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Dictionary Of Contemporary Slang

Emma — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. “Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread.” Daily Telegraph

Know The Game Trampolining

Emma — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to
a huge range of sports. For 50 years they have been the first step into
a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series has
now been relaunched in a new format with a modern design – making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed with colour photos and
illustrations, top tips and interesting facts. Each book contains
everything you need to know about the sport, including equipment,
rules, techniques and training tips. There’s even information on how to
find a club and meet new people to play the sport with. And having been
written and endorsed by the sport’s professional body, you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.

Know The Game Golf

Emma — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Know the Game Golf is the perfect introduction to the sportfor all ages, whether you are a keen club player or beginner. It ispacked with expert text, clear illustrations and photographs of theprofessionals in action.

The book includes:

The rules – all the rules from scoring to matchplay and etiquette
Equipment – guide to buying the right clubs for you
The skills – step-by-step guide to all the basic skills,including the grip, stance, swing and the different strokes fromdriving to putting
How to keep score during a round

The Know the Gameseries is firmly established as thedefinitive introduction to a wide range of sports and games. Written bythe experts, you can be sure that they contain everything you need toknow to take part.

Snow Flower & Secret Fan

Emma — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily’s feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman’s eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women’s writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.

Know The Game Rounders 3rd

Emma — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format and a modern design – making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed with colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips. There’s even information on how to find a club and meet new people to play the sport with. And having been written and endorsed by the sport’s professional body, you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.

Know The Game Boxing

Emma — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format and a modern design – making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed with colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips. There’s even information on how to find a club and meet new people to play the sport with. And having been written and endorsed by the sport’s professional body, you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.

Little Friend

Emma — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Twelve-year-old Harriet is doing her best to grow up, which is not easy as her mother is permanently on medication, her father has silently moved to another city, and her serene sister rarely notices anything. All of them are still suffering from the shocking and mysterious death of her brother Robin twelve years earlier, and it seems to Harriet that the family may never recover. So, inspired by Captain Scott, Houdini, and Robert Louis Stevenson, she sets out with her only friend Hely to find Robin’s murderer and punish him. But what starts out as a child’s game soon becomes a dark and dangerous journey into the menacing underworld of a small Mississippi town.