Hard Row

Author : Margaret Maron
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446198285
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hard Row written by Margaret Maron and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the countryside. An early spring sun has begun to shine like a blessing on the fertile fields of North Carolina, but along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well. Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads of Colleton County, and the search for the victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, into the desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor. In the meantime, Deborah and Dwight continue to adjust to married life and to having Dwight's eight-year-old son, Cal, live with them full time. When another body is found, these newlyweds will discover dark truths that threaten to permanently alter the serenity of their rural surroundings and their new life together.

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Americanisms--old & New written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Michael Faraday
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amāsis written by Philip Michael Faraday and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ross Petras
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399581278
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means written by Ross Petras and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all. By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation.

Author : Christine Ammer
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547677537
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms written by Christine Ammer and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “all systems go” to “senior moment”—a comprehensive reference to idiomatic English. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings and origins of idioms that may not make literal sense but play an important role in the language—including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room. With extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language, this second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today—a remarkable reference for those studying the English language, or anyone who enjoys learning its many wonderful quirks and expressions. “Invaluable as a teaching tool.” —School Library Journal

Author : Michael B. Montgomery
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469662558
Total Pages : 3218 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 3218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award–winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia—an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee—and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.

Author : Sara Ney
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781717306364
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jock Row written by Sara Ney and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarlett is always the sensible one: The sober driver. The planner. The one holding your hair back while you're worshiping the porcelain gods. Week-after-week, she visits Jock Row with her friends-the universities hottest party scene and breeding ground for student athletes. And if keeping her friends out of trouble, and guys out of their pants, was a sport, she'd be the star athlete. Being a well known jock-blocker gets her noticed for all the wrong reasons; just like that, she's banned from Jock Row. NO GUY WANTS A GIRL AROUND WHO KEEPS THEIR JOCK FRIENDS FROM GETTING LAID. "Rowdy" Wade is the hot shot short-stop for the universities baseball team-and the unlucky bastard who drew the short straw: keep little Miss Goody Two-Shoes out of the Baseball House. But week-after-week Scarlett returns, determined to get inside.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146553332X
Total Pages : 6975 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More than Three Hundred Years with Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc. written by Anonymous and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 6975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786459956
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases written by Yuri Dolgopolov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Epworth Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: