The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Proverbs
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Proverbs

Author: David Macfarlane

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806974897

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For your amusement, for your edification and inspiration, for livening up that speech you have to give: proverbs have an irresistible power. These little pockets of wisdom say volumes about a culture--so take a tour around the world in words. You'll encounter the lively and colorful sayings from all around the world: Africa and its diaspora (Haiti, Jamaica, and African-American); Central and South America; Mexico; Native American; China, Japan; Italy; Ireland; Scotland; Israel; and the Arab nations.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806979755

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Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "

Little Giant Encyclopedia - Toasts and Quotes
Little Giant Encyclopedia - Toasts and Quotes

Author: Diagram Group

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9781402767326

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From the perennially popular "Little Giant Encyclopedia" series comes "Toasts & Quotes," now beautifully repackaged in a sophisticated new edition that will make a great gift. This delightful book is packed full of interesting, witty, and heartfelt sentiments for all occasions. Enhance your conversation--or any speech--with witty quotations, thoughts, and toasts on everything from marriage to alcohol, politics to civilization, cinema to computers. More than 2,000 quotes and 800 proverbs range from ancient thinkers such as Lao-Tzu and Plato to wit from modern entertainers like Letterman and Miss Piggy.

Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs
Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs

Author: Anna T. Litovkina

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1527542785

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This book explores various aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (or proverb transformations). It also depicts those who contribute to the institution of marriage (that is, husbands and wives), and analyses their nature, qualities, attributes and behaviours as revealed through such anti-proverbs. In addition, the text investigates those who remain single and do not belong to the institution of marriage, but contribute to the institution of marriage. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, from the casually interested general reader to the paremiologist, paremiographer, lexicographer, and anthropologist.

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.

The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs
The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs

Author: Wolfgang Mieder

Publisher: M J F Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781567311266

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Gathers more than eighteen thousand proverbs from around the world arranged alphabetically by key subject word and identifies the national, ethnic, or cultural origin of each proverbT.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Superstitions
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Author: Diagram Group

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806969138

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Broken up into categories such as Animals, Astrology, Dreams, and Flowers, this fascinating dictionary will alert you to thousands of beliefs, omens, and proverbs that you may never have known. Many other subjects range from Clothing to Food to Marriage numbers.