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Author: William Safire Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0307800598 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 659
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When William Safire delineates the difference between misinformation and disinformation or “distances himself” from clichés, people sit up and take notice. Which is not to say that Safire’s readers always take the punning pundit at his word: they don’t, and he’s got the letters to prove it. Among the entries in Coming to Terms, this all-new collection of Safire’s “On Language” columns, you’ll read the repartee of Lexicographic Irregulars great and small. John Haim of New York sets in concrete what properly to call a cement truck, while Charlton Heston challenges an interpretation of Hamlet’s “to take arms against a sea of troubles” and Gene Shalit passes along his favorite Yogi Berra-ism. Bringing them all together are dozens of Safire’s most illuminating and witty columns, from “Right Stuffing” to “Getting Whom.” When William Safire comes to terms, there’s never a dull moment.
Author: William Safire Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0307800598 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 659
Book Description
When William Safire delineates the difference between misinformation and disinformation or “distances himself” from clichés, people sit up and take notice. Which is not to say that Safire’s readers always take the punning pundit at his word: they don’t, and he’s got the letters to prove it. Among the entries in Coming to Terms, this all-new collection of Safire’s “On Language” columns, you’ll read the repartee of Lexicographic Irregulars great and small. John Haim of New York sets in concrete what properly to call a cement truck, while Charlton Heston challenges an interpretation of Hamlet’s “to take arms against a sea of troubles” and Gene Shalit passes along his favorite Yogi Berra-ism. Bringing them all together are dozens of Safire’s most illuminating and witty columns, from “Right Stuffing” to “Getting Whom.” When William Safire comes to terms, there’s never a dull moment.
Author: Paul Stafford Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 1742745792 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 111
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The Horror High annual handball competition is a fight to the death - even if you’re already dead... It's the annual handball competition at Horror High. The court is marked out in fresh blood and powdered teeth, and every student with their brain sewn in the right way is furiously perfecting their most devious death-plays. The heat is definitely on. Tony Bones-Jones is the molten hot favourite, but an unidentified masked assailant has come roaring up through the ranks. The Bonester isn't worried. He's dispatched the best Horror High could throw at him, and sent them limping off the court weeping like onion-chopping old women. But this masked opponent is different - it's as if he can anticipate Tony's every move. Is there some devilry at work here? Two champions, two destinies... Revenge will be sweet. Imagine a school made up of every kind of ghoul you can imagine, from zombies to werewolves, vampires to grim reapers - that’s Horror High!
Author: Kak Akstock Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1636615228 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 374
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Unsnagged By: Kak Akstock I first saw Charna Galt, the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen, when she hurried into the adult bookstore I was already inside. She was obviously hiding from someone, but as she hid, a roomful of lecherous eyes tripped her exhibitionism switch. I abetted those eyes, and her libido, by chugging further down that spur with her. At that first most-memorable sexual experience, she was an eighteen-year-old high school senior and I was a Marine vet with two Vietnam tours on my resume, ten years older. Despite the age gap and snags placed by families, the Mafia, the police, societal norms, sexual fantasies, and my best friend and roommate, Richard Feynman, who also fell in love with Charna, we unsnagged. The love and sex made the action and conflict involved in the unsnagging worth the effort.
Author: Susan C. Daffron Publisher: Logical Expressions, Inc. ISBN: 1610380479 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 309
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To Lisa Lowell, it seems like her life is defined by all the things she isn't anymore. She's not a world-class skier, not a wife, not a full-time mother, and not even a patient striving to get well. So who is she now? When her brother asks Lisa to help her family, she can't find an excuse not to flee her empty nest and return to her hometown of Alpine Grove. Tasked with remodeling her parents bizarre old house and preparing it for sale, Lisa confronts personal failures and memories she's avoided for years. At the local ski resort, Lisa ends up on a collision course with Pete Harmon, a retired cop fighting his own battles with the past. As Lisa contends with a disobedient foster dog, aggravating contractors, and the demands of her nutty great aunt Betty, she discovers that being accident-prone may not be the only thing she has in common with Pete.
Author: Kathleen Marie Marsh Publisher: ISBN: 9780976079606 Category : Alzheimer's disease Languages : en Pages : 308
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Heartwarming mainstream novel that traces the circle of life from infertility to Alzheimers. Beautifully depicts the role cross-generational friendships play in helping women navigate the difficulties of life's journey. Five star rating by Writer's Digest!
Author: Jim Henle Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400865689 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 177
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Tantalizing math puzzles and cooking recipes that show how mathematical thinking is like the culinary arts Tie on your apron and step into Jim Henle's kitchen as he demonstrates how two equally savory pursuits—cooking and mathematics—have more in common than you realize. A tasty dish for gourmets of popular math, The Proof and the Pudding offers a witty and flavorful blend of mathematical treats and gastronomic delights that reveal how life in the mathematical world is tantalizingly similar to life in the kitchen. Take a tricky Sudoku puzzle and a cake that fell. Henle shows you that the best way to deal with cooking disasters is also the best way to solve math problems. Or take an L-shaped billiard table and a sudden desire for Italian potstickers. He explains how preferring geometry over algebra (or algebra over geometry) is just like preferring a California roll to chicken tikka masala. Do you want to know why playfulness is rampant in math and cooking? Or how to turn stinky cheese into an awesome ice cream treat? It’s all here: original math and original recipes plus the mathematical equivalents of vegetarianism, Asian fusion, and celebrity chefs. Pleasurable and lighthearted, The Proof and the Pudding is a feast for the intellect as well as the palate.
Author: Manuel Malfeito Ferreira Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527582272 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 265
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This book presents a wine tasting method based on knowledge gathered from neurobiology, aroma chemistry, oenology, history, aesthetics, psychology and gastronomy. It is written for the beginner, but wine professionals can benefit from learning about an approach to wine tasting that is grounded in the way in which the human brain processes the pleasure of drinking wine.
Author: Robert Paul Weston Publisher: Razorbill ISBN: 1595147519 Category : Animals, Mythical Languages : en Pages : 241
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When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth's Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty treats of the creatures inside."
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