A Cure for the Common Word provides more than thirty alternatives for each of the one hundred most commonly overused words in the English language. Along with a list of synonyms, each common word comes with definitions, sample sentences, witty quotes, explanations of why the word fails to communicate, and much more. Search 'A Cure for the Common Word' to see 100 entries.
I Used to Know That: stuff you forgot from school (Reader's Digest)
This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witty, engaging, entertaining-a book you'll pick up again and again.
Confessions of a GPBenjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled, and quite frequently, very funny. He is also a general practitioner. And these are his confessions.
A witty insight into the life of a family doctor, this funny and moving account will change the way you look at your doctor next time you pop in with the sniffles.
Alan Watts Teaches MeditationMeditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe.
Alan Watts has become known as the West's foremost interpreter of Eastern thought, and one of the most original philosophers of this century. Fortunately for us, he is also witty, articulate, insightful, very entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to.
For those of you who only know Hugh Laurie as Greg House M.D. - you're in for a surprise. You'd never guess that gravely voiced doctor could be the same posh Brit you'll hear on this recording. His first-person narration of Jerome Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat is without doubt one of the funniest things ever. The book itself is hysterical, but when Hugh Laurie gets his teeth into it, it transcends! It's charming, witty, sweet, surprisingly informative (JKJ meant for it to be a travel guide when he started) and Hugh Laurie turns it into a rare gem!
