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Author : H. Jack Lang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dear Wit written by H. Jack Lang and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will delight in the worldly wit, clever irony, and biting sarcasm conceived by many of the world's most renowned personalities, past and present.
Author : James Geary
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039325495X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It written by James Geary and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." —Stephen Fry Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there’s the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of artists, and the metaphysical wit of philosophers. In Wit’s End, Geary embraces wit in every form by adopting a different style for each chapter; he writes the section on verbal repartee as a dramatic dialogue, the neuroscience of wit as a scientific paper, the spirituality of wit as a sermon, and other chapters in jive, rap, and the heroic couplets of Alexander Pope. Wit’s End agilely balances psychology, folktales, visual art, and literary history with lighthearted humor and acute insight, drawing upon traditions of wit from around the world. Entertaining, illuminating, and entirely unique, Wit’s End demonstrates that wit and wisdom are really the same thing.
Author : Richard S. Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The World's Wit and Wits written by Richard S. Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erma Bombeck
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 030777824X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book At Wit's End written by Erma Bombeck and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire." THE BOSTON GLOBE Madcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. What do you mean you're a participle in the school play and you need a costume? Those rotten kids. If only they'd let me wake up in my own way. Why do they have to line up along my bed and stare at me like Moby Dick just washed up onto a beach somewhere?"
Author : Benjamin Errett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698153863
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Elements of Wit written by Benjamin Errett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got wit? We’ve all been in that situation where we need to say something clever, but innocuous; smart enough to show some intelligence, without showing off; something funny, but not a joke. What we need in that moment is wit—that sparkling combination of charm, humor, confidence, and most of all, the right words at the right time. Elements of Wit is an engaging book that brings together the greatest wits of our time, and previous ones from Oscar Wilde to Nora Ephron, Winston Churchill to Christopher Hitchens, Mae West to Louis CK, and many in between. With chapters covering the essential ingredients of wit, this primer sheds light on how anyone—introverts, extroverts, wallflowers, and bon vivants—can find the right zinger, quip, parry, or retort…or at least be a little bit more interesting.
Author : Lionel Strachey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The world's wit and humor written by Lionel Strachey and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Dutton
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845409965
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)
Download or read book At Our Wits' End written by Edward Dutton and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End. The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago. The research proving this is, at once, profoundly thought-provoking, highly controversial, and it's currently only read by academics. But the authors are passionate that it cannot remain ensconced in the ivory tower any longer. With At Our Wits' End, they present the first ever popular scientific book on this crucially important issue. They prove that intelligence — which is strongly genetic — was increasing up until the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution, because we were subject to the rigors of Darwinian Selection, meaning that lots of surviving children was the preserve of the cleverest. But since then, they show, intelligence has gone into rapid decline, because large families are increasingly the preserve of the least intelligent. The book explores how this change has occurred and, crucially, what its consequences will be for the future. Can we find a way of reversing the decline of our IQ? Or will we witness the collapse of civilization and the rise of a new Dark Age?
Author : Jena Pincott
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613736916
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Wits Guts Grit written by Jena Pincott and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if memory and learning could improve after eating certain foods—such as blueberries—high in plant chemicals called flavonols? What if primal ways of moving the body strengthen kids' working memory and mental flexibility? What if receiving the right types of touch translate into better emotional control and self-regulation? These and many more questions led Pincott to simple, all-natural "biohacks"—or experiments inspired by current research and theory—complete with instructions on how to undertake them to help your own children strengthen their wits, guts, and grit.
Author : Harold B. Segel
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557530332
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Vienna Coffeehouse Wits, 1890-1938 written by Harold B. Segel and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Segel's extensive introduction provides a wealth of information concerning the social, political, and cultural background of turn-of-the-century Vienna. The eight artists assembled here are concerned with their world, Austria and particularly Vienna. They exchange ideas, argue, gossip, tell stories, read each other's works and even write in the coffeehouse.
Author : Lionel Strachey
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020316234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book The World's Wit and Humor written by Lionel Strachey and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive overview of the world's greatest humorists, from ancient times to the present day. With entries on writers, comedians, and famous wits, it provides a wealth of information for anyone interested in the history of humor. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Moe
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385349114
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth written by John Moe and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth is proof that a funny book on pop culture doesn't have to be snide and nasty. I loved everything about it.” —Jim Gaffigan We all know how Darth Vader shared his big secret with Luke Skywalker, but what if he had delivered the news in a handwritten note instead? And what if someone found that letter, as well as all of the drafts that landed in the Dark Lord’s trash can? In the riotously funny collection Dear Luke, We Need to Talk. Darth, John Moe finally reveals these lost notes alongside all the imagined letters, e-mails, text messages, and other correspondences your favorite pop culture icons never meant for you to see. From The Walking Dead to The Wizard of Oz, from Billy Joel to Breaking Bad, no reference escapes Moe’s imaginative wit and keen sense of nostalgia. Read Captain James T. Kirk’s lost log entries and Yelp reviews of The Bates Motel and Cheers. Peruse top secret British intelligence files revealing the fates of Agents 001–006, or Don Draper’s cocktail recipe cards. Learn all of Jay-Z’s 99 problems, as well as the complete rules of Fight Club, and then discover an all-points bulletin concerning Bon Jovi, wanted dead or alive—and much more. Like a like a bonus track to a favorite CD or a deleted scene from a cult movie, Dear Luke, We Need to Talk Darth offer a fresh twist on the pop culture classics we thought we knew by heart. You already know part of their story. Now find out the rest.
Author : Dr. Mardy Grothe
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061758442
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Viva la Repartee written by Dr. Mardy Grothe and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of us, that perfect retort or witty reply often escapes us when we need it most, only to come to mind with perfect clarity when it's too late to be useful. The twentieth-century writer Heywood Broun described this all-too-common phenomenon when he wrote "Repartee is what we wish we'd said." In Viva la Repartee, Dr. Mardy Grothe, author of Oxymoronica, has lovingly assembled a collection of masterfully composed -- and perfectly timed -- replies that have turned the tables on opponents and adversaries. This delightful volume is a celebration of the most impressive retorts, ripostes, rejoinders, comebacks, quips, ad-libs, bon mots, off-the-cuff comments, wisecracks, and other clever remarks ever to come out of the mouths -- and from the pens -- of people throughout history. Touching on all areas of human endeavor, including politics, the arts, literature, sports, relationships, and even the risqué, the book features contributions from Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Winston Churchill, Dolly Parton, and scores more. As entertaining as it is intellectually enriching, Viva la Repartee is sure to capture the attention of language lovers and is the perfect antidote for anyone who's ever thought I wish I'd said that!
Author : Karen Joy Fowler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452290066
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Wit's End written by Karen Joy Fowler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “delightful and eccentric new tale”(The Boston Globe) from the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club subverts the whodunit and gives us a thoroughly modern meta-mystery with wit, warmth, and heart. At loose ends and weary from her recent losses—the deaths of an inventive if at times irritating father and her beloved brother—Rima Lansill comes to Wit's End, the home of her legendary godmother, bestselling mystery writer Addison Early, to regroup...and in search of answers. For starters, why did Addison name one of her characters—a murderer—after Rima's father? But Addison is secretive and feisty, so consumed with protecting her famous fictional detective, Maxwell Lane, from the vagaries of the Internet rumor that she has writer's block. As one woman searches for truth, the other struggles to control the reality of her fiction. Rima soon becomes enmeshed in Addison's household of eccentrics: a formerly alcoholic cook and her irksome son, two quirky dog-walkers, a mysterious stalker, the tiny characters that populate Addison's dollhouse crime-scene replicas, and even Maxwell Lane himself. But, wrapped up in a mystery that may or may not be of her own creation, Rima discovers to her surprise that the ultimate solution to this puzzle is the new family she has found at the house called Wit's End. Here, Karen Joy Fowler delivers top-notch storytelling—creating characters both oddball and endearing in a voice that is utterly and memorably her own—in this clever, playful novel about finally allowing oneself to grow up-with a dash of mystery thrown in.
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Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam. [209 Nos. in 4 Vols. With a Final No. Entitled A World Extraordinary, Signed Vandyke.]. written by and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book The World's Wit and Humor: British written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Adams
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780836204155
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (41 download)
Download or read book It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone written by Scott Adams and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1995-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cartoons from the comic strip "Dilbert" feature the hapless engineer and his cynical canine companion, Dogbert.
Author : Paul Fisher
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805090207
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book House of Wits written by Paul Fisher and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the eccentric and brilliant James family, which produced three famous children--novelist Henry, philosopher William, and feminist Alice--examines the experiences, relationships, ideas, conflicts, and lifestyle that shaped members of the family.
