Author : Charles Hunter
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1599798069
DIVEveryone needs to laugh-laugh more often, laugh at ourselves, and laugh at the nonsensical circumstances and situations we face every day. Humor strengthens the immune system, enabling the body to fight sickness and disease. Drawing from two lifetimes of joyful ministry, Charles and Frances Hunter have compiled some fabulous jokes, anecdotes, musings, and mind twisters to make your heart merry and speed healing to your body and soul./div
Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0192584383
What is it to 'cock a snook', where is the land of Nod, and who was first to go the extra mile? Find the answers to these questions (and many more!) in the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms. This dictionary uncovers the meanings of myriad phrases and sayings that are used daily in the English language, encompassing more than 10,000 figurative expressions, similes, sayings, and proverbs. More than 400 idioms have been added to this new edition, and comprise recently coined and common sayings alike. New additions include 'back of the net', 'drag and drop', 'go it alone', 'how come?', 'if you ask me', 'make your skin crawl', and 'woe betide'. Illustrative quotations sourced from the Oxford corpora give contextual examples of the idioms and their standard usage, and many entries include background information on the origins of the idiom in question. An updated thematic index makes for easy navigation, and anyone who is interested in the origins and diversity of English vernacular will have hours of fun browsing this fascinating dictionary.
Author : Neil Landau
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134621329
If you’ve ever dreamed of being in charge of your own network, cable, or web series, then this is the book for you. The TV Showrunner’s Roadmap provides you with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your own hit show. Combining his 20+ years as a working screenwriter and UCLA professor, Neil Landau expertly guides you through 21 essential insights to the creation of a successful show, and takes you behind the scenes with exclusive and enlightening interviews with showrunners from some of TV’s most lauded series, including: Breaking Bad Homeland Scandal Modern Family The Walking Dead Once Upon a Time Lost House, M.D. Friday Night Lights The Good Wife From conception to final rewrite, The TV Showrunner’s Roadmap is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to create a series that won’t run out of steam after the first few episodes. This groundbreaking guide features a companion website with additional interviews and bonus materials. www.focalpress.com/cw/landau So grab your laptop, dig out that stalled spec script, and buckle up. Welcome to the fast lane.
Author : Eddie Davis
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 1954
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN :
Author : May
Publisher : Monsoon Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9814423203
This book is a step-by-step guide to becoming a consistently successful mega-moneymaking adult entertainer, businessperson and seductress. As a successful adult entertainer, who has been in the adult entertainment industry for over twenty years and has had consistent success year after year, May imparts the secrets of her success that helped her to also eventually become a successful businesswoman and venture capitalist – living and investing in both New York City and New York State. In this book, May describes in detail how succeed in anything that you set out to do in life, whether your goal is to become a successful businessperson, a successful woman or a successful adult entertainer. It is important to note that adult entertainment is neither porn nor prostitution – adult entertainers do not engage in sex for money – they make their living by selling a fantasy. Women from all walks of life can learn to use the selling of this fantasy in order to get ahead. Additionally, businesspeople can use the sales techniques outlined in this book in order to succeed further and close every deal. So read about how to hunt and capture your prey, have a “happy hunting” and not a “happy ending”.
Author : Melissa Bank
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141909633
Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is the New York Times bestselling novel by Melissa Bank The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realise that it's a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skilfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to come of age as a young woman. 'This chronicle of a New Yorker's relationships has a wit and perceptiveness that singles it out from the crowd' Guardian 'As hilarious as Girls' Guide is, there's a wise, serious core here' Wall Street Journal 'A sexy, pour-your-heart-out, champagne tingle of a read-thoughtful, wise, and tell-all honest. Bank's is a voice that you'll remember' Cosmopolitan
Author : Matthew Evanoff
Publisher : Matthew Evanoff
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Learning English idioms can be difficult for ESL speakers. This book will help simplify some of the common words and expressions native English speakers use. Use it as a reference, or read it as a learning exercise, and you will improve your English in no time at all!
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release :
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Author : Judith Siefring
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 019157953X
Did you know that 'flavour of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlours in the 1940s, when a particular flavour would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to the rather messy practice of writing impromptu notes on one's shirt cuff before speaking in public? These and many more idioms are explained and put into context in this second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms. This vastly entertaining dictionary takes a fresh look at the idiomatic phrases and sayings that make English such a rich and intriguing language. A major new edition, it contains entries for over 5000 idioms, including 350 new entries and over 500 new quotations. The text has been updated to include many new idioms using the findings of the Oxford English Reading Programme, the biggest language research programme in the world. The entries are supported by a wealth of illustrative quotations from a wide range of sources and periods. For example: 'Rowling has not been asleep at the wheel in the three years since the last Potter novel, and I am pleased to report that she has not confused sheer length with inspiration.' - Guardian, 2003. 'I made the speech of a lifetime. I had them tearing up the seats and rolling in the aisles.' - P.G. Woodhouse, 1940. Many entries include boxed features which give more detailed background on the idiom in question. For example, did you know that 'taken aback' was adopted from nautical terminology, and described a ship unable to move forward because of a strong headwind pressing its sails back against the mast? The text has been entirely redesigned so that it is both elegant and easy to use. Anyone interested in the quirky side of the English language will have hours of fun browsing through this fascinating and informative volume.
Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 019954378X
Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.
