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Schott’s Significa

Schott’s Significa

Ben Schott

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
2025
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‘The Rosetta Stone for modern times’Graydon Carter‘This truly remarkable book is quite unlike any other work of etymology or entertainment’Andrew Roberts‘Ben Schott … cannot write an inelegant sentence’ The Times---------------SCHOTT IS BACK – and better than ever. From the mind that created the million-copy bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes an indispensable field guide to the hidden lore and language of our modern age.When do London cabbies take oranges and lemons?How do marmalade droppers sell newspapers?Who eats the forbidden brownie at Starbucks?Secret languages surround us. From graffiti writers, gondoliers, and gym rats to spies, sneakerheads, and Swifties — every group creates a private lingo of jargon and gesture that eludes the rest of the world.Not anymore.In Schott’s Significa, Ben Schott — bestselling author and master curator of the ungoogleable — unlocks 53 of the most intriguing linguistic subcultures, including: casinos and crypto, doctors and dog walkers, bartenders and typographers, stunt performers and church ushers, paparazzi snappers and competitive eaters.Painstakingly researched, lavishly illustrated and exquisitely designed, Schott’s Significa is not just a miscellany of secret languages but a celebration of the power of communication, the joy of connection and the delight of discovery.
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Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition

Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition

Ben Schott

Blue Rider Press
2013
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Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott's Original Miscellany, now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste for a secret love of bad foods, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling, ideal gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list--just beware of rapidly expanding (and potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.
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Schott's Original Miscellany

Schott's Original Miscellany

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2002
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"Schott's Miscellany" makes few claims to be exhaustive or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential. It will afford you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. Where else can you find, packed on to one page, the thirteen principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries where you drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing? Where else, but "Schott's Miscellany", will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple? An encyclopaedia? A dictionary? An almanac? An anthology? A treasury? An amphigouri? A commonplace? A vade-mecum? Well - yes. "Schott's Original Miscellany" is all these, and, of course, more. A book like no other, "Schott's Original Miscellany" is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.
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Schott's Significa: A Miscellany of Secret Languages

Schott's Significa: A Miscellany of Secret Languages

Ben Schott

WORKMAN PUBLISHING
2025
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From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes a visually rich book that breaks down the colorful language and systems of signs that make up the vocabulary of our world. Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, events, and subcultures--from the insider language used in casino gambling to the NYC diamond district and professional sommeliers to London cabbies. For those who love language and wish to gain access to rarified worlds, this book is an elegant and smart look at so much hiding in plain sight around us. With its gorgeously erudite and detailed design, full-color photos throughout, and thoroughly researched survey of lingo and culture, Schott's Significa will change how you see the world.
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Jeeves and the King of Clubs: A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves and the King of Clubs: A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse

Ben Schott

Back Bay Books
2019
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What ho A new Jeeves and Wooster novel that is "impossible to read without grinning idiotically" (Evening Standard), penned in homage to P.G. Wodehouse by bestselling author Ben Schott -- in which literature's favorite master and servant become spies for the English Crown. The misadventures of Bertie Wooster and his incomparable personal gentleman, Jeeves, have delighted audiences for nearly a century. Now bestselling author Ben Schott brings this odd couple back to life in a madcap new adventure full of the hijinks, entanglements, imbroglios, and Wodehousian wordplay that readers love. In this latest uproarious adventure, the Junior Ganymede Club (an association of England's finest butlers and valets) is revealed to be an elite arm of the British secret service. Jeeves must ferret out a Fascist spy embedded in the highest social circles, and only his hapless employer, Bertie, can help. Unfolding in the background are school-chum capers, affairs of the heart, antics with aunts, and sartorial set-tos. Energized by Schott's effervescent prose, and fully authorized by the Wodehouse Estate, Jeeves and the King of Clubs is a delight for lifelong fans and the perfect introduction to two of fiction's most beloved comic characters.
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Jeeves and the Leap of Faith: A Novel in Homage to P. G. Wodehouse

Jeeves and the Leap of Faith: A Novel in Homage to P. G. Wodehouse

Ben Schott

Little Brown and Company
2020
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Jeeves and Wooster return in a new espionage caper full of japes, high jinks, and jiggery-pokery in a series that is "impossible to read without grinning idiotically" (Evening Standard). The Drones club's in peril. Gussie's in love. Spode's on the war path. Oh, and His Majesty's Government needs a favor . . . I say It's a good thing Bertie's back, what? In his eagerly anticipated sequel to Jeeves and the King of Clubs, Ben Schott leads Jeeves and Wooster on another elegantly uproarious escapade. From the mean streets of Mayfair to the scheming spires of Cambridge, we encounter a joyous cast of characters: chiseling painters and criminal bookies, eccentric philosophers and dodgy clairvoyants, appalling poets and pocket dictators, vexatious aunts and their vicious hounds. But that's not all: Who is ICEBERG, and why is he covered in chalk? Why is Jeeves reading Winnie-the-Pooh? What is seven across and eighty-five down? How do you play Russian Roulette at The Savoy? These questions, and more, are answered in Jeeves and the Leap of Faith -- an homage to P.G. Wodehouse, authorized by his estate, and essential reading for fans of The Master. Tinkety-tonk
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There Must Be a Way: A Life of Distraction

There Must Be a Way: A Life of Distraction

Murphy Van Benschoten

Dorrance Publishing Co.
2023
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About the BookThere Must Be a Way is Murphy van Benschoten's story of living with undiagnosed ADHD. Being constantly labeled negatively, van Benschoten shines a light onto a life with ADHD and how you can still strive to succeed in all you set out to do. Throughout her life, van Benschoten struggled with concentrating, in school, at work, and as an adult performing routine errands like hosting a family dinner and going to the grocery store. Using humor and raw emotion, she places on the page the everyday life of a person with ADHD, and her journey to diagnosis and management. Through her engaging story, anyone with ADHD or without will find great value in her journey and become more aware of the struggles and triumphs those with ADHD face every day. About the AuthorMurphy van Benschoten was born in Akron, Ohio, and has lived in New Haven, Connecticut; Adelphi, Maryland; Saginaw, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; and now northern Wisconsin. She attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in graphic design with a minor in psychology. She was married for forty-nine years and raised two children and now is grandmother to two granddaughters. In her spare time, she enjoys writing short stories and poetry, playing golf and pickleball, and gardening.
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There Must Be a Way: A Life of Distraction

There Must Be a Way: A Life of Distraction

Murphy Van Benschoten

Dorrance Publishing Co.
2022
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There Must Be a Way is Murphy van Benschoten's story of living with undiagnosed ADHD. Being constantly labeled negatively, van Benschoten shines a light onto a life with ADHD and how you can still strive to succeed in all you set out to do. Throughout her life, van Benschoten struggled with concentrating, in school, at work, and as an adult performing routine errands like hosting a family dinner and going to the grocery store. Using humor and raw emotion, she places on the page the everyday life of a person with ADHD, and her journey to diagnosis and management. Through her engaging story, anyone with ADHD or without will find great value in her journey and become more aware of the struggles and triumphs those with ADHD face every day. About the AuthorMurphy van Benschoten was born in Akron, Ohio, and has lived in New Haven, Connecticut; Adelphi, Maryland; Saginaw, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; and now northern Wisconsin. She attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in graphic design with a minor in psychology. She was married for forty-nine years and raised two children and now is grandmother to two granddaughters. In her spare time, she enjoys writing short stories and poetry, playing golf and pickleball, and gardening.
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Italians of Newark: A History

Italians of Newark: A History

Andrea Lyn Cammarato-Van Benschoten

History Press
2024
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Faith, family and food.Between 1880 and 1924, more than four million Italians immigrated to the United States. Tens of thousands flocked to Newark and reshaped a city. Many settled in the Old First Ward, which once claimed the title of largest Little Italy in New Jersey. Clubs like the Spilingese Social Club sprang up to provide support and camaraderie and dishes like giambotta made their way into everyone's kitchens. Author Andrea Lyn Cammarato-Van Benschoten traces the roots of Newark's Italian communities.
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Ben

Ben

Kerry Needham

Ebury Press
2014
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He spread happiness simply by being there.'In 1991 Kerry and her son Ben followed Kerry's parents to live on the Greek island of Kos. The chance that Ben will read about himself and come home becomes more real every day. All of Kerry's royalties from the sale of this book will go toward the Help Find Ben campaign.
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Ben

Ben

Gary Baxter

Trackskill
2022
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'Just locate my daughter and report back.' Ben Woolford's brief was pretty simple. Or was it? Former SAS marksman Ben Woolford relishes the simple life of retirement from active duty. He spends his time as a private investigator, tracking down the occasional missing person or collecting the odd bad debt. It is solitary work, but it is easy money, and moreover, he doesn't have anyone trying to kill him. That is until he takes on a small job of locating millionaire Frank DeLuca's twenty-five-year-old daughter, who went missing a week ago from Darwin. It sounds like a simple enough job. Seventy-two hours later, Ben finds himself lying face first in the hot, red desert sand, staking out an abandoned, rusty corrugated-iron fortress in the middle of nowhere. It's meant to be a find and report back. But when the gunfire starts, leaving blood and bodies everywhere, Ben has to fight for his own life. And that's just the beginning.This isn't a job for a PI, but what else is he to do?Notably, this novel has especially been written for people like Gary himself, who love to read, but whose fast and busy lives often result in no time for the pleasure of reading a good book.'Ben is a novel that was written like an Aussie action movie. I wanted it to appeal to that person like I was, that didn't read books. It has multiple plots and action, on every page. It is fiction, of course, but with realistic scenarios. It has guns, cars, motorbikes, major crime, investigations, and a little romance. I really hope you enjoy it.' Gary Baxter.
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