Charley
Title | Charley PDF eBook |
Author | Joan G. Robinson |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Adventure stories |
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Charley feels unwanted by Aunt Emm who has come to stay during her parents' absence, so she runs away and lives outdoors.
The Independent
Title | The Independent PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | American newspapers |
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The Independent
Title | The Independent PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Bacon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1921 |
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Title | A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Partridge |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1426 |
Release | 2006-05-02 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1134963653 |
The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
All the Year Round
Title | All the Year Round PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 1876 |
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
Title | Cassell's Dictionary of Slang PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathon Green |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 1600 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780304366361 |
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Independent and Weekly Review
Title | Independent and Weekly Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 630 |
Release | 1921 |
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