Author: Lynn Schnaiberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393323481
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The very best Chicagoland spots for running, biking, kayaking, and other outdoor or gym activities are revealed by an ETHS graduate from the class of 1987.
Author: Gretchen Voss
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393323559
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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A where-to guide to outdoor adventure in one of America's greatest metro centers--indispensible for today's young urbanites who crave outdoor sports and won't settle for less.
Author: Gretchen Voss
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: David Howard
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393322125
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Beneath the glitter and glamour, New York hides surprising chances to pursue active outdoor sports. This guide features detailed descriptions of rides, routes, resources, and hangouts for two dozen sports in and around the Big Apple. 50 maps.
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317372514
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 21043
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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.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Author: Curtain Time Press
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ISBN: 9780975899403
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: Partners Book Distributing
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Author: Brian Doyle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466868074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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On the last day of summer, some years ago, a young college graduate moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the vast and muscular lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, Brian Doyle's Chicago is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget, and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351765205
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 5135
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer 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. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
