Download or read book Penguin Pocket Book of Quotations written by Penguin Group (Australia) Staff and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-sized collection of over 500 quotations drawn from a variety of sources, including literature, songs, films, and political speeches.
Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Etiquette written by Pat Lawson-Black and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should you set the table for a formal dinner? When should you conclude a letter with 'Yours faithfully' and when with 'Yours sincerely'? How do you address a Member of Parliament? Who should pay for a business luncheon or dinner?This book is a pocket-sized guide to the fundamental DOs, DONTs and HOW-TOs of life. Births, deaths and marriages; meeting; greeting; grooming; travelling; entertaining; letter-writing; shared living - here is everything you need to know to help you get by in life without offending anyone!
Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tips written by Suzi Rainone and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heading overseas? Whether you are a backpacker or a business traveller, The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tipsis the essential guide for you. Containing comprehensive, savvy advice to help you make the most of your time and money while on the road, this book covers all stages of your journey from go to whoa- deciding on a destination and planning an itinerary tracking down the best fares organising passports and visas surviving the flight staying safe and healthy on the road finding accommodation to suit your taste and budget meeting the locals Also included are useful lists of informative web sites. The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tipsis the indispensable guide for happy travels.
Download or read book Quotes Every Man Should Know written by Nick Mamatas and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-size gift book is a thinking man's arsenal of quotes, quips, and comebacks filled with wit, insight, and genius. Perfect for the guy who knows everything and wants the words to match! This little book offers in-depth investigations into "who said what," counterquotes for common clichés, and tips for citing sayings without sounding stupid. Never be at a loss for words again! Includes quotes from: · Aristotle · Abraham Lincoln · Nelson Mandela · George Carlin · And more!
Download or read book The Politics of Proverbs written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how proverbs and to a lesser extent proverbial expressions, have played a significant role in political life during the 20th century. Takes as major examples the speeches and writings of Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman to show how proverbs can be brought into the service of most any ideology. Also traces the use of proverbs and their cartoon analogues during the five decades of Cold War propaganda, and proverbial slurs against Native Americans and Asian Americans. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Penguin Pocket Jokes written by David Pickering and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you heard the one about the man who walked into a bar? (Ouch!)... Penguin Pocket Jokes is essential (and hilarious) reading for anyone searching for the perfect joke. Whether you want a snappy wisecrack or a longer rib-tickler when making a speech, this easy-to-use guide will provide the perfect witticism.
Download or read book 1000 Pocket Positives written by and published by How To Books Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dip into this book for personal inspiration and reflection, or to provide some pithy quotations that will add sparkle to your presentations, handouts, articles, essays, websites or speeches.
Download or read book The 2 548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said written by Robert Byrne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-12-27 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from diverse personages from Goethe to Churchill to Woody Allen, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said is a witty wise quotation collection that deserves a special place on every humor lover's bookshelf. These unique, funny, and outrageous quotations, previously published in four separate volumes, are now gathered together in a seemingly limitless trove of pithy and often irreverent one-liners, retorts, put-downs, jokes, and last words that cover every conceivable subject and will appeal to every taste. Highlights include: —W. C. Fields: "Start every day with a smile and get it over with." —George Burns:” "Happiness is having a large loving family in another city." And many more.
Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Quotations written by Anon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of over 500 memorable and witty quotations, from the past and the present, will provide you with hours of pleasure. Drawn from a variety of sources, including literature, songs, films and political speeches, this indispensable resource is fully indexed for easy reference. It covers:* the arts* birth, life and death* knowledge and wisdom* love, marriage and desire* money* politics and government
Download or read book Land of Cockaigne written by Jeffrey Lewis and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel written as a sharp parable of American society, addressing love, purpose, discrimination, and poverty. In Jeffrey Lewis’s novel, the Land of Cockaigne, once an old medieval peasants’ vision of a sensual paradise on earth, is reimagined as a plot on the coast of Maine. In efforts to assuage their grief over their son’s death and to make meaning of his life, Walter Rath and Catherine Gray build what they hope will be a version of paradise for a group of young men from the Bronx. As Walter and Catherine work to reinvent this land, formerly a summer resort, the surrounding town of Sneeds Harbor proves resistant. The residents’ well-meaning doubts lead to well-hidden threats, and the Raths’ marriage unravels as Walter loses faith in democracy. Meanwhile, the Bronx boys, who have only ever known the city, try to navigate this new land that is completely alien to them. Written as a parable of contemporary American society, Land of Cockaigne is by turns furious, funny, subversive, tragic, and horrifying. Faced with the question of what to do amid disastrous times, Walter Rath offers a clue: Love is an action, not a feeling. Once you go down this path of faith, there is much to be done.
Download or read book Anatomy of what We Value Most written by William Gerber and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book analyzes, synthesizes, and evaluates the insights of the world's outstanding thinkers, prophets, and literary masters on the good, the morally right, and the lovely (part one); the question whether the world operates on the basis of such universal laws as the logos, the tao, and the principle of polarity (part two); what there is and isn't in the world, including such categories as existence, reality, being, and nonbeing (part three); and pre-eminently credible and enriching beliefs about truth, wisdom, and what it all means (part four). Emphasis is placed on the divergent views of such intellectual giants as Confucius and Laotse in ancient China; the classical Hindu philosophers from ancient times to Gandhi and Tagore; patriarchs and prophets quoted in Scripture; Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; Saints Augustine and Thomas Aquinas in the Middle Ages; Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant; and nineteenth- and twentieth-century luminaries such as Bentham, Mill, Peirce, James, Dewey, Sartre, and Wittgenstein. The differences and resemblances of their cogitations are portrayed as a conversation of the ages on questions of persistent concern.
Download or read book I Feel That written by Christina Scotch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From popular Instagram artist @QuotesByChristie, an inspiring and colorful quote collection for all of your ups and downs. Quotes are instant sympathy. A good quote says, “I’ve been there, too,” in just a few words. And the perfect quote in the perfect moment can be just the reminder you need that you’re not alone, and you’re going to get through this. That is why Christina Scotch started QuotesByChristie, her popular Instagram page—to reach out across the Internet void and embrace all of the people going through it, too. In this colorful collection, Scotch shares fan favorites and all new material to hit all of your highs and lows. Perfect for birthdays, graduations, and any other gift-able occasion, I Feel That is sure to be an inspiration for readers everywhere.
Download or read book A Chef s Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations written by Susi Gott Séguret and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chef’s Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations features over 200 fun and inspirational quotes for anyone who loves to cook, eat, and entertain, or simply loves to dream about all of the above. Food is a major part of our lives. We all have to eat and most of us have to cook. But even though Julia Child and Irma Rombauer and other visionaries inspired us to think of cooking as a joy, most of us still need to be reminded that cooking and eating can be fun and inspirational as well as essential! A Chef’s Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations highlights words of wisdom from a wide variety of people, including those in the food world and beyond. This scrumptious collection is a perfect gift for the food lover in all of us.
Download or read book 1 911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said written by Robert Byrne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 1,911 quotes from scholars, comedians, political candidates, writers, reporters, philosophers, and other people from throughout history.
Download or read book Pierre the Penguin written by Jean Marzollo and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pierre, an African penguin living at the California Academy of Sciences, begins to lose his feathers, the zoo staff is at a loss as to what to do. The lack of feathers causes Pierre to lose warmth, making him afraid to swim in the zoo pool. And the other penguins start to shy away, giving Pierre the "cold" shoulder. Unfortunately, heaters and medications fail to correct the situation. But one rainy day, inspiration strikes a biologist named Pam. While walking her dog in the rain, Pam notes that her pet wears a raincoat. Could a "raincoat," or wet suit, help Pierre? A tiny neoprene wet suit is designed especially for Pierre. But will it work? Told in rhyme by noted I SPY author Jean Marzollo, this true story of veterinary ingenuity charmingly comes to life. Jean Marzollo has written more than 100 children's books, including the award-winning I SPY series. With a graduate degree from Harvard, she has taught school, written books about teaching and parenting, and was the editor of Scholastic's Let's Find Out kindergarten magazine for 20 years. Jean lives in upstate New York. Nationally known for her many award-winning children's books that feature exotic flora and fauna, Laura Regan's artwork has been used to raise funds for many wildlife organizations. She is the illustrator of A is for Anaconda: A Rainforest Alphabet. Laura lives in the Bay Area in California.
Download or read book God s Pocket written by Pete Dexter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE In this striking debut from the author of the National Book Award winner Paris Trout, Pete Dexter chronicles a murder and its consequences in the fictional blue-collar Philadelphia neighborhood of God’s Pocket. Leon Hubbard makes other men nervous, talking to himself or anyone who will listen about the things he’s cut with his straight razor. So when he crosses the wrong guy on a South Philly construction site and winds up with his head caved in, everyone is content to bury the bad news with the body. Everyone, that is, except Leon’s mother—and a local newspaper columnist hoping the story will resurrect his career. Only a mother could love a man like Leon. But only an outsider could expect to change anything in God’s Pocket. Praise for God’s Pocket “Riveting . . . a first-class first novel . . . highlighted by superior writing, dialogue that rings true, and a highly believable background.”—Associated Press “God’s Pocket sings, snarls, mugs, wisecracks, buys you a drink, steals your wallet, and takes you home to meet the folks.”—Richard Price “My own favorite among Mr. Dexter’s work remains God’s Pocket, which I continue to admire for its rich, well-nigh Dickensian mixture of verisimilitude, real-life absurdity, horror and romance.”—Robert Stone, The New York Times Book Review “Rollicking . . . a tough Philadelphia neighborhood comes to life in these pages.”—Playboy
Download or read book The Bickford Fuse written by Andrey Kurkov and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catch-22 meets The Brothers Karamazov in the last great satire of the Soviet Era The Great Patriotic War is stumbling to a close, but a new darkness has fallen over Soviet Russia. And for a disparate, disconnected clutch of wanderers - many thousands of miles apart but linked by a common goal - four parallel journeys are just beginning. Gorych and his driver, rolling through water, sand and snow on an empty petrol tank; the occupant of a black airship, looking down benevolently as he floats above his Fatherland; young Andrey, who leaves his religious community in search of a new life; and Kharitonov, who trudges from the Sea of Japan to Leningrad, carrying a fuse that, when lit, could blow all and sundry to smithereens. Written in the final years of Communism, The Bickford Fuse is a satirical epic of the Soviet soul, exploring the origins and dead-ends of the Russian mentality from the end of World War Two to the Union's collapse. Blending allegory and fable with real events, and as deliriously absurd as anything Kurkov has written, it is both an elegy for lost years and a song of hope for a future not yet set in stone. Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
