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I Is an Other
The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World
Av James Geary
Häftad, 2012
195 kr
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It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! This is one of Shakespeare's most famous lines and one of the most well-known metaphors in literature. But metaphor is much more than a mere literary device employed by love-struck poets when they refer to their girlfriends as interstellar masses of …
I Is an Other
The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World
Av James Geary
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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The New York Times bestselling author examines how metaphors influence every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.Metaphor is much more than a mere literary device. Often hiding in plain sight, it is a critical aspect of how humans think and communicate. …
World in a Phrase
A Brief History of the Aphorism, Second Edition
Av James Geary
Häftad, 2025
206 kr
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Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world. Aphorisms are literature’s hand luggage. Light and compact, they contain everything you need to get through a rough day at …
Wit's End
What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It
Av James Geary
Inbunden, 2018
240 kr
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James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there’s the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of …
Wit's End
What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It
Av James Geary
Häftad, 2019
153 kr
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James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there’s the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of …
World in a Phrase
Av James Geary
E-bok, 2011
157 kr
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Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through spirited and amusing biographies of some of its greatest practitioners, including Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker; great French …
