Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English offers the ultimate record of modern American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer lively examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. This informative, entertaining and sometimes shocking dictionary is an unbeatable resource for all language aficionados out there.

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Download or read book Mapplethorpe written by Jack Fritscher and published by Hastings House Book Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by his ex-lover, this provocative new memoir offers an affectionate, unfiltered view of highly controversial gay photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who died from AIDS in 1989. Featuring 32 pages of photographs by and of Mapplethorpe, this intimate portrait is raw and explicit, tender and nostalgic, fascinating and illuminating.

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Download or read book The Power of Zero A found family vigilante justice story written by Jackie Keswick and published by Jackie Keswick. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin story to Jackie Keswick's popular Power of Zero series. Enjoy this poignant coming of age story of courage and hope with a touch of revenge. Who says underdogs don't bite? Twelve-year-old Jack Horwood has run from the pimp his mother sold him to, preferring to take his chances on the streets. A house with a cheerful red door – and a classic convertible out front – prompts him into a spot of breaking and entering, and soon he has a warm, dry basement to squat in. Until the owner of the house, Jamaican hacker Rio Palmer, discovers his hideout. Rio offers him a safe place to stay, but Jack doesn’t believe a word the man says and runs. Rio can’t forget the youngster who is scared and vulnerable, and stronger than many men Rio has met. Finding Jack is a tiny challenge. Teaching him to trust is like climbing a mountain. But when faced with a true zero and its power, Rio can do nothing else. The Power of Zero is the first book in the Zero Rising series, which tells Jack's origin story.

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Download or read book Cut written by Amy S. Peele and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the federal government is launching a national investigation on the “equity” of organ distribution, a female tech CEO flies across the country to get a liver transplant. Soon, well-respected transplant nurse Sarah Golden and her best friend, Jackie, find themselves tangled up in an intense plot to uncover the answer to the question on everyone’s mind: Can you buy your way up to the top of the waiting list? Their pursuit of justice brings them to Miami, San Francisco, and Chicago―a sometimes fun, sometimes dangerous roller coaster ride from which they barely escape with their lives.