Originally published in 1941, this pocket-sized treasury preserves the language of diners and roadside restaurants during their golden age in the '30s and '40s. From "all hot" (baked potato) and "dog soup" (water) to "perk" (coffee) and "first lady" (spare ribs), the long-lost terms are fascinating, funny, and sometimes politically incorrect by today's standards. Historic photos from the Library of Congress add nostalgic appeal.

Miscommunicating Social Change analyzes the discourses of three social movements and the alternative media associated with them, revealing that the Enlightenment narrative, though widely critiqued in academia, remains the dominant way of conceptualizing social change in the name of democratization in the post-Soviet terrain. The main argument of this book is that the "progressive" imaginary, which envisages progress in the unidirectional terms of...

Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating...

Today English has almost become indispensable in India and abroad, as it is considered to be a standard, international language of communication across the globe. Hence, learning this language has become a necessity, irrespective of one's age, sex, colour or race. English Grammar And Usage is an altogether different and unique book for understanding and learning the language easily and quickly by writing and speaking innumerable readymade sentences...

How does an actor bring a script to life? The actor must know how to read a script, break it down, and mine all of its clues in order to make the most effective choices. The Anatomy of a Choice: An Actor's Guide to Text Analysis offers the actor a concrete method for approaching a script. This guide details a simple process to discover and define a character's scene and super-objective, obstacle, beats, and tactics. It includes practical information...

Many writers now realise that they can self-publish, but few understand that to be successful they also need to self-market! The most effective way to market yourself as a writer is by creating a writer's platform - website, blog, social media presence and a mailing list. But how do you do that? In "How to Build Your Writer's Platform", Geoff Hughes walks the beginner through basic internet marketing techniques, to help a self-publishing writer build...

The Writer's Internet is a book aimed at writers who want to get the best out of the Internet, but don't know how. Written in an easy-to-read and friendly style, it demystifies the World Wide Web and makes it more accessible to writers. The Writer's Internet is, the essential guide to the World Wide Web for writers and authors.

As its sister title, A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California's most easily seen bird species-native and exotic alike-as found in a mix of urban, suburban, and traditionally natural habitats. Full-color images and clear, direct descriptions make identification easy, and author Charles Hood supplements the essential information with surprising facts and...

Rhetoric Across Borders features a select representation of 27 essays and excerpts from the "In Conversation" panels at the Rhetoric Society of America's 2014 conference on "Border Rhetorics."

Simplified American Sign Language in Sentence form to develop beginner level communication with deaf people who use gestures to communicate. Don Cabbage lives in El Paso, TX, and has for the last 50 years traveling across America and into other countries writing sign language books and training interpreters and teachers for the deaf community. He is married to a deaf woman and has worked in educational, professional, social, and religious situations...