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The Weird World of Words

Author : Mitchell Symons
Publisher : Zest Books ™
ISBN 13 : 1541582128
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book The Weird World of Words written by Mitchell Symons and published by Zest Books ™. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that ‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in alphabetical order ? Or that ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word you can type solely with your left hand? Or that fireflies aren’t actually flies, they’re beetles? From information about words and their uses, to useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature and film, bizarre test answers and more, The Weird World of Words is bursting with truly oddball facts about words and language—and will have you hooked from the very first page.

There Are Tittles in This Title

Author : Mitchell Symons
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 178243271X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book There Are Tittles in This Title written by Mitchell Symons and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There Are Tittles in This Title is bursting with truly oddball facts about words and language - and will have you hooked from the very first page.

There Are Tittles in This Title

Author : Mitchell Symons
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 178243271X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Author : Erin McKean
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199886032
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Totally Weird and Wonderful Words written by Erin McKean and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can learn about all of these bizarre and beautiful words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words compiled by noted lexicographer Erin McKean, it contains hundreds of definitions, and has been updated to include two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition. Written in a clear and conversational style, the book contains full-page cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast and Danny Shanahan. Featuring hundreds of words guaranteed to amuse and astonish, this is a book that will appeal to logophiles everywhere. It also features a bibliography of Oxford's dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots.

More Weird and Wonderful Words

Author : Erin McKean
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195170573
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book More Weird and Wonderful Words written by Erin McKean and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title digs deep into forgotten corners of the dictionary, gathering both the most spectacular old and the most impressive new words. The result is more than 400 prime specimens with pronunciations, defined in a conversational style.

Weird in a World That's Not

Author : Jennifer Romolini
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062472755
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Weird in a World That's Not written by Jennifer Romolini and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest, sharp-witted, practical guide to help you get and keep the job you want—from an outsider whose been there and done it, a woman who went from being a broke, divorced, college dropout to running some of the biggest websites in the world. Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward twenty-seven-year-old misfit, navigated her way through New York media and became a boss—an editor-in-chief, an editorial director, and a vice president—all within little more than a decade. Her book, Weird In A World That’s Not, asserts that being outside-the-norm and achieving real, high-level success are not mutually exclusive, even if the perception of the business world often seems otherwise, even if it seems like only office-politicking extroverts are set up for reward. Part career memoir, part real-world guide, Weird in a World That’s Not offers relatable advice on how to achieve your dreams, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Romolini helps you face down your fears, find a career that’s right for you, and get and keep a job. She tackles practical issues and offers empathetic, clear-cut answers to important questions: How do I navigate the awkwardness of networking? How do I deal with intense office politics? How do I leave my crappy job? How do I learn how to be a boss not just a #boss? And, most importantly: How do I do all this and stay true to who I really am? Authentic, funny, and moving, Weird in a World That’s Not will help you tap into your inner tenacity and find your path, no matter how offbeat you are.

Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders! Egyptians

Author : Tony Robinson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447228561
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders! Egyptians written by Tony Robinson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians! It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book including: - Why the gods looked so strange - Why tomb raiding is a bad idea - Why they loved cats, and - How to make a mummy in eight easy steps. This enhanced edition of the Weird World of Wonders contains audio narration from Tony Robinson, exclusive videos and bonus jokes and facts.

Say What?

Author : Gena K. Gorrell
Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0887768784
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Say What? written by Gena K. Gorrell and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 2009 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of the modern English language and how previous languages and civilizations influenced its development.

The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words

Author : Andy Seed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408866854
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words written by Andy Seed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what 'park your jam on the frog' means? Fancy some ognib? What rhymes with 'circus'? ...plus many more amazing things you never knew about words. Have hours of fun wixing up your murds with this hilarious book, packed full of rhymes, puns, games, jokes, gibberish and more.

Other-Wordly

Author : Yee-Lum Mak
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452163111
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Other-Wordly written by Yee-Lum Mak and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible ebook for lovers of words and those lost for words alike.

I Am a Strange Loop

Author : Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465030785
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book I Am a Strange Loop written by Douglas R. Hofstadter and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the key to understanding ourselves and consciousness is the "strange loop," a special kind of abstract feedback loop that inhabits the brain.

The Church of Fear

Author : John Sweeney
Publisher : Severn House Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781909269033
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Church of Fear written by John Sweeney and published by Severn House Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Cruise and John Travolta say the Church of Scientology is a force for good. Others disagree. Award-winning journalist John Sweeney investigated the Church for more than half a decade. During that time he was intimidated, spied on and followed and the results were spectacular: Sweeney lost his temper with the Church's spokesman on camera and his infamous 'exploding tomato' clip was seen by millions around the world. In THE CHURCH OF FEAR Sweeney tells the full story of his experiences for the first time and paints a devastating picture of this strange organisation, from former Scientologists who tell heartbreaking stories of families torn apart and lives ruined to its current followers who say it is the solution to many of mankind's problems. This is the real story of the Church by the reporter who was brave enough to take it on.

The Weird

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1466803193
Total Pages : 2482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Weird written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 2482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cosmogony

Author : Lucy Ives
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593766041
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Cosmogony written by Lucy Ives and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An energetic, witty collection of stories where the supernatural meets the anomalies of everyday life--deception, infidelity, lost cats, cute memes, amateur pornography, and more. There are analogies between being female and being left-handed, I think, or being an animal. A woman answers a Craigslist ad (to write erotic diaries for money). A woman walks onto a tennis court (from her home at the bottom of the ocean). A woman goes to the supermarket and meets a friend's husband (who happens to be an immortal demon). A woman goes for a run (and accidentally time travels). Cosmogony takes accounts of so-called normal life and mines them for inconsistencies, deceptions, and delights. Incorporating a virtuosic range of styles and genres (Wikipedia entry, phone call, physics equation, encounters with the supernatural), these stories reveal how the narratives we tell ourselves and believe are inevitably constructed, offering a glimpse of the structures that underlie and apparently determine human existence.

The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words

Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781616086503
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (865 download)

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Download or read book The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words written by Josefa Heifetz Byrne and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From aasvogel (the South African vulture) to knurry (full of knots), from melangeur (a machine for making chocolate syrup) to zumbooruk (a small cannon fired from the back of a camel), the words in this book are guaranteed to expand your vocabulary and confound your friends. They may be obscure and even preposterous, but every entry in this eye-opening book has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary. This dictionary does not claim or attempt to be complete. It is based completely on the editor’s sense of wonder and absurdity. It is educational, yes, but also more fun than any dictionary has a right to be!

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

Author : Eddie Robson
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250807360
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Drunk on All Your Strange New Words written by Eddie Robson and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words is a locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She’s not the agency’s best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field. So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire—that is, if she can keep herself out of jail! But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Nigger

Author : Randall Kennedy
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307538915
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Nigger written by Randall Kennedy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randall Kennedy takes on not just a word, but our laws, attitudes, and culture with bracing courage and intelligence—with a range of reference that extends from the Jim Crow south to Chris Rock routines and the O. J. Simpson trial. It’s “the nuclear bomb of racial epithets,” a word that whites have employed to wound and degrade African Americans for three centuries. Paradoxically, among many Black people it has become a term of affection and even empowerment. The word, of course, is nigger, and in this candid, lucidly argued book the distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy traces its origins, maps its multifarious connotations, and explores the controversies that rage around it. Should Blacks be able to use nigger in ways forbidden to others? Should the law treat it as a provocation that reduces the culpability of those who respond to it violently? Should it cost a person his job, or a book like Huckleberry Finn its place on library shelves?