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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Griffin, 2005

    0312317867 / 9780312317867

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Pan Macmillan, 2015

    1447267648 / 9781447267645

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The laugh-out-loud debut novel from one of Britain's best-loved comediennes.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Howard Books, 2013

    1476738165 / 9781476738161

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Celebrating Your Feline Friend Cat lovers everywhere, we invite you to come and celebrate the special bond we share with one of our most beloved companions! Join bestselling author Richard Lederer for a heartwarming collection of fascinating facts, touching stories, witty word games, and more -- all complemented by hilarious drawings. Settle in with your favorite feline, as you read wit and wisdom like. Why Cats Are Better Than Dogs Famous Cats and Cat Lovers A Cat's Guide to Humans 10 Clues That Your Cat Has Hacked into Your E-mail Password.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Marion Street Press Inc., 2011

    1936863022 / 9781936863020

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Applauding the true heroes of the classroom, this compilation looks closely at the teachers who change lives one day and one lesson at a time. Instructors from all backgrounds are covered, from literature and poetry to film and even those captured in comic strips. Detailed statistics are presented, proving that teachers really do make a difference, and a collection of side-splitting jokes and riddles celebrate the most unheralded, exhausting, income-challenged, and ultimately, rewarding of all professions. Chapters include Sunday School Bloopers, Students Say the Darnedest Things, and Why I Flunked Out of High School. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Signet Book, 1982

    0451117670 / 9780451117670

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Waterside Productions, 2021

    1956503021 / 9781956503029

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. To the man or woman who knows its origin, each word presents a picture, no matter how ordinary it may appear. Illuminating the faded image of a time-hallowed word or phrase throws light on who we are and where we came from.How did nautical terms, such as scuttlebutt and the bitter end, sail into our everyday vocabulary? What has pass the buck got to do with the game of poker? How did two U.S. presidents help okay and teddy bear to start life? You'll find the answers in these pages, as best-selling language author Richard Lederer passionately and humorously explores the history and mystery of everyday language. To the man or woman who knows its origin, each word presents a picture, no matter how ordinary it may appear. Illuminating the faded image of a time-hallowed word or phrase throws light on who we are and where we came from.What does indenting a paragraph have to do with teeth? What's the origin of The cat's got your tongue? Why do we call left-handers southpaws? You'll find the answers in these pages, as best-selling language author Richard Lederer passionately and humorously explores the history and mystery of everyday language. Richard Lederer is the author of more than fifty books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current books, Richard Lederer's Ultimate Book of Literary Trivia and A Pleasury of Word and Phrase Origins. He is a founding co-host of A Way With Words broadcast on Public Radio.Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, Lederer on Language, appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Pan Macmillan, 2015

    1447267648 / 9781447267645

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. The laugh-out-loud debut novel from one of Britain's best-loved comediennes.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Merriam Webster,U.S., 1998

    0877793549 / 9780877793540

    Serie: Buch 1 von 1 - Lighter Side of Language

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Merriam Webster,U.S., 1998

    0877793549 / 9780877793540

    Serie: Buch 1 von 1 - Lighter Side of Language

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

    0393306321 / 9780393306323

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. This helpful, incisive analysis of marriage in America discusses the false assumptions of modern marriage and how to make a marriage work. It is imperative to realize, the authors argue, that the marital relationship is an interlocked system in itself, not a function of individual partners. They offer techniques for appraising one's own marriage, discuss the use of counselors and the dangers of unilateral therapy, and outline the major elements of a satisfactory marriage.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

    0393306321 / 9780393306323

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This helpful, incisive analysis of marriage in America discusses the false assumptions of modern marriage and how to make a marriage work. It is imperative to realize, the authors argue, that the marital relationship is an interlocked system in itself, not a function of individual partners. They offer techniques for appraising one's own marriage, discuss the use of counselors and the dangers of unilateral therapy, and outline the major elements of a satisfactory marriage.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Delacorte Press, 1993

    038531017X / 9780385310178

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Delacorte Press, 1993

    038531017X / 9780385310178

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Chicago Review Press, 1996

    1556522649 / 9781556522642

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Introduces the wacky world of wordplay with puns, spoonerisms, games of word substitution, and more. Morice, Dave (illustrator).

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Chicago Review Press, 1996

    1556522649 / 9781556522642

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Introduces the wacky world of wordplay with puns, spoonerisms, games of word substitution, and more. Morice, Dave (illustrator).

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Harper Perennial, 1980

    0688087280 / 9780688087289

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Atria, 1991

    0671709399 / 9780671709396

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    Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Atria, 1991

    0671709399 / 9780671709396

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006

    0941711811 / 9780941711814

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Thompson, Bill (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006

    0941711811 / 9780941711814

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Thompson, Bill (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: McGraw Hill, 2018

    1260115879 / 9781260115871

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    Anbieter: Dream Books Co., Denver, CO, USADream Books Co.

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    Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, 1994

    0440215773 / 9780440215776

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    Zustand: Good. All the joy of the best-sellingAnguished English is back! 2,000 all-newside-splitting flubs, fluffs, and hilariously funnyaccidental assaults on our language.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, 1994

    0440215773 / 9780440215776

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    Zustand: Fair. All the joy of the best-sellingAnguished English is back! 2,000 all-newside-splitting flubs, fluffs, and hilariously funnyaccidental assaults on our language.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, 1989

    044020352X / 9780440203520

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    Zustand: Good. "Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished Englishis the funniest book I have ever read."-Sidney Sheldon Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, 1989

    044020352X / 9780440203520

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    Zustand: Fair. "Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished Englishis the funniest book I have ever read."-Sidney Sheldon Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006

    094171182X / 9780941711821

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword . . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. The Time of the Signs: On a diaper service truck: Rock a dry baby. On a plumber's service truck: A flush is better than a full house. Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a communist plot! -Edgar Bergen Quiche me-I'm French! Hangover-the wrath of grapes Work is the ruin of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Pocket Books, 1998

    0671023233 / 9780671023232

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. You'll take a bird's-eye view of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak only in palindromes.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Pocket Books, 1998

    0671023233 / 9780671023232

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. You'll take a bird's-eye view of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak only in palindromes.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Pocket Books, 1999

    0671028111 / 9780671028114

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's "Wizard of Idiom" (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him "In Praise of English," and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as "of small reatch" has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that! He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the "The Department of Redundancy Department," "Is English Prejudiced?" and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006

    094171182X / 9780941711821

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword . . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. The Time of the Signs: On a diaper service truck: Rock a dry baby. On a plumber's service truck: A flush is better than a full house. Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a communist plot! -Edgar Bergen Quiche me-I'm French! Hangover-the wrath of grapes Work is the ruin of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde. …