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Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think (Paperback)

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think

Review

“[An] unusual mix of judicious scholarship, tendentious journalism and inflammatory wake-up call.” – Editors’ Recommendation, San Francisco Chronicle; “Lakoff, the cognitive linguist, understands ‘how’ you understand. In Moral Politics, [he] deftly applies that seemingly arcane understanding to the heart of American politics…. His commitment is strong and deep, but his language is far from the rhetoric usually associated with political partisanship…. Even those who disagree with him will profit deeply from encountering his challenging ideas.” – Paul Rosenberg, Christian Science Monitor; “Lakoff’s stunning book opens a whole new understanding of public discourse in America. Both conservatives and liberals have much to learn from this work.” – Robert Bellah, University of California, Berkeley

George Lakoff’s book is a crucial key to understanding political opponents and achieving political victory. In this first full-scale application of (more…)

Palindromes and Anagrams (Paperback)

Palindromes and Anagrams

Fascinating word-lover’s treasury brings together over 1,100 different anagrams and nearly as many palindromes, plus a host of related phenomena—charades, circular reversals, vocabularyclepts, etc., plus much high-level commentary and observation.

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McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs (Kindle Edition)

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs

Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other statesWith more entries than any other reference of its kind, McGraw-Hill-s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and cliches. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

From the Back Cover

The most comprehensive, in-depth guide to common American idioms and phraseology available The hardest part of getting the hang of a language is making sense of its idioms. From proverbial expressions such as “a stitch in time saves nine,” to idioms such as “dead ringer,” to such common verbal phrases as “put out” and “take on,” these colorful constructions, so abundant in American English, seem to serve no other purpose than to f (more…)