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The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Proverbs

Author : David Macfarlane

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 49,24 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9780806974897

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Book Description

For your amusement, for your edification and inspiration, for livening up that speech you have to give: proverbs have an irresistible power. These little pockets of wisdom say volumes about a culture--so take a tour around the world in words. You'll encounter the lively and colorful sayings from all around the world: Africa and its diaspora (Haiti, Jamaica, and African-American); Central and South America; Mexico; Native American; China, Japan; Italy; Ireland; Scotland; Israel; and the Arab nations.



The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

Author : Robert W. Pike

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 48,80 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 9780806979755

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Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "



The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Wedding Etiquette

Author : Wendy Toliver

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 41,28 MB

Release : 2003-04

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9780806993898

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Details, details, details. Planning a wedding can be a nightmare, and few of us are experienced.



The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 11,50 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9781402711596

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Words to comfort, amuse, enlighten, and above all, inspire: more than 485 pages of diverse quotations offer tasty food for thought.



Little Giant Encyclopedia - Toasts and Quotes

Author : Diagram Group

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 40,58 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 9781402767326

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Book Description

From the perennially popular "Little Giant Encyclopedia" series comes "Toasts & Quotes," now beautifully repackaged in a sophisticated new edition that will make a great gift. This delightful book is packed full of interesting, witty, and heartfelt sentiments for all occasions. Enhance your conversation--or any speech--with witty quotations, thoughts, and toasts on everything from marriage to alcohol, politics to civilization, cinema to computers. More than 2,000 quotes and 800 proverbs range from ancient thinkers such as Lao-Tzu and Plato to wit from modern entertainers like Letterman and Miss Piggy.





Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs

Author : Anna T. Litovkina

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 42,20 MB

Release : 2019-11-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1527542785

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Book Description

This book explores various aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (or proverb transformations). It also depicts those who contribute to the institution of marriage (that is, husbands and wives), and analyses their nature, qualities, attributes and behaviours as revealed through such anti-proverbs. In addition, the text investigates those who remain single and do not belong to the institution of marriage, but contribute to the institution of marriage. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, from the casually interested general reader to the paremiologist, paremiographer, lexicographer, and anthropologist.



There's a Saying for That

Author : Bob Blaisdell

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 46,29 MB

Release : 2013-08-22

Category : Reference

ISBN : 0486320936

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Book Description

Compilation of the best proverbs from around the world — ancient and modern — offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature. Handsome gift-book format makes this volume an ideal present.



The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs

Author : Wolfgang Mieder

Publisher : M J F Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 38,50 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Proverbs

ISBN : 9781567311266

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Book Description

Gathers more than eighteen thousand proverbs from around the world arranged alphabetically by key subject word and identifies the national, ethnic, or cultural origin of each proverbT.



The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Author : Diagram Group

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 26,25 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9780806969138

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Book Description

Broken up into categories such as Animals, Astrology, Dreams, and Flowers, this fascinating dictionary will alert you to thousands of beliefs, omens, and proverbs that you may never have known. Many other subjects range from Clothing to Food to Marriage numbers.