The World S First Quip Thesaurus With Literally Billions Of Quips

Author : Caleb Spalding Atwood
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781491817414

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The World’S First Quip Thesaurus with Literally Billions of Quips by Caleb Spalding Atwood Pdf

Literally Billions of Quips, in the Worlds First Quip Thesaurus title has to be the most preposterous claim in history, excepting, of course, claims that Obamacare will reduce costs, etc. Whats shocking, is that the Quip Thesaurus explains how to create literally billions of quips in the first two dozen pages, coupled with another dozen pages in an appendix. Even with a mere two billion, thats an average in excess of 55.5 million per page. Atwood distinguishes quips from jokes on the basis of their objectives. The difference between them, he maintains, is that the objective of jokes is to get laughs while the objective of quips is to express opinions. He advocates employing alliteration and rhyme in quips because, they are the music of language that increase the likelihood that opinions will make impressions, have staying power and be repeated. Insofar as the sub-title Resource for writers when good enough isnt is concerned, extensive lists of verbs, adverbs and adjectives sans, definitions listed alphabetically in Quip Thesaurus appendices for creating quips, are convenient resources for anyone looking for the most effective words to express themselves or anxious to confirm those they have in mind are the most effective. All such words are in dictionaries, of course, but wading hundreds of thousands of definitions in tiny print to find them can be a tedious, tiresome and time-consuming task.

Author : S. Magala
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230236691

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The Management of Meaning in Organizations by S. Magala Pdf

Historical translations and underground transfers of knowledge and values between cultural domains merit more attention. This book discusses the past, present and future of meaning. It shows how management of meaning in organizations fuels sociocultural evolution in complex societies, changing semantic fields of possible meanings ahead.

Author : International Commission on the Futures of Education
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004780

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Reimagining our futures together by International Commission on the Futures of Education Pdf

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures.

Author : Dan Jurafsky
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131716724

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Speech & Language Processing by Dan Jurafsky Pdf

Author : Kate Fox
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781857889178

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Watching the English, Second Edition by Kate Fox Pdf

The international hit returns with even more wit and insight into the hidden rules that make England English.

Author : Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674061668

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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox by Stephen Jay Gould Pdf

In his final book, Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the humanities, twin realms of knowledge that have been divided against each other for far too long.

Author : Max Cryer
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781458785596

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Who Said That First? by Max Cryer Pdf

Believe it or not, this is probably the first book to attempt to identify the original sources of some of the English language's most common expressions. We might think we know who first said famous for fifteen minutes, annus horribilis, the cold war and let them eat cake. It's a no brainer, you might say, but Max Cryer has a surprise or two in ...

Author : Martin R. Hilbert
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business
ISBN : 9211212979

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From Industrial Economics to Digital Economics by Martin R. Hilbert Pdf

This paper aims to lay a wide-ranging base for untangling the digital economy, in order to facilitate and moderate the high-speed evolution and create an awareness of the new economic coherence. It attempts to show the differences between industrial and digital economics. It finds that old models based on methods of traditional industrial economics still provide a stable framework for analysis of the new age economy whilst also highlighting the need for future refocusing.

Author : David Olsen,Michelle Bevilaqua,Justin Cord Hayes,Burton Jay Nadler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781440573095

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Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students by David Olsen,Michelle Bevilaqua,Justin Cord Hayes,Burton Jay Nadler Pdf

The ultimate tool for students! Tired of using the same few phrases in all your presentations? Can't find the right expression to begin your college admissions essay? Stuck with a drab, uninspiring conclusion at the end of your research paper? Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students will help you find the perfect words and phrases for any writing assignment. Unlike other titles that simply list related terms for each entry, this volume offers a pronunciation guide, definition, and a sample sentence for every word you look up, as well as for each of the synonyms under that entry. It also features hundreds of useful terms every student should know, making it the most essential tool on your desk when you're working on an essay or presentation. With Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students at your side, you'll impress your teachers and advance straight to the head of the class!

Author : Matt Young
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780759610880

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No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young Pdf

Some of the Praise for No Sense of Obligation . . . fascinating analysis of religious belief -- Steve Allen, author, composer, entertainer [A] tour de force of science and religion, reason and faith, denoting in clear and unmistakable language and rhetoric what science really reveals about the cosmos, the world, and ourselves. Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic Magazine; Author, How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science About the Book Rejecting belief without evidence, a scientist searches the scientific, theological, and philosophical literature for a sign from God--and finds him to be an allegory. This remarkable book, written in the laypersons language, leaves no room for unproven ideas and instead seeks hard evidence for the existence of God. The author, a sympathetic critic and observer of religion, finds instead a physical universe that exists reasonlessly. He attributes good and evil to biology, not to God. In place of theism, the author gives us the knowledge that the universe is intelligible and that we are grownups, responsible for ourselves. He finds salvation in the here and now, and no ultimate purpose in life, except as we define it.

Author : Prentice Hall PTR,Roald Dahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Readers (Primary)
ISBN : 0731202953

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The Great Mouse Plot by Prentice Hall PTR,Roald Dahl Pdf

Author : Isaac Disraeli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011683455

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Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli Pdf

Author : Ian Brodie
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781626744059

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A Vulgar Art by Ian Brodie Pdf

In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline’s central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study it often begin by relating it to something they recognize—“literature” or “theatre”; “editorial” or “morality”—and analyze it accordingly. A Vulgar Art begins with a more fundamental observation: someone is standing in front of a group of people, talking to them directly, and trying to make them laugh. So this book takes the moment of performance as its focus, that stand-up comedy is a collaborative act between the comedian and the audience. Although the form of talk on the stage resembles talk among friends and intimates in social settings, stand-up comedy remains a profession. As such, it requires performance outside of the comedian’s own community to gain larger and larger audiences. How do comedians recreate that atmosphere of intimacy in a roomful of strangers? This book regards everything from microphones to clothing and LPs to Twitter as strategies for bridging the spatial, temporal, and socio-cultural distances between the performer and the audience.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1410225003

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Epigrams, Phrases, and Philosophies by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Oscar Wilde---the famous Irish poet, author, playwright and raconteur---was born in Dublin, October 15, 1856 and died in Paris, November 30, 1900. He wrote The Birthday of the Infanta, Vera, Poems, The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Guido Ferranti, The Duchess of Padua, Intentions, Essays, Lord Arthur Savile's Crimes and Other Stories, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, The Importance of Being Earnest; and others.

Author : Peter Brooks,Paul Gewirtz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0300146299

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Law's Stories by Peter Brooks,Paul Gewirtz Pdf

The law is full of stories, ranging from the competing narratives presented at trials to the Olympian historical narratives set forth in Supreme Court opinions. How those stories are told and listened to makes a crucial difference to those whose lives are reworked in legal storytelling. The public at large has increasingly been drawn to law as an area where vivid human stories are played out with distinctively high stakes. And scholars in several fields have recently come to recognize that law's stories need to be studied critically.This notable volume-inspired by a symposium held at Yale Law School-brings together an exceptional group of well-known figures in law and literary studies to take a probing look at how and why stories are told in the law and how they are constructed and made effective. Why is it that some stories-confessions, victim impact statements-can be excluded from decisionmakers' hearing? How do judges claim the authority by which they impose certain stories on reality?Law's Stories opens new perspectives on the law, as narrative exchange, performance, explanation. It provides a compelling encounter of law and literature, seen as two wary but necessary interlocutors.ContributorsJ. M. BalkinPeter BrooksHarlon L. DaltonAlan M. DershowitzDaniel A. FarberRobert A. FergusonPaul GewirtzJohn HollanderAnthony KronmanPierre N. LevalSanford LevinsonCatharine MacKinnonJanet MalcolmMartha MinowDavid N. RosenElaine ScarryLouis Michael SeidmanSuzanna SherryReva B. SiegelRobert Weisberg.