Download or read book Scorn written by Matthew Parris and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'You're as ugly as a salad.' Bulgarian insult 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' Muhammed Ali There's no pleasure like a perfectly turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form. This collection includes extended literary invective as well as short verbal shin-kicks. Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, Matthew Parris's sublime collection is the perfect companion for the festive season, whether you're searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer.
Download or read book Envy Up Scorn Down written by Susan T. Fiske and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful examination of why we compare ourselves to those above and below us. The United States was founded on the principle of equal opportunity for all, and this ethos continues to inform the nation's collective identity. In reality, however, absolute equality is elusive. The gap between rich and poor has widened in recent decades, and the United States has the highest level of economic inequality of any developed country. Social class and other differences in status reverberate throughout American life, and prejudice based on another's perceived status persists among individuals and groups. In Envy Up, Scorn Down, noted social psychologist Susan Fiske examines the psychological underpinnings of interpersonal and intergroup comparisons, exploring why we compare ourselves to those both above and below us and analyzing the social consequences of such comparisons in day-to-day life. What motivates individuals, groups, and cultures to envy the status of some and scorn the status of others? Who experiences envy and scorn most? Envy Up, Scorn Down marshals a wealth of recent psychological studies as well as findings based on years of Fiske's own research to address such questions. She shows that both envy and scorn have distinctive biological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics. And though we are all "wired" for comparison, some individuals are more vulnerable to these motives than others. Dominant personalities, for example, express envy toward high-status groups such as the wealthy and well-educated, and insecurity can lead others to scorn those perceived to have lower status, such as women, minorities, or the disabled. Fiske shows that one's race or ethnicity, gender, and education all correlate with perceived status. Regardless of whether one is accorded higher or lower status, however, all groups rank their members, and all societies rank the various groups within them. We rate each group as either friend or foe, able or unable, and accordingly assign them the traits of warmth or competence. The majority of groups in the United States are ranked either warm or competent but not both, with extreme exceptions: the homeless or the very poor are considered neither warm nor competent. Societies across the globe view older people as warm but incompetent. Conversely, the very rich are generally considered cold but highly competent. Envy Up, Scorn Down explores the nuances of status hierarchies and their consequences and shows that such prejudice in its most virulent form dehumanizes and can lead to devastating outcomes—from the scornful neglect of the homeless to the envious anger historically directed at Tutsis in Rwanda or Jews in Europe. Individuals, groups, and even cultures will always make comparisons between and among themselves. Envy Up, Scorn Down is an accessible and insightful examination of drives we all share and the prejudice that can accompany comparison. The book deftly shows that understanding envy and scorn—and seeking to mitigate their effects—can prove invaluable to our lives, our relationships, and our society.
Download or read book Scorn but Healed written by Stephanie Steward and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Wounds heal with time no matter how big or small. As you embrace this journey of how to obtain healing for your wounds through forgiveness and patience you will begin to understand that everything you went through God was with you. Your wounds are designed to make you stronger in the lord and build a confidence in him that no situation can shake. Take this forty day challenge to focus on God and allow Jesus the great physician to heal all your wounds.
Download or read book Love Unspoken Scorn Bespoken True Stories from a Dysfunctional Diasporic Family written by M.S. Basmeer and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing lens of a family as it attempts to cope with domestic life in the diaspora. From the backwater of Basmeer’s birth town as he copes with his adolescent inhibitions and through to his incompatible marriage, then to his eleven-year estrangement after he sires and rears five children who move to the diaspora with their mother, and with his blessings. In richly textured prose, Basmeer’s private moments are palpable as he reunites with his family only to find himself struggling to understand the shift in their personalities. His struggles are unending even in his 73rd year as he walks out of his home for the sixth time after years of miscommunication and abuse.
Download or read book X Venture CHRONICLES OF THE DRAGON TRAIL Wyrm Of Scorn Laidly Worm written by Clay and published by Kadokawa Gempak Starz Sdn Bhd. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering the aftereffects of the frigid feedback he received, Rain's fire of exuberance is dampened when periodically frozen solid! With an unexpected ally, it's off to the apothecary tower to save our harebrained hero's life! With the Nightfold Empire taking hold and Bain on the trail of the Dark Dragons, another hero emerges on a quest to deliver a damsel from distress, or is that vice versa? With revelations and change changing the landscape of their whacky world, how will Rain, Sean, and Stone fare up against the WYRM OF SCORN?
Download or read book A Sovereign s Scorn written by Luke W Logan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typhoeus is a dragon. To the humans hunting him, he is nothing more than a monster. A mindless beast to be killed for levels and glory. To him, adventurers are not that much better. Exiled from his home due to a trait on his status, and so very tired of killing adventurers on a near daily basis, Typhoeus decides to seek refuge hidden amongst the cowed remnants of humanity that populate this world. Armed with a millennium of mystical knowledge, and a powerful new skill that lets him take on the guise of a completely average human woman, the dragon must decide if he can be more than just the words on his status as he is flung headfirst into a life of romance and adventure. This is his story. A QUEER ROMANTIC FANTASY / EPIC ACTION & ADVENTURE / LITRPG GENRE MASHUP!
Download or read book Hope Scorn written by Michael J. Brown and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intellectuals “have been both rallying points and railed against in American politics, vessels of hope and targets of scorn,” writes Michael J. Brown as he invigorates a recurrent debate in American life: Are intellectual public figures essential voices of knowledge and wisdom, or out-of-touch elites? Hope and Scorn investigates the role of high-profile experts and thinkers in American life and their ever-fluctuating relationship with the political and public spheres. From Eisenhower’s era to Obama’s, the intellectual’s role in modern democracy has been up for debate. What makes an intellectual, and who can claim that privileged title? What are intellectuals’ obligations to society, and how, if at all, are their contributions compatible with democracy? For some, intellectuals were models of civic engagement. For others, the rise of the intellectual signaled the fall of the citizen. Carrying us through six key moments in this debate, Brown expertly untangles the shifting anxieties and aspirations for democracy in America in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. Hope and Scorn begins with “egghead” politicians like Adlai Stevenson; profiles scholars like Richard Hofstadter and scholars-turned-politicians like H. Stuart Hughes; and ends with the rise of public intellectuals such as bell hooks and Cornel West. In clear and unburdened prose, Brown explicates issues of power, authority, political backlash, and more. Hope and Scorn is an essential guide to American concerns about intellectuals, their myriad shortcomings, and their formidable abilities.
Download or read book Lexicon to the English Poetical Works of John Milton written by Laura Emma Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scorn of Women written by Jack London and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Scorn of Women by Jack London
Download or read book Akuma s Scorn written by Lizeeta Zs and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, a powerful Jinn sought the annihilation of man, but the great Saint Ithuria sealed him and his race behind a veil. In modern Sol, Lin and Ace are childhood friends, reunited after tragedy separated them for five long years. However, adversities await as she is the shunned orphan ward of the fire-wielding Kravens, and he is their Noble heir. When Ace learns that tragedy spells conspiracy, Lin must resist forbidden love while swept up in a quest to discover her purpose and save humanity from a Jinn once scorned.
Download or read book Love and Scorn written by Carol Frost and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strength of Carol Frost's Love and Scorn: New and Selected Poems lie not only in the excellence of her work but in the very presentation, which gives a new vitality to her most beloved and familiar poems. This collection will most assuredly find Frost new readers and thrill those already acquainted with her work.
Download or read book The Scourge of the Scorn Lords written by Wind Lothamer and published by . This book was released on 2021-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Beatitudes written by César Franck and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Songs of Sundry Natures written by William Byrd and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dark Images at Sea written by Philip M. Butera and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This poetry collection, based on recurring motifs from The Odyssey, takes a journey toward a realm that opens space within awareness. It offers a wide scope, permitting the emergence of new thoughts unhindered by margins and considerations spun into configurations that churn against time and reality. Writing with open yet misty forwardness, poet Philip M. Butera offers modern interpretations on themes of the classic epic poem as an expedition of the mind, honoring Plato’s suggestion that poets create from pure inspiration.
Download or read book Eigent mlichkeiten des anglischen Wortschatzes written by Willem van der Gaaf and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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