Reading different types of books is a great way to improve your language skills. But do you know there are a number of idioms using the word 'book'? These book idioms have nothing to do with books ...

Idioms—phrases that come to mean more than each word's "literal meaning" on their own—have been a part of spoken language for a long time. They may change as the years go by and often vary from ...

THE publication of Pashto books, ranging from poetry and short stories to current affairs and travelogues, has witnessed a considerable surge in the last decade as the land of Pakhtuns has been focus ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Many students cram for exams by "burning the candle at both ends." But that doesn't mean non-native English speakers aren't "thrown for a loop" when they hear that idiom or that their ...

RIVER RAT—Daniel Lundberq—Rey-nal & Hitchcock ($2.50). River Rat is the story of a high-school senior in Dedham, Mass., where U. S. 1 crosses the Charles River. A first novel, it is a notable success ...

GO DOWN DEAD by Shane Stevens. 236 pages. Morrow. $4.95. At 16, Adam Clayton Henry is loaded with esoteric knowledge learned from life, not books. He knows the rituals and rules of gang fighting, ...

Raphie, 78, is a development economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Sussex, now retired and previously ...