Redstripe and other dachshund tales is a collection of five stories about the antics of the comical little hounds sometimes known as "Wiener Dogs."

Sequel to Redstripe and Other Dachshund Tales. Once again, the hounds, not the humans, are in charge. New Yorker Sheila and Jamaican rastamafarian Cirtron travel to the American heartland to run a farm. More canine comedy ensues.

Guts, spunk, nerve, grit - all describe the short-statured and decidedly spirited dachshund. This little dog has one great big attitude, which means a dachshund doesn't just have moxie - it has Doxie Moxie. Here, Schnappsie the Doxie showcases what is meant by doxie moxie in hilarious color photographs of every type of dachshund in all kinds of stubborn and audacious scenarios paired with text on being pluckyu, dauntless, and as tough (and sweet) as a doxie.

A dictionary of modern slang draws on the resources of the "Oxford English Dictionary" to cover over five thousand slang words and phrases from throughout the English-speaking world.

From abdabs to zit From pillock (14th century) to couch potato (20th century) From She'll be apples (Australia) to the pits (USA) This new collection brings together some 5,000 contemporary slang expressions originating in all parts of the English-speaking world. It gives clear and concise definitions of each word, supplemented by examples of their use and information about where and when they came into being. This entertaining reference work will be of use to students of English at all levels and a source of fascination to word-lovers throughout the world.

"Ellen Glasgow considered Vein of Iron, published in 1935, to be her best work. "No novel has ever meant quite so much to me," she wrote a friend. The critics agreed; the book was favorably reviewed on the front page of the New York Times Book Review and outsold all but one other work of fiction in the year of its publication." "Opening in the years just before the First World War and laid in the Valley of Virginia, the book traces the experience of a family with four generations of strong women. Faced with a crisis when the bread-winner, a philosopher-minister, is defrocked for his unorthodox views, the women provide the "vein of iron" which carries the family through removal to Richmond (Queensboro in the book), through war and depression until the final return to the mountains."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Written to coincide with the centenary of his death, this is a biography of G.T. Clark, who combined a successful career as an industrialist with pioneering contributions to medieval history and archaeology.

Delightful satirical fable of animal life and identity.