The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English

The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English
Author: Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2017-08-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107129052

This is a detailed diachronic study of a set of English pragmatic markers, providing insights concerning their syntactic and semantic development.

The Road to Whatever

The Road to Whatever
Author: Elliott Currie
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2005-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0805067639

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
Author: Phoebe Robinson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0525534148

DON’T MISS PHOEBE ROBINSON’S COMEDY SERIES EVERYTHING’S TRASH—NOW ON FREEFORM! New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the dumpster fire that is our world. Wouldn't it be great if life came with instructions? Of course, but like access to Michael B. Jordan's house, none of us are getting any. Thankfully, Phoebe Robinson is ready to share everything she has experienced to prove that if you can laugh at her topsy-turvy life, you can laugh at your own. Written in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work. Robinson also gets personal, exploring money problems she's hidden from her parents, how dating is mainly a warmed-over bowl of hot mess, and definitely most important, meeting Bono not once, but twice. She's struggled with being a woman with a political mind and a woman with an ever-changing jeans size. She knows about trash because she sees it every day--and because she's seen roughly one hundred thousand hours of reality TV and zero hours of Schindler's List. With the intimate voice of a new best friend, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay is a candid perspective for a generation that has had the rug pulled out from under it too many times to count.

Elements Unlimited - Volume A

Elements Unlimited - Volume A
Author: Brian Swingle
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2012-12-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1300565527

Book 1 in a series of 20 books about life on a farm and although you would think the farm life was boring a lot more goes on in the mind then one might usually recognize

Hiding in Sunshine

Hiding in Sunshine
Author: Caitlin Stuart
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1477283307

Living lives of quiet affluence in a historic, suburban Boston town, Gavin and Lisa Brinkley had no idea how quickly and decisively their lives, and those of their two young daughters, could be upended. A series of events a mysterious break-in at their home, some menacing tailgating on the highway from Boston, a startling visit from an F.B.I. agent warning of an imminent kidnapping attempt leads to the familys abrupt uprooting from its comfortable existence into a terrifying new existence on the run, under new identities. This taut thriller by a father-daughter team follows the eleven-year odyssey of an American family on the run, in hiding through the mountain states of the American west, where survival skills and living off the grid are paramount, but so are friendship, cooperation, and resilience. The enemy, always lurking just out of sight, is a foreign cyber-criminal enterprise that launches breathtaking assaults on the American banking system and physical infrastructure, but the Brinkleys also know that the threat is deeply personal, reaching ever closer to them from the shadows of the past. At the same time, Gavin and Lisa discover the perils of wandering too close to the edges of the dark side, in the murky world of cyber-security. A compelling story of suspense and treachery, HIDING IN SUNSHINE is also a celebration of a familys abiding love and courage -- and a young girls faith in the triumph of the truth.

The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women

The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women
Author: Dawn Dais
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1580059325

Anyone can run a marathon. Dawn Dais makes it a little more bearable -- and a lot more fun Dawn Dais hated running. And it didn't like her much, either. Her fitness routine consisted of avoiding the stairs in her own house, because who really has the energy to climb stairs? It was with this exercise philosophy firmly in place that she set off to complete a marathon. The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women is the ideal training manual for women who don't believe that running is their biological destiny but who dream of crossing the finish line nonetheless. Nonrunners offers a realistic training schedule and is chock-full of how-to's and funny observations, which she felt were lacking in the guides she had consulted. She also integrates entries from her journal, sharing everything would-be marathoners need to know about the gear, the blisters, the early morning workouts, the late-night carb binges, and most important of all, the amazing rewards. Running may not seem like a friendly endeavor, but with Dawn Dais, you can tame the beast and hit the marathon trail.

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
Author: The Onion
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 031613323X

Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.

Divalicious!

Divalicious!
Author: Afra Altaf
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2009
Genre: Fathers and daughters
ISBN: 1434995054

The story of 14-year-old aspiring actress Hilary Simpson. Her friends want to become famous singers, so Hilary agrees to join them in forming Divalicious! Meanwhile, her father makes a surprising return into her life after a 13-year absence, creating problems for Hilary when he asks her and her mother to move with him to another city. Hilary hates the idea and tries to put a stop to it.

The Best Man Plan

The Best Man Plan
Author: Jaci Burton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451491297

New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton kicks off a dreamy new series with a sweep-you-off-your-feet friends-to-lovers romance. Three days before Erin Bellini's wedding, her fiancé breaks up with her--in an email! Hurt and embarrassed, she decides to have a fling with veterinarian Jason Callum, who's both the best man and the hottest guy she knows. But Jason wants a lot more than just a one-night stand with the woman he's cared about for years. So he's taking things slow. And hot. And showing Erin what real love can look like. Suddenly Erin finds herself spending a lot more time with Jason than she intended. Feelings she never planned on having again are wrapping around her heart, refusing to let go. Erin isn't sure she can trust her instincts, though. After all, she made a terrible choice with her ex-fiancé. But Jason intends to convince her that he's the best man for her, and that what they have together is a real love that will last forever.