Cheerio Tom, Dick and Harry
Cheerio Tom, Dick and Harry

Author: Ruth Wajnryb

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1741760461

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Written with charm and quaint wit, this study embarks on a voyage of discovery among the words that once peppered the language of baby boomers and their parents to discover why they seem to be slipping from common use. Why is it that people don't say cheerio any more? Why did they in the first place? Do people still tinker with jalopies? And whatever happened to Tom, Dick, and Harry, not to mention all those other folk who provided such excellent conversational shorthand? Filled with entertaining vignettes and intriguing etymology, this collection is a hospice th.

Q & Eh
Q & Eh

Author: Dianne Bardsley

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1869793447

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Fascinating answers to quirky questions about language Why is it not wrong to be doubly negative? Where do you place the stress in such words as 'dissect'? Where do 'wowser', 'craw thumper' and the 'f-word' come from? Do New Zealanders mangle the English language? Should we say different 'from' or 'to' or 'than'? We use it every day, but what is this thing called language, and are there rights and wrongs about its use? Four leading linguists, with specific interest in New Zealand English, tackle the common-place and quirky questions that arise from what we say, read and write. Funny, accessible, informative, this is a fascinating book.

tom, dick and hamlet
tom, dick and hamlet

Author: THOMAS FAIRFOOT

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-10-06

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1471081508

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The two guards at the beginning of Hamlet observe the story of the play as it unfolds. An hilarious and moving story of the two men. One a dreamer and the other just doing his job. The play is an easy way for students to access the drama of shakespeares play Hamlet.

Daughters of War
Daughters of War

Author: Hilary Green

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 178010071X

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A thrilling and passionate World War I saga - The year is 1912, and Britain is gripped by fear of war with Germany. Intelligent, headstrong Leonora Malham Brown feels stifled by her middle-class upbringing, so when feisty Victoria Langford introduces her to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, she seizes her chance - and when trouble flares in the Balkans, the girls head to Bulgaria to offer their assistance on the battlefield. Neither are prepared for the grim realities of war, but as well as danger, fear and excitement, Leo will find unexpected - and passionate - romance.

Target Area
Target Area

Author: John Binning

Publisher:

Published: 1943

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Novel; story of the author and his comrades, soldiers at an advanced operational base, Darwin, World War II.

Frontline Nurses
Frontline Nurses

Author: Holly Green

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1473560535

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Can she follow her heart while doing her duty? A heartwarming saga following nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas's A Nightingale Christmas Promise, Lizzie Page's The War Nurses and Margaret Dickinson's The Poppy Girls. After training with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Leonora Malham Brown sets off to Europe with her new friend, Victoria, determined to do her bit for the war effort. The battlefield is a difficult place for a woman so Leonora cuts her hair short and swaps her skirts for trousers in order to better cope with the demanding duties of a frontline nurse. But concealing her true identity becomes more complicated when she meets the dashing Colonel Malkovic. Torn between keeping her secret and their blossoming friendship, Leonora must choose between her duty and her heart... A moving emotional wartime saga about brave nurses on the battlefield, based on an amazing true story. ________________________________ Make sure you've read all the books in the Frontline Nurses series: 1. Frontline Nurses 2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses And don't miss Holly Green's new series set in a Liverpool Workhouse: 1. Workhouse Orphans 2. Workhouse Angel 3. Workhouse Nightingale 4. Workhouse Girl

Annotations to Finnegans Wake
Annotations to Finnegans Wake

Author: Roland McHugh

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780801883828

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Long considered the essential guide to Joyce's famously difficult work, Roland McHugh's Annotations to "Finnegans Wake" provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with a wealth of information in an easy-to-use format uniquely suited to this densely layered text. Each page of the Annotations corresponds directly with a page of the standard Viking/Penguin edition of Finnegans Wake and contains line-by-line notes following the placement of the passages to which they refer. The reader can thus look directly from text to notes and back again, with no need to consult separate glossaries or other listings. McHugh's richly detailed notes distill decades of scholarship, explicating foreign words, unusual English connotations and colloquial expressions, place names, historical events, song titles and quotations, parodies of other texts, and Joyce's diverse literary and popular sources. The third edition has added material reflecting fifteen years of research, including significant new insights from Joyce's compositional notebooks (the "Buffalo Notebooks"), now being edited for the first time.

Annotations to Finnegans Wake
Annotations to Finnegans Wake

Author: Roland McHugh

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2016-02-24

Total Pages: 659

ISBN-13: 1421419076

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Long considered the essential guide to Joyce's famously difficult work, Roland McHugh's Annotations to "Finnegans Wake" provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with a wealth of information in an easy-to-use format uniquely suited to this densely layered text. Each page of the Annotations corresponds directly with a page of the standard Viking/Penguin edition of Finnegans Wake and contains line-by-line notes following the placement of the passages to which they refer. The reader can thus look directly from text to notes and back again, with no need to consult separate glossaries or other listings. McHugh's richly detailed notes distill decades of scholarship, explicating foreign words, unusual English connotations and colloquial expressions, place names, historical events, song titles and quotations, parodies of other texts, and Joyce's diverse literary and popular sources. The third edition has added material reflecting fifteen years of research, including significant new insights from Joyce's compositional notebooks (the "Buffalo Notebooks"), now being edited for the first time.