Richard Lederer Phd (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Have some fun with your native tongue! In The Cunning Linguist, renowned language expert Richard Lederer shows us the naughtier side of wordplay, revealing hundreds of hilarious, ingenious, unabashed, and adults-only puns, jokes, limericks, one-liners, and other adventures in sexual humor. This book of "good, clean dirty fun" will delight word hounds, punsters, bachelor-party goers, and anyone who likes a clever grown-up joke. Here's a taste of The Cunning Linguist: Q: What does a man have in his pants that you can also find on a pool table? A: Pockets. Have you heard about the incompatible couple? He had no income, and she wasn't pattable. The four stages of a couple's sex life: Under 35: Tri-weekly 35-45: Try weekly 45-55: Try weakly 55 and over: Try, try, try. For much more, sneak between the covers of this unique and laugh-out-loud book. Dave Morice (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Fans of Richard Lederer's Anguished English series will cherish this newest installment of the author's latest chronicle of the gifts and gaffes of our oddball language. From headlines to menus, student papers to politicians' speeches, every embarrassing example is true-and wonderfully funny.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays are the brightest gems of a storied career. Word Wizard includes a new introduction, prefaces for each essay, sprightly verse, and material never before published in Leader's language books. With classic chapters such as "The World According to Student Bloopers," "English Is a Crazy Language," and "The Case for Short Words," and shiny new essays such as "The Way We Word" and "Add Wealth to Your Vocabulary," Word Wizard is sure to delight language lovers and Lederer fans everywhere.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays are the brightest gems of a storied career. Word Wizard includes a new introduction, prefaces for each essay, sprightly verse, and material never before published in Leader's language books. With classic chapters such as "The World According to Student Bloopers," "English Is a Crazy Language," and "The Case for Short Words," and shiny new essays such as "The Way We Word" and "Add Wealth to Your Vocabulary," Word Wizard is sure to delight language lovers and Lederer fans everywhere.…

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in vg dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Lighter Side of Language. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. HC 157. Morice, Dave (illustrator).

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 189 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is crisp, clean and tight, jacket has minor shelf wear. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition maroon boards, brown spine, and copper spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Richard Lederer; Author Dedication; Introduction. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Bernie Cootner. Signed by the author, Richard Lederer, with blue pen on the half title page. "In his dazzling national bestseller Crazy English, Richard Lederer, our premier pundit of semantics, demonstrated the wild unpredictability and wacky illogic of our wonderful mother tongue. Now, in The Play of Words, the play's the thing, as the master of linguistic revels invites his fellow word lovers to enjoy fun and games with one of the most glorious languages on planet Earth. The Play of Words lets you horse around with the animal metaphors that make poetry of everyday speech - as well as with the wheezy cliches that are all too conspicuous in our daily prose. Romp with the rhythms and rhymes of "Inky Pinky,", and see if you can "Name that Bunch" - a prickle of porcupines? a rash of dermatologists? But beware: you can lose points for laughing in "Fictionary." Take a jaunt back to the different ages and stages of English, to the roots of words and the origins of phrases. Find out why we say "happy as a clam," making merry a mollusk otherwise noted for clamming up. Test your knowledge of "What's in a Name" - and who's in a name, for the famous and the forgotten have left their traces everywhere. (Who inspired melba toast? Why do we call cheap finery tawdry?) Take on logic puzzles ancient and modern, and then invent your own. Some of these games are as easy as pie, as rolling off a log, as taking candy from a baby. Others will bring the answers to the tip of your tongue - where they'll remain until another clue jogs your memory. Still others will elude your most concentrated efforts, then jump out and say "boo." But whether you are a trinomial, a crytallaphobe, an etymologist, or an entomologist, whether you play alone or with friends, The Play of Words offers contests in which everyone comes up a winner. Brimming with delightful examples of Richard Lederer's matchless seemantic antics, The Play Of Words will bring you hours of lexicological pleasure - and the opportunity to plant your own imaginative seeds in the ever flourishing garden of the English language." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Cootner, Bernie (illustrations); Valk, Jon (jacket design); Savard, Timothy (author photograph) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …