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Author : Alan Dundes,Carl R. Pagter
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0814318673
Office copier folklore that regularly circulate in office buildings everywhere-is the subject of this innovative study.
Author : Gwendolyn Hallsmith
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1550923978
Most of the world’s population now live in cities, but despite wide agreement on the core values of sustainable societies, municipalities are so busy solving current problems, they don’t have the time or resources to plan effective action for sustainability. The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how today’s problems were yesterday’s solutions. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems. Gwendolyn Hallsmith has worked to build sustainable communities for over twenty years as a municipal manager, a regional planning director, and with the Institute for Sustainable Communities. She lives in Marshfield, Vermont.
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800731325
Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language.
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253040374
“A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore.” —Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might—opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right—in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women’s rights, and the civil rights movement—and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.
Author : Kathleen Gallagher,Barry Freeman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442630802
Kathleen Gallagher and Barry Freeman bring together nineteen playwrights, actors, directors, scholars, and educators who discuss the role that theatre can and must play in professional, community, and educational venues."
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781626743038
The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of specific proverbs. Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture, and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and wisdom.
Author : John Anthony Maltese
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780807863169
Spin Control, originally published in 1992, chronicles the development of the powerful White House Office of Communications and its pivotal role in molding our perception of the modern presidency. In this new edition, John Maltese brings his analysis up to date with a chapter detailing the media techniques of the Bush administration, the 1992 presidential campaign (including the use of talk shows like 'Larry King Live'), and the early Clinton administration.
Author : Kregg P. Jorgenson
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307874511
"This is an inspiring story of courage and sacrifice--one hell of an exciting true war story!" --Kenn Miller Author of Tiger the Lurp Dog On 17 June 1970, in Mondol Kiri Province, Cambodia, the five men of Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Team 5-2 were about to halt for the day. Night was coming, the skies were dark, and so were the men's thoughts--they'd just found freshly dug NVA bunkers inside a scrub-brush tree line and their position was not secure. As they carefully searched for better night lager, they learned the hard way that they had walked into an ambush kill zone: NVA fire quickly downed two men and wounded two others. In minutes, Team 5-2 had been transformed from the hunters to the hunted. They had no radio comms with their headquarters and had just two rifles and fifteen magazines of ammunition. Two men were down, but the team was not out. MIA RESCUE is the story of Team 5-2 and the heroic and ultimately successful attempts to rescue them despite extraordinarily bad weather and an angry and aware enemy. "Seldom can an author stimulate emotions, from the taste of fear to sweaty palms to the feeling of relief when the mission is over, but Jorgenson does and much more. If the reader was never in combat, he will feel like a Nam vet when he finishes this book." --Jerry Boyle Author of Apache Sunrise
Author : Web Augustine
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780578085104
This beautiful hardcover book is a compilation of 1,400 top-quality, inspiring quotations for our times from leading figures of today and the past regarding life, love, attitude, happiness, success, character and more. Provides far more practical wisdom and wit than you would gain from earning BA, MA and PhD degrees! Includes quotations from over 600 identified authors plus many unknown quipsters. Highlights include ten or more quotations from Sir Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Denis Waitley, John Wooden, Zig Ziglar and seven other prominent authors. Includes detailed indices by author and by quotation. Flip to any page in this book for captivating wisdom, insight, wit and humor.
Author : AnnA Rushton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781847991065
Author : Frank James Unger
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781413464146
Joe, Enzi and Mac are kindhearted, senior widowers who've known each other longer than they can remember. Bonded by love and longevity, they share common friends at a nearby refuge called, "Caruso's Bowling Lanes." From that societal headquarters, the three pals embark on an implausible odyssey that rattles the calm of their quiet neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago. Under duress, they agree to simultaneous surgeries and a series of twisting, turning adventures begins! FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES is a warm and humorous story of unconditional friendship, a characterization of three aging originals who are not grumpy old men.
Author : Mick Smith
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781504313193
To realize your goals and desires, youll need to change your behaviourand to do that, you must fully understand yourself. That means examining yourself, including past successes and failures, likes and dislikes. In Know Your Onion, youll consider where you are and why, and what you need to focus on to change things. Discover how to: overcome inevitable disappointments as you seek success; evaluate what went wrong with past failures; and take the necessary steps to achieve your goals. The book helps you identify your deepest intrinsic motivators and turn that knowledge into action. It also reveals four subliminal drivers that you must examine to critically assess your behaviour. Failure is a fact of life, and minor failures are the reason you may have given up in the past. Break through barriers with the insights, lessons and strategies in this guide to turning dreams into reality.
Author : Gillian Bennett,Paul Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135812126
First published in 1996. For most of the time since the Grimm brothers first contrasted the fairy tale (Märchen) and the legend (Sage), the former has enjoyed the greater reputation among folklorists. Only in recent years, and with the work of such scholars as Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith, has it been recognized that—both as art and as news—the legend is now central to contemporary culture in a way that the Märchen no longer is. The present book is the first collection of essays on legend to appear in English since 1971. Nevertheless, its publication consolidates a gradual shift which has taken place over the last two decades, in which English-language scholarship has taken the lead in the study of certain kinds of legends—variously dubbed modern horror legends, urban legends, urban myths or, here, contemporary legends.
Author : Albert Schriber
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491750902
In 1968, Joseph is concerned he will be selected in the draft lottery and sent to Army boot camp like his brother-in-law. He left home at the early age of fifteen years old to escape a troubled family life, drug addicted mother and an abusive alcoholic step-father. Before his break away, Joseph and his mother lived for several years moving to different locations for safety. Joseph's living conditions contributed to his dislike of learning, thereby he dropped out of high school and decided to join the Navy to make a better life for himself during the Vietnam Era. His first experiences in boot camp and training are unpleasant reminders of his abusive past but later during this decade of adventures in the Navy, Joseph becomes aware that his journey will be filled with new discoveries and loaded with life choices. He learns from many positive male role models during his travels, but John McCain remains his favorite. He shares a brief romance with an old friend in Barcelona, Spain before he returns to the United States after three long cruises on the USS John F. Kennedy. What life lessons will Joseph discover? Will he make the right decisions? Nearing the end of his enlistment, Joseph decides to leave Jacksonville, Florida and the United States Navy with tremendously more than he started with a decade ago. Married, a college graduate, two daughters and almost a lifetime of choices and education packed into his naval career. Joseph will take his family and experience, move back to New Orleans begin his new civilian life. Joseph still has memories of his painful early years and even has new sorrows from this Navy adventure, but he has a reasonably optimistic view of his future. Many of Joseph's friends and others encouraged him not to leave military service, but he knows the time has come to move on to his many more adventures ahead.
Author : David Allen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0143034545
In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now “the personal productivity guru” (Fast Company) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder—every day. Based on Allen’s highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head for creativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, and take action to get things moving. With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how to make things happen—with less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anything is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best.