How do you cost a menu? What happens if everyone orders the sea bass? What happens if no one orders the sea bass? How do you deal with a complaint about food poisoning? How indeed can five people in a small hot kitchen produce great food for hundreds of people at twenty minutes' notice? Leading chef Andrew Parkinson answers all the questions we have ever pondered, and reveals in telling detail each bit of the everyday magic involved in running a successful restaurant.

Cutting It Fine : Inside the Restaurant Business

Jonathon, Green

Andrew Parkinson

Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random

The world's foremost lexicographer of slang reflects on the how, why and what of his singular job. For thirty years Jonathon Green has been collecting slang- the indefinable language of the gutter, the brothel, the jail, the barroom- producing a succession of dictionaries, most recently the three-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang, that have been recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative ever compiled. In this fascinating memoir Green reveals that he first began collecting slang in the 1970's, noticing the the contemporary authorities (notably Eric Partridge) preferred the past to the present, unaware of the huge array of new slang being coined by the counterculture. He ponders why he still does this strange, lonely job, exploring the satisfaction that can be gained by tracking down the first use of a term just encountered in one of the cheap dime novels he devours for research. The lexis leans towards pimping and prostitution, crime and imprisonment, violence and cruelty, drunken and drugged debauches; what does this say about the man who spends every day truffling for it? A fascinating look at how one man has built a lexis of 125,000 words that includes 1.740 words for sexual intercourse, 1,251 for the penis, 540 for defecation/urination, 247 for fat, 219 for vomiting and 180 for anal sex. Odd Job Man will delight all those who love the words that the conventional dictionaries leave out.

Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

JONATHAN CAPE.

Talking Dirty presents, in 100 varied A-Z categories, 5000 slang phrases of every conceivable type: oaths, insults, chat-up lines, ripostes and rejoinders, exclamations of surprise, delight and disgust ('Well, strip me with the wrought end of a wallaby's donger!!!'), phrases to cajole and persuade ('I'm gonna get medieval on your ass!!!'), elegant descriptions ('He gets more butt than ashtrays!!!') and memorable vernacular epigrams ('You've got thumb in bum and mind in neutral!!!'). Talking Dirty amounts to a popular thesaurus of slang phraseology, and is yet another richly entertaining exploration from Cassell of the endlessly inventive world of English slang, full of the linguistic playfulness and fun of The Big Book of Filth and The Big Book of Being Rude.

The Big Book of Talking Dirty : 5000 Slang Phrases

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Cassell Reference

A unique, varied and vivid portrait of life in contemporary Britain from the differing viewpoints of an extremely diverse group of immigrants. The people whose voices make up this book came to Britain from every corner of the world and for an infinite variety of reasons; Asians forced to leave East Africa, German Jews fleeing from the Holocaust, dissidents from Eastern Europe and South America, Afro-Caribbeans responding to offers of employment, and the people from the Old Commonwealth for whom Britain represented tradition or glamour. Their experiences have been very different, but there are striking similarities to be found in the way they have been treated by the British. The days when landlords were allowed to put up signs saying "No blacks, No Irish, No Dogs" may be gone, but the inherent xenophobia of the English character persists. The subjects covered by this eclectic collection of personal testimonies range from preconceptions of England, problems of identity and assimilation to perspectives of Thatcher's Britain. Many of the people Green spoke to have lived in Britain for several decades and have witnessed great changes in the nation's life and culture, changes which would make them think twice about choosing Britain as a new home had they to do so in the 1990s. At a time when issues of cultural identity are very much at the forefront of popular debate, from the wearing of headscarves by Muslim schoolgirls to the Rushdie affair, and as the need for the people of this country to accept the fact that we already live in a multicultural society becomes every day more acute, this unique and extraordinary survey, at once funny, moving and deadly serious, should be essential reading for everyone.

Them: Voices from the Immigrant Community in Contemporary Britain

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Secker Warburg

Green's Dictionary of Slang

Larousse Kingfisher+chambers

The Cynic's Lexicon - A Dictionary of Amoral Advice

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Routledge

A Cynic's Lexicon: A Dictionary of Amoral Advice

Sphere Books

An A-Z of words which have entered the English language since the 1960s. With over 2000 entries and 4000 definitions, this book reflects the preoccupations and characters of the three decades, from the "Age of Aquarius" to "yuppies and dinkies" to "nanotechnology".

Dictionary of New Words

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

<p>Her fans have been asking for it and now Laurell K. Hamilton is going to deliver. Laurell K. Hamilton, Dabel Brothers Productions, and Marvel are coming together to give readers a look into Anita Blake's past. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton herself, along with Jonathon Green, this July will see the release of part one of a two issue limited series that takes place almost a year before the events currently being chronicled in Guilty Pleasures. You will get to see the first time Anita and Jean-Claude meet, Anita's first time inside Guilty Pleasures, her first serial killer case, and a very early encounter with Edward. Prepare to be thrilled by this original story produced especially for comics.</p>

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter The First Death

Comics & Graphic Novels

LAURELL K. HAMILTON

Wellinton Alves

Publishers

Marvel

<p>Whether you are a staunch supporter of marijuana, a passionate opponent, or somewhere in the vast in-between, one thing is for sure: there is no issue hotter than hemp. Cannabis is the first completely illustrated guide to all the ways which marijuana affects the lives of the user and nonuser alike. Included in the text are the many uses of marijuana, past and present, including discussions on medicinal marijuana, recreational smoking, and the use of pot for creative inspiration. Also addressed are the politics of pot, in particular how marijuana legislation has, in fact, increased use of the drug and caused an increase in potency. Cannabis also shows how different religions throughout the world have utilized hemp as a spiritual tool, oftentimes to enhance devotion and prayer. Green tackles all the important issues surrounding marijuana, including the “gateway drug” theory and the scientific causes of the “high.” Supplementing the text are 150 full-color and 30 black-and-white photographs illuminating the worldwide uses of marijuana, as well as an extensive dictionary of marijuana-related terms and endpapers made of high quality hemp paper. Cannabis is an often humorous, always enlightening look at the world’s most famous drug.</p>

Cannabis

Thunder's Mouth Press

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