Author: John Montague
Publisher: Exile Editions
Keywords: sin, occasion
Number of Pages: 225
Published: 1992-11-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1550960865
ISBN-13: 9781550960860
Written in the great Irish tradition, these 10 tales are set in Ireland and America, reflecting the poet’s own deep and travelled experiences.
Author: Alan Shapiro
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: occasion, happy, last
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1996-10-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0226750329
ISBN-13: 9780226750323
The Last Happy Occasion is the coming-of-age story of an American Jew and aspiring writer in the sixties and seventies. In this memoir in six movements, Alan Shapiro recalls how poetry helped him make sense of his own and other people’s lives. Events unfold, including his sister’s death, that make him reconsider the transformative power of art and accept the limitations of poetry in confronting the untransformable pain of mortal loss. A refreshingly honest, lovingly crafted work, The Last Happy Occasion is a treasure map for anyone interested in exploring the intersections of l
Author: Judith Wibberley
Publisher: David & Charles
Keywords: occasion, words
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-05-12
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0715329391
ISBN-13: 9780715329399
Words for Every Occasion is a valuable resource of over 400 brand new inspirational verses, sayings and sentiments, focused entirely on celebratory occasions. Every imaginable occasion is covered from birthdays to Christmas, anniversaries, new baby, Valentine’s Day and many more. Versus range from the heartfelt to the humorous, sentimental sayings presented alongside witty one-liners, there is a phrase for every possible recipient. The bonus 60 copyright-free motifs will allow crafters to decorate their projects with the perfect illustration, making this the ideal title for papercrafters
Author: Kaye Gibbons
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: novel, afternoon, last, occasion
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-06-28
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0060797142
ISBN-13: 9780060797140
Emma Garnet Tate Lowell, a plantation owner’s daughter, grows up in a privileged lifestyle, but it’s not all roses. Her family’s prosperity is linked to the institution of slavery, and Clarice, a close and trusted family servant, exposes Emma to the truth and history of their plantation and how it brutally affected the slave population. Her father, Samuel P. Tate, has an aggressive and overpowering persona that intimidates many people -- including Emma. But she refuses to conform to his ideals and marries a prominent young doctor. Together they face the horrors of the Civil W
Author: Michael Wex
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: won, english, occasion, yiddish
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0061657328
ISBN-13: 9780061657320
In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories, presentations, arguments, and more, when plain English will not suffice (including, of course, lots of delightful historical and cultural side trips along the way). There is, quite simply, nothing in the world that can’t be improved by being translated into Yiddish. With Just Say Nu, readers will learn how to shmooze their way through m
Author: Jennifer Rahel Conover
Publisher: NAL Trade
Keywords: occasion, toasts
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0451203011
ISBN-13: 9780451203014
Toasts for Every Occasion is the book for all occasions...¥ Comprehensive and fully indexed by category, occasion, and contributor¥ Includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, sentimental, and exotic toasts¥ The perfect party companion-or the perfect giftFeaturing toasts, salutes, tributes, and all the right words from: Oscar Wilde ¥ Charles Dickens ¥ Dorothy Parker ¥ Bette Davis ¥ Groucho Marx ¥ Ogden Nash ¥ Winston Churchill ¥ Ingrid Bergman ¥ Miss Piggy ¥ Ralph Waldo Emerson ¥ Robert Frost ¥ John Kennedy ¥ Mae West ¥ William Shakespeare ¥ Socrates ¥ Gloria
Author: Pierre Bayle
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: comet, occasion, thoughts, various
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2000-04
List price: $58.50
ISBN-10: 079144547X
ISBN-13: 9780791445471
The appearance of this comet caused so many panicked inquiries to be made of Pierre Bayle, one of the Enlightenment’s greatest thinkers, that he decided to formally respond to them, hence the present work, which first appeared in 1682. The book’s principle task was to undermine the influence of "superstition" in political life, and it was here that Bayle made the notorious suggestion, unique in the history of political thought until then, that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. There is no other English translation of this book in print--the only other version w
