Preposterous Proverbs
why fine words butter no parsnips
$24.00
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2011
Summary
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, ‘birds of a feather flock together’ and ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’, but these sayings are so familiar that we are scarcely aware they are proverbs. It has been so for thousands of years, in every culture. It is only when someone like Max Cryer takes the time to look at them that we can see how these ‘pearls of wisdom’ have played such a key role in the moral guidance of every so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921497452 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921497459 |
| Author: | Max Cryer |
| Publisher: | Exisle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Exisle Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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About The Author
Max Cryer
Max Cryer is a language expert with many years’ experience of researching and writing on the subject. A well-known broadcaster and entertainer, he hosts a weekly radio slot on quirks of the English language. In a long career, he has been a schoolteacher, a compere and television host, as well as a performer on the opera stage in London and in cabaret in Las Vegas and Hollywood. Max is now a full-time writer living in Auckland.
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