Author: Tom McMorrow
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426915861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
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Having Fun with Words of Wit and Wisdom
Author: Tom McMorrow
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426915861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
something here
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426915861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
something here
Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111008
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111008
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
A River of Words
Author: Jen Bryant
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467432547
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
2009 Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book NCTE Notable Children’s Book When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant’s engaging prose and Melissa Sweet’s stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467432547
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
2009 Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book NCTE Notable Children’s Book When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant’s engaging prose and Melissa Sweet’s stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
Women's Wit and Wisdom: A Book Of Quotations
Author: Susan L. Rattiner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111857
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Over 400 memorable quotes from the last 2,500 years by Sappho, Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Erma Bombeck, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. A delight!
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111857
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Over 400 memorable quotes from the last 2,500 years by Sappho, Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Erma Bombeck, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. A delight!
The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122433
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122433
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048648923X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"Familiarity breeds contempt — and children." "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." "Heaven for climate. Hell for company." This attractive paperback gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of quips on life, love, history, culture, travel, and other topics from his fiction, essays, letters, and autobiography.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048648923X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"Familiarity breeds contempt — and children." "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." "Heaven for climate. Hell for company." This attractive paperback gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of quips on life, love, history, culture, travel, and other topics from his fiction, essays, letters, and autobiography.
The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson
Author: Harry Mount
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472976525
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
A return to the wit and wisdom of Boris Johnson – Brexiteer, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister. New and updated edition. 2019 – the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn and Farage' and into the calmer waters of political freedom. Of course there was always bound to be 'a bit of plaster coming off the ceilings of Europe's Chanceries'. Harry Mount has updated his edited collection of the Prime Minister's wit and wisdom with three new chapters dealing with Boris's time as Brexiteer-in-chief; Foreign Secretary and 'On the Threshold of Downing Street'. He describes Boris's Brexit campaign, his leadership breakdown in 2016, his ups and downs as Foreign Secretary, his time outside the political establishment, his turbulent private life and how Boris felt it was his manifest destiny to become the Prime Minister. So buckle up for a riotous tour of the million-pound NHS funder, golden wonder, pro-having, pro-eating blond behemoth. This is the Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472976525
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
A return to the wit and wisdom of Boris Johnson – Brexiteer, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister. New and updated edition. 2019 – the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn and Farage' and into the calmer waters of political freedom. Of course there was always bound to be 'a bit of plaster coming off the ceilings of Europe's Chanceries'. Harry Mount has updated his edited collection of the Prime Minister's wit and wisdom with three new chapters dealing with Boris's time as Brexiteer-in-chief; Foreign Secretary and 'On the Threshold of Downing Street'. He describes Boris's Brexit campaign, his leadership breakdown in 2016, his ups and downs as Foreign Secretary, his time outside the political establishment, his turbulent private life and how Boris felt it was his manifest destiny to become the Prime Minister. So buckle up for a riotous tour of the million-pound NHS funder, golden wonder, pro-having, pro-eating blond behemoth. This is the Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson.
Irish Wit and Wisdom
Author: Joan Larson Kelly
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780880880688
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Folklore, humor, proverbs, toasts -- and blarney!
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780880880688
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Folklore, humor, proverbs, toasts -- and blarney!
Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher: Chartwell
ISBN: 0785833943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The epitome of The American Dream, Theodore Roosevelt lived an active and incredible life well worth every page of this expertly researched and written biography.
Publisher: Chartwell
ISBN: 0785833943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The epitome of The American Dream, Theodore Roosevelt lived an active and incredible life well worth every page of this expertly researched and written biography.
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134929986
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1315
Book Description
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134929986
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1315
Book Description
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.