Download or read book Billy No Mates written by Max Dickins and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Where have all my friends gone?’ When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man. He quickly learned that he wasn’t the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless studies from across the world have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women – and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? Dickins is going to find out. Join Max on his funny and charmingly candid search as he takes a defibrillator to his social life. As he ultimately discovers that if he wants a Best Man, then he needs to be a better man.
Download or read book What Made The Crocodile Cry written by Susie Dent and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparkling with insight and linguistic curiosity, this delightful compendium answers 101 of the most intriguing questions about the English language, from word origins and spelling to grammar and usage. Irresistible to anyone with an interest in the words around them.
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English A I written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Download or read book The Narrow Bed written by Sophie Hannah and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do? A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target? This is the next chilling novel from the queen of psychological crime - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . .
Download or read book The World and London According to Nick Ferrari written by Nick Ferrari and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Ferrari began his media career as a news reporter on the Sunday Mirror before working on a range of newspaper posts including his position as Editor of the News of the World's Sunday magazine and Assistant Editor of The Daily Mirror. He was instrumental in the launch of the Sky News channel. Over the years he has interviewed everyone in the spotlight from Elton John to Arthur Scargill, David Bowie to Gordon Brown. He is currently the host of Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, LBC's award-winning primetime show.
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Download or read book Position Papers February 2023 written by Position Papers Team and published by Eblana Solutions. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editorial Gavan Jennings In Passing: Doctor Zhivago - a masterpiece revisited Michael Kirke Rediscovering Waugh (Part One) James Bradshaw The forgotten killing fields of Europe Tim O’Sullivan Humankind: A Hopeful History Gavan Jennings Why men have few friends David Gibney Prince Harry’s autobiography is a Niagara of self-pity Kurt Mahlburg
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