Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 272 pages After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. |
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... The Write Way * 139 Literature Lives ! 141 Still Hot off the Press 148 A Man of Fire - New Words Writing Is ... 164 153 How I Write 166 Cut the Verbal Fat 170 On Your Marks ! 174 Lex of Confessions of a Verbivore Add Wealth to Your.
... literature . Another tale tells of William Tell , who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head . The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their human being . Martin Luther was nailed ...
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Contents
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |