Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can't stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains.Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we ban the words from television and insist that polite people excise them from their vocabularies. That's a fucking shame. Not only is swearing colorful, fun, and often powerfully apt, as linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen shows us, the study of it can provide a new window onto how our brains process language. How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout out "Goddamn!"? Why did Pope Francis say "fuck" in the middle of a speech? When did a cock cease to be a rooster? Why is "crap" vulgar when "poo" is just childish? And what are we shooting when we give someone the bird?What the F? Let me effing tell you. Views: 11
Welcome to the bar where your drink tells the world exactly what you need. Frostbite: Looking for a partner immune to supernatural seduction. Views: 11
The time is the Roaring Twenties, right after the stock market crash. Bacchus, now using the name Arcangelo de Bacchio, is trying to help the people of Chicago. He picks up the used, the broken, and puts them to work...maybe not honest work, but work nonetheless. As the former God of Wine, Bacchus runs a speakeasy that rivals those of the best mobs in Chicago. For that reason alone he's on their hit list. But then he saves Charlotte, a new hire at a seedy speakeasy owned by Al Capone. Charlotte's in over her head as she tries to make money and save the family farm. Throwing her lot in with Bacchus, Charlotte and her new champion make an enemy of epic proportions. Bacchus has no intention of handing Charlotte over to his enemy, a man more feared than any demon or devil Chicago has ever seen. Will Bacchus lose his long life for the love of one woman? Views: 11
DR. EVERETT BERNING achieved his life’s work by discovering a cure for drug addiction. Unfortunately, the formula was stolen and fell into the hands of the enemy.DRUG LORDS from around the world unknowingly released the altered, deadly formula into their supply, affecting millions across the globe.WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, the entire planet is thrown into chaos as the disease spreads.REGINA PARKER, Chief of Police of the tiny town of Rockport, Arkansas, isn’t willing to let the military kill thousands of innocent people in a rush to contain the outbreak. She leads a small contingent of survivors on a dangerous quest to keep her town safe from the soldiers and the dead.WILL DR. BERNING be able to isolate the contagion and find a way to reverse it, or is it too late to save humanity from the tainted cure? How far will Chief Parker go to save the lives of others as the world collapses around them? Views: 11
