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  • Anguished English

    by Richard Lederer ...
    Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay

    Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged

    by Richard Lederer, Richard Dowis ...
    A "delightful, witty, and hugely absorbing celebration of the English language" filled with usage tips, grammar games, and more (Bill Bryson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Mother Tongue).Famed wordaholic Richard Lederer has teamed up with Richard Dowis to take readers on another journey through the world's most wonderful, albeit perplexing, language. Aside from clearing up once and for ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Comma Sense

    A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation

    by Richard Lederer, John Shore ...
    "A clear, entertaining, and just plain helpful guide to the American rules of punctuation." —Lynne Truss, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & LeavesAre you confounded by commas, addled by apostrophes, or queasy about quotation marks? Do you believe a bracket is just a support for a wall shelf, a dash is something you make for the bathroom, and a colon and semicolon are large and ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Cunning Linguist

    Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun!

    by Richard Lederer ...
    "Noted linguist Lederer ( Anguished English) has a naughty side, which . . . makes this collection of wordplays a bawdily noteworthy achievement." — Publishers WeeklyHave 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, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Bride of Anguished English

    A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos

    by Richard Lederer ...
    For years wordsmith and punster Richard Lederer has charmed and delighted fans with his bestselling "Anguished English" series. In his funniest book yet, readers will again cherish the author's latest chronicle of the goofs and gaffes and fluffs and flubs of our anguished language. And the best part? Everything in here actually occurred! Nothing has been made up!Bloopers from foreign restaurants ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Miracle of Language

    by Richard Lederer ...
    Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's "Wizard of Idiom" (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements...Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders. Instead, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Pun and Games

    Jokes, Riddles, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, Rhymes, and More Word Play for Kids

    by Richard Lederer ...
    Illustrated by Dave Morice ...
    Introduces the wacky world of wordplay with puns, spoonerisms, games of word substitution, and more. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crazy English

    by Richard Lederer ...
    In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. You ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Play of Words

    by Richard Lederer ...
    Learn the origins of popular phrases in the English language through this exciting book of games perfect for language lovers.Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business?You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Word Wizard

    Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic

    by Richard Lederer ...
    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 ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Biblical Interpretation and Doctrinal Formulation in the Reformed Tradition

    Essays in Honor of James De Jong

    Edited by Arie C. Leder, Richard A. Muller ...
    The Reformed tradition is characterized by a rigorous commitment to theological formulation, yet it is equally known for its commitment to rooting its life and practice in the authority of God’s Word. While these two commitments are commonly acknowledged, the path from biblical interpretation to doctrinal formulation is often overlooked. Examining a diverse group of thinkers across the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Revenge of Anguished English

    Super Duper Bloopers, Botches, And Blunders

    by Richard Lederer ...
    Narrated by Rick Gines ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 2 min

    “Only Richard Lederer could make the complete decline of the English language so entertaining,” writes Mike Reiss, the Emmy Award winning writer and producer of The Simpsons. Lederer has been dubbed The Abbot of Absurdity, Attila the Pun, and Learning dressed up to have fun.In The Revenge of Anguished English, Lederer leaves his listeners limp with laughter at how the innocent, the negligent, and ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus