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0-7679-1043-5. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words ( ISBN 0-7679-1043-5) is a book by Bill Bryson, published under several titles since 1984, that catalogues some of the English language 's most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate preferable usage. It helps writers and editors to think about how to make written ...
United States. ISBN. 978-0-375-42172-3 (first edition) Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word is a 2002 book by Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School about the history and sociology of the word nigger. "The power of ' Nigger,'" Charles Taylor wrote in Salon, "is that Kennedy writes fully of the word, neither condemning its every use ...
LC Class. G154.5.B79 A3 2006. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in ...
496. ISBN. 0-380-71381-0. Made in America is a nonfiction book by Bill Bryson describing the history of the English language in the United States and the evolution of American culture. [1]
Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought, which could possibly be understood as a mental disorder. Although many behaviors could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology typically deals with behavior in a clinical context. [1][2]: 1–4 There is a long history of ...
Dewey Decimal. 420.9. LC Class. PE1072 .B76 1990. The Mother Tongue is a 1990 book by Bill Bryson which compiles the history and origins of the English language and its various quirks. [1] It is subtitled English And How It Got That Way. The book discusses the Indo-European origins of English, the growing status of English as a global language ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 October 2024. English archbishop and martyr (1119/20–1170) "Thomas a Becket" redirects here. Not to be confused with Thomas à Beckett (disambiguation). For the school in Northampton, see Thomas Becket Catholic School. For other uses, see Thomas Beckett. Saint Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury ...
The word "nigger" is used by the child characters in some of the Swallows and Amazons series, written in the 1930s by Arthur Ransome, e.g. in referring to how the (white) characters appear in photographic negatives ("Look like niggers to me") in The Big Six, and as a synonym for black pearls in Peter Duck.