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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mardy GrothePublish date:2023-06-27Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780060537005ISBN-10:60537000UPC:9780060537005Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Quotations, Literacy, WritingBook Topic:Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)Size:7.00 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJX99SWP5

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

A must-have for language lovers, this compendium contains hundreds of mind-stretching observations that are contradictory or illogical on one level, yet true, witty, and often profound on another.

ox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-se-mor-ON-uh-ca) noun: Any variety of tantalizing, self-contradictory statements or observations that on the surface appear false or illogical, but at a deeper level are profoundly...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780060537005ISBN-10:60537000UPC:9780060537005Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Quotations, Literacy, WritingBook Topic:Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)Size:7.00 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJX99SWP5
Grothe, Mardy: -

Dr. Mardy Grothe is a retired psychologist, management consultant, and platform speaker; the author of six books on words and language; the creator of Dr. Mardy's Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotations; and one of America's most beloved quotation anthologists. He lives in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with his wife, Katherine Robinson.

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Mardy Grothe

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