Author: John Denison VosePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Gay Boys of Old Yale!
Author: John Denison VoseVulgar Tongues
Author: Max DécharnéPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This rollercoaster ride through the colorful history of slang—from highwaymen to hip-hop—is a fresh and exciting take on the subject: entertaining and authoritative without being patronizing, out-of-touch or voyeuristic. Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies; depending on your point of view, it is a badge of honor, a sign of identity or a dangerous assault on the values of polite society. Of all the vocabularies available to us, slang is the most alive, constantly evolving and—as it leaks into the mainstream and is taken up by all of us—infusing the language with a healthy dose of vitality. Witty, energetic and informative Vulgar Tongues traces the many routes of slang, beginning with the thieves and prostitutes of Elizabethan London and ending with the present day, where the centuries-old terms rap and hip-hop still survive, though their meanings have changed. On the way we will meet Dr. Johnson, World War II flying aces, pickpockets, schoolchildren, hardboiled private eyes, carnival geeks and the many eccentric characters who have tried to record slang throughout its checkered past. If you’re curious about flapdragons and ale passion, the changing meanings of punk and geek, or how fly originated on the streets of eighteenth-century London and square in Masonic lodges, this is the book for you.
The Songs of Yale
Author: Remembering Denny
Author: Calvin TrillinPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374529741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"In this contemplation of his friend's life, Calvin Trillin attempts to chart the mysterious course of a career that had seemed full of limitless promise. He also embarks upon a provocative investigation of America in the 1950s - exploring the assumptions inherited by the "silent generation" as well as how those assumptions fared during the subsequent transformation of American society in the years that followed. Remembering Denny is not only a memoir of friendship, but also a meditation on our country's evolving sense of self."--Jacket.
Scribner's Magazine
Author: Wrotten English
Author: Peter HainingPublisher: Portico
ISBN: 1910232807
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Following on from the hilarious collection of typos, gaffes and howlers in Portico’s A Steroid Hit the Earth, comes Wrotten English – a fabulously funny collection of literary blunders from classic, and not-so classic, works of literature. This book is an anthology of side-splitting authors' errors, publishers' boobs, printers' devils, terrible titles, comical clangers and all manner of literary lunacy dating back since the invention of the printing press. Painstakingly researched and tapping in to the public's insatiable general interest with the written word, Wrotten English contains curious opening lines, fantastic fictions whose titles are too terrible to be true and some of the most suggestive double entendres committed by those who really should know better!
The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Scribner's Magazine
Author: Edward Livermore BurlingamePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Courage of the Commonplace
Author: Mary Raymond Shipman AndrewsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734065720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Courage of the Commonplace by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Bringing Up Boys
Author: James C. DobsonPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414341474
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Here’s sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation’s most trusted parenting authority, Dr. James Dobson. With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it’s no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, an entire generation of boys is growing up without a clear idea of what it means to be a man. In the runaway bestseller Bringing Up Boys, Dr. Dobson draws from his experience as a child psychologist and family counselor, as well as extensive research, to offer advice and encouragement based on a firm foundation of biblical principles.