Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia write by Richard Lederer. This book was released on 2014-02-06. Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author of Anguished English presents a compendium of fascinating facts and anecdotes about some of literature’s greatest authors and works. Author and English teacher Richard Lederer is one of the world’s foremost lovers of language and literature. In this endlessly engaging volume, he collects some of the most curious trivia about world-renowned authors and poets as well as their many immortal creations. The perfect gift for bibliophiles, Richard Lederer’s Literary Trivia sheds surprising new light on the books and writers we love.
Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia (Large Print 16pt)
Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia (Large Print 16pt) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia (Large Print 16pt) write by Richard Lederer. This book was released on 2014-02-17. Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia (Large Print 16pt) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What fictional detective survived an attempted murder by his creator? (Sherlock Holmes) Who was the single mother, living on state benefits, whose wizardly series of novels has made her the richest writer in England? (J. K. Rowling) Which American poet composed and read a poem at John F. Kennedy's inauguration? (Robert Frost) Richard Lederer is the author of more than 3,000 books and articles about language. His syndicated column, 'Looking at Language' appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been elected International Punster of the Year and has been profiled in The New Yorker, People and The National Enquirer. Lederer hosts A Way with Words on weekend public radio. He lives with his wife in San Diego.
Literary Trivia
Literary Trivia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Literary Trivia write by Richard Lederer. This book was released on 1994. Literary Trivia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the author of Crazy English and The Miracle of Language, a fiendishly engrossing, thoroughly addictive volume of anecdotes, curiosities, and quizzes testing your knowledge of books from Genesis to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest..
Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia
Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia write by Richard Lederer. This book was released on 2014-02-07. Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this follow-up to Richard Lederer’s Literary Trivia, the author delves into curious facts and anecdotes about mythology, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Through his numerous books and syndicated columns, Richard Lederer’s infectious love of language and literature has inspired and intrigued readers for decades. Now the author of Lederer on Language and Anguished English delivers a volume full of fascinating trivia about some of Western literature’s most foundational works. Here you will be able to test—and expand—your knowledge of the Bible, ancient Greek mythology, and the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare.
Crazy English
Crazy English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crazy English write by Richard Lederer. This book was released on 2010-05-11. Crazy English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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'll take a bird's-eye view of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak only in palindromes.
