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Category : Quotations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Handy Book of Quotations, Or, Who Wrote It?
The Handy Book of Quotations
Author: 'Q'
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508429876
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Handy Quotations for all Occasions. The 365 quotations can also be read cover-to-cover, or one a happy and thoughtful day.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508429876
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Handy Quotations for all Occasions. The 365 quotations can also be read cover-to-cover, or one a happy and thoughtful day.
Garner's Quotations
Author: Dwight Garner
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374722145
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades. From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner’s Quotations is like no commonplace book you’ll ever read. If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374722145
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades. From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner’s Quotations is like no commonplace book you’ll ever read. If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!
A Collection of Familiar Quotations
Author: John Bartlett
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Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Books and Reading
Author: Bill Bradfield
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486424634
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Presents a collection of quotations about books and reading, from politcal figures, writers, and celebrities, including Mark Twain, Oprah Winfrey, W.H. Auden, Jerry Seinfeld, and Virginia Wolf, among others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486424634
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Presents a collection of quotations about books and reading, from politcal figures, writers, and celebrities, including Mark Twain, Oprah Winfrey, W.H. Auden, Jerry Seinfeld, and Virginia Wolf, among others.
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 New Yale Book of Quotations
Author: Fred R. Shapiro
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300262787
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
A revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book —named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal “Shapiro does original research, earning [this] volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine (on the original edition) “A quotations book with footnotes that are as fascinating to read as the quotes themselves.”—Arthur Spiegelman, Washington Post Book World (on the original edition) Updated to include more than a thousand new quotations, this reader-friendly volume contains over twelve thousand famous quotations, arranged alphabetically by author and sourced from literature, history, popular culture, sports, digital culture, science, politics, law, the social sciences, and all other aspects of human activity. Contemporaries added to this edition include Beyoncé, Sandra Cisneros, James Comey, Drake, Louise Glück, LeBron James, Brett Kavanaugh, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and David Foster Wallace. The volume also reflects path-breaking recent research resulting in the updating of quotations from the first edition with more accurate wording or attribution. It has also incorporated noncontemporary quotations that have become relevant to the present day. In addition, The New Yale Book of Quotations reveals the striking fact that women originated many familiar quotations, yet their roles have been forgotten and their verbal inventions have often been credited to prominent men instead. This book’s quotations, annotations, extensive cross-references, and large keyword index will satisfy both the reader who seeks specific information and the curious browser who appreciates an amble through entertaining pages.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300262787
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
A revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book —named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal “Shapiro does original research, earning [this] volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine (on the original edition) “A quotations book with footnotes that are as fascinating to read as the quotes themselves.”—Arthur Spiegelman, Washington Post Book World (on the original edition) Updated to include more than a thousand new quotations, this reader-friendly volume contains over twelve thousand famous quotations, arranged alphabetically by author and sourced from literature, history, popular culture, sports, digital culture, science, politics, law, the social sciences, and all other aspects of human activity. Contemporaries added to this edition include Beyoncé, Sandra Cisneros, James Comey, Drake, Louise Glück, LeBron James, Brett Kavanaugh, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and David Foster Wallace. The volume also reflects path-breaking recent research resulting in the updating of quotations from the first edition with more accurate wording or attribution. It has also incorporated noncontemporary quotations that have become relevant to the present day. In addition, The New Yale Book of Quotations reveals the striking fact that women originated many familiar quotations, yet their roles have been forgotten and their verbal inventions have often been credited to prominent men instead. This book’s quotations, annotations, extensive cross-references, and large keyword index will satisfy both the reader who seeks specific information and the curious browser who appreciates an amble through entertaining pages.
The Author's Handbook
Author: Franklynn Peterson
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299214834
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Providing essential guidance for both aspiring and experienced authors, the second edition of The Author’s Handbook is a valuable resource for writers of all levels. Extensively updated and expanded to account for significant changes in the publishing industry, The Author’s Handbook outlines effective techniques to develop marketable book ideas, research those ideas, and write a manuscript—either fiction or nonfiction—for publication. The authors provide many tips on topics that include choosing a publisher, negotiating contracts, understanding legal matters, and promoting your work. With this guide, the reader will gain insight into virtually every aspect of publishing.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299214834
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Providing essential guidance for both aspiring and experienced authors, the second edition of The Author’s Handbook is a valuable resource for writers of all levels. Extensively updated and expanded to account for significant changes in the publishing industry, The Author’s Handbook outlines effective techniques to develop marketable book ideas, research those ideas, and write a manuscript—either fiction or nonfiction—for publication. The authors provide many tips on topics that include choosing a publisher, negotiating contracts, understanding legal matters, and promoting your work. With this guide, the reader will gain insight into virtually every aspect of publishing.
A dictionary of daily blunders, by the author of 'A handy book of synonyms'. [With] A handy book of common English synonyms [and] A handy classical dictionary. [3 pt. Issued together in a publisher's casing with the general title Handbook for writers and readers].
Author: Thomas Preston (lexicographer.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Wit and Wisdom of the American Presidents
Author: Joslyn Pine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110729
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Over 400 memorable quotes: Coolidge's "The chief business of America is business," Carter's "Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread," Bush's "Read my lips: no new taxes," many more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110729
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Over 400 memorable quotes: Coolidge's "The chief business of America is business," Carter's "Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread," Bush's "Read my lips: no new taxes," many more.