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Lost In Translation : Misadventures in English Abroad
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| NZ$ 25.00 each |
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| Author: Charlie Croker |
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In today's world - characterized by globalization, mass communication, cheap air travel and abundant Chinese takeaways - surely no self-respecting English-language enthusiast could have failed to notice the frequent and flagrant abuse of our native tongue by pesky foreigners? Forgetting, for a moment, the fact that many nations speak our language better than we do, and that most people's grasp, say, of Dutch, amounts to jabbing the "LonelyPlanet" guidebook's picture of the Van Gogh Museum and saying 'Where?' loudly (and in English), it is nevertheless true to say that unintentional mistranslation is often hilarious. Lost in Translation features hundreds of genuine, original and utterly ridiculous examples of these experiments inlinguistic expression, gathered from around the globe by the author and hisintrepid team of researchers.
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1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments
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| Author: Tom Friedman |
| Published by: Workman Publishing Co |
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...Of Which We Could Remember Only 246
No, you’re not losing your mind. And you’re definitely not alone.
There’s Jimmy Carter, forgetting the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners.
Rod Stewart fumbling for the name of the intense first love who inspired “Maggie Mae.”
G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to his mother announcing the good news about his engagement — while his mother is in the room with him.
Marilyn Monroe blowing the same line through 52 takes during the filming of Some Like It Hot.
Celebrating history’s greatest mental lapses, is a perfect impulse book in the fine gift format of Famous Last Words. Not just outlandishly funny, it’s also a book of great comfort — after all, having a senior moment puts you in the company of Einstein, Lincoln, Beethoven, Newton, Toscanini, and a whole assortment of presidents, poets, philosophers, popes, and Nobel Prize–winners.
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A Shite History of Nearly Everything
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| Author: A. Parody |
| Published by: Bookwise International |
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Eccentrically - indeed, irresponsibly - compiled, packed with bizarre ideas, hopeless theories, impossible dreams, preposterous statements, loony prophecies, mad scientists, demented technicians, useless inventions, and much of the often deranged history of our planet, A Shite History of Nearly Everything doesn't just challenge our view of the history of the world; it challenges our very sanity!
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Bad Baby
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| Author: R.D. Rosen |
| Published by: WORKMA |
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You won't see anybody saying "Koochie koochie koo" to these babies. Just as "Bad Cat" and "Bad Dog" ripped the lid off the world of "cute" housepets, "Bad Baby" strips away all the illusions of innocence that have been swaddling babies for centuries, revealing them in all their petulant, pretentious, and potty-mouthed glory. Babes in arms? How 'bout babes up in arms. Baby talk? Forget it. These cherubs graduated from "Goo goo" school a long time ago. Now they're bundles of bitchy commentary, barbed conversation, and appallingly adult thoughts. Rachael speaks for babies everywhere when she's says, "Please, I beg of you-stop singing 'The Wheels On The Bus.", Same goes for Justine, who announces, "The only reason I make these cute faces is so that you'll support me till I'm 37." Then there's the officious-looking Justine, in sunglasses with a mobile pressed to her ear: "To be honest, Jake," she's saying, "nobody wants to work with a
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Bad Dog : 278 Outspoken, Indecent, and Overdressed Dogs
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| Author: Richard Dean Rosen & Harry Prichett & Rob Battles |
| Published by: Workman Publishing Co |
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Bad habits, bad attitudes, bad breath. With a weakness for bad outfits and having bad hair days. Dogs are no less bad than cats, so it was only a matter of time before, emboldened by the runaway success of Bad Cat, the #1 New York Times bestseller with 487,000 copies in print, dogs would be begging for the chance to speak out. Dogs like:
Trixie, the puppy eating her own foot, who says: “If you’re wondering, it tastes like chicken.”
Or the aging Sam, eyes popping out of his head and granny glasses askew: “Sweet mother of mercy — the Viagra’s working!”
Or Tasia, a big mutt forced to wear little Santa hats, who snarls: “ I’d like to roast your chestnuts on an open fire.”
There’s Dallas the surly yoga instructor.
The old letch Samson, half-mastiff and half-slobber. Barley of the Order of the Vested Shih Tzus.
Devil-worshipping Penny.
Friend of sailors Miz Skeeter Bug.
And Charlie, whose words should be heeded
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