Hailed as a staggering piece of scholarship (Wall Street Journal) The Dickson Baseball Dictionary is the most complete resource on the lexicon of baseball in the English language. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than 400 baseball and lexical experts, this masterful t[...]
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 by the wis[...]
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 a set o[...]
A new edition of the classic study of baseball statistics and scoring discusses the history of scorekeeping from the 1840s to the present, showing actual scorecards from some of baseball's most famous games, and looks at basic and advanced scoring techniques, Reprint. 20,000 first printing.[...]
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 of his lif[...]
On October 4, 1957, as "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first man-made object in space; while it immediately shocked the world, its lon[...]
William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others--like "bedazzled," "hurry," "critical, "and "anchovy"--are essential parts of our standar[...]
Originally published in 1941, this pocket-sized volume preserves the language of diners and roadside restaurants during the '30s and '40s. From "all hot" (baked potato) to "dog soup" (water), the long-lost terms are part fascinating, part funny, and often politically incorrect by today's standards. [...]
Lockas du av att utmana din fysik till det yttersta? Att träna upp din snabbhet och smidighet i ett flertal sporter samtidigt? Då kan triathlon vara något för dig! Intresset för triathlon har vuxit de senaste åren men det finns inte många böcker i ämnet. Det här är boken för dig som vil[...]