by Sentridoh "Losers" (Post Malone song)

  5. Book cover - Wikipedia

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    Front cover of the St Cuthbert Gospel, c. 700; the original tooled red goatskin binding is the earliest surviving Western binding.. A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together the pages of a book.

  6. Paratext - Wikipedia

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    Paratext is most often associated with books, as they typically include a cover (with associated cover art), title, front matter (dedication, opening information, foreword, epigraph), back matter (endpapers, indexes, and colophons) footnotes, and many other materials not crafted by the author. Other editorial decisions can also fall into the ...

  7. The Loser - Wikipedia

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    0-394-57239-4 (Vintage Books USA, new edition 2003) OCLC: 232720765: The Loser is a novel by Thomas Bernhard, originally published in German in 1983. Plot introduction

  8. Etymologiae - Wikipedia

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    Book III covers the medieval Quadrivium, the four subjects that supplemented the Trivium being arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. [ b ] He argues that there are infinitely many numbers, as you can always add one (or any other number) to whatever number you think is the limit. [ 16 ]

  9. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).