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  • Sucking Up

    A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy

    par Mark Parker, Scott Mendel, Deborah Parker ...
    Suck-up. Ass-kisser. Brownnoser. Bootlicker. Lickspittle. Toadeater... Found in every walk of life, both real and imagined, sycophants surround us. But whether we grumble about sycophancy or grudgingly tolerate it as a price of getting along in a complex society, we rarely examine it closely. This book humorously considers that slavish art from the historical past to our current political ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

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  • The Art of Conversation

    A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure

    par Catherine Blyth ...
    Read Catherine Blyth's posts on the Penguin Blog.Reclaim the pleasures and possibilities of great conversation with this sparkling guide from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise to its artEvery day we use cell phones and computers to communicate, but it's easy to forget that we possess a communication technology that has been in research and development for thousands of years. Catherine Blyth ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

    par Oscar Wilde ...
    Collections series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... En savoir plus

    $1.99 CAD

  • Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes

    A History and Philosophy of Jokes

    par Jim Holt ...
    In the fine tradition of On Bullshit comes this outrageous, uproarious compendium of absurdity, filth, racy paradox, and mature philosophical reflection.Stop Me If You've Heard This is the first book to trace the evolution of the joke from the stand-up comics of ancient Athens to the comedy-club Seinfelds of today. Cropping up en route are such unforgettable figures as Poggio, a Renaissance papal ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Breaking Bread with the Dead

    A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

    par Alan Jacobs ...
    **“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity.” —Shelf AwarenessFrom the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Friendship

    An Expose

    par Joseph Epstein ...
    The amusing and erudite anatomy of modern friendship, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Snobbery.Is it possible to have too many friends? Is your spouse supposed to be your best friend? How far should you go to help a friend in need? And how do you end a friendship that has run its course?In a "smart, delightfully literate, and sophisticated" anatomy of friendship in all its ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Semantic Antics

    How and Why Words Change Meaning

    par Sol Steinmetz ...
    "My favorite popular word book of the year"-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008A fun, new approach to examining etymology!Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,'very different from today's meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude o... ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • Honor

    A History

    par James Bowman ...
    The importance of honor is present in the earliest records of civilization. Today, while it may still be an essential concept in Islamic cultures, in the West, honor has been disparaged and dismissed as obsolete. In this lively and authoritative book, James Bowman traces the curious and fascinating history of this ideal, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment and to the killing fields of ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature

    par Elizabeth Kantor ...
    What PC English professors don't want you to learn from . . .- Beowulf: If we don't admire heroes, there's something wrong with us- Chaucer: Chivalry has contributed enormously to women's happiness- Shakespeare: Some choices are inherently destructive (it's just built into the nature of things)- Milton: Our intellectual freedoms are Christian, not anti-Christian, in origin- Jane Austen: Most men ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Talking Cure

    An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation

    par Paula Marantz Cohen ...
    An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social importance of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never can and explains why simply talking to each other freely and without guile may be the first step to curing what ails our troubled society.Drawing ... En savoir plus

    $29.69 CAD

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  • The Western Lit Survival Kit

    An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner

    par Sandra Newman ...
    A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists.To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we bluffed our way through in college, the dusty Everyman's Library editions that look classy on the shelf but make us feel guilty because they've never been opened. On a mission to restore the West's ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $5.99 CAD

  • The Smart Student's Guide to the GRE Literature in English Test

    par Martin Asiner ...
    Most English majors who take the GRE Literature in English test do not do particularly well, usually near the 50th percentile. To increase their acceptance into a graduate program (MA or PhD), test takers need at least to be over the 80th percentile. This is hard to do since ETS deliberately designs the test to befuddle most test takers. Quite frankly, these test takers simply do not know enough ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus