The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who spent decades ruffling feathers and drawing laughter with his witty opinion columns, poems, and definitions. Toward the end of his career, he decided to compile these satirical definitions into a book,...

"Malapropism - A word or phrase that has been mistaken for another, usually because of its sound rather than its meaning. Everyone has made the mistake of using a word or phrase that they think sounds correct, but in fact is not. Malapropisms make some sense. They have a semantic logic to them, even if that logic makes perfect nonsense. In Going to Hell in a Hen Basket, author Robert Alden Rubin delights in the creative misuse of words and celebrates...

Babe Ruth; Muhammad Ali; Arnold Palmer; Terry Bradshaw; Wilt Chamberlain; Billie Jean King; Jesse Owens; Bobby Hull; Mickey Mantle; O.J. Simpson; Rocky Marciano; Jack Nicklaus; Joe Namath; Magic Johnson; Martina Navratilova; Pele; Ted Williams; Joe Louis; Bobby Orr; Rod Laver; Willie Mays, Larry Bird, Jim Brown; Joe Dimaggio; Wayne Gretzky; Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Leonard, Stan Musial; Gordie Howe, Pete Rose; Julius Erving; Hank Aaron;...

"From former FBI agent and bestselling author Joe Navarro comes the essential book for decoding human behavior, revealing the more than 400 essential body language indicators"-- Provided by publisher.

Pictures of children demonstrate the forming in sign language of 150 basic alphabetically arranged words, accompanied by illustrations of the words themselves. Includes a discussion of fingerspelling and general rules for signing.