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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Oxford University Press | 1999 | ISBN: 019280104X | 480 pages | PDF | 17 MB
Slang is language with its sleeves rolled up, colorful, pointed, brash, bristling with humor and sometimes with hostility. Here, John Ayto has brought together over 10,000 slang words and phrases common to 20th-century English, to provide a comprehensive and highly engaging guide to the most outspoken corner of our language.
How Not To Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms (3rd Edition)
Oxford University Press | 3rd Edition | 2002 | ISBN: 0198604025 | 521 pages | PDF | 13,5 MB
We often use euphemisms when dealing with taboo or sensitive subjects. We speak of "full-figured" women. We "fudge" on our income tax. We get "cold feet" before our wedding. In How Not to Say What You Mean, R.W. Holder offers an engaging volume that celebrates this human tendency to use mild, vague, or roundabout expressions rather than those which are blunt, precise, and true.
1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances
Dover Publications | 2007 | ISBN: 0486457435 | 416 pages | PDF | 89 MB
A fascinating compendium of early-20th-century mechanical devices, this expansive work ranges from basic hooks and levers to complex machinery used in steam, motive, hydraulic, air, and electric power, navigation, gearing, clocks, mining, and construction. More than 1,800 engravings include simple illustrations and detailed cross-sections.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (4 Volume Set)
Berkshire Publishing Group 2005 | ISBN-10: 0974309117 | 1816 Pages | PDF | 54 MB
*Starred Review* By the same editors as the Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present (ABC-CLIO, 1996), this is a completely fresh work and, according to the introduction, of a more cross-disciplinary nature than the earlier one. The 430 entries touch a wide sports spectrum, from sports management to kinesiology; from anthropology and sociology to leisure studies; and from performance enhancement to policy analysis, in addition to individual sports and sporting events.
Encyclopedia of the Blues
Routledge (January 2006) | ISBN-10: 0415927005 | 1100 Pages | PDF | 10,5 MB
Encyclopedia of War and American Society (3-Volume Set)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc | ISBN: 0761930973 | edition 2005 | PDF | 1400 pages | 21 mb
This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, highly-credentialed multidisciplinary historical work that examines the numerous ways wars affect societies. The three volumes cover a wide range of general thematic categories, issues, and topics that address not only the geopolitical effects of war, but also show how the U.S. engagement in national and international conflicts has affected the social and cultural arena.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
Cambridge University Press 2005 | ISBN-10: 0521651174 | 684 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development is a definitive, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of leading experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach covering topics that range from neonatal development to education, encompassing pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods, physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting. The contributors also look at cultural issues, sex differences and the history of child development. Brian Hopkins is co-author of Crying as a Sign, a Symptom, and a Signal
Encyclopedia of the Essay
Routledge; 1 edition (November 1, 1997) | ISBN-10: 1884964303 | 1024 Pages | PDF | 12 MB
This is the first encyclopedia devoted entirely to the essay in all its many forms, from Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" and Pope's "Essay on Man" in verse to more conventional essays by figures such as Montaigne and Thoreau. International in scope, the work focuses on the last few centuries, since that is when the essay emerged as a literary form. There are entries for genres such as "travel essays," for various national traditions, important periodicals, "especially significant single essays," and individual essayists.
Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
Publisher: Sage Publications | ISBN: 076192731X | edition 2004 | PDF | 1377 pages | 12,7 mb
This encyclopedia features 400 alphabetically arranged, signed entries on the history and current state of imprisonment in America. The varied topics include prison architecture (Cottage system, Supermax prisons); life in prison (Gangs, Islam in prison, Lawyer’s visits); security (Electronic monitoring, Minimum security); prisoner characteristics (Drug offenders, Mothers in prison, Native American prisoners); and technicalities of punishment (Habeas corpus, Three-strikes legislation), among others.
Answers to ALL TOEFL Essay Questions
Publisher: Lulu.com | ISBN: 1411607740 | edition 2004 | PDF | 518 pages | 10,5 mb
ETS publishes its official list of TOEFL essay topics on its website. All essays assigned on the actual TOEFL test come from this list.
This book contains 400 sample essays with scores of 6.0. Each essay was written based on one of the topics from the ETS official list. The book covers 100% of these topics. Each ETS TOEFL writing topic has at least one sample answer in this book.
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