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Author : Ruth Wajnryb
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781741147766
A meticulously researched, highly entertaining, idiosyncratic look at the how, why and what of bad language around the world.
Author : Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release : 1998-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0141954329
Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.
Author : Andy Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553448145
The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down. The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself. Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city. Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal. That’ll have to do. Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.
Author : Emma Byrne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1324000295
"Entertaining and thought-provoking…Byrne’s enthusiasm for her esoteric subject is contagious, damn it." —Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She explores every angle of swearing—why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies—from the “ice-bucket test” for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette’s and swearing, to a chimpanzee that curses at her handler in sign language—Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.
Author : Karen HALTTUNEN
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674038177
Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at the public execution of murderers, through the nineteenth century, when secular and sensational accounts replaced the sacred treatment of the crime, to today's true crime literature and tabloid reports.
Author : David Bevington
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0199599106
David Bevington demonstrates that the staging, criticism, and editing of Hamlet go hand in hand over the centuries to such a remarkable extent that the history of Hamlet can be seen as a kind of paradigm for the cultural history of the English-speaking world.
Author : David Bevington
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0191618845
What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down to the present: performances on stage, television, and in film, critical evaluations, publishing history, spinoffs, spoofs, musical adaptations, the play's growing reputation, its influence on writers and thinkers, and the ways in which it has shaped the very language we speak. The staging, criticism, and editing of Hamlet , David Bevington argues, go hand in hand over the centuries, to such a remarkable extent that the history of Hamlet can be seen as a kind of paradigm for the cultural history of the English-speaking world.
Author : Lord Dunsby
Publisher : Dog n Bone
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781909313521
A hilarious collection of the most resplendent and refined examples of colorful language. Swearing really can be a beautiful thing as this collection of elegant expletives demonstrates. Calligrapher, sign writer, and illustrator of the highest distinction Lord Dunsby presents over 40 of his favorite insults, all rendered beautifully in his faultless style. Wankers, douche bags, assholes, pricks, bastards, and a whole lot more are expertly recreated in this uproarious and frivolous collection- it really does put the art of swearing into a new perspective!
Author : Leanna Renee Hieber
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1402260539
A lush gothic tale that begs for reading...I couldn't put it down." —New York Times bestselling author Sarah Maclean I was obssessed. It was as if he called to me, demanding I reach out and touch the brushstrokes of color swirled onto the canvas. It was the most exquisite portrait I'd ever seen—everything about Lord Denbury was unbelievable...utterly breathtaking and eerily lifelike. There was a reason for that. Because despite what everyone said, Denbury never had committed suicide. He was alive. Trapped within his golden frame. I've crossed over into his world within the painting, and I've seen what dreams haunt him. They haunt me too. He and I are inextricably linked—bound together to watch the darkness seeping through the gas-lit cobblestone strets of Manhattan. And unless I can free him soon, things will only get Darker Still. Magic Most Foul Series: Darker Still (Book 1) The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart (Book 2)
Author : Alison Gervais
Publisher : Blink
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0310159229
From award-winning YA author Alison Gervais comes a contemporary mystery about a teen writer determined to discover what happened to a missing classmate, who finds herself caught up with a pair of very familiar detectives named Watson and Holmes. All her awakening powers of observation will be put to the test as she finds that the thing she thought was holding her back just might be her greatest strength. Attending the prestigious Ashford College’s writing seminar is a dream come true for Jules Montgomery, but the summer isn’t unfolding as she hoped. Navigating London with her recent hearing loss is difficult, and hiding it from her classmates is a challenge. Even worse, she can’t seem to shake a case of writer’s block. When a fellow student goes missing, neither the police nor their teacher, Professor Watson, seem that concerned. Jules and her new friends Percy and Suruthi are determined to get to the bottom of the case and they’re not alone: the strange man who frequents Jules’ aunt’s antique shop is eager to help—and his name is none other than Sherlock Holmes. Now there are two mysteries to solve. What happened to their missing classmate? And how can it be that Watson and Holmes—two fictional characters from the Victorian era—are alive and well in the 21st century? The only way to find answers might lie in a quote from one of Watson’s old stories: “You see, but you do not observe.” Jules may not be able to hear all that well, but without her hearing aids, she can certainly see more than the average person. And nothing about this is case is average. A Game Most Foul: Features a Hard of Hearing protagonist written by a writer Hard of Hearing author drawing from personal experiences. Is by Alison Gervais, author of The Silence Between Us, winner of the Schneider Family Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020. Will appeal to both casual and serious fans of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Is a romance with a sweet love story.