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Brewer's: Red Book
The book which gave account of the court expenditure in France before the Revolution was so called because its covers were red. We have also a “Red Book” in manuscript, containing the…Brewer's: Black Book
A book exposing abuses in Church and State, which furnished much material for political reform in the early part of the present century. (See Black Books.) Amherst speaks of the Proctor's…Brewer's: Black Books
To be in my black books. In bad odour; in disgrace; out of favour. The black books were those compiled in the reign of Henry VIII. to set forth the scandalous proceedings of the English…Brewer's: Bring to Book
(To). To detect one in a mistake. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bring to PassBring To A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Chap-book
(A ). A cheap little book containing tales, ballads, lives, etc., sold by chapmen. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ChapeauChap A B C D E F G H I J…National Book Awards
2016 National Book Awards 2015 National…Brewer's: Devil's Books
Playing cards. A Presbyterian phrase, used in reproof of the term King's Books, applied to a pack of cards, from the French livre des quatre rois (the book of the four kings). Also called…Brewer's: Bad Books
You are in my bad books. Under disgrace. Also In my black books.(See Black Books.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bad DebtsBad Blood A B C D E F G H…Book and Magazine Publications
American Book ReviewUnit for Contemporary LiteratureCampus Box 4241Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL 61790-4241(309) 438-2127http://www.litline.org/ABR/Bloomsbury Review1553 Platte St., Suite…Brewer's: Sibylline Books
The three surviving books of the Sibyl Amalthaea were preserved in a stone chest underground in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, and committed to the charge of custodians chosen in the…Trending
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