Mark Twain at Your Fingertips

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486473198
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 578

Book Description
One of America's greatest storytellers, Samuel Clemens had something witty and wise to say on just about any topic. Gathered from his classic novels, diary entries, newspaper articles, and correspondence, this collection of wry quips and quotes reflects his keen observations on animals, critics, doctors, laughter, politics, youth, and more.

The Quotable Mark Twain

Author: R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071631941
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain. A must-have for all Twain collectors, The Quotable Mark Twain is filled with his opinions about the people he knew, the places he's been, and the books he wrote, as well as more far-ranging topics, such as writers, billiards, smoking, his family, and more. The book also includes 150 illustrations taken from the original editions of Twain's publications, source citations for each quotation, an annotated bibliography, and a complete index.

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048648923X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
"Familiarity breeds contempt — and children." "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." "Heaven for climate. Hell for company." This attractive paperback gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of quips on life, love, history, culture, travel, and other topics from his fiction, essays, letters, and autobiography.

Eat a Live Frog First Thing in the Morning

Author: Golding Notebooks
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781096661108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
"Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."―Mark Twain One of Mark Twain's most memorable quotations, when you start your day - and begin writing in your journal - its words will remind you of the potential for bleak outcomes yet accompanied by the striving for a darkly humorous view of existence. Features of this journal are: 6x9in, 110 pages lined (standard, B&W) on both sides front title and owner's contact details page cover soft, matte Writing is a process of self-discovery, and this elegantly funny journal featuring the quotable Mark Twain seeks to inspire all writers as well as fans of great literature. It is a distinctive Mark Twain notebook that is bound to make perfect Mark Twain gifts for women and men, young and old. To browse the wide selection of journals from Golding Notebooks, please refer to our Amazon author page.

Dear Mark Twain

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520261348
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Collects two hundred letters from readers of Mark Twain to the author himself, offering a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of nineteenth-century children, preachers, con artists, inmates, and other fans of the author's work.

Quotable Michael Jordan

Author: Pat Williams
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461734851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
Jordan's quotability is incredible, as are the dozens of compelling anecdotes contained in this special keepsake.

The Quotable Will Rogers

Author: Joseph H. Carter
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423610649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Will Rogers captured the hearts of Americans with his thoughtful political humor; his dedication to country, family and friends; and his amazing ability to speak truth to life's fundamentals. In this delightful new biography, author Joseph Carter covers the details of Rogers's family history, the many milestones in his professional life, and America's fascination with this incredible figure. Rogers's famous quotes and quips are woven throughout the book, making it a thoroughly enjoyable read from start to finish.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American humorist Mark Twain. It is commonly used and accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of three other Mark Twain books.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. By satirizing Southern antebellum society that was already a quarter-century in the past by the time of publication, the book is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.

Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781566195263
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
A collection of essays written by Samuel Clements (as Mark Twain.).

Hemingway Didn't Say That

Author: Garson O'Toole
Publisher: Little A
ISBN: 9781503933415
Category : Common fallacies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Extensive and brilliant investigations...a tour de force of detective work...Mr. O'Toole is a beacon of accuracy who should inspire all readers who prefer their facts real rather than phony." --Wall Street Journal Everywhere you look, you'll find viral quotable wisdom attributed to icons ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Mark Twain, from Cicero to Woody Allen. But more often than not, these attributions are false. Garson O'Toole--the Internet's foremost investigator into the dubious origins of our most repeated quotations, aphorisms, and everyday sayings--collects his efforts into a first-ever encyclopedia of corrective popular history. Containing an enormous amount of original research, this delightful compendium presents information previously unavailable to readers, writers, and scholars. It also serves as the first careful examination of what causes misquotations and how they spread across the globe. Using the massive expansion in online databases as well as old-fashioned gumshoe archival digging, O'Toole provides a fascinating study of our modern abilities to find and correct misinformation. As Carl Sagan did not say, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."