El PEQUEÑO STANLEY quiere ser VALIENTE e INTRÉPIDO como los superhéroes de sus cuentos, pero su mundo parece estar repleto de cosas TERRORÍFICAS como...TIJERETAS y PERROS, y la OSCURIDAD y perderse... e incluso Papá Noel... Su abuelo viene al rescate. «Escribe una lista», le aconseja. Y dicho y hecho, el niño la escribe. Mientras la lista de Stanley se vuelve cada vez más y más grande, descubre cómo el abuelo, un viento fortísimo y los...

Francis Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a dictionary of slang words, first published in 1785. Grose was one of the first lexicographers to collect slang words from all corners of society, not just from the professional underworld of pickpockets and bandits.

While The Vulgar Tongue includes many of the words found in earlier 'scoundrels'' dictionaries (such as Richard Head's

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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Eight Perfect Murders comes the heart-pounding story of nine strangers who receive a cryptic list with their names on it-and then begin to die in highly unusual circumstances"--

A thoughtful, gleeful encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world. How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok or filled with nakhes? Recent research suggests there are only six basic emotions. But if that makes you feel uneasy,...