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• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: MixBZ • Publisher Imprint: MixBZ • Subject: General Books • BISAC: QuotationsFrom the Back Coverox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-see-mor-ON-uh-kuh) noun Any variety of self-contradictory statements or observations that ...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks • Publisher Imprint: Harper Paperbacks • BISAC: QuotationsFrom the Back CoverFor three thousand years, great thinkers and writers have relied on metaphor to articulate profound thoughts, gi...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Harper • Publisher Imprint: Harper • BISAC: RhetoricThe murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.Critics...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Collins Reference • Publisher Imprint: Collins Reference • BISAC: QuotationsFrom the Back CoverIf the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.If you do not tell the truth abou...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Collins Reference • Publisher Imprint: Collins Reference • BISAC: QuotationsFrom the Back Cover"Never let 'em see you sweat.""Never change diapers in mid-stream.""Never let a crisis go to waste.""Never ruin ...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Harper • Publisher Imprint: Harper • BISAC: Quotationsox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-se-mor-ON-uh-ca) noun, plural: Any variety of tantalizing, self-contradictory statements or observations that on the surface appear ...

• Author(s): Mardy Grothe • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: DictionariesWhat do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in whic...