ISBN: 9780671709396 - the miracle of language (39 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's Wizard of Idiom (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements. Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, join him In Praise of English, and discover why the tongue described in Shakespeare's day as of small reatch has become the most widely spoken language in history: English never rejects a word because of race, creed, or national origin. Did you know that jukebox comes from Gullah and canoe from Haitian Creole? Many of our greatest writers have invented words and bequeathed new expressions to our eveyday conversations. Can you imagine making up almost ten percent of our written vocabulary? Scholars now know that William Shakespeare did just that He also points out the pitfalls and pratfalls of English. If a man mans a station, what does a woman do? In the The Department of Redundancy Department, Is English Prejudiced? and other essays, Richard Lederer urges us not to abandon that which makes us human: the capacity to distinguish, discriminate, compare, and evaluate.…

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Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Pocket Bks Hardcover Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Pocket Bks Hardcover Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very small spots near head and heel of spine with light foxing inside d/j at head of spine; d/j also has light smudging, faint sticker shadow on front panel, light edgewear. "Bestselling Author of Crazy English" Red cloth spine and edges with gold lettering on spine, dark gray boards. 254 pages. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hard cover, first edition, first printing. Dust jacket has some wear and nicks. We ship fast.

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First American Edition. Very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. xvii, 254 pp. The jacket is rubbed along the upper edge. Essays on the beauties of the English language.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "1994, Merry Christmas to Philip, Richard Lederer" (with the surname truncated/compressed); binding and dust jacket have light soil; dust jacket spine has age yellowing; book smells a bit like mothballs; tight, text clean. xvii, 254 p. Published at $20.00. [b 720]. Signed by Author(s).…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Pages are clean with no markings.

Hardcover. Zustand: Almost Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good +. First Edition, First Printing. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Message on inside front end paper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. A series of insightful essays ponders the origins, successes, and pitfalls of the English language Piece(s) of the spine missing. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Pocket Books, 1991. first printing. 8vo. Fine bright unread hardcover, fine unblemished d/j.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good slight spine slant in Very good dust jacket. First Edition.