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Author: Various
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1992-10-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0452266688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 1,000 outrageously irreverent quotations, anecdotes, and interviews on a vast array of subjects, from an illustrious list of world class grouches. “If you can’t say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.”—Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2000-05-09
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0679763414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Author: Various
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780452270305
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen turning the other cheek just won't do, try fighting back with the cantankerous remarks of some of the crustiest, grouchiest, and cleverest curmudgeons of all time. Profiles of three world-class wordsmiths--Alexander Woollcott, Oscar Wilde, and Robert Benchley--plus interviews with a variety of caustic commentators make this a collection of barbed remarks second to none.
Author: Guy Kawasaki
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the ultimate collection of Macintosh Conventional--and unconventional--Wisdom. A collection of Macintosh definitions and rules of thumb--humorous one-liners inspired by Ambrose Bierce. Includes reprints of Kawasaki's Mac'ser columns. (Hayden)
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-12-17
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1466860308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of The Portable Curmudgeon, a delicious, witty, irreverent A to Z guide to the tics, twitches and safety-valves that characterize our twisted, neurotic modern world. We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without being overcome by neuroses is a practical impossibility. Enter: the comic safety valve. Jon Winokur's Encyclopedia Neurotica is a delightful garden of the ills that beset modern man. Entries include excerpts from both popular and arcane published works, as well as original definitions, essential terms and the occasional cutting-edge concept, such as "celebriphilia, the pathological desire to sleep with a celebrity, suffered chiefly by groupies." Some samples from Encyclopedia Neurotica: --Abyss, the: the yawning unfathomable chasm of existential terror --Acquired Situational Narcissism: a condition characterized by grandiosity, lack of empathy, rage, isolation and substance abuse; mainly afflicts celebrities, who tend to be surrounded by enablers --Denial: unconscious defense mechanism that numbs anxiety by refusing to acknowledge unpleasant realities --Manic Run: prolonged state of optimism, excitement and hyperactivity experienced as part of bipolar disorder
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Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 1993-09
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780809236817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe creative arts. Literature. Drama film. Music. The media. Education.
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Dutton Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780453005654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn entertaining collection of quotations, anecdotes, and interviews from the likes of H.L. Mencken, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Parker, and others, arranged alphabetically by subject. No scholarly paraphernalia. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-12-10
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 146685975X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJon Winokur defines and classifies irony and contrasts it with coincidence and cynicism, and other oft-confused concepts that many think are ironic. He looks at the different forms irony can take, from an irony deficiency to visual irony to an understatement, using photographs and relate-able examples from pop culture. * "Irony in Action" looks at irony in language, both verbal and visual, while "Bastions of Irony" and "Masters of Irony" look at institutions and individuals steeped in irony, though not always intentionally. PLUS: * The Annals of Irony looks at irony, and its lack thereof, throughout history. A delight for anyone with a smart, dark sense of humor.
Author: James Garner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-10-23
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 145164261X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal--and proud of it," and much more.
Author: Charles Murray
Publisher: Crown Currency
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0804141452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor those starting out in their careers—and those who wish to advance more quickly—this is a delightfully fussy guide to the hidden rules of the road in the workplace and in life. As bestselling author and social historian Charles Murray explains, at senior levels of an organization there are curmudgeons everywhere, judging your every move. Yet it is their good opinion you need to win if you hope to get ahead. Among the curmudgeon’s day-to-day tips for the workplace: • Excise the word “like” from your spoken English • Don’t suck up • Stop “reaching out” and “sharing” • Rid yourself of piercings, tattoos, and weird hair colors • Make strong language count His larger career advice includes: • What to do if you have a bad boss • Coming to grips with the difference between being nice and being good • How to write when you don’t know what to say • Being judgmental (it’s good, and you don’t have a choice anyway) And on the great topics of life, the curmudgeon urges us to leave home no matter what, get real jobs (not internships), put ourselves in scary situations, and watch Groundhog Day repeatedly (he’ll explain). Witty, wise, and pulling no punches, The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead is an indispensable sourcebook for living an adult life.
