books: or know why

books: or know why

books:

Or know why

I Didn't Know That: Or Why We Say the Things We Say
Karlen Evins

K. Rose Publishing, 1992

An entertaining and enlightening compilation of everyday words and expressions and their origins. Examples found in book include such phrases as: High on the Hog, Mad as a Hatter, In the Doghouse, Raining Cats and Dogs, Facing the Music, Letting the Cat out of the Bag, and many more.

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Today Show Book Club #25)

Christopher Moore

HarperCollins, 2004

Only Moore is so Imaginative, thought-provoking, and hilarious
Nate Quinn, a nerdy, quiet behavior-biologist is investigating the humpback's song with his photographer and best friend Clay Demodocus, a young wannabe Rastafarian Kona, and the hot (though 1920s slang-spewing) assistant Amy Earhart. Suddenly, he sees a message on the ...

Lincoln the Persuader: everyone knows he was a great writer, but until now we did not know how he became one, ...
Douglas L. Wilson

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006. The length of the article is 6175 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it ...

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Today Show Book Club #25)

Christopher Moore

Harper Paperbacks, 2004

"The science you do not know looks like magic."
Christopher Moore's brand of humor, while always irreverent and sometimes off-color, also bursts through the constraints which might limit it to the real world. Moore has often explored other realities, and in this novel, we discover the underwater world of singing ...

Bush has the answer.(Editorials)(The president knows why Measure 50 lost)(Editorial): An article from: The ...
Gale Reference Team

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on November 15, 2007. The length of the article is 773 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You ...

Climbers' deaths spotlight perils.(General News)(Officials still don't know the reason why two men fell from ...

The Register Guard, 2004

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on August 3, 2004. The length of the article is 871 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

How we elect a President: in the U.S., a candidate can become President even if he or she doesn't receive the ...
Anne Vilen

Scholastic, Inc., 2003

This digital document is an article from Junior Scholastic, published by Scholastic, Inc. on October 27, 2003. The length of the article is 1812 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view ...

Remembering mama: images of mothers, good, bad, real or fictive abound in our literary tradition.(Book ...
Bernadette Adams Davis

Cox, Matthews & Associates, 2005

This digital document is an article from Black Issues Book Review, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1004 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

Why The Big Worry About the Gradual Loss of Our Liberties?: What We All Must Know About True Capitalism and ...

David L. Wood

Elderberry Press (OR), 2003

Quite sharply worded yet passionately thoughtful
Highly recommended reading for students of Economics and Political Science, Why Worry About The Gradual Loss Of Our Liberties?: What We All Must Know About True Capitalism And Creeping Socialism by David L. Wood is not about civil liberties per se; but rather, it is a ...

YEAR of the CRAB.(Recreation)(Nobody knows for sure why so many large Dungeness crabs have shown up in Alsea ...
Gale Reference Team

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on September 12, 2006. The length of the article is 904 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

I know it when I see it, or what makes scholarship feminist: a cautionary tale. (Why a Feminist Law ...
Linda E. Fisher

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, 2003

This digital document is an article from Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, published by Columbia Journal of Gender and Law on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2917 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker ...