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Lana Citron

Autor(a) de Sucker

6+ Works 47 Membros 1 Review

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Obras por Lana Citron

Sucker (1998) 13 exemplares
A Compendium of Kisses (2010) 12 exemplares
Spilt Milk (2002) 8 exemplares
Transit (2002) 7 exemplares
The Honey Trap (2007) 6 exemplares

Associated Works

Vox 'n' Roll: Fiction for the 21st Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1969
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Irland
Local de nascimento
Dublin, Ireland
Ocupações
author
actress

Membros

Críticas

Most houses have at least one reference book in it – a dictionary – even if it is just a minute pocket one that obsolete secretaries and typists used to carry in their handbags or baskets to quietly check their boss’s spelling. It went with the job. But there are so many different types of dictionaries. I, for one, have straight English dictionaries ranging from a wonderful late 19th century two-volume one that defines a velocipede but not a bicycle, right the way up to the 1979 Compact Oxford English Dictionary that has to be read with a magnifying glass (provided). And more recent dictionaries that include larger or smaller sections devoted to a Thesaurus.
However, dictionaries cover a multitude of subjects: Quotations, Music, Opera, History, Art and Artists, Literature, Archaeology, Biography (as in the Dictionary of National Biography) and more technical subjects such as those used by crossword solvers or Scrabble players. Poets, of course, have recourse to several Rhyming Dictionaries. My bias towards the humanities shows clearly here. I am sure there are scientific dictionaries, but I have never had cause to try and find any of them.
The point is that whatever our interests we all need a reference work at some point or other in our lives. Some people will never turn a reference page once they have left school. Others will be forever buried in the never ending possibilities that these books offer.
I think A Compendium of Kisses should be classified as a work of reference. In its 219 pages it provides a seemingly endless collection of quotations about, and commentaries on, kissing. It is divided into four sections: The Anatomy of a Kiss; The Nature and Geography of a Kiss; The History of Kissing; and Cultural Kisses. These cover every aspect of kissing that you could imagine and many that you never thought were possible. This book is fascinating to dip into and wander in the pages from time to time, a true reference book. Fortunately, it is not as long as Martin Von Kemp’s Opus Historicum de Osculis (roughly translated as a History of Kissing). It was published in Frankfurt in 1680 and consists of over 1,000 pages of excerpts to form an encyclopaedic work on the subject. This is an entertaining and informative book.
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PeterClack | Jan 25, 2011 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
6
Also by
1
Membros
47
Popularidade
#330,643
Avaliação
½ 2.3
Críticas
1
ISBN
13
Línguas
1