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Schottenfreude

Ben Schott
Schottenfreude Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780698161917

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Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste for a secret love of bad foods, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling, ideal gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list—just beware of rapidly expanding (and potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.

Schottenfreude

Ben Schott
Schottenfreude Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781922147585

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An entertaining and insightful gift book from the bestselling author of several wordy favourites including Schott’s Original Miscellany and Schott’s Almanac Between them Ben Schott's books have sold some 2.5 million copies and been translated into twenty-one languages If you’ve ever wondered if there’s a word for 'stepping onto a stair that’s not there', Leetretung, or 'going back to your school and finding everything seems really small', Dreikäsehochregression, wonder no more! Find out why the German word for finding an indecipherable note in your own handwriting should be Ludwigssyndrom and marvel at how seamlessly Schott refers to the wisdom of both Fergie, Duchess of York, and Immanuel Kant when describing fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) or thwarting-fear: Ausbremsungsangst. From the delightfully silly to the curiously fascinating, Schottenfreude will make you laugh and make you think The perfect gift for that impossible-to-buy-for family member at Christmas, as well as word nerds and linguistics enthusiasts

Schottenfreude

Ben Schott
Schottenfreude Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780399166709

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Schottenfreude by Ben Schott Pdf

Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste for a secret love of bad foods, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling, ideal gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list—just beware of rapidly expanding (and potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.

Nein

Eric Jarosinski
Nein Book PDF

Author : Eric Jarosinski
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781487000295

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Nein by Eric Jarosinski Pdf

Nein. A Manifesto is the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless. Nein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein. Nein believes in nothing. Militantly. Nein does not take questions. Nein regrets to inform you. Nein is not style. Nein is not syntax. Nein does not thank you for shopping. Nein is not the medium. Nein is not the message. Nein says no. To a yes. That is a no. Nein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea. Stridently hopeless and charmingly dour, Nein. A Manifesto is an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction. As tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. And tragedy into farce.

Schott's Original Miscellany

Ben Schott
Schott s Original Miscellany Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1582343497

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Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia. What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze? Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe? Where else but Schott's Original Miscellany will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple? A book like no other, Schott's Original Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.

Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy

Dinty W. Moore
Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy Book PDF

Author : Dinty W. Moore
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781607748106

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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy by Dinty W. Moore Pdf

Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy, I have a hot crush on the em dash. What does my need to stuff—while simultaneously fracturing—my sentences—with the meandering, the explanatory, the discursive, the perhaps not-entirely-necessary—say about me? —Cheryl Strayed Have you ever wished there were an advice columnist for writers, but one who didn’t take things so damned seriously? This unique writing guide pairs questions sent in by top contemporary essayists with hilariously witty answers and essays from acclaimed author Dinty W. Moore. Phillip Lopate asks for advice on writing about your ex without sounding like an ass, Julianna Baggott worries that to be a great writer you must drink like a fish, and Roxane Gay asks whether it’s kosher to write about writing. Taking advantage of all the tools available to today’s personal essayist—egregious puns, embarrassing anecdotes, and cocktail napkins—Professor Moore answers these questions, and more, demystifying the world of nonfiction once and for all. With a tip of the hat to history’s most infamous essay—Montaigne’s “Of Cannibals”—this book provides rollicking relief for writers in distress.

A Dog Named Jimmy

Rafael Mantesso
A Dog Named Jimmy Book PDF

Author : Rafael Mantesso
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780143194637

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On Rafael Mantesso's thirtieth birthday, his wife left him. She took their cookware, their furniture, their photos, their decorations. She left Rafael alone in an empty all-white apartment. The only thing she didn't take was their bull terrier, whom she'd named after her favourite shoe designer: Jimmy Choo. With only his best friend for company, Rafael started snapping photos of Jimmy Choo as he trotted and cavorted through the rooms in glee. Then, when Jimmy collapsed in happy exhaustion next to the white wall, on a whim Rafael grabbed a marker and drew a new world around his ginger-eared pup. Suddenly, Rafael felt his long-dormant inspiration--for drawing, for art, for life--returning.

Homophones Visualized

Bruce Worden
Homophones Visualized Book PDF

Author : Bruce Worden
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452180151

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Homophones Visualized by Bruce Worden Pdf

Do ewe no what homophones are? They're words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have completely different meanings—it's knot always easy to get it right. Based on his blog Homophones, Weakly, Bruce Worden's Homophones Visualized uses simple but clever graphics to help illustrate the differences between 100 pairs (or triplets or quadruplets) of words that sound alike. From beat and beet to flee and flea, baron and barren to golf and gulf, each spread contains a pair or group of homophones and corresponding illustrations that provide context for each word. Word lovers, educators, and kids all will delight in this witty and useful homophone guide to understanding which word is witch.

The Big Book of Modern Fantasy

Ann Vandermeer,Jeff VanderMeer
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy Book PDF

Author : Ann Vandermeer,Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525563877

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The Big Book of Modern Fantasy by Ann Vandermeer,Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER • A true horde of fantasy tales sure to delight fans, scholars, and even the greediest of dragons—from bestselling authors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Step through a shimmering portal ... a worn wardrobe door ... a schism in sky ... into a bold new age of fantasy. When worlds beyond worlds became a genre unto itself. From the swinging sixties to the strange, strange seventies, the over-the-top eighties to the gnarly nineties—and beyond, into the twenty-first century—the VanderMeers have found the stories and the writers from around the world that reinvented and revitalized the fantasy genre after World War II. The stories in this collection represent twenty-two different countries, including Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Columbia, Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, China, the Philippines, and the Czech Republic. Five have never before been translated into English. From Jorge Luis Borges to Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock to Angela Carter, Terry Pratchett to Stephen King, the full range and glory of the fantastic are on display in these ninety-one stories in which dragons soar, giants stomp, and human children should still think twice about venturing alone into the dark forest. Completing Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's definitive The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, this companion volume to takes the genre into the twenty-first century with ninety-one astonishing, mind-bending stories. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL

The Simple Secret to Better Painting

Greg Albert
The Simple Secret to Better Painting Book PDF

Author : Greg Albert
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440317514

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Create art that's more attractive, interesting and eye-catching! Even if your perspective is accurate, your subject realistic and colors vibrant, a weak composition - predictable, repetitious or monotonous - means a weak painting. The Simple Secret to Better Painting ensures that your compositions work every time. It's an insightful artistic philosophy that boils down the many technical principles of composition into a single master rule that's easy to remember and apply: Never make any two intervals the same. You can make every painting more interesting, dynamic and technically sound by varying intervals of distance, length and space, as well as intervals of value and color. The rule also applies to balance, shape and the location of your painting's focal point. Greg Albert illustrates these lessons with eye-opening examples from both beginning and professional artists, including Frank Webb, Tony Couch, Kevin Macpherson, Charles Reid, Tony Van Hasselt and more. You'll discover that the ONE RULE is the only rule of composition you need to immediately improve your work - the moment your brush touches the canvas.

German Men Sit Down to Pee and Other Insights Into German Culture

MR Niklas Frank,MR James Cave
German Men Sit Down to Pee and Other Insights Into German Culture Book PDF

Author : MR Niklas Frank,MR James Cave
Publisher : Hj Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 099548130X

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German Men Sit Down to Pee and Other Insights Into German Culture by MR Niklas Frank,MR James Cave Pdf

Welcome to Germany, a country where you should always wait at the red man, show up on time for your wedding, and be extremely suspicious if anyone offers you a doughnut. 'German men sit down to pee' is a tongue-in-cheek guidebook to German culture that highlights the rules Germans consciously and unconsciously follow, while trying to make a little sense of it all along the way. Why, for example, mowing your lawn on a Sunday will mean getting an earful from your neighbour, but lie naked in the middle of a public park and nobody will bat an eyelid. Ideal for anyone visiting or moving to Germany, 'German Men Sit Down to Pee' offers a collection of insights into German culture while at the same time highlighting rules and cultural norms that those visiting Germany will not only find humorous but useful for avoiding any cultural faux-pas.

Small Business Finance and Valuation

Rick Nason,Dan Nordqvist
Small Business Finance and Valuation Book PDF

Author : Rick Nason,Dan Nordqvist
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781952538131

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Small Business Finance and Valuation by Rick Nason,Dan Nordqvist Pdf

This book covers the financial aspects of a business, including those that are important to start, grow, and sustain an enterprise. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 99 percent of businesses are small or medium size yet the majority of books are focused on large corporations. This book aims to close that gap and also focus on the practitioners—the entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants—and students aspiring to practice in this space. Small businesses are the growth engine of the economy and it is important that we provide them with the tools for success. This book covers the financial aspects of a business, including those that are important to start, grow, and sustain an enterprise. We accomplish this by providing concepts, tools, and techniques that are important for the practitioner. The overall aim is to provide this information in straightforward way while also providing the depth required for areas that warrant it.

Jeeves and the Leap of Faith

Ben Schott
Jeeves and the Leap of Faith Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473571594

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Jeeves and the Leap of Faith by Ben Schott Pdf

'A masterpiece in every sense' Daily Mail The Drones club's in peril. Gussie's in love. Spode's on the warpath. And His Majesty's Government needs a favour. Thank goodness Bertie Wooster is back! From the mean streets of Mayfair to the scheming spires of Cambridge, prepare to meet a joyous cast of characters: chiselling painters and criminal bookies, eccentric philosophers and dodgy clairvoyants, appalling poets and pocket dictators, vexatious aunts and their vicious hounds. Have we ever needed Jeeves and Wooster more?

Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany

Ben Schott
Schott s Sporting Gaming and Idling Miscellany Book PDF

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 158234406X

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Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott Pdf

From the author of the international bestsellers Schott’s Original Miscellany and Schott’s Food and Drink Miscellany comes the third and most playful installment in the series: a miscellanist’s wisdom from the worlds of sports, games, and idling. What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the link between crosswords and the devil; the story behind the Nike “swoosh”; or why surfing is the “Sport of Kings” (in Hawaii)? Which other volume will list the seven deadly sins of golf; the secrets of Houdini’s Code; or the myriad personalities of the Pac-Man ghosts? Where else will you stumble across an account of Evel Kneival’s broken bones, a detailing of Mike Tyson’s tattoos, the nicknames for classic poker-hands, or every sporting ailment from jogger’s nipple to housemaid’s knee? You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to enjoy this irresistible volume of factual odds and ends. Schott’s Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany scores big with its fascinating hodge-podge of sports- and activity-related trivia.

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage

Merriam-Webster, Inc
Merriam Webster s Concise Dictionary of English Usage Book PDF

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106018617875

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Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage by Merriam-Webster, Inc Pdf

A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.