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FAMILY WORDS Every family has them. The words that only you use, your own secret language. For instance, one family has coined the word "Lurkin" for any sock that has lost it's mate because ""you know the other one is 'lurkin' around somewhere." This book is packed with these words, contributed from families from all across the country. They'll make you think, smile, and might even change your vocabulary. |
Selected WorksAmerican History: narrative non-fiction
The Bonus Army: An American Epic
The all but forgotten but dramatic story of WWI vets from their historic march on Washington in 1932, to demand the bonus promised them for their wartime service, to the passage of the GI Bill which was their lasting legacy. Baseball
The Hidden Language of Baseball
-- How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime --
"... an old-fashioned whiz-bang: Dickson's most complicated, most rewarding book yet." -James H. Bready, The Baltimore Sun, July 6, 2003 The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball
Baseball fans young and old are certain to enjoy this book. Wes Lukowsky, Booklist BASEBALL
The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary
"That rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading." -Sports Illustrated COLD WAR HISTORY
Sputnik:
The Shock of the Century
"Paul Dickson's indefatigable research and reportorial lucidity have given us a fascinating history of the event that forever changed our world." -Walter Cronkite LANGUAGE
Family Words
A dictionary of the secret language of families Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms
The only slang dictionary arranged by topic--now substantially revised and expanded. Labels For Locals
In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide. War Slang
American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War--Recommended by William Safire in his New York Times Magazine "On Language" column. POPULAR REFERENCE
Toasts
Special occasion? Need a toast? For ideas and inspiration check it out--over 1500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces. |
