New Releases by Jonathon Green

Thousands of wryly amusing quotations on every conceivable aspect of life, arranged thematicallyTopics covered range from acting to writing, from happiness to poverty, and from civilisation to sexRepresents the biting wit and world-weary wisdom of cynics from all walks of life and all periods of history, including Aesop, Simone de Beauvoir, Noel Coward, Bette Davis, Albert Einstein and Frederick the Great to name but a fewFull author index

Want rice and Aberdeens for dinner? Or andy mcnish--wouldn''t that be apples and spice? It''s rhyme time, and this witty, wildly inventive dictionary will inform you those "code words" stand for beans, fish, and nice. Amazingly detailed, it includes a history of rhyming slang, 100 categories, and over 2,500 phrases. Best of all, it takes a "bilingual" approach that lets you learn new slang while looking up the old!

This account expands upon the author''s previous Days in the Life to provide a fascinating and controversial overview of the cultural and political events of the 1960s. Green''s starting point is the invention of the teenager, Teds, Beats and CND; he finishes with the Oz trial, the women''s movement and gay politics. In between, his focus is on the whole panoply of that extraordinary decade, from sex, drugs and rock''n''roll to student protests. He also surveys the anti-Vietnam movement, and the radical social legislation pioneered by Roy Jenkins - on abortion, obscenity, homosexuality and capital punishment. The underground press, the Arts Lab, Swinging London, anti-psychiatry, the hippie trail, the festivals, the drug busts, all fall under an affectionate but critical eye, celebrating the prevailing optimism of the decade without being blind to its absurdities.

Takes popular standard English terms and traces the development of their slang equivalents over the past 500 years

From the hapless pig to the more sinister rat, Jonathon Green shows how throughout history we have used words for animals, diseases and parts of the body to ridicule, debase and abuse anyone of a different nation, race or religion.

The US edition of Neologisms published in 1991 by Bloomsbury (London). A collection of new words and phrases that have entered the English language since 1960--with definitions and, frequently, quotations illustrating use. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

From a go-go to zonked, this is an A to Z of the words which have entered the English language since 1960. With over 2000 entries and 4000 definitions, this reflects the preoccupations and characters for three decades - from rock ''n'' roll to the jargon of the Gulf War.

Selections from interviews of first-generation immigrants.

A compendium of wit and witticisms on the topic of food and feasting, from writers and celebrities throughout the ages Such quotes include: "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are."--Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin "Civilized adults do not take apple juice with dinner."--Fran Lebowitz "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."--Oscar Wilde "Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."--Mark Twain "The trouble with the world is that everybody in it is three drinks behind."--Humphrey Bogart "You can never be too rich or too thin."--The Duchess of Windsor "I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond."--Mae West "Life is too short to stuff mushrooms."--Shirley Conrant

A collection of cynical quotations.

George Orwell coined the term '' Newspeak'' for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries '' selected from the slangs and specific vocabularies of trades, professions and interests '' covering such areas as the world of entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance. This dictionary provides an accurate and useful linguistic guide for students of lexicography ...

With more than 15,000 definitions from aardvark to ''zup?, this is a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions.

Gathers sardonic quotations about acting, popularity, neighbors, government, women, men, jealousy, happiness, beauty, morality, and history