Paul Dickson: 19 books
War Slang
American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
From the homegrown "boodle" of the 19th century to current "misunderstandistan" in the Middle East, America's foremost expert on slang reveals military lingo at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic. Author Paul Dickson introduces some of the "new words and phrases born of conflict, boredom,...
Contraband Cocktails
How America Drank When It Wasn't Supposed To
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Americans weren’t supposed to drink during Prohibition—but that’s exactly when “cocktail culture” came roaring to life. The Bloody Mary, sleek cocktail shakers, craft mixology, and hundreds of other essentials of modern drinking owe their origins to the Dry Years.
In Contraband Cocktails,...
The Hidden Language of Baseball
How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2019
Baseball is set apart from other sports by many things, but few are more distinctive than the intricate systems of coded language that govern action on the field and give baseball its unique appeal. During a nine‑inning game, more than one thousand silent instructions are given—from catcher to...
Rising to the Occasion
The Best Toasts for Any Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Paul Dickson's Rising to the Occasion is the ideal pocket reference for any moment when one might need to raise a glass. Organized by category, it contains sayings famous and profound, suitable and sentimental, created by the likes of Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, and Willard Scott alongside equally engaging...
by Paul Dickson
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
The definitive work on the language of baseball—one of the “Five Best Baseball Books” (Wall Street Journal).
Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball” (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball...
Authorisms
Words Wrought by Writers
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
An entertaining, illuminating lexicography of words coined by authors throughout the ages, published on the "sesquiquadricentennial†? (450th anniversary) of Shakespeare's birth.
William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or...
Baseball's Greatest Quotations Rev. Ed.
An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Baseball has always had its share of colorful characters, and over the years they have expressed themselves in eminently quotable ways. In this treasury of more than 5,000 quotations, noted baseball writer and observer Paul Dickson has captured the flavor of the game, in the words of its most important...
Leo Durocher
Baseball's Prodigal Son
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
From Paul Dickson, the Casey Award–winning author of Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick, the first full biography of Leo Durocher, one of the most colorful and important figures in baseball history.
Leo Durocher (1906–1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing...
Toasts
Over 1,500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
For nearly thirty years, Paul Dickson's Toasts has been the the perfect reference for any occasion where one needs to raise a glass. Organized by category, it contains sayings famous and profound, suitable and sentimental. Covering births, weddings, graduations, and other events both major and minor,...
by Paul Dickson
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk
A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning....With an introduction...
Bill Veeck
Baseball's Greatest Maverick
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects...
The Unwritten Rules of Baseball
The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
From beanballs to basebrawls, the most important rules governing the game of baseball have never been officially written down—until now.
They have no sanction from the Commissioner, appear nowhere in any official publication, and are generally not posted on any clubhouse wall. They represent...
The Official Rules
5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
This new, vastly expanded and enriched version of The Official Rules presents precisely 5,427 laws, principles, rules, proverbs, and aphorisms collected by Paul Dickson and the esteemed Fellows of the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human and Organizational Law. This often amusing, sometimes...
by Paul Dickson
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
In this book, first published in 1975, the author critically examines the organisation of work, the systems of control, and the patterns of authority in British establishments. By bringing together detailed descriptions of alternative forms of work organisation and management from Norway, Sweden,...
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