Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Author: Paul Heacock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2003-09-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521532716

This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.

Tenterhooks

Tenterhooks
Author: Suzannah Dunn
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 0006550878

The best book yet from this witty writer In these ten stories, Suzannah Dunn shows her considerable talent for writing short fiction Wonderfully funny, clever observations of womens' lives: Auntie Fay comes to Spain for the summer, survives on insulin injections, tans to the hue of a blood blister and routinely saves the skins of Renee and her unfortunate family; the sixth form do Pembrokeshire, on a field trip of stale cigarettes, smuggled scotch, and finally, mutiny; a young woman remembers her first real love - for the ghost of her aunt's boyfriend Dunn is poised to win a major prize -Venus Flaring was called in by the Booker judges

Tender Hooks

Tender Hooks
Author: Beth Ann Fennelly
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2004
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780393058628

Beth Ann Fennelly is fearless in delineating the joys, absorptions, and—yes—jealousies of new motherhood. Having studied motherhood "as if for an exam," reality proved "wilder and deeper and funnier" than anything she'd anticipated.Tender Hooks is Fennelly's spirited exploration of parenting, with all its contradictions and complexities.

Common Errors in English Usage

Common Errors in English Usage
Author: Paul Brians
Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2003
Genre: English language
ISBN: 1887902899

Online version of Common Errors in English Usage written by Paul Brians.

SQL

SQL
Author: Chris Fehily
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2010-04-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132089475

SQL is a standard interactive and programming language for querying and modifying data and managing databases. This task-based tutorial and reference guide takes the mystery out learning and applying SQL. After going over the relational database model and SQL syntax in the first few chapters, veteran author Chris Fehily immediately launches into the tasks that will get readers comfortable with SQL. In addition to covering all the SQL basics, this thoroughly updated reference contains a wealth of in-depth SQL knowledge and serves as an excellent reference for more experienced users.

Post Haste

Post Haste
Author: Edgar Britt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466841591

Originally published in 1967 and out of print for over twenty years, Post Haste is a classic Australian story revived. Edgar Britt tells the tale of his colourful thirty year career as one of Australia’s most successful jockeys. Winning his first race in 1930 at the age of sixteen, Britt rode in Australia, India and the United Kingdom where he won nearly all the major events. He was first rider for a succession of Maharajahs and at the peak of his career even rode for the King of England.

Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins

Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
Author: Julia Cresswell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2010-09-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199547939

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.

Unlocking English: Essential Idioms for Fluent English (part 2)

Unlocking English: Essential Idioms for Fluent English (part 2)
Author: BGDS
Publisher: Gyorgy Bakocs
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 6158237914

Get to know English idioms with our friendly guide, perfect for beginners and intermediate learners. This book helps you understand common English phrases quickly and have fun along the way. With straightforward examples and short stories, each idiom is easy to grasp, making your English sound natural. You'll learn to use idioms the way native speakers do, which can make talking and writing in English much more interesting. Start exploring the world of idioms and boost your English skills today!

We Are Unprepared

We Are Unprepared
Author: Meg Little Reilly
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460395883

Meg Little Reilly places a young couple in harm’s way—both literally and emotionally—as they face a cataclysmic storm that threatens to decimate their Vermont town, and the Eastern Seaboard in her penetrating debut novel, WE ARE UNPREPARED. Ash and Pia move from hipster Brooklyn to rustic Vermont in search of a more authentic life. But just months after settling in, the forecast of a superstorm disrupts their dream. Fear of an impending disaster splits their tight-knit community and exposes the cracks in their marriage. Where Isole was once a place of old farm families, rednecks and transplants, it now divides into paranoid preppers, religious fanatics and government tools, each at odds about what course to take. WE ARE UNPREPARED is an emotional journey, a terrifying glimpse into the human costs of our changing earth and, ultimately, a cautionary tale of survival and the human