An interesting look at the origins of what we say everyday....

There are very few, if any, guides to the language used by the generation that fought the American Civil War.  Based on thirty years of research, Garrison has produced this dictionary of...

An all purpose book that incorporates all kinds of toasts for any occasion. It's full of deliciously witty lines and toasts, and provides you with practical advice about how and when to...

This book is a unique storehouse of surprising, thought provoking, fascinating and useful facts about human speech and the written word....

At times service life may be “nothing to write home about,” but the language of the mess and words and expressions commonly used by soldiers, sailors, and airman in war and peace...

Philip Gooden tells the story of the English language in all its richness and variety. From the intriguing origins and changing definitions of common words such as "OK", "beserk", "curfew", "cabal" and...

The delightful, educational, and surprising lexicon defines old-fashioned words that are quickly slipping from America’s vocabulary.  With over 100 illustrations this quirky book is entertaining and educational....

This is an anthology of many voices:  dictators and democrats, liberals and conservatives, nationalists and internationalists, soldiers and peacemakers, statesmen and entrepreneurs.   Each speech is accompanied by a biography of the speech,...

The most memorable quotations of all 44 presidents of the United States.This book brings together the wit, wisdom, perceptiveness and, occasionally, the indiscretion, of all the men who have occupied the White House...

Immortal Last Words is a fascinating, diverse collection of history’s most uplifting, entertaining and thought-provoking dying remarks and final farewells. The 370 entries in this book have been drawn from some of...

Immortal Words is an anthology of history’s most memorable, uplifting or thought-provoking quotations from all ages and nations. The texts are drawn not only from the works and words of great writers,...