This dictionary will help citizens understand politicians and others who speak a language similar to English but with different meanings for the words and phrases. The book is both entertaining and informative. Do you think your representative or senator speaks English? Nope. What he speaks has only a superficial similarity to English. If you want to understand politicians you need to know something about their language. Words and phrases can have different meanings in different languages. For example, "rat" in English means a rodent that most people don't like. However in German it means...
This dictionary will help citizens understand politicians and others who speak a language similar to English but with different meanings for the words...
A fun little booklet designed to be given as a gift at white elephant parties. Describes lots of white things the recipient needs for his white elephant and includes pictures of those items (blank white space).
A fun little booklet designed to be given as a gift at white elephant parties. Describes lots of white things the recipient needs for his white elepha...
The Bible, a victim of its own success. Misconceptions abound, many because people think what sounds good just has to come from the Bible, and others by misunderstanding. Did Paul oppose marriage and sex? What was the curse on Adam? Why did Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem? How many wise men visited the infant Jesus in the stable? The answers to these and other questions may surprise readers. This book does not claim to be definitive, indeed it asks readers specifically not to believe the book but to believe the Bible, what it actually says rather than what people often think it says. It is...
The Bible, a victim of its own success. Misconceptions abound, many because people think what sounds good just has to come from the Bible, and others ...