In Praise of Profanity

In Praise of Profanity
Author: Michael Adams
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199337586

In In Praise of Profanity, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we consistently fail to appreciate it as a legitimate means of expressing ourselves.

The Great Dictionary English - Finnish

The Great Dictionary English - Finnish
Author: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Publisher: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Total Pages: 6161
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This dictionary contains around 80,000 English terms with their Finnish translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Finnish. If you need translations from Finnish to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Finnish - English is recommended.

Fly by Wire

Fly by Wire
Author: William Langewiesche
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2009-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 142996331X

On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide it to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation, the "Miracle on the Hudson," and Captain Sully was the hero. But how much of the success of this dramatic landing can actually be credited to the genius of the pilot? To what extent is the "miracle" on the Hudson the result of extraordinary—but not widely known, and in some cases quite controversial—advances in aviation and computer technology over the past twenty years? In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, William Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the "miracle" on the Hudson, and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.

Clusterfuck

Clusterfuck
Author: Carlton Mellick Iii
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781621051176

"Set in the same woods as Mellick's splatterpunk satire Apeshit, Clusterfuck follows Trent Chesterton, alpha bro, who has come up with what he thinks is a flawless plan to get laid. He invites three hot chicks and his three best bros on a weekend of extreme cave diving in a remote area known as Turtle Mountain, hoping to impress the ladies with his expert caving skills. But things don't quite go as Trent planned. For starters, only one of the three chicks turns out to be remotely hot and she has no interest in him for some inexplicable reason. Then he ends up looking like a total dumbass when everyone learns he's never actually gone caving in his entire life. And to top it all off, he's the one to get blamed once they find themselves lost and trapped deep underground with no way to turn back and no possible chance of rescue. What's a bro to do? Sure he could win some points if he actually tried to save the ladies from the family of unkillable subterranean cannibal mutants hunting them for their flesh, but fuck that. No slam piece is worth that amount of effort. He'd much rather just use them as bait so that he can save himself"--Page 4 of cover.

Welcome To The Clusterfuck

Welcome To The Clusterfuck
Author: Curse Crew Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2019-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781692088323

A funny, sweary gift for anyone who loves creative cursing. Makes a hilarious gag gift, white elephant or yankee swap gift. Give as a gift or card replacement to celebrate a birthday, holiday, or retirement to your hilarious and profane friend or family member. Size: 6x9 Pages: 100 Cover: Matte Paperback This lined, notebook is perfect for any potty mouth person. It is great for taking notes, writing to do lists, journaling, organizing, or brainstorming. Notebooks & journals are a fun gift for adults, teens or kids for any gift giving occasion!

The F Word

The F Word
Author: Jesse Sheidlower
Publisher: Random House Reference
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1999
Genre: English language
ISBN:

WARNING: Usually considered vulgar. X-rated. Censored. Bleep. Not for polite company. Due to adult language, viewer and parental discretion advised. Wash your mouth out with soap. Good boys and girls don't use that kind of language. Obscene. Immoral. Immodest. And indecent. IS THIS ALL YOU THINK ABOUT THE F-WORD? HERE'S THE FULL STORY! Has any other single word ever sparked so much creativity, and captured so many imaginations? The F-Word contains page after page of actual, uncensored examples of the word in all its varied and robust use, from its first appearance in English in the fifteenth century to its use in the Starr Report. This second edition includes many new words and phrases, F-words from Britain, Ireland, and Australia, and hundreds of new examples of usage. Words, explanations, and examples come from thousands of sources, including Robert Burns, Norman Mailer, E.E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Liz Phair, Jack Kerouac, Anne Sexton, "Playboy, and the Internet. Here is all you've (n)ever wanted to know about the word still considered the most vulgar utterance in the English language--and perhaps one of the most creative, as well.

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 5135
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1351765205

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.

The Great Dictionary English - Russian

The Great Dictionary English - Russian
Author: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Publisher: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Total Pages: 4403
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This dictionary contains around 60,000 English terms with their Russian translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Russian. If you need translations from Russian to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Russian - English is recommended.

The Great Dictionary English - Polish

The Great Dictionary English - Polish
Author: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Publisher: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Total Pages: 4480
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This dictionary contains around 60,000 English terms with their Polish translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Polish. If you need translations from Polish to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Polish - English is recommended.

The Bangtail Ghost

The Bangtail Ghost
Author: Keith McCafferty
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525562060

"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist." --C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author In Montana's Gravelly Range, paw prints and a single whisker discovered at a scene of horrific violence suggest a woman had been attacked and carried away by a mountain lion. Sheriff Martha Ettinger employs her fiancé, sometimes-detective Sean Stranahan, to put a name to the gnawed bones comprising all that is left of the body. The woman's is the first of several deaths that Sean suspects are not as easily explained as they appear. . As a reign of terror grips the Madison Valley, blood in the tracks will lead him from the river below to the snow-covered ridge tops, as Sean finds himself on his most adventurous and dangerous quest yet. For as he comes closer to unearthing the secret shared by the dead and missing, the tracks he is following will turn, and the hunter becomes the hunted.