wyszukanych pozycji: 24
So That's What It Means!: Illuminating Stories about Word Histories and Mysteries
ISBN: 9781956503029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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67,58 zł |
A Treasury of Christmas Humor
ISBN: 9781949001419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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58,54 zł |
Lederer\'s Language & Laughter
ISBN: 9781958848388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,62 zł |
A Pleasury of Word and Phrase Origins
ISBN: 9781954968936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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67,58 zł |
Treasury for Dog Lovers: Wit and Wisdom, Information and Inspiration about
ISBN: 9781476738178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 humor, witty word games, touching stories, and more -- all complemented by hilarious drawings. Celebrate the company of your furry pal as you delight in such wit and wisdom as...
- All I Need to Know I Learned from My Dog - Ten Commandments for Dog Owners - A Dozen Distinguished Dogs - The Difference... Celebrating Your Best Friend Dogs have been man's best friend for thousands of years, securing our hearts with their unwavering loyalty an...
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47,31 zł |
The Miracle of Language
ISBN: 9780671028114 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him "In Praise of English," and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as "of small reatch" has become the most widely spoken language in history:
Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's "Wizard of Idiom" (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achieveme...
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77,28 zł |
The Cunning Linguist: Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun
ISBN: 9780312318130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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, limericks, one-liners, and other adventures in sexual humor. This book of "good, clean dirty fun" will delight word hounds, punsters, bachelor-party goers, and anyone who likes a clever grown-up joke. Here's a taste of The Cunning Linguist Q: What does a man have in his pants that you can also find on a pool table? Have some fun with your native tongue In The Cunning Linguist, renowned language expert Richard Lederer shows us the naughtier side o... |
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98,97 zł |
Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia: From Mythology, Shakespeare, and the Bible [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
ISBN: 9780369372048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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96,38 zł |
A Treasury of Halloween Humor
ISBN: 9781949001259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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58,54 zł |
Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic
ISBN: 9780312351717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays are the brightest gems of a storied career. Word Wizard includes a new introduction, prefaces for each essay, sprightly verse, and material... After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language ma... |
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98,97 zł |
Richard Lederer's Ultimate Book of Literary Trivia
ISBN: 9781954968462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,62 zł |
Treasury for Cat Lovers: Wit and Wisdom, Information and Inspiration about Our Feline Friends
ISBN: 9781476738161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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, touching stories, witty word games, and more -- all complemented by hilarious drawings. Settle in with your favorite feline, as you read wit and wisdom like...
- Why Cats Are Better Than Dogs - Famous Cats and Cat Lovers - A Cat's Guide to Humans - 10 Clues That Your Cat Has Hacked into Your... Celebrating Your Feline Friend Cat lovers everywhere, we invite you to come and celebrate the special bond we share with one of our most b...
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47,31 zł |
Crazy English
ISBN: 9780671023232 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. You'll take a bird's-eye view of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak only in palindromes.
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 ENG...
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81,75 zł |
The Bride of Anguished English: A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos
ISBN: 9780312300388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Fans of Richard Lederer's Anguished English series will cherish this newest installment of the author's latest chronicle of the gifts and gaffes of our oddball language. From headlines to menus, student papers to politicians' speeches, every embarrassing example is true-and wonderfully funny. Fans of Richard Lederer's Anguished English series will cherish this newest installment of the author's latest chronicle of the gifts and gaffes of... |
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86,06 zł |
American History for Everyone: The Fascinating Story of Our Great Nation
ISBN: 9781962984515 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,62 zł |
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults on the English Language [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
ISBN: 9780369317667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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96,38 zł |
The Write Way: The Spell Guide to Good Grammar and Usage
ISBN: 9780671526702 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Anyone who's tackled tricky grammar, slippery syntax, pesky punctuation, or sneaky jargon knows that good writing is never easy. In this ingenious guide, enjoy the wit of two English language mavens as they entertain while answering all our perplexing questions.
Anyone who's tackled tricky grammar, slippery syntax, pesky punctuation, or sneaky jargon knows that good writing is never easy. In this ingenious gui...
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77,28 zł |
Comma Sense: A Fundamental Guide to Punctuation
ISBN: 9780312342555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Are you confounded by commas, addled by apostrophes, or queasy about quotation marks? Do you believe a bracket is just a support for a wall shelf, a dash is something you make for the bathroom, and a colon and semicolon are large and small intestines? If so, language humorists Richard Lederer and John Shore (with the sprightly aid of illustrator Jim McLean), have written the perfect book to help make your written words perfectly precise and punctuationally profound. Are you confounded by commas, addled by apostrophes, or queasy about quotation marks? Do you believe a bracket is just a support for a wall shelf, ... |
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73,14 zł |
Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay
ISBN: 9781957807263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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67,58 zł |
Fractured English
ISBN: 9780671000363 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bestselling author Richard Lederer has done it again with this collection of language gems, presented in his signature style - uncut, unpolished, and one hundred percent genuine. Fractured English is the only place you'll encounter this student's complaint: "I pass all my testes. My grade should be hirer", or this headache of a headline: "Legislators Tax Brains to Cut Deficit". Revel in the delightful anarchy of words run amok, but caveat emptor: "Richard Lederer's books are good medicine, except for the incontinent", writes an ardent admirer. Venture from the Mouths of Babes to Classified...
Bestselling author Richard Lederer has done it again with this collection of language gems, presented in his signature style - uncut, unpolished, and ...
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68,67 zł |