Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women
by BJ Gallagher
The Little Book of Arsenal is a hotshot collection of words of wit and wisdom by and about the managers, players and officials who have graced Highbury and the Emirates. From Herbert Chapman to Arsene Wenger, via the likes of George Graham, from one Double to another, and from Ted Drake, Thierry Henry, Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, here are more than 165 hot-shot quotations for the avid Gooner. Enjoy the humour and poignancy as The Little Book of Arsenal takes you through the highs...
Examinarse de Rey O Mas Vale Fingir Que Actuar (Teatro)
by Antonio Mira De Amescua
Among the 40 poets represented are Bohumil Hrabal, Milan Kundera, Jan Neruda and Nobel Prize winner Jaroslav Seifert.
Every generation has its own signature brand of wit, from the Elizabethan wits like William Shakespeare to the Regency and Victorian wits. They're all well known for their biting barb, caustic commentary or rude riposte, but until now the wits of contemporary Britain have never been brought together. "The Modern Wit" champions the sense of humour of the modern age, taking contributions from politicians like Boris Johnson, comedians and interviewers such as John Stewart and Clive James, actors an...
Selections include works by Sandor Petofi, Kalman Toth, Gyula Illyes and many others.
From the humorous to the inspiring, this work offers quotations from women on all aspects of leadership.
The New Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word - Volume 2 (The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word, #2)
by Linda LaTourelle
World-renowned bestselling author Carlos Castaneda's Selection of his wrtings on the shamans of ancient Mexico. Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of mind-altering plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda soon immersed himself in the sorcerer's magical world entirely. Ten years after his first encounter with the shaman, Castaneda examines his field notes and comes to understand what don Juan knew all along--that these plants are merely a means t...
"If You Don'T Have Anything Nice to Say-- Come Sit Next to ME
by Coral Amende
From the mouths of the jilted, the jealous, and the jaundiced straight to your ear, here's a wealth of entertaining asides on Barbra and Madonna, Bill and Hillary, Prince and Picasso, and hundreds more celebrities in the worlds of art, entertainment, sports, and letters.
The high drama of military action has produced some memorable quotes. Perhaps the most famous is the reply of modern times is that of "Nuts", Brigadier McAuliffe when asked by the Germans to surrender Bastogne. And Evelyn Waugh, watching the German invasion of Crete was heard to remark 'Like all things German, it is far too loud and goes on far too long". This treasury of military quotations covers the pithy, the callous and the practical from Alexander the Great to the Gulf War.
