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Author | : Abbie F. Salny |
Publisher | : Galahad Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-07-14 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9781578660827 |
Download Mensa Book of Words, Word Games, Puzzles and Oddities Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shocking origins! Altered meanings! Wild abuses of language! Who knew English was so full of fascinating surprises? For word lovers, these quizzes and games by Mensa member extraordinaire Dr. Abbie Salny will be a pure delight...and illuminating, too. She delves into the sometimes-unexpected etymology of a variety of words and reveals how they came to have their present meanings, examines derivations, and analyzes the frequently misunderstood, mispronounced, and misused. Then, she gathers them all into brain-teasing puzzles designed to test and improve the solver's vocabulary. For anyone seeking a bon mot or le mot juste, here's the place to find it!
Author | : Alan Stillson |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780806901879 |
Download One-Minute Brainteasers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
These short, no-pencil puzzles demand that you shift into high gear because 60 seconds is all you have to solve them. And what a mix: vowel exchanges, rhyme time, hard-letter hangpersons, flowery show song titles, repeatersor words beginning with a letter or combination of letters that immediately repeat, and more. Ideal to help while away dark winter evenings and long journeys with children. "Menzed.""
Author | : Phil Cousineau |
Publisher | : Cleis Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2010-04-13 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1573444006 |
Download Wordcatcher Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The English poet W.H. Auden was once asked to teach a poetry class. 200 students applied, but he only had space for 20. When asked how he chose his students, he said he picked only those who truly loved words. Wordcatcher is a book for just such people: people who are fascinated by words, their origins, history and meaning. Who would ever have thought the country of Canada was named after a mistake? Or that all the adventures of Ancient Greek sailors rest on the word 'nostalgia'? Cousineau's delightful and fascinating book is the perfect gift for anyone with a love of words.
Author | : Mark Danna |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2005-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781402721656 |
Download Word Search Puzzles for Word-Crazy Kids Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This latest entry in the Mensa series of language-based puzzle books features 26 grids in the shape of each capital letter, plus 13 puzzles in the shape of lowercase letters and 13 in the shape of commonly paired letters. Consumable.
Author | : PHIL. COUSINEAU |
Publisher | : Jaico Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9388423615 |
Download AMAZING WORDS. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Abbie F. Salny |
Publisher | : New York, NY : HarperPerennial |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780060965358 |
Download The Mensa Book of Literary Quizzes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Phil Cousineau |
Publisher | : Conari Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2001-10-01 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781573247122 |
Download A World Treasury of Riddles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mythologist and adventurer Phil Cousineau theorizes that riddles are proverbs turned into questions. He believes telling riddles is a lost folk art. This eclectic collection of brain twisters from Leonardo da Vinci to Lewis Carroll is designed to bring the practice back to the living room. Cousineau invites readers into the peripatetic, poetic, and sweet language of riddles
Author | : Phil Cousineau |
Publisher | : Cleis Press |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2012-09-18 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1936740176 |
Download The Painted Word Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
WORDCATCHER Phil Cousineau illuminates the history and mystery of weird and wonderful word storiesTo untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words. The words themselves range from commonplace - like biscuit, a twice-baked cake for Roman soldiers - to loanwords including chaparral, from the Basque shepherds who came to the American West; words from myths, such as hector; metamorphosis words, like silly, which evolved holy to goofy in a mere thousand years; and words well worthy of revival, such as carrytale, a wandering storyteller. Whether old-fangled or brand new, all the words included in The Painted Word possess an ineffable quality that makes them luminous.
Author | : Harold Gale |
Publisher | : Carlton Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9781858683089 |
Download Mensa Word Puzzles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Collection of word puzzles and mind games, including anagrams, acrostics, matrix problems and crosswords.
Author | : British Mensa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Puzzles |
ISBN | : 9781858681948 |
Download The Big Book of Mensa Puzzles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle