Ben Schott: Schott's Significa, Gebunden
Schott's Significa
Buch
- The Operating Systems of Everyday Life
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Aktueller Preis: EUR 35,39
- Verlag:
- Workman Publishing, 10/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781523532261
- Artikelnummer:
- 12186123
- Umfang:
- 304 Seiten
- Maße:
- 248 x 171 mm
- Stärke:
- 26 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 7.10.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes a visually rich and unputdownable genius of a book that will change the way you see the world, breaking down the colorful language and systems of signs found throughout dozens of fascinating professions, events, subcultures, and more.From Ben Schott, bestselling author of Schott’s Original Miscellany, here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge all around us. In this newest masterpiece, 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 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 its thoroughly researched survey of lingo and culture, Schott’s Significa will change how you see the world.
Biografie
Ben Schott was born in North London in 1974. He was educated at University College School. Hampstead, and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Social and Political Sciences. He has worked with the Independent, The Times, the Sunday Times, Reader's Digest and Sunday Business, amongst many others and has photographed celebrities from Hugh Grant to Tony Blair and Enoch Powell. Now a full-time writer, he has had columns with a number of publications including Condé Nast Traveller and the Daily Telegraph , and is now a regular contributor to the New York Times and The Times of London. He lives in London.
Ben Schott
Schott's Significa
Aktueller Preis: EUR 35,39