Kathryn petras (524 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Pursuing a dream is hard work, but the right words delivered at the right time?by people who?ve been there and done that?can give us just the motivation we need. The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm, re-energize our efforts, dispel doubt, let us know we?re not alone, and show us that the fight is worth it?and winnable. Kathryn and Ross Petras are masters at choosing and delivering just the right words. Their books?such as ?Age Doesn?t Matter Unless You?re a Cheese? and ?Dance First. Think Later.??and bestselling calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, have over 5.2 million copies in print. Now comes a book for dreamers and doers, plus writers, entrepreneurs, graduates, artists, future movers and shakers. Collecting the hard-won, brilliantly expressed advice from pioneers who have paved the way, including everyone from Rumi to Steve Jobs, Michelangelo to Oprah to Tina Fey, ?It Always Seems Impossible Until It?s Done? is like a rousing locker-room speech, inspiring courage, commitment, and perseverance.?I?ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I?ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I?ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I?ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.? ?Michael Jordan?Go for it, baby! Life ain?t no dress rehearsal.? ?Tallulah Bankhead ?Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.? ?Neil Gaiman?If you aren?t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?? ?T. S. Eliot?It always seems impossible until it?s done.? ?Nelson Mandela.…

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers. It includes 618 rules to live by - funny, sly, declarative, thoughtful, offhanded, clever, and always profound.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Julia Child's secret of longevity was: "Red meat and gin". Full of surprise, insight, humour, perspective, celebration, inspiration and a kind of offhand, poignant poetry, this text shares hundreds of the best things men and women over 60 have said about how to love, work, laugh and live. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers. It includes 618 rules to live by - funny, sly, declarative, thoughtful, offhanded, clever, and always profound.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A book of inspirational quotations from some of the smartest people who ever lived, reminding us that happiness is everywhere and the glass is half-full. Its the perfect gift of optimism, for good times and not-so-good times.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. "The Lexicon Of Stupidity" is an over-stuffed dictionary of quotes, banalities, actual book titles, hold up notes, menu items, TV listings, and more, each meeting one exacting criterion: they're so jaw-droppingly dumb you can't help but laugh. It's the wit of the witless. The comedy of the clueless. The giggly fun of celebrities, athletes, politicians, newscasters, and other pompous types planting a foot (or two) firmly in their mouth. And no authors could be more qualified to pull it together than Ross and Kathryn Petras, who wrote that calendar celebrating stupidity - "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said" - which is a perennial knock-out.It even includes real courtroom testimony: Q. Are you sexually active? A. No, I just lie there. Take a moment to reflect on what this season really means.Q. What would you like most for Christmas? French Ambassador: Peace throughout the world, Soviet Ambassador: Freedom for all people enslaved by imperialism, British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks: Well, it's very kind of you to ask. I'd quite like a box of crystallised fruit. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A book of inspirational quotations from some of the smartest people who ever lived, reminding us that happiness is everywhere and the glass is half-full. Its the perfect gift of optimism, for good times and not-so-good times.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. "The Lexicon Of Stupidity" is an over-stuffed dictionary of quotes, banalities, actual book titles, hold up notes, menu items, TV listings, and more, each meeting one exacting criterion: they're so jaw-droppingly dumb you can't help but laugh. It's the wit of the witless. The comedy of the clueless. The giggly fun of celebrities, athletes, politicians, newscasters, and other pompous types planting a foot (or two) firmly in their mouth. And no authors could be more qualified to pull it together than Ross and Kathryn Petras, who wrote that calendar celebrating stupidity - "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said" - which is a perennial knock-out.It even includes real courtroom testimony: Q. Are you sexually active? A. No, I just lie there. Take a moment to reflect on what this season really means.Q. What would you like most for Christmas? French Ambassador: Peace throughout the world, Soviet Ambassador: Freedom for all people enslaved by imperialism, British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks: Well, it's very kind of you to ask. I'd quite like a box of crystallised fruit. …

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "The Lexicon Of Stupidity" is an over-stuffed dictionary of quotes, banalities, actual book titles, hold up notes, menu items, TV listings, and more, each meeting one exacting criterion: they're so jaw-droppingly dumb you can't help but laugh. It's the wit of the witless. The comedy of the clueless. The giggly fun of celebrities, athletes, politicians, newscasters, and other pompous types planting a foot (or two) firmly in their mouth. And no authors could be more qualified to pull it together than Ross and Kathryn Petras, who wrote that calendar celebrating stupidity - "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said" - which is a perennial knock-out.It even includes real courtroom testimony: Q. Are you sexually active? A. No, I just lie there. Take a moment to reflect on what this season really means.Q. What would you like most for Christmas? French Ambassador: Peace throughout the world, Soviet Ambassador: Freedom for all people enslaved by imperialism, British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks: Well, it's very kind of you to ask. I'd quite like a box of crystallised fruit.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Julia Child's secret of longevity was: "Red meat and gin". Full of surprise, insight, humour, perspective, celebration, inspiration and a kind of offhand, poignant poetry, this text shares hundreds of the best things men and women over 60 have said about how to love, work, laugh and live. …

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Pursuing a dream is hard work, but the right words delivered at the right time?by people who?ve been there and done that?can give us just the motivation we need. The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm, re-energize our efforts, dispel doubt, let us know we?re not alone, and show us that the fight is worth it?and winnable. Kathryn and Ross Petras are masters at choosing and delivering just the right words. Their books?such as ?Age Doesn?t Matter Unless You?re a Cheese? and ?Dance First. Think Later.??and bestselling calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, have over 5.2 million copies in print. Now comes a book for dreamers and doers, plus writers, entrepreneurs, graduates, artists, future movers and shakers. Collecting the hard-won, brilliantly expressed advice from pioneers who have paved the way, including everyone from Rumi to Steve Jobs, Michelangelo to Oprah to Tina Fey, ?It Always Seems Impossible Until It?s Done? is like a rousing locker-room speech, inspiring courage, commitment, and perseverance.?I?ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I?ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I?ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I?ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.? ?Michael Jordan?Go for it, baby! Life ain?t no dress rehearsal.? ?Tallulah Bankhead ?Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.? ?Neil Gaiman?If you aren?t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?? ?T. S. Eliot?It always seems impossible until it?s done.? ?Nelson Mandela. …

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A book of inspirational quotations from some of the smartest people who ever lived, reminding us that happiness is everywhere and the glass is half-full. Its the perfect gift of optimism, for good times and not-so-good times.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers. It includes 618 rules to live by - funny, sly, declarative, thoughtful, offhanded, clever, and always profound.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Writing very bad poetry requires talent.It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence. The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius.From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism. Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.