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Author : Suzanne Eggins,Diana Slade
Publisher : Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1845530462
This book develops a systematic model for the analysis and description of casual conversation in English, based on a large body of authentic data.
Author : Deirdre Clemente
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781469614076
Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style
Author : Jesper Juul
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780262285803
How casual games like Guitar Hero, Bejeweled, and those for Nintendo Wii are expanding the audience for video games. We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from 2000 to 2010. These new casual games are now played by men and women, young and old. Players need not possess an intimate knowledge of video game history or devote weeks or months to play. At the same time, many players of casual games show a dedication and skill that is anything but casual. In A Casual Revolution, Jesper Juul describes this as a reinvention of video games, and of our image of video game players, and explores what this tells us about the players, the games, and their interaction. With this reinvention of video games, the game industry reconnects with a general audience. Many of today's casual game players once enjoyed Pac-Man, Tetris, and other early games, only to drop out when video games became more time-consuming and complex. Juul shows that it is only by understanding what a game requires of players, what players bring to a game, how the game industry works, and how video games have developed historically that we can understand what makes video games fun and why we choose to play (or not to play) them. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images found in the physical edition.
Author : Deirdre Clemente
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469614083
As Deirdre Clemente shows in this lively history of fashion on American college campuses, whether it's jeans and sneakers or khakis with a polo shirt, chances are college kids made it cool. The modern casual American wardrobe, Clemente argues, was born in the classrooms, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and gyms of universities and colleges across the country. As young people gained increasing social and cultural clout during the early twentieth century, their tastes transformed mainstream fashion from collared and corseted to comfortable. From east coast to west and from the Ivy League to historically black colleges and universities, changing styles reflected new ways of defining the value of personal appearance, and, by extension, new possibilities for creating one's identity. The pace of change in fashion options, however, was hardly equal. Race, class, and gender shaped the adoption of casual style, and young women faced particular backlash both from older generations and from their male peers. Nevertheless, as coeds fought dress codes and stereotypes, they joined men in pushing new styles beyond the campus, into dance halls, theaters, homes, and workplaces. Thanks to these shifts, today's casual style provides a middle ground for people of all backgrounds, redefining the meaning of appearance in American culture.
Author : Tom Tenbrunsel
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-19
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781663205179
“Casual Gardening” is a how-to, experienced based book packed with fun tidbits and surprises. Tom’s version of simple and effective gardening is a no-fuss version of doing things the right way. This wise guy’s tried and true methods are a little bit research and the rest self-taught. His efficient, ‘don’t hesitate, just get it in the ground’ approach will get your garden loving you back with treasures in no time. Remember, it’s an on-the-go read and meant to get a little dirty, so take it along and watch your garden grow.
Author : Ilda Durri
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403531175
Platform work – in which work activities are channelled through web platforms or apps – has emerged as one of the major transformations in the world of work over the past decade. Although platform work presents many of the labour law issues related to casual work – often linked to insecure or precarious working conditions – until this book, no in-depth research has been conducted on specifically positioning platform work in the context of casual work arrangements. The author systematically evaluates how strategies aimed at regulating casual work can be extended to enhance the employment relationships and working conditions of platform workers. The analysis proceeds through a detailed comparative legal analysis of casual work in four industrialized countries – the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy – shedding light on the divergent regulatory approaches to this work typology. Then, it moves on to EU legislators’ efforts to develop a regulatory matrix on casual work, focusing on directives such as those on fixed-term work, working time, and transparent and predictable working conditions. The author concludes with recommendations for redefining the EU legal initiative on platform work, in light of the national and EU legal instruments examined in this contribution. Issues, such as the insecure nature of work, unpaid stand-by time, and work insecurity, come to the fore. The purpose of this book is to assist policymakers and social partners in finding viable legal solutions to tackle some of the labour protection challenges posed by platform work. At the same time, it serves as a reminder to EU policymakers, that existing legal instruments on casual work constitute an available blueprint which could be beneficial in dealing with such regulatory problems. Issues and topics covered, in a nutshell, include the following: what is captured under the label of casual work arrangements; the shared features between casual work and platform work, with a focus on their insecure working conditions; the employment status insecurity; the insecurity of working hours; the uncertainty of the continuity of employment; the income insecurity; peculiar traits of platform work; the development of the EU regulatory matrix on casual work; the relevance of the directives on working time, fixed-term work, and transparent and predictable working conditions, for the protection of platform workers; and the improvement of the proposal for a Platform Work Directive in light of the above instruments.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781418557935
Containing updated editions of the What’s in a Word and Why You Say it, this compendium reveals the history of common words and phrases. Are you a lover of language? Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say! Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of two etymology classics by Webb Garrison will turn you on to the fascinating—and often surprising—stories behind everyday words and phrases. Experience Casual Lex and discover: The phrase hell on wheels comes from the early American practice of renting railway flatcars to create rolling casinos and brothels bound for the Wild West. Gibberish was the word coined by English villagers to describe the hard-to-understand dialects of certain bands of Gypsies. Gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnos, which means “naked”—Greek athletes trained and competed in the nude. If your joy of language has been aroused, then many more surprises await you. After all, even the most formal users of our language can benefit from a little Casual Lex “A rather good book to have at hand.” —Kirkus Reviews on Why You Say It
Author : E.G. Voss
Publisher : E.G. Voss
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781393929550
The Roaring Twenties. A decade freed from the horrors of the Great War. A time of economic prosperity, technological advances, jazz music, wild youth, and Prohibition. A time where vast fortunes were made and a new sense of entitlement arose among the elite of society. And with that entitlement, a thirst for more power. A federal agent working for an agency tasked with investigating financial crimes has been found brutally murdered in a Washington. D.C. hotel. His mistake? Investigating the shady dealings of one of the most powerful men on Wall St. Alone. Fellow agents Charlie Postlethwaite and Gretchen Retrum have now been thrown headlong into an investigation they are ill-prepared for. Far from the world of bank ledgers and files, they’re now forced to get to the bottom of the mystery while avoiding the discovery of their secret agency and the associated problems of juggling their relationship. From the city streets of Washington D.C. and New York City, to the countrysides of upstate New York, and to a small town in Wisconsin, Charlie and Gretchen are in a desperate race to bring those responsible to justice before they become the next on the list to die.
Author : Melinda Brown
Publisher : XinXii
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781005843663
In a day and age when men are taking advantage of the relaxing social rules on living together before marriage by NEVER getting around to popping the question, many women are finding themselves becoming frustrated with waiting in casual relationships. From Casual to Committed reveals the secrets to getting your man committed to your relationship. These secrets turn on the right dynamic within him using your unique feminine energy while at the same time learn how to maintain your awesomeness without having to stoop so low. These secrets will make him fall so hopelessly in love with you that he’s begging you to commit to him. Do not let be the only lady who is not aware of these, get this book.
Author : J. W. Judge
Publisher : Scarlet Oak Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781954974128
Not all fairytales end in happily ever after. In a time when a new breed of fairies is not beholden to the old covenants that have governed the relationship between mankind and fairies for centuries, the Bone Collectors Guild has risen as a force that intends to forever shift the balance of power. Scott Warren finds himself in the middle of a conflict that is generations in the making. Not only did he not know the parties, but until now he didn’t even know they existed beyond the lore and children’s stories that were told to him and that he has passed on to his daughter. When someone shows up at Warren’s law office claiming to be a fairy, he must decide whether the world is as he has always believed it to be. And if not, are the stakes great enough to warrant getting involved and placing himself in the crosshairs of the Bone Collectors Guild? Warren resigns himself to maintaining the status quo until his own daughter’s lost teeth turn up missing and the tooth fairies give him a dose of what they have in store for those whose bones they’ve collected. Regardless of his decision, he is left with the lasting impression that doing business with fairies couldn’t be a more treacherous endeavor.
Author : Karen Bolesta
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-20
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579548458
The joy of quilting is laid bare in this guide to warming the home and heart with patterns and designs for everything from full-sized quilts to wall hangings. Original.
Author : Archibald Forbes
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066213435
"Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places" by Archibald Forbes. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Tijana Stojkovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135493486
Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
Author : Kenneth Luther
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811242113
Yes, this is another Calculus book. However, it fits in a niche between the two predominant types of such texts. It could be used as a textbook, albeit a streamlined one — it contains exposition on each topic, with an introduction, rationale, train of thought, and solved examples with accompanying suggested exercises. It could be used as a solution guide — because it contains full written solutions to each of the hundreds of exercises posed inside. But its best position is right in between these two extremes. It is best used as a companion to a traditional text or as a refresher — with its conversational tone, its 'get right to it' content structure, and its inclusion of complete solutions to many problems, it is a friendly partner for students who are learning Calculus, either in class or via self-study.Exercises are structured in three sets to force multiple encounters with each topic. Solved examples in the text are accompanied by 'You Try It' problems, which are similar to the solved examples; the students use these to see if they're ready to move forward. Then at the end of the section, there are 'Practice Problems': more problems similar to the 'You Try It' problems, but given all at once. Finally, each section has Challenge Problems — these lean to being equally or a bit more difficult than the others, and they allow students to check on what they've mastered.The goal is to keep the students engaged with the text, and so the writing style is very informal, with attempts at humor along the way. The target audience is STEM students including those in engineering and meteorology programs.
Author : Thomas Forster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : Biological rhythms
ISBN : OXFORD:N10893413