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Team Talk
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
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Intoxerated
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.95
A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk
A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning...With an introduction by the wise-guy lexicographer himself, Paul Dickson, and illustrations by renowned... Read more >
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.95
A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk
A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning...With an introduction by the wise-guy lexicographer himself, Paul Dickson, and illustrations by renowned... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Intoxerated
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.95
A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk
A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning...With an introduction by the wise-guy lexicographer himself, Paul Dickson, and illustrations by renowned... Read more >
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.95
A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk
A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning...With an introduction by the wise-guy lexicographer himself, Paul Dickson, and illustrations by renowned... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Team Talk
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
All In A Word
100 Delightful Excursions into the Uses and Abuses of Words
Written by Vivian Cook
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $15.95
Delve into the hidden nature of words:
An irresistible mix of information, curiosity, and fun
Linguist Vivian Cook takes us on a brilliant series of excursions into the history and meaning of words: How do we learn words as a child? How are words born, and why do they die? Why do some... Read more >
100 Delightful Excursions into the Uses and Abuses of Words
Written by Vivian Cook
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $15.95
Delve into the hidden nature of words:
An irresistible mix of information, curiosity, and fun
Linguist Vivian Cook takes us on a brilliant series of excursions into the history and meaning of words: How do we learn words as a child? How are words born, and why do they die? Why do some... Read more >
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All In a Word
100 Delightful Excursions into the Uses and Abuses of Words
Written by Vivian Cook
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $15.95
Delve into the hidden nature of words:
An irresistible mix of information, curiosity, and fun
Linguist Vivian Cook takes us on a brilliant series of excursions into the history and meaning of words: How do we learn words as a child? How are words born, and why do they die? Why... Read more >
100 Delightful Excursions into the Uses and Abuses of Words
Written by Vivian Cook
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $15.95
Delve into the hidden nature of words:
An irresistible mix of information, curiosity, and fun
Linguist Vivian Cook takes us on a brilliant series of excursions into the history and meaning of words: How do we learn words as a child? How are words born, and why do they die? Why... Read more >
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There's a Word for It
The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $11.99
Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first no-brow (1922) Neanderthal... Read more >
The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $11.99
Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first no-brow (1922) Neanderthal... Read more >
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Drunk
The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $19.95
Here it is: from a Guinness World Records holder, the most English synonyms ever recorded for a single word—“drunk.”
Wise-guy lexicographer Paul Dickson, a consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, has long held the record for collecting the "Most Synonyms" for any term in the English language. He made the Guinness Book... Read more >
The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $19.95
Here it is: from a Guinness World Records holder, the most English synonyms ever recorded for a single word—“drunk.”
Wise-guy lexicographer Paul Dickson, a consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, has long held the record for collecting the "Most Synonyms" for any term in the English language. He made the Guinness Book... Read more >
Semantic Antics
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $13.99
"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,' very different... Read more >
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $13.99
"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,' very different... Read more >
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Build Your Power Vocabulary, Second Edition
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $13.99
Build Your Power Vocabulary will help students, writers, professionals, and anyone else improve their vocabulary. It provides all the necessary tools to expand your knowledge of the English language and speak and write with an enhanced vocabulary. Build Your Power Vocabulary has been updated to include all vocabulary, slang and jargon... Read more >
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $13.99
Build Your Power Vocabulary will help students, writers, professionals, and anyone else improve their vocabulary. It provides all the necessary tools to expand your knowledge of the English language and speak and write with an enhanced vocabulary. Build Your Power Vocabulary has been updated to include all vocabulary, slang and jargon... Read more >
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Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $21.99
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $21.99
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Vicious Vocabulary
Written by Phil Eisenhower
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate–
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine–and made them... Read more >
Written by Phil Eisenhower
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate–
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine–and made them... Read more >
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