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  • Gagging on Profundity

    A Collection of Philosophical Humor

    de Patrick J.J. Phillips. ...
    “Humour of the philosophical pedigree can ‘bring us up short’, break us out of our commonplace acceptance, our slumber dogmatic, and require us to reassess what we thought we knew, or ask questions about that which had previously lain fallow in our thinking. Humour may awaken the ‘sleeping metaphors’ that all of us live by….” “The philosopher Sydney Smith (1771 – 1845) identified the salutary ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

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  • A Passion for Books

    A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books

    Edición de Harold Rabinowitz, Rob Kaplan ...
    A collection of sixty classic and contemporary essays, stories, lists, poems, quotations, and cartoons that celebrates the joys of reading, the feeling of spending hours browsing through a bookstore, and the people for whom buying books is a necessity.Booklovers will find themselves in good company within the pages of A Passion for Books, beginning with science-fiction great Ray Bradbury's ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Humorists

    From Hogarth to Noel Coward

    de Paul Johnson ...
    “It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” —Washington Post Book World on Heroes“Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.” —Wall Street JournalPaul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The New York Public Library Literature Companion

    de Staff of The New York Public Library ...
    Pick up The New York Public Library Literature Companion to check the dates of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or to find out how James Joyce's Ulysses changed U.S. obscenity laws, and you may find yourself hours later absorbed in the imaginary worlds of Camelot and The Matrix or sidetracked by the fascinating history of The New Yorker. Designed to satisfy the curious browser as well as ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • How to Write Like Tolstoy

    A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers

    de Richard Cohen ...
    A thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world’s most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen KingNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SPECTATOR • “Richard Cohen’s book acted as a tonic to me. It didn’t make me more Russian, but it fired up my imagination. I have never annotated a book so fiercely.”—Hilary Mantel“There are three rules for writing a novel,” ... Leer más

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  • A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year

    True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year

    de Tom Nissley ...
    A witty and addictively readable day-by-day literary companion.At once a love letter to literature and a charming guide to the books most worth reading, A Reader's Book of Days features bite-size accounts of events in the lives of great authors for every day of the year. Here is Marcel Proust starting In Search of Lost Time and Virginia Woolf scribbling in the margin of her own writing, "Is it ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

    de Clifton Fadiman ...
    "Fadiman may do for the anecdote what Bartlett did for the quotation . . . A thoroughly entertaining and useful reference source." — School Library JournalAlong with an introduction, an index of themes, and a bibliography, this A-to-Z collection includes anecdotes about over two thousand famous people, from Alexander the Great to Muhammad Ali. An enjoyable journey through history and popular ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD

  • The Novel

    A Biography

    de Michael Schmidt ...
    The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Geographically and culturally boundless, with contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, the Caribbean, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages; and encompassing a range of genres, the story of the novel in English unfolds like a richly varied ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Oxymoronica

    Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

    de Mardy Grothe ...

    $13.49 USD

  • Metaphors Be With You

    An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations

    de Mardy Grothe ...
    Respected quotation anthologist and author of Oxymoronica and Viva la Repartee Dr. Mardy Grothe is at his best in Metaphors Be with You, an A to Z dictionary of 2,750 of history’s greatest metaphorical quotations, meticulously curated for writers, readers, and quotation lovers everywhere.In Metaphors Be with You, Dr. Mardy Grothe has created the definitive reference on English’s finest metaphors, ... Leer más

    $11.49 USD

  • Scorn

    The Wickedest Insults in Human History

    de Matthew Parris ...
    'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do'Camilla Long on Nigel Farage'It's not enough to succeed. Friends must fail'Gore VidalNothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down.When it's directed at someone else.Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest shin-kicks and barbs in human history, spa... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

    Edición de Gyles Brandreth ...
    Writer, broadcaster, and wit Gyles Brandreth has completely revised Ned Sherrin's classic collection of wisecracks, one-liners, and anecdotes. With over 1,000 new quotations from all media, it's easy to find hilarious quotes on subjects ranging from Argument to Diets, from Computers to The Weather. Add sparkle to your speeches and presentations, or just enjoy a good laugh in company with Oscar ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD