This enormous collection of almost one thousand pages contains the four previously published bestselling titles, A HOG ON ICE, THEREBY HANGS A TALE, HEAVENS TO BETSY! and HORSEFEATHERS. How did the expression "a wild goose chase" originate? Why does the word "dunce" come from the great philosopher Duns Scotus? Dr. Funk has taken these and over 2000other curious words, expressions, and sayings that we use in our daily speech and traced them back through the years to find their amusing, practical and surprising origins. Original. Used book, very good condition. Edgewear, sticker partially removed from dustjacket. 1993.
You are not alone. Nearly 80 percent of office workers have admitted that they often simply don't know what their colleagues are talking about. If you're one of them, help is at hand! From AAA-rated to in the zone, A Dictionary of Bullshit explains, often with helpful examples, not only what people think they mean, when they use corporate-or office-speak, but also what they are in fact saying. Original. New book, light markings on cover. 2008.
The Novelist's Commonplace Book is crammed with down-to-earth advice and hands-on information for the aspiring writer. Copyright, editors, noms de plume, plots and sub-plots, Michael Crawley explains them all in an amusing, irreverent and practical way. When the technical problems of novel writing engulf you, this is the reference book to have in hand. Original. Softcover in like new condition. 1994.
Used paperback in very good condition. Pages very lightly tanned. For book description search "ISBN 0913595594" on any internet web search engine. 1991. P037.
