Popular Proverbs From Around the World with Meaning
Popular Proverbs From Around the World with Meaning

Author: Amrahs Hseham

Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma

Published: 2024-02-15

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13:

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Embark on a captivating journey through the wisdom of the ages with "Popular Proverbs from Around the World with Meaning." • This enlightening collection brings together a treasure trove of timeless proverbs from diverse cultures, offering profound insights into the human experience. Dive into the rich world of global wisdom as you explore proverbs from countries spanning Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. • Each proverb is like a small window into the culture and values of its origin, offering a glimpse into the collective wisdom of generations past. • Discover the universal truths encapsulated in these succinct sayings, from the importance of hard work and perseverance to the value of community and compassion. • Whether you're seeking inspiration, guidance, or simply a deeper understanding of the world around you, these proverbs are sure to resonate. From the Albanian proverb urging us to take the stairs to success like the eagle, to the Vietnamese wisdom highlighting the value of travel and learning, each proverb is accompanied by its meaning, enriching your understanding of its cultural context. "Popular Proverbs from Around the World with Meaning" is not just a book; it's a journey of discovery, a celebration of cultural diversity, and a testament to the enduring power of human wisdom. So, open its pages and let the wisdom of the world guide you on your own journey of self-discovery and enlightenment.

There's a Saying for That
There's a Saying for That

Author: Bob Blaisdell

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0486320936

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Compilation of the best proverbs from around the world — ancient and modern — offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature. Handsome gift-book format makes this volume an ideal present.

Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart

Author: Chinua Achebe

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1994-09-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0385474547

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“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

The Illustrated Book of Sayings
The Illustrated Book of Sayings

Author: Ella Frances Sanders

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1607749343

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms, proverbs, and adages in this illustrated collection address the nuances of language in the form of sayings from around the world. From the French idiom “to pedal in the sauerkraut” (meaning, “to spin your wheels”), to the Japanese idiom “even monkeys fall from trees” (meaning, “even experts can be wrong”), The Illustrated Book of Sayings reveals the remarkable diversity, humor, and poignancy of the world’s languages and cultures.

A Walk on the Wild Side
A Walk on the Wild Side

Author: Nelson Algren

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1998-06-24

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780374525323

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With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".

As They Say In Zanzibar
As They Say In Zanzibar

Author: David Crystal

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0007588275

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David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic expertise to this wonderfully rich topic.

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
The Routledge Book of World Proverbs

Author: Jon R. Stone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1135870543

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The Routledge Book of World Proverbs draws together proverbs that transcend culture, time and space to provide an enduring collection that is both useful and enjoyable.

Popular Proverbs
Popular Proverbs

Author: Nasser M. Isleem

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780982159507

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This monumental collection of over one thousand proverbs from Palestine and across the Arabic-speaking world provides an informative and entertaining treasure trove of knowledge for anyone with interest in this remarkable culture. The central role of proverbs in daily speech originates from a universal reverence in Arab culture for language and especially poetry. The Arabic language has enjoyed a long tradition of both secular and religious poetry, beginning with the pre-Islamic Jahiliyya poets and continuing today in popular verse. Arabs everywhere take great pride in this tradition and in the Arabic language itself, a pride which is evident in the frequent usage of proverbs in literature, the media and every-day conversation. Given the integral role of proverbs in Palestinian life, and indeed throughout all Arab cultures, the study of such proverbs as used by Palestinians offers a unique perspective on the beliefs and values shared among all Arabs.

Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs
Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs

Author: Edward Zellem

Publisher: Cultures Direct LLC

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0615645666

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The award-winning and world's most popular bilingual book of commonly-used Afghan Proverbs. Beautifully illustrated with 50 original artworks by Afghan high school students in Kabul. Collected and translated in Afghanistan by Edward Zellem, a U.S. Navy Captain and Dari speaker. Available at leading booksellers in over 40 countries in e-book and paperback. Awarded a QED Seal for quality in e-book design. Reads easily on screens large and small. In English and Dari with transliterations. Zarbul Masalha means "Proverbs" in Dari (Afghan Farsi). More information at afghansayings.com.