The 411 on the latest American slang This up-to-date dictionary presents you with 2,100entries including colorful words and phrasesfrom television and movies, as well as thestreets and campuses.

With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.

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The Most Practical and Up-to-Date Dictionary of Current American Slang and Colloquial Expressions The most up-to-date dictionary of its kind, NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions, by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., contains more than 10,000 definitions of 9.000 terms and expressions that are likely to be heard in movies, on television, in the streets, and on college campuses. NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions makes phrases easy to find through the use of a comprehensive Phrase-Finder Index, which allows you to find any phrase in the dictionary even if you know only one or two words in the phrase. This feature allows you to identify and locate partially remembered expressions quickly and easily. Other special features of NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions include the following: Each entry has at least two example sentences illustrating the way slang and colloquial expressions are used in context in American English • Expressions are cross-referenced on both form and meaning Notes of caution are included for crude, inflammatory, and taboo material IPA Pronunciations where necessary The slang of college kids, underworld types, surfers, Wall Streeters. valley girls, and plain folks are included and identified Clear typography and easy-to-read layout • Convenient size and format Available in paperback and hardcover editions NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions is the best reference to the meanings of everyday slang and colloquial expressions. It is the preferred reference for anyone seeking to understand American slang and colloquial expressions in realistic contexts. The Best, By Definition National Textbook Language Dictionaries ISBN 0-8442-5461-4

The Most Practical and Up-to-Date Dictionary of Current American Idioms The most functional dictionary of its kind, NTC's American Idioms Dictionary, by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., contains more than 8,000 idiomatic expressions of contemporary American English. Unlike other idiom dictionaries, NTC's American Idioms Dictionary contains an exceptionally comprehensive Phrase-Finder Index, which allows you to look up a key word in an expression and find the exact location of that expression in the main body of the dictionary. This unique feature allows you to identify and locate partially remembered expressions quickly and easily. Among the other special features of NTC's American Idioms Dictionary are the following: ⚫ Slang, clichés, proverbs, folksy, formal, and informal expressions are includ ed and identified accordingly Each entry has at least two example sentences illustrating how expressions are used in context in natural American English Entries are cross-referenced to other idioms in the dictionary related in form and meaning Different meanings are provided for expressions that vary depending on their direct object, e.g., "get hold of someone," "get hold of something" Shortened or abbreviated idioms are identified and defined alongside the full forms Clear typography and easy-to-read layout Convenient size and format. Available in paperback or hardcover editions NTC's American Idioms Dictionary is an ideal reference to the many colorful expressions that mark the language of American speakers. It is the preferred reference for anyone who needs a complete, up-to-date, and easy-to-use guide to contemporary American idioms. The Best, By Definition A National Textbook Language Dictionaries ISBN 0-8442-5452-5

This is an astonishing collection of ideas, information, and instruction from one of the true pioneers of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. MMOs from the Inside Out: The History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-Multiplayer Role-playing Games speaks to the designers and players of MMOs, taking it as axiomatic that such games are inspirational and boundless forces for good. The aim of this book is to enthuse an up-coming generation of designers, to inspire and educate players and designers-to-be, and to reinvigorate those already working in the field who might be wondering if it's still all worthwhile. Playing MMOs is about fun, immersion, and identity. Creating MMOs is about imagination, expression, and art. MMOs are so packed with potential that today's examples are little more than small, pioneering colonies on the shore of a vast, uncharted continent. What wonders wait beyond the horizon? What treasures will explorers bring back to amaze us? MMOs from the Inside Out is for people with a spark of creativity: it pours gasoline on that spark. It:* Explains what MMOs are, what they once were, and what they could - and should - become.*Delves into why players play, and why designers design.* Encourages, enthuses, enrages, engages, enlightens, envisions, and enchants.* Doesn't tell you what to think, it tells you to think. What You Will Learn:* Myriad ways to improve MMOs - and to decide for yourself whether these are improvements.* What MMOs are; who plays them, and why.* How MMOs became what they are, and what this means for what they will become.* That you have it in you to make MMOs yourself. Whom This Book is For:MMOs from the Inside Out is a book for those who wish to know more about game design in general and MMO design in particular. It's for people who play MMOs, for people who design MMOs, and for people who study MMOs. It's for people with a yearning to see beyond the world around them and to make manifest the worlds of their imagination.

Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That war has now come to the mortal realm...and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed.... LEGACY OF BLOOD: Norrec Vizharan has become a living nightmare. While on a quest for magical treasure, he discovers an artifact beyond his wildest dreams: the ancient armor of Bartuc, the legendary Warrior of Blood. But the mysterious armor is cursed, channeling a malevolent power into Norrec's tortured soul. Pursued by demons who covet the dark armor for their own purposes, Norrec must overcome a bloodlust he can scarcely control and learn the truth about his terrifying curse before he is lost to darkness forever. THE BLACK ROAD: Darrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick...and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation. THE KINGDOM OF SHADOW: Legend speaks of a long-dead city known as Ureh, thought by many to have been a gateway to the High Heavens. It is said that every two thousand years, Ureh is reborn -- and all its lost riches are revealed to those brave enough to seek them out. Now the Vizjerai sorcerer Quov Tsin has come to witness Ureh's rebirth for himself with Kentril Dumon and his band of mercenaries in tow. But what awaits them is like nothing they imagined. DEMONSBANE: What was to have been a victorious last stand against a demonic invasion of Blackmarch has instead become a massacre. Only Siggard remains, a warrior unable to remember the final hours of the battle. As he hunts the demon lord who butchered everything dear to him, Siggard pieces together the truth of that terrible battle...and finds that his nightmare is only beginning.

Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with a murderous temper.They have been uneasy rivals since childhood.Then one day George loses control so extravagantly that he precipitates Harry into an entirely new life.In May We Be Forgiven, Homes gives us a darkly comic look at 21st century domestic life - at individual lives spiraling out of control, bound together by family and history.The cast of characters experience adultery, accidents, divorce, and death. But this is also a savage and dizzyingly inventive vision of contemporary America, whose dark heart Homes penetrates like no other writer - the strange jargons of its language, its passive aggressive institutions, its inhabitants' desperate craving for intimacy and their pushing it away with litigation, technology, paranoia. At the novel's heart are the spaces in between, where the modern family comes together to re-form itself. May We Be Forgiven explores contemporary orphans losing and finding themselves anew; and it speaks above all to the power of personal transformation - simultaneously terrifying and inspiring.

"Bradt's message in this excellent and inspiring book is a 'golden ring' itself amidst the rubble often permeating our lives. It not only speaks true but makes you strive for more."--Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness "Beautifully written and full of wisdom, The Ring in the Rubble is a gem."--Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher LevelChange always creates hidden opportunities. A leader's job is unearthing them. In The Ring in the Rubble, change authority Gary Bradt reveals the secrets to moving beyond the rubble of disruption, fear, and uncertainty that change often creates, to finding the golden ring of opportunity that always lies beneath.Each chapter of this breakthrough book delivers a powerful principle for leading change, supported by engaging real-life experiences of the author and other well-known business executives that illustrate how to put principles into action. Bradt asks penetrating questions that help you "dig deeper" and pinpoint the best ways for applying these principles to your specific change effort.You will discover how Richard Schulze weathered a devastating event that threatened to destroy everything he'd worked so hard to build-and became the founder of Best Buy in the process. You'll see how a 65-year-old man, nearly broke after having suffered a string of disastrous setbacks, dug through the rubble to emerge as Colonel Harland Sanders, who remains the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken to this day. Change itself doesn't dictate the eventual outcome of your situation; how you think about and handle change is what makes all the difference. You'll never find the ring if you don't start digging!

Syd Goldsmith's first taste of China's Cultural Revolution is blood on his tongue. It's 1967. Hong Kong is simmering, plagued by communist-led riots and strikes, crippled transport, punishing water-rationing, takeover threats from Beijing and roadside bombs. And Syd -- the only Caucasian Foreign Service Officer at the American Consulate General who speaks Cantonese -- is made responsible for reporting and analysis of the Hong Kong government's ability to survive. The CIA station chief and the head of Macau's gold syndicate play major roles in Syd's story, along with Newsweek's Sydney Liu and Maynard Parker, and a steady stream of inquiring foreign correspondents and China-watchers. Richard Nixon makes a cameo appearance -- to talk football with Syd since the consul general won't see him -- in this riveting memoir of a year when Hong Kong's "borrowed time" seemed about to expire.

A thoroughly updated edition of the classic guide to project management of construction projects For more than thirty years, Construction Project Management has been considered the preeminent guide to all aspects of the construction project management process, including the Critical Path Method (CPM) of project scheduling, and much more. Now in its Sixth Edition, it continues to provide a solid foundation of the principles and fundamentals of project management, with a particular emphasis on project planning, demonstrated through an example project, along with new pedagogical elements such as end-of-chapter problems and questions and a full suite of instructor's resources. Also new to this edition is information on the Earned Value Analysis (EVA) system and introductory coverage of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Construction in the context of project scheduling. Readers will also benefit from building construction examples, which illustrate each of the principles of project management.This information, combined with the case studies provided in the appendix, gives readers access to hands-on project management experience in the context of real-world project management problems. * Features two integrated example projects one civil and one commercial fully developed through the text * Includes end-of-chapter questions and problems * Details BIM in scheduling procedures, Lean Construction, and Earned Value Analysis, EVA * Provides teaching resources, including PowerPoint slides, interactive diagrams, and an Instructor's Manual with solutions for the end-of-chapter questions Construction Management and Civil Engineering students and professionals alike will find everything they need, to understand and to master construction project management in this classic guide.

This supplement to "V-Discs: A History and Discography" updates the original volume which cataloged and described these unique recordings. The discographic section presents corrections and a wealth of new material that has come to light since the main discography was published. New information includes details on recording dates, personnel, vocalists and soloists, sources, playing times, composers, test pressings, studio dialogue, and spoken introductions, together with data on selections made from newly discovered V-Disc recording sessions. The supplement includes introductory material and notes (V-Disc personnel and recordings studios) and V-Disc mastering sheets. These 1942-1947 sheets complete the series inaugurated in V-Discs and are the last of these items in existence. The supplement also has an up-dated listing of AFRS transcriptions and LP record releases. Following the discography is a detailed artist/title index of all leaders, conductors, vocalists, and featured soloists appearing on selections listed in the supplement.

Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life In This Moment shows how the ancient practice of mindfulness can help us live a fuller and more enriching life.

At the heart of this book is one of the most ancient and profound question philosophers, spiritual seekers, and curious individuals have pondered since the beginning of history: "Who am I?". Advances in modern science, and access to Zen tradition, have provided us with broader and richer understanding of this topic. Over the chapters the author, a psychologist and Zen master, investigates how the brain fosters a sense of an independent self, situating his research in the contexts of neuroscience, ecology, evolution, psychology, and of the principles Eastern wisdom traditions. The book explores a broad range of insights from brain science, evolutionary biology, astronomy, clinical psychology, thoughts and emotions, mental health disorders, and Zen Buddhism. This book will appeal to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counsellors, and researchers of Eastern traditions. General readers interested in the functioning of the brain will discover practical ways to integrate fascinating new findings on an age-old question into their everyday life.

MBCT for PTSD provides solid principles, practical tools, and numerous case examples for integrating mindfulness into PTSD treatment. Based on the authors experience in the first randomized controlled clinical trial, this pioneering book expands the range of potential treatment options. * MBCT has been growing in popularity, and has solid research support, but this is the first text to apply it to trauma survivors * This pioneering text is based on the authors experience in using MBCT for PTSD in the first randomized controlled clinical trial * Containing numerous case examples, it expands the range of potential treatment options and lends new hope for trauma survivors to lead more fulfilling lives * The authors combined have a unique set of expert skills; Dr Chard is a well-known expert on PTSD, and Dr Sears is an expert on mindfulness and MBCT

This volume brings together more than thirty of Richard Spear's most important articles and selected chapters from his main books, organized in three sections, Caravaggio and Caravaggism, Italy and France, and Bolognese Painters. The author provides important addenda and retrospective critical reflections on each of the essays. Contents: Caravaggio and Caravaggism: Caravaggio and His Followers Caravaggisti at the Palazzo Pitti 'The International Caravaggesque Movement' by Benedict Nicolson Stocktaking in Caravaggio Studies The Critical Fortune of a Realist Painter Leonardo, Raphael, and Caravaggio Artemisia Gentileschi: Ten Years of Fact and Fiction Caravaggio's 'Death of the Virgin' by Pamela Askew Saints and Sinners Italy and France: Baciccio's Pendant Paintings of 'Venus and Adonis' Baciccio's 'Venus and Adonis': A Postscript Studies in Conservation and Connoisseurship: Problematic Paintings by Manfredi, Saraceni and Guercino Johann Liss Reconsidered Princeton: Italian Baroque Paintings Notes on Naples in the Seicento The Literary Sources of Poussin's 'Realm of Flora' On the Relationship between Subject and Decorative Modes in Baroque Fresco Cycles A New Book on La Tour 'The French Painters of the Seventeenth Century' by Christopher Wright Reni contre Dominiquin dans la litterature d'art francaise du XVIIe siecle Bolognese Painters: Domenichino and the Farnese 'Loggia del Giardino' Preparatory Drawings by Domenichino The Cappella della Strada Cupa: a Forgotten Domenichino Chapel Bolognese Paintings in Florence A Forgotten Landscape Painter: Giovanni Battista Viola Domenichino's Artistic Personality Domenichino Addenda Re-viewing the 'Divine Guido' Guercino's 'Prix-fixe': Observations on Studio Practices and Art Marketing in Emilia "Martyr," "Mary Magdalene" and "Di sua mano" from 'The "Divine" Guido: Religion, Sex, Money and Art in the World of Guido Reni' Guido's Grace Additional Notes Index.

Based on extensive interviews with expert facilitators from around the world and grounded in empirical evidence, Group Therapy for Voice Hearers includes numerous tips, strategies, case examples, and reflection questions to bring the material to life in a practical way.Chapters address the need for practical, accessible training in how to facilitate sessions and identify six key factors that lead to a successful session: safety, flexibility, empowerment, the integration of lived experience, self-awareness, and attention to the needs of the group process. This book is an important resource for mental health professionals working with clients who hear voices.

At the tip of the spear of the US Army's unconventional warfare response forces stands a group of highly specialized and incredibly skilled Special Forces soldiers: the Ghosts. INDIVIDUALLY, THEY ARE GREAT. TOGETHER, THEY ARE UNBEATABLE. When a group of renegade Venezuelan soldiers seize control of the no-man's land in the middle of the Ama-zonian Jungle, the Ghosts are tapped to get the US citizens being held hostage there out safely. Newly promoted to team lead, Nomad finds himself going in-country with two new squadmates, little prepa-ration, dubious intel and no backup. Still, they have no choice but to go in half blind as time is running short for the captives. And when faced with a difficult choice deep in enemy territory, the Ghosts must learn to stand together as a team, or fail. Action-packed and intense from beginning to end, this novel sets the stage for the upcoming video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.