Zany Zed

Author : Sue Harris
Publisher : Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571459435
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zany Zed written by Sue Harris and published by Silver Dolphin Books. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zany Zed, a mischievous bee, wonders if the reason his friends won't play with him is because he is bugging them too much. But the BusyBugz give him a surprise to show him he's a great friend.

Author : Christopher J. Moore
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1606523104
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Queen's English written by Christopher J. Moore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "chips" and "crumbs" to "spending a penny," The Queen's English is your indispensable guide to surviving and thriving in the tricky byways of the English language, which has shown many a poor soul the way out for little more than twanging a vowel, splitting an infinitive or, crime of all crimes, saying dinner instead of tea. With The Queen's English there's no need to become "flummoxed" ever again. This must-have A to Z guide uncovers the quintessential meanings behind more than 100 familiar words and phrases of the distinctively British lexicon, including: By hook or by crook (adv. phrase): It is good to find a phrase in common use that goes back as far as this one, and which appears (though not entirely proven) to link back to England's feudal past. In medieval times when the peasantry were not allowed to cut down trees, they were permitted nonetheless to gather firewood from loose or dead branches which could be obtained using "hook" (bill hook, a traditional cutting tool) or "crook," a staff with a curved end. No doubt the desperate peasant often exceeded the strict use of these tools, and so the sense is to achieve something by whatever means possible. The first recorded use of the phrase is from the fourteenth century. Gazump (vt.): Usually so proud of their reputation for playing fair, the English have a curious blind spot when it comes to buying and selling houses. To "gazump" is to raise the price of a piece of real estate after the sale has been agreed but before the contract is signed, usually on the pretext that the owner has received a higher offer elsewhere. The original buyer is then forced to raise their offer or the property goes to the higher bidder. This unethical but not illegal practice appeared first with the spelling "gazoomph" and was derived from an older and more general term "gazumph" (or gezumph) for the various kinds of swindling that go on at dishonest auctions. In a nutshell (adv. phrase): "Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a King of infinite space..." cries Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragic play. But the meaning of the expression, namely, to put much into a small space, goes way back to classical times, to Pliny's Natural History where he writes: "Cicero records that a parchment copy of Homer's poem The Iliad was enclosed in a nutshell (in nuce)." In Shakespeare's own time, a Bible is said to have been produced that could fit into a nutshell, and that curiosity may have come to the playwright's notice. People like us (np.): Often abbreviated to PLU, this phrase is used by those of a certain social class to approve of others as acceptable by birth and station, and originates in the 1940s milieu typified by the artistic, wayward, and eccentric Mitford sisters, daughters of the second Baron Redesdale. We get a flavor of the attitude where Nancy Mitford, in a letter to her sister Jessica (August 28, 1957), declared that "People Like Us are never killed in earthquakes ...." Nancy refined the art of social class distinctions in her book Noblesse Oblige with a list of subtle differences in vocabulary first defined as U (upper class) and non-U (aspriring middle class) by the sociolinguist Alan Ross in 1954. So if you ever wanted to know what it means to be a "meat-and-potatoes man," a "lame duck," or to be in a "pretty pickle," stop "umming and erring" and read this fascinating collection "straightaway."

Author : Craig Saper
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823271471
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown written by Craig Saper and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary publishing, e-media, and writing owe much to an unsung hero who worked in the trenches of the culture industry (for pulp magazines, Hollywood films, and advertising) and caroused and collaborated with the avant-garde throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Robert Carlton Brown (1886–1959) turned up in the midst of virtually every significant American literary, artistic, political, and popular or countercultural movement of his time—from Chicago’s Cliff Dweller’s Club to Greenwich Village’s bohemians and the Imagist poets; from the American vanguard expatriate groups in Europe to the Beats. Bob Brown churned out pulp fiction and populist cookbooks, created the first movie tie-ins, and invented a surreal reading machine more than seventy-five years ahead of e-books. He was a real-life Zelig of modern culture. With The Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown, Craig Saper disentangles, for the first time, the many lives and careers of the intriguing figure behind so much of twentieth-century culture. Saper’s lively and engaging yet erudite and subtly experimental style offers a bold new approach to biography that perfectly complements his multidimensional subject. Readers are brought along on a spirited journey with Bob and the Brown clan—Cora (his mother), Rose (his wife), and Bob, a creative team who sometimes went by the name of CoRoBo—through globetrotting, fortune-making and fortune-spending, culture-creating and culture-exploring adventures. Along the way, readers meet many of the most important cultural figures and movements of the era and are witness to the astonishingly prescient vision Brown held of the future of American cultural life in the digital age. Although Brown traveled and lived all around the world, he took Manhattan with him, and his New York City had boroughs around the world.

Author : Robert Nares
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c. which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries written by Robert Nares and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Margaret Rees-Boughton
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 043545210X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The RSA Typing and Word Processing Book written by Margaret Rees-Boughton and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1993 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for people learning typing and word-processing at school, college, work or home, this book is published in association with the RSA Examinations Board and prepares students for NVQs through an emphasis on work-related integrated activities. A corresponding tutor's pack is also available. The practice material and exam-style tasks allow for student autonomy which prepares them for the workplace. The book speeds up and maintains interest during the learning process by combining keyboard skills with the learning of new techniques such as letter layout.

Author : Robert Nares
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glossary; Or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration in the Works of English Authors. New Ed. with Additions by James O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright written by Robert Nares and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Nares
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glossary written by Robert Nares and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Diane Stafford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402201035
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 40,001 Best Baby Names written by Diane Stafford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For parents interested in infinite possibilities, this is the most complete and up-to-date baby-naming book on the market.

Author : Gordon Penrose
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780671725525
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sensational Science Activities with Dr. Zed written by Gordon Penrose and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty-one projects which can be safely done at home using readily available materials, demonstrating basic scientific concepts, from physics to chemistry to biology.

Author : Robert Nares
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions in the Works of English Authors Particularly of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries written by Robert Nares and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: