What's In a Word?: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases

Author:   Webb Garrison
Publisher:   Thomas Nelson Publishers
ISBN:  

9781595553003


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 March 2010
Format:   Paperback
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What's In a Word?: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases


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"Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed? Did you make it to that early morning meeting by the skin of your teeth? Was your heart in the right place when you proposed that idea, even though you couldn't hold a candle to the guy next to you who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth? If you've ever wondered what that word or phrase you just heard means, ""What's in a Word?"" is just the book for you. If you love words, this fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundred fifty words and phrases and how they evolved will keep you entertained for hours."

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Author:   Webb Garrison
Publisher:   Thomas Nelson Publishers
Imprint:   Thomas Nelson Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.20cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781595553003


ISBN 10:   1595553002
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 March 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

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