Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase &d Fable - Rilegato

Ayto, John; Crofton, Ian

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0304368091 ISBN 13: 9780304368099

Casa editrice: Cassell, 2007

Riassunto

It’s totally revised, completely updated for the 21st century, and better than everfeaturing more than 8,000 of the most contemporary words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, names, nicknames, named” events, and book, film, and TV titles. And they’re all defined and fully explained in lively style. From bootylicious” to Hogwarts,” it focuses on the riches of the modern verbal imagination, and follows the time-honored Brewer’stradition of telling fascinating stories about the derivation and origins of each. The new editing team of John Ayto and Ian Crofton have polished the entire existing text and added some 1,000 new articles covering the cultural spectrum from literature to music, comic strips to computer games.

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Recensione

"I can't remember when I last learnt quite so many different things from one book"

(Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday)

"...peerless...Brewer's has kept ahead of the game by compiling this
marvelous compendium...It has captured the flavour of the past 100 years"

(The Times)

L'autore

Ian Crofton has compiled many works of reference, books of quotations and miscellanies over the yers, including A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (with Donald Fraser), A Dictionary of Art Quotations, The Guinness Encyclopedia (as editor-in-chief), Brewer's Dictionary of Curious Titles, and, with John Ayto Brewer's Britain and Ireland and the 2nd edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable. He lives in North London. John Ayto is a writer and lexicographer. He is the editor of the 17th edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and co-author (with Ian Crofton) of Brewer's Britain and Ireland. His other authorial credits include The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang and The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Histories. He lives in London. Ian Crofton is a writer and editor. His publications include Brewer's Curious Titles, A Dictionary of Musical Quotations and A Dictionary of Art Quotations, and he was editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopedia. He lives in London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cassell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0304368091
• ISBN 13: 9780304368099
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 853
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile