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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins

Author : Paul McFedries
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101217189
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins written by Paul McFedries and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to chew the fat. This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as “apple-pie order,” “chew the fat,” and “hat trick.” Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical phrases, weird words, and strange expressions and takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech. • Word books have gained in popularity not just with students and linguaphiles, but with a general population interested in the fascinating development of our language. • Contains back stories for 500 intriguing words and phrases. • Fun to flip through and also fun to read cover to cover.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins

Author : Paul McFedries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781336114067
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins written by Paul McFedries and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Uncle John's Weird, Wonderful World Bathroom Reader

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1667205676
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Weird, Wonderful World Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John is back with the 36th annual Bathroom Reader, an all-new collection of entertaining articles that explore the weird and wonderful world we live in. In this 36th edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, longtime fans and new readers alike will be astounded by a treasure trove of wonderfully weird (and true!) stories that explore the realms of pop culture, history, sports, science, and everyday folks, including the always popular misadventures of dumb crooks. Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have reached into all corners of the world to bring you this all-new collection of entertaining and informative articles that include short reads for a quick trip to the throne room as well as longer page-turners for when you take an extended visit. You’ll also find a plethora of amusing lists, odd factoids, quotes, and quizzes that will tickle every trivia enthusiast’s fancy.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains

Author : Matt Forbeck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592577958
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains written by Matt Forbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains, Illustratedis the series' fourth release in the step-by-step, how-to-draw arena, and the first to venture outside the realm of manga. But like the two manga books before it (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Fantasy Creatures andThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Shoujo), this guide follows the same 4-color format in which readers learn how to create a variety of characters with more than 400 illustrations that are broken up into six- to eight-step series. Colour is used in each sequential step to clarify how the new strokes add to the work in progress as the reader works toward each final full-colour character. In this book, readers learn to create original superheroes and villains that are patterned after the underlying traits associated with well-known characters, but without replicating what's already been done by the likes of Marvel and DC Comics. By drawing these unique figures and seeing how they are both similar to and different from the established superheroes and villains, readers gain inspiration for creating their own truly original characters.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II

Author : Mitchell Geoffrey Bard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592572045
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II written by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WWII began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. This book features updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion, a critical timeline of major WW II events, and a WW II timeline highlighting the crucial and most important events of the war. It will include details about major battles on land, in the air, and on the sea - starting with Hitler's rise to power and his goal of European conquest; to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbour; to the decisive battles such as D-Day and the Battle of Midway, which turned the tides of the war toward the Allies.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated

Author : Kenneth Hite
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110106028X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated written by Kenneth Hite and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History comes alive! Presented in a high-impact, graphic novel format, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated is a visually exciting and easy–to–understand alternative to boring textbooks. Innovative design and lively illustrations transport readers back in time to witness these events and more: • The changing lives of the Native Americans • The abolishment of slavery • The achievement of suffrage • The scandals, wars, and assassinations of the twentieth century • America's famous and infamous historical figures

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Website

Author : Paul McFedries
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592577880
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Website written by Paul McFedries and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century, it has become very difficult for a business to survive without a website - today's equivalent of a mid-1990s yellow-pages listing. Today's websites require advanced features that visitors have come to expect- streaming video and audio; e-commerce; custom surveys, forms, and polls; and discussion groups. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Creating a Website, readers will find- ♦ How to create a webpage-all the basics and tables. ♦ Using good design. ♦ Publishing your site. ♦ Automating your site. ♦ How to make your site profitable. ♦ Publicizing your site. The CD contains many custom templates with which to start a website, as well as numerous JavaScript scripts.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Legends

Author : Brandon Toropov
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028640075
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Legends written by Brandon Toropov and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of modern-day urban myths and folklore explores questions relating to famous figures, government conspiracies, paranoia, revenge, chain letters, and humiliating experiences.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Smart Vocabulary

Author : Paul McFedries
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028639970
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Smart Vocabulary written by Paul McFedries and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines over 1,000 words in subject areas such as people, computers, business, law, culture, and government, as well as foreign terms and new words.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well

Author : Laurie Rozakis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1429526572
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well written by Laurie Rozakis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-09 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You know how to tap out an email to your boss, scrawl a note to your sweetheart, even throw in an extra flourish when you sign a greeting card. But when it comes to really writing that excruciating process of transferring your thoughts to paper without inventing some strange new language well, let's just say you think you lack the write stuff. The written word was a great achievement in human history; don't give up on it just yet! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well' is the writing book you've been waiting for everything you need to know to make writing of any kind as easy as thinking or speaking. In this 'Complete Idiot's' Guide, you'll get : -Expert advice on making your writing as clear, persuasive and painless as possible, whether it's a thank-you note, a school paper, or an executive briefing. Easy-to-follow guidelines on a structure, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary and style. No-nonsense advice on figuring out the three hardest parts of any writing: the beginning, middle and end.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare

Author : Laurie Rozakis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028629056
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare written by Laurie Rozakis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and narrative poems, and discusses major themes, characters, and dramatic techniques

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish

Author : Benjamin Blech
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028633879
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish written by Benjamin Blech and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You can serve up a mean s'il vous plaît in a French bistro, live la vida loca for a night of margaritas, and manage a sayonara! after sushi, sake, and karaoke. But when it comes to throwing around a little Yiddish, you feel like a total nebbish! Don't throw up your hands in a helpless “Oy, vey” just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning Yiddish is your guide to this unique tongue, whether you're tackling rules of grammar or just throwing around some key phrases so you sound a little less goyish. In this Complete Idiot's Guide® you get: --A fascinating explanation of how and why Yiddish developed. --An easy introduction to the Yiddish alphabet, as well as to the distinctive sound of Yiddish. --All the Yiddish you'll need for communicating with family and friends or for bargain-hunting on New York's Lower East Side. --A treasury of Yiddish words and phrases for everything.

Lingo

Author : Gaston Dorren
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802190944
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Lingo written by Gaston Dorren and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six thousand years. Sixty languages. One “brisk and breezy” whirlwind armchair tour of Europe “bulg[ing] with linguistic trivia” (The Wall Street Journal). Take a trip of the tongue across the continent in this fascinating, hilarious and highly edifying exploration of the many ways and whys of Euro-speaks—its idiosyncrasies, its histories, commonalities, and differences. Most European languages are descended from a single ancestor, a language not unlike Sanskrit known as Proto-Indo-European (or PIE for short), but the continent’s ever-changing borders and cultures have given rise to a linguistic and cultural diversity that is too often forgotten in discussions of Europe as a political entity. Lingo takes us into today’s remote mountain villages of Switzerland, where Romansh is still the lingua franca, to formerly Soviet Belarus, a country whose language was Russified by the Bolsheviks, to Sweden, where up until the 1960s polite speaking conventions required that one never use the word “you.” “In this bubbly linguistic endeavor, journalist and polyglot Dorren thoughtfully walks readers through the weird evolution of languages” (Publishers Weekly), and not just the usual suspects—French, German, Yiddish, irish, and Spanish, Here, too are the esoteric—Manx, Ossetian, Esperanto, Gagauz, and Sami, and that global headache called English. In its sixty bite-sized chapters, Dorret offers quirky and hilarious tidbits of illuminating facts, and also dispels long-held lingual misconceptions (no, Eskimos do not have 100 words for snow). Guaranteed to change the way you think about language, Lingo is a “lively and insightful . . . unique, page-turning book” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indigo Children

Author : Carolyn Flynn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440626197
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indigo Children written by Carolyn Flynn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the Age of Aquarius and hang on tight . . . The term “Indigo Children” entered the lexicon in 1982 when psychic and author Nancy Ann Tappe talked about the coming Indigo Age in her book, Understanding Your Life Through Color. In this guide, the authors explain why Indigo Children require lots of attention: they tend to think holistically and intuitively, and they process emotions differently. Parenting these high-level children is a challenge, and their years in school may be challenging. • Articles about the Indigo phenomenon have appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S. and as far away as Russia over the last few years, including one in the New York Times (1/06) • Author Wendy H. Chapman is considered one of the foremost experts on Indigo Children

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Word Search Puzzles

Author : Matt Gaffney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592579006
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Word Search Puzzles written by Matt Gaffney and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 puzzles with a great variety of themes (20 letters by 20 letters, with never fewer than 25 terms), The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Word Search Puzzlesprovides hours of fun. In addition, many people believe that working word puzzles improves concentration, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills. Everyone knows the feeling of going blank on just the right word from time to time. It's this feeling that accounts for much the popularity of word search puzzles. Teachers have been using them for years for this very reason. 352 Pages

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Intermediate French

Author : Helene Knoerr
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028639291
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Intermediate French written by Helene Knoerr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides instruction for englarging vocabulary, offer tips on improving pronunciation and translation and explores France's history and culture.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Precalculus

Author : W. Michael Kelley
Publisher : Alpha
ISBN 13 : 9781592573011
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Precalculus written by W. Michael Kelley and published by Alpha. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to understanding Calculus, providing information on its origins, a refresher on basic algebra, a review of trigonometry, logarithms, matrix operations, and other topics.