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Author : John Ayto,J. A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0198610521
A dictionary of modern slang draws on the resources of the "Oxford English Dictionary" to cover over five thousand slang words and phrases from throughout the English-speaking world.
Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English language
ISBN : 019280104X
Containing over 10,000 words and phrases, this is the ideal reference for those interested in the more quirky and unofficial words used in the English language. Including surprisingly old words such as booze and guzzle to the most up-to-date words like humongous and lunchbox, this fascinatingbook is sure to provide a stonking good read for all. Thematically arranged by chapter for easy browsing Words are arranged chronologically to show how the language has changed Contains word origins, illustrative examples from literature, and an easy-to-use AZ index 'hours of happy browsing for language lovers' Observer
Author : Catherine Mulholland
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0520234669
Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of Southern California's history. In the first full-length biography of the water and civil engineer, his granddaughter provides insights into the triumphant completion of the Owens Valley Aqueduct and the San Francisquito Dam tragedy that ended his career. Archival photos. 7 maps.
Author : P. Wodehouse
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369401366
The Code of the Woosters is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 7 October 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York. It was serialised in The Saturday Evening Post (US) from 16 July to 3 September 1938 and in the London Daily Mail from 14 September to 6 October 1938. The Code of the Woosters is the third full-length novel to feature two of Wodehouse's best-known creations, Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. It introduces Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner of a country house called Totleigh Towers where the story takes place, and his intimidating friend Roderick Spode. It is also a sequel to Right Ho, Jeeves, continuing the story of Bertie's newt-fancying friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and Gussie's droopy and overly sentimental fiancée, Madeline Bassett. Bertie and Jeeves return to Totleigh Towers in a later novel, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves.
Author : Chris Fujiwara
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781466894235
Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer/directors. He sought to address the major social, political, and historical questions of his time in films designed to appeal to a wide public. Blazing a trail in the examination of controversial issues such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm) and homosexuality (Advise and Consent) and in the frank, sophisticated treatment of adult material (Anatomy of a Murder), Preminger in the process broke the censorship of the Hollywood Production Code and the blacklist. He also made some of Hollywood's most enduring film noir classics, including Laura and Fallen Angel. An Austrian émigré, Preminger began his Hollywood career in 1936 as a contract director. When the conditions emerged that led to the fall of the studio system, he had the insight to perceive them clearly and the boldness to take advantage of them, turning himself into one of America's most powerful filmmakers. More than anyone else, Preminger represented the transition from the Hollywod of the studios to the decentralized, wheeling and dealing New Hollywood of today. Chris Fujiwara's critical biography--the first in more than thirty years--follows Preminger throughout his varied career, penetrating his carefully constructed public persona and revealing the many layers of his work.
Author : George Robert Gleig
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:HX4BFP
Author : Caroline Jean Acker,Sarah W. Tracy
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076002270689
Virtually every American alive has at some point consumed at least one, and very likely more, consciousness altering drug. Yet, if the use of drugs is a constant in American history, the way they have been perceived has varied extensively. Just as the corrupting cigarettes of the early twentieth century ("coffin nails" to contemporaries) became the glamorous accessory of Hollywood stars and American GIs in the 1940s, only to fall into public disfavor later as an unhealthy and irresponsible habit, the social significance of every drug changes over time. The essays in this volume explore these changes, showing how the identity of any psychoactive substance -- from alcohol and nicotine to cocaine and heroin -- owes as much to its users, their patterns of use, and the cultural context in which the drug is taken, as it owes to the drug's documented physiological effects. Rather than seeing licit drugs and illicit drugs, recreational drugs and medicinal drugs, "hard" drugs and "soft" drugs as mutually exclusive categories, the book challenges readers to consider the ways in which drugs have shifted historically from one category to another. -- From publisher's description.
Author : Frank H. Vizetelly,Leander Jan De Bekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258164019
Author : Edward Sylvester Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Abduction
ISBN : PRNC:32101068164142
Hunters' and trappers' experiences, Indian life, a fight with prairie wolves, a prairie fire, etc.
Author : John Ayto
Publisher : OXFORD University Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022155399
In Twentieth Century Words, lexicographer John Ayto takes us on an exhilarating tour of our century, charting it decade by decade by way of the words we've coined to mark our passage through time. Ayto looks at some 5,000 words and meanings, from "flapper" to "flower power" to "road rage." We learn the birth dates of words such as "movie" (1910s), "barbecue" (1930s), Beatlemania (1960s), and "foodie" (1980s). Ayto also treats us to many surprises as well. Did you know, for instance, that "atomic energy" was coined in the 1900s, "rocket ship" in the 1920s, "hologram" in the '40s, and "modem" in the '50s? And in addition to the main alphabetic sequence of entries, the book also offers boxed features on topics of special interest, such as words arising from World War II ("bazooka," "jeep," "bikini"). With a thoughtful essay to introduce each decade, and thousands of evocative words and phrases, Twentieth Century Words will enthrall all word lovers as it opens a unique window on the last one hundred years.
Author : Rupert Alistair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Actors
ISBN : 1720038376
"During the golden age of American cinema, the character actor’s contribution often goes unacknowledged or, though perhaps not forgotten, underappreciated; the unsung heroes. Hollywood studios had large stables of contract and stock players from all walks of life and in all shapes, sizes and ages. This great population of personalities formed the league of character actors. They played the sidekicks and best friends of the stars who headlined the movies in which they appeared. They also portrayed parents, grandparents, oddball relatives, wise-cracking neighbors, smart-aleck store clerks and loveable barkeeps. Lest we forget the sinister side of this society, villains also claimed a stake in this assembly of saints, sinners and every type in between. These colorful personalities were usually one-dimensional, someone to whom the star could confide secrets or vent frustrations. In many cases they carried the same persona over from one film to the next, perfecting their stereotype so that audiences knew what to expect from them in a positive and affectionate way, collecting their beloved favorites over the years. The Name Below the Title features 20 of the best and most fun examples of the Hollywood character actor during Hollywood's most famous era from the 1930s through the 1950s"--Amazon.com.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433003238106
Author : Elliot Paul
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486251851
All Paris is agog at the disappearance of a rare Watteau print until the intervention of a master sleuth and his zany companions. "An excellent cocktail." — The New Republic.
Author : James Miller Guinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : California
ISBN : UCLA:31158006131006
Author : Chad L. Hoopes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4903386
