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A Guide to Midwestern Conversation
HardcoverOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Learn (and love) the language of the landlocked in this bitingly funny illustrated guide to the common phrases and sentiments of the American Heart...
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /“Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished English is the funniest book I have ever read.”—Sidney SheldonAnguished English i...
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Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /"[Away with Words] is low wit in its highest form. . . Mr. Berkowitz is sensitive throughout to the evanescence and contingency of punning and to...
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Blimey, I'm Knackered!: An American's Survival Guide to British English
HardcoverOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Brit Speak for Yanks! Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." O...
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Blimey, I'm Knackered!: An American's Survival Guide to British English
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Brit Speak for Yanks! Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."...
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Dirty German: Second Edition: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they definitely never taught you in German class with this super-handy and hilariously improper...
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Dirty Italian: Third Edition: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they definitely never taught you in Italian class with this super-handy and hilariously imprope...
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Dirty Sign Language: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
PaperbackOriginal price $10.00 - Original price $10.00Original price $10.00$12.99$12.99 - $12.99Current price $12.99| /Learn all the sign language slang you've always wanted to know with this fun English-ASL phrasebook for the modern era. Next time you're signing ...
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English Is Not Easy: A Visual Guide to the Language
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A cheeky, sophisticated, and strikingly illustrated guide that leaves generic English reference books in the dust When prominent Barcelona-based ...
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Et Tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever
HardcoverOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to liv...
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Euphemisms That Get on My You-Know-Whats: And Other Meticulously Assembled Lists of Extremely Valuable Nonsense
HardcoverOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /There’s one thing that can provide comfort in a world of chaos and confusion: overly specific lists.Ever wondered what the Mandarin word for plat...
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Homophones Visualized
HardcoverOriginal price $14.95 - Original price $14.95Original price $14.95$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /Homophones Visualized is a witty book that illustrates homophones—words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have completely differe...
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How to Argue with a Cat: A Human's Guide to the Art of Persuasion
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Learn how to persuade cats—the world’s most skeptical and cautious negotiators—with this primer on rhetoric and argument from the New York Times ...
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How to Speak Southern
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /This tongue-in-cheek dictionary of Southern words and phrases offers a hilarious spoof of the Southern accent. This book is dedicated to all Yank...
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Humor 2.0: How the Internet Changed Humor
HardcoverOriginal price $110.00 - Original price $110.00Original price $110.00$129.99$129.99 - $129.99Current price $129.99| /The book shows how humor has changed since the advent of the internet: new genres, new contexts, and new audiences. The book provides a guide to su...
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Italian Without Words
PaperbackOriginal price $6.99 - Original price $6.99Original price $6.99$9.99$9.99 - $9.99Current price $9.99| /You don't need words to speak Italian. All you really need is this unique "phrase book" of the most common Italian expressions, complete with aut...
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Put The Kettle On: An American's Guide to British Slang, Telly and Tea
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Put the Kettle On: An American's Guide to British Slang, Telly and Tea Want to learn about the language, customs and food of the British Isles? ...
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The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /A fresh selection of sharp, witty zingers gathered from both famous and utterly unknown (but very quotable) sources, by the editor of the popular...
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The Complete How to Speak Southern
HardcoverOriginal price $16.00 - Original price $16.00Original price $16.00$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /The laugh sensation that swept the nation, How to Speak Southern and More How to Speak Southern, is now collected in one complete–and completely ...
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The Devil's Dictionary: Satirical Definitions of Everyday Words
HardcoverOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy." In this extraordinary work of scathing satire, Ambrose Bierce provided new humorous definitions of...
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between: (Name Meanings, Fun Facts, Word Origins, Etymology)
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Name Meanings Explained"From the casually curious to etymology junkies (or anyone who's ever halted a conversation to search the internet for the...
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between: Volume II
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Follow up to Nam Explain's (YouTube) Origin of Names, Volume II dives into more obscure and historical names, titles and trivia. https: //www.you...
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Understand Rap: Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics You and Your Grandma Can Understand
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /Although rap music is famous for its ingenuity, double entendres and clever turns of phrase, until now no one has attempted to collect rap lyrics...
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Verbolario / Verbulary
HardcoverOriginal price $25.95Original price $25.95 - Original price $25.95Original price $25.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Rodrigo Cortés regresa a las librerÃas con Verbolario diccionario satÃrico, humorÃstico y poético, que, con sus más de dos mil definiciones y...
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