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Leo Rosten's giant book of laughter
Leo Calvin RostenFrom America's number one humorist comes a massive gathering of shaggy dog tales, ethnic jokes, barbs, one-liners and bloopers. It's a carnival of laughter with more than 189 different subjects from "Accents" to "Yinglish"!
The Return of Hyman Kaplan
Leo RostenTwenty years after his first collection of tales about that Don Quixote of adult education, Leo Rosten brought Hyman Kaplan back for a second term on the bottom rung in the beginner's grade at the American Night Preparatory School for ...
King Silky!
Leo Calvin RostenWhen private investigator Silky is hired by a "Mr. Smith"--a reclusive billionaire with interests in Hollywood, Las Vegas, oil, aircraft, and electronics--to find the missing Valeria Venice, he becomes involved in a mysterious murder
Leo Rosten's Carnival of Wit: From Aristotle to Woody Allen
More editionsGathers aphorisms about a variety of subjects from acting and advice to wordplay and youth.
The New Joys of Yiddish: Completely Updated
Leo RostenIn addition, The New Joys of Yiddish includes wondrous and amusing illustrations by renowned artist R.O. Blechman. From the Hardcover edition.
The Joys of Yinglish
Leo RostenA look at the joining of English and Yiddish into "Yinglish" employs scholarship, humor, and linguistic anthropology to discuss the effects of the marriage of the two languages. Reprint.
The Education of Hyman Kaplan
Leo RostenOver the next two years the magazine ran all 15 of the original stories that were eventually published in 1937 as "The Education of Hyman Kaplan".
Following the trail of light: a scientific odyssey
Melvin Calvin... 141 Nobel Prize ceremonies, 113, 117 (photo) Calvin, Kris (grandson), 141, 148, 149 (photo) Calvin, Noel (son), 113, 117 (photo) Calvin, Robin ( granddaughter), 148 (photo), 149 Calvin, Rose Hervitz (mother) during Nobel Prize celebration ...
John Calvin: Writings on Pastoral Piety
Jean CalvinThis volume translates selected works of John Calvin (1509-1564), the great reformer of Geneva, with special emphasis on his piety.
Beyond Calvin: Union with Christ and Justification in Early ...
John FeskoZanchi. 11.1. Introduction. 11.1.1 In Calvin's shadow John Calvin has been accorded a high place in the history of Reformation studies, and with 2009 marking the five-hundredth anniversary of his birth, there has been no shortage of works on ...
The Calvin Handbook
PreviewCalvin?s quincentennial this year has lent such research even greater momentum. The Calvin Handbook is designed to support and stimulate this research.
Calvin: A Brief Guide to His Life and Thought
PreviewSee also E. M. Braekman, “Sum enim Belga ipse quoque: Calvin et les ressortissants de Pays-Bas,” in Millet, Calvin et ses contemporains, 83–96. 45. Rutgers, Calvijns invloed, 134–37. 46. Aloïs Gerlo and Rudolf de Smet, Marnixi epistulae: ...
The Godly Life of John Calvin
Francis Nigel LeeMartin Luther was still an unconverted monk aged 26 when Jean Cauvin alias John Calvin first saw the light of day. In this book Dr Lee gives a simple but practical account of the life of Calvin.
The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin
PreviewA comprehensive and accessible introduction to Calvin by a team of leading international scholars.
Inclusion of Alaska lands in national park, forest, wildlife ...
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Reconsidering John Calvin
Randall C. ZachmanPlaces Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Barth and Kierkegaard and reconsiders his understanding of judgment and love.
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