The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain (Ayres Alex)(Paperback)

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain (Ayres Alex)(Paperback)

Arranged alphabetically by topic, from Adam to Youth, and culled from his novels, speeches, letters, and conversations, this anthology of quotes is timeless and represents the very essence of Mark Twain -- hilarious, cranky, and

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

'Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.' 'It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense.' 'Never tell a lie--except for practice.' This attractive gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of eminently quotable quips. Discover Twain's views on

Nothing . . . Except My Genius: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a collection of wit and wisdom that demonstrates the author's vision and his

The Diaries of Adam and Eve (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

'The Diaries and Adam and Eve' by Mark Twain was originally published as two separate stories and were later combined at Twain's request. 'Extracts from Adam's Diary' was published as a stand-alone book in 1904. In 1905, 'Eve's Diary' was published in the Christmas issue of 'Harper's Bazaar' and

The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (Pratchett Terry)(Paperback)

A collection of some of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

In this enduring and internationally popular novel, Mark Twain combines social satire and dime-novel sensation with a rhapsody on boyhood and on America's pre-industrial past. Tom Sawyer is resilient, enterprising, and vainglorious, and in a series of adventures along the banks of the Mississippi

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

This unique collection of Twain's essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author's vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as 'Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog' and 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,' as well as some delightful excerpts from The

The Innocents Abroad (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

It began as a dinner-party contest: when Mark Twain and his neighbor Charles Dudley Warner criticized the deplorable quality of their wives' reading material, the two writers were challenged to come up with something more intriguing. Thus, for the only time in his career, Twain collaborated on a

Kiss Me, Chudleigh - The World according to Auberon Waugh (Cook William)(Paperback / softback)

The wit and wisdom of Auberon

The Satanic Scriptures (Barton Blanche)(Paperback)

The Satanic Scriptures hands down the wit, wisdom and diabolical perspective of the Church of Satan's High Priest, Magus Peter H. Gilmore. These essays, articles and diatribes have been collected from over twenty years of the High Priest's writings for his infernal cabal, some first issued in the

Sayings of Benjamin Disraeli (Disraeli Benjamin)(Paperback / softback)

The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - with a new foreword by Lord

Prince and the Pauper (Twain Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Scottish Proverbs (Walker Colin S. K.)(Paperback)

Proverbs, once described as 'the wisdom of many and the wit of one', offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations.This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and over 1,000 proverbs arranged in easily accessible A-Z

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a 'rich

Diaries of Adam and Eve (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

Mark Twain's gloriously funny Diary of Adam and Eve, which John Updike described as a paradigm of the relations between sexes, is presented here with a number of other Twain pieces on our two oldest ancestors, showing the writer's interest in this most famous episode of the Bible. By giving a voice

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Legend Classics) (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

Part of the Legend Classics seriesAll modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had - Ernest HemingwayA nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

The classic boyhood adventure tale in a beautiful Deluxe Edition illustrated by Lilli Carre Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken

The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Neider Charles)(Paperback)

'A book filled with richnesses of humor and tragedy of disappointment and triumph, of sweetness and bitterness, and all in that unsurpassed American prose.'--New York Herald Tribune Book ReviewMark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his

Mark Twain (Powers Ron)(Paperback / softback)

A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings us the astonishing life story of Mark Twain - America's most influential and beloved author, and the man behind HUCKLEBERRY

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Republic of Imagination In recent years, neither the persistent effort to 'clean up' the racial epithets in

Rainbow in the Cloud - The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou (Angelou Dr Maya)(Paperback / softback)

A lovely tribute to one of the most inspirational voices of our

The Quotable Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Wit and Wisdom (Running Press)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of Spurs (Massarella Louis)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of words of wit and wisdom by and about the managers, players and officials of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.After the dog days of the last three decades, it seems as if the sleeping giant of White Hart Lane is stirring once more. With the management reigns of Christian Gross, Harry