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Practically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture

Practically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture...

Quotations for All Occasions

Catherine Frank

Review A source of bon mots for every eventuality, a catalogue of smart things to come out with at anything from a bar mitz...

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Michael Mckee, Peggy Anderson

Great Quotes from Great Leaders...

Mathematically speaking: A dictionary of quotations

Mathematically speaking: A dictionary of quotations...

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

Jan Karon

From Publishers Weekly Hard-core fans of Karon's fictional Mitford will welcome her latest offering, a sequel of sorts to...

American Proverbs About Women: A Reference Guide

Lois Kerschen

Review "Recommended for academic library collections supporting folklore, women's studies, and linguistics programs at th...

Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by People of Color

Tram Nguyen

From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up—Black, Latino, Asian-American, and American-Indian artists, writers, activi...

The Air Up There : More Great Quotations on Flight

Dave English

From the Back Cover From the author of Slipping the Surly Bonds! WHAT MADE ICARUS TICK? “You haven’t se...

The Little Book of Cynics

David French, Derek Thompson

The Little Book of Cynics...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume III, Books V-VI, 48 (Loeb Classical Library No. 357)

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume III, Books V-VI, 48 (Loeb Classical Library No. 357)...

People on People: The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations

Susan Ratcliffe

From Library Journal Ratcliffe (Oxford Dictionary of Thematic Questions) offers some 4000 quotations by famous folks abo...

The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture

Gary Saul Morson

Review “The Words of Others is an original and illuminating investigation of how literature and culture use quota...

Barack Obama: The Voice of an American Leader

Joann F. Price

Review "Recommended for community colleges, schools, and general audiences." - MultiCultural Review Book Description...

L'Arabe sans peine (Methode quotidienne Assimil) (French Edition)

Language Notes Text: French, Arabic ...

Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less

Nick Douglas

Review “A whimsical collection of the best tweets so far, pithy posts that say a lot in 140 characters or less. &#...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume II, Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library No. 347)

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume II, Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library No. 347)...

Civilization's Quotations: Life's Ideal

Richard Alan Krieger

Civilization's Quotations: Life's Ideal...

Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations

Peter Mcdonald

Review ... absolutely fascinating ... It is impossible to open this book at any page without finding something that will ...

The Little Book of Boris

Iain Dale

About the Author Iain Dale is the prospective Conservative candidate for North Norfolk ...

The Best Things Ever Said in the Dark: The Wisest, Wittiest, Most Provocative Quotations from the Movies

Bruce Adamson

The Best Things Ever Said in the Dark: The Wisest, Wittiest, Most Provocative Quotations from the Movies...

Diane Warner's Complete Book of Wedding Toasts: Hundreds of Ways to Say ''Congratulations!'' (Wedding Essentials)

Diane Warner

Diane Warner's Complete Book of Wedding Toasts: Hundreds of Ways to Say ''Congratulations!'' (Wedding Essentials)...

In the Words of Ronald Reagan: The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President

Michael Reagan

In the Words of Ronald Reagan: The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President...

Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there?

Whoopi Goldberg

About the Author Whoopi Goldberg is the premier comedic actress of our day. She has won a Tony, an Emmy, an Oscar, and a ...

Brit Wit

Susie Jones

Review "'It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations' - Sir Winston Churchill" About the A...

Assholes Finish First

Tucker Max

About the Author Tucker Max received his BA with highest honors from the University of Chicago in 1998, and attended Duke...

I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society

Amy Alkon

Review "Applied evolutionary psychology at its best. The funniest book I've read since Dave Barry's Big Trouble...also en...

Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings

Samuel Johnson

Review Readers should find much pleasure and insight in this collection. --Anthony Pucci (Library Journal 20091008) We se...

A Dictionary of Cliches

Eric Partridge

Amazon.com Review Clichés, the "coin(s) so battered by use as to be defaced," are anathema to Eric Partridge. He sa...

The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of 2,500 Wise and Witty Quotations from the Men and Women Who Created America

Buckner F. Melton

About the Author Buckner F. Melton, Jr., J.D., Ph.D., taught history at Duke University, served on the faculty of the Uni...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume I, Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library No. 319)

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, Volume I, Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library No. 319)...

Roman Antiquities: Volume IV. Books 6.49-7 (Loeb Classical Library No. 364)

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

Roman Antiquities: Volume IV. Books 6.49-7 (Loeb Classical Library No. 364)...

You Can Quote Me On That: Greatest Tennis Quips, Insights And Zingers

Paul Fein

Review "La Rochefoucauld and John Bartlett would have approved. These are maxims for the modern tennis fan." -- Christoph...

And in the End: A Guide to the World's Weirdest Funerals

Keith R. Lindsay

About the Author Keith R. Lindsay has been a comedy writer for the past 16 years. He has written for sitcoms such as the ...

The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Quotations

Betty Kirkpatrick

The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Quotations...

The Quotable Executive: Words of Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, Shelly Lazarus, Bill Gates, Lou Gerstner, and More

John A. Woods

From the Back Cover If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere. ...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities

Dionysius Of Halicarnassus, Earnest Cary

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities...

Words to Inspire Writers: Writing-related Quotations - on Writers, Writing, Words, Books, Literature, and Publishing - to illustrate the Writing Process and to motivate Authors

Gregory Victor Babic

This is indeed an inspiring book for writers. From time to time we sit and stare into space and the wise or goading words of wr...

The Speaker's Sourcebook: Quotes, Stories and Anecdotes

Glenn Van Ekeren

The Speaker's Sourcebook: Quotes, Stories and Anecdotes...

The Portable Curmudgeon (Plume)

Jon Winokur

The Portable Curmudgeon (Plume)...

Quirky Quotations: More Than 500 Fascinating, Quotable Comments and the Stories Behind Them

Tad Tuleja

From Library Journal Most reference questions dealing with quotations are either of the who-said-what or of the what-can-...

Great Quotes for Great Educators

Dale Lumpa, Todd Whitaker

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-proceedings of the two International Workshops on Formal Methods for Ind...

Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits

Arthur C. Clarke, Gary Westfahl

From Westfahl defines a science fiction quotation as coming from novels, short stories, films, and TV programs (with som...

Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations

Richard Langworth

“Never give in!” Winston Churchill is famous for admonishing: “This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, n...

Wisdom of One: The Ultimate Existentialist Quote Book

Thomas E. Kelly

Wisdom of One: The Ultimate Existentialist Quote Book...

The Women's Book of Positive Quotations

Leslie Ann Gibson

Contains more than 6,000 inspirational quotations by, for, or about women. About the Author Leslie Ann Gibson is an advert...

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

Mark Twain

Invaluable ready reference, brimming with amusing and insightful quotes, includes hundreds of Twain’s most memorable quips a...

The Quotable Teacher

Randy Howe

"Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself."--John Dewey"Every time you stop a school, you will have to bu...

The Quotable Spirit: A Treasury of Religious and Spiritual Quotations from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century

Manuela Dunn Mascetti, Peter Lorie

More than five thousand quotations by 1,500 authors are divided into fifty thematic sections and chronologically ordered, accompan...

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