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Amazing Words, 2nd Edition: An Alphabetical Anthology of Alluring, Astonishing, Beguiling, Bewitching, Enchanting, Enthralling, Mesmerizing, Mirac
Contributor(s): Lederer, Richard (Author)

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 ISBN: 1933338679     ISBN-13: 9781933338675
Publisher: Marion Street Press
OUR PRICE: $15.15  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2019
* Out of Print *
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary
- Humor | Form - Puns & Wordplay
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.73 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
With fascinating etymologies and letter patterns of more than 400 everyday words, bestselling language writer Richard Lederer offers insights into the most bedazzling, beguiling, and bewitching words in the English language. Readers will discover why William Shakespeare may be hiding in the Old Testament; why "run" is the longest word in English; how people's names become common words; and how the Bible, mythology, the sea, the land, show business, and games spark words and phrases in everyday vocabulary. Chock-full of transfixing word histories, magical letter play, and hilarious puns, Amazing Words, now in its second edition, is an essential book for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores.
 
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