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For years Lederer has entertained fans of the English language with his keen insights, common-sense advice, and witty patter. He and Dowis show how "viable" was at one time extracted from medical books, where it is literally defined as &...

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Fans of Lederer's beloved Anguished English series will cherish this newest installment of the gifts and gaffes of oddball language. Chock-full of intelligence, humor, and down-to-earth advice, "The Bride of Anguished English" will delig...

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Have some fun with your native tongue! In "The Cunning Linguist," renowned language expert Richard Lederer shows us the naughtier side of wordplay, revealing hundreds of hilarious, ingenious, unabashed, and adults-only puns, jokes, limer...

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Fans of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" will delight in this collection from one ofAmerica's favorite grammarians. 15 illustrations.

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After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in "Word Wizard." ...

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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 coll...

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What biblical character said, ''''Am I my brother's keeper?'''' (Cain) Who was the chief of the ancient Greek gods? (Zeus) Shakespeare's plays are generally classified into which three categories? (tragedies, comedies, and histories)

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From Simon & Schuster, Fractured English is Richard Lederer is a laugh-out-loud, sidesplitting, collection of language fluffs and flubs by America's super-duper blooper snooper. A collection of language gems by the author of Anguished Eng...

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Explores the intricacies and idiocies of the English language, presenting palindromes, phobias, quizzes, riddles, and other challenges of the language.

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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 ...

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From Simon & Schuster, The Write Way is the S.P.E.L.L. (Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature) guide to real-life writing. Anyone who's tackled tricky grammar, slippery syntax, pesky punctuation, or sneaky jargon...

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Learn the origins of popular phrases in the English language through this exciting book of games perfect for language lovers. Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailin...

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The “impossible to put down” compendium of linguistic bloopers and blunders: a hilarious collection of malapropisms, mixed metaphors and more (San Francisco Chronicle).In Anguished English, Richard Lederer collects some of the wor...

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Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents Revised and Updated from the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia bookPresidential Trivia. In it you'll find all the detailsabout the l...

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Q. What's a skeleton's favorite food?A. Spare ribs.Q. What was the witch's favorite subject in school?A. Spelling.Q. What kind of horse does a ghost ride?A. A night mare.Q. How does an exorcist keep in shape?A. He rides an exorcycle.

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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 ...

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Learn fascinating facts about the history, culture, leaders, and heroes of our great nation in this comprehensive volume of U.S. trivia.This land is your land—so you should know a thing or two about it. American Trivia is chock full of fasci...

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A freshly updated look at everything you never knew you wanted to know about our country's illustrious line of commanders in chiefupdated to include fascinating facts on our brand new 45th president, Donald Trump. You'll find more than 1,000 fun a...

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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 fo...

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Learn the origins of popular phrases in the English language through this exciting book of games perfect for language lovers.Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing...

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Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's "e;Wizard of Idiom"e; (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,...

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This book had its origins in conversations held at various meetings of the International Society of Political Psychology. The editors and con- tributors are grateful for the forum that has given us the opportunity to discuss these topics over the ...

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This book had its origins in conversations held at various meetings of the International Society of Political Psychology. The editors and con tributors are grateful for the forum that has given us the opportunity to discuss these topics over the l...

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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...

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Celebrating Your Best Friend Dogs have been man's best friend for thousands of years, securing our hearts with their unwavering loyalty and boundless love. Join bestselling author Richard Lederer for a fun-filled collection of rollicking humo...

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Language skills will fly through the air with the greatest of ease as kids join in The Circus of Words. Children of all ages are delighted by anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, alliteration, riddles, and puns, yet few books on wordplay are addresse...

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Introduces the wacky world of wordplay with puns, spoonerisms, games of word substitution, and more.

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What do you call an empty hot dog? A hollow weenie .  From best-selling language writer and International Punster of the Year Richard Lederer comes this hilarious book about our spookiest holiday. On October 31, we carve faces on pumpkins, pu...

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What fictional detective survived an attempted murder by his creator? Whose gravestone bears the inscription "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"? Who was the single mother, living on state benefits, whose series of fantastic novels m...

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