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The Elements of Eloquence
- Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you’re aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don’t need to have anything important to say - you simply need to say it well.
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Who knew rhetoric could be so much fun?
- By Philo on 10-30-14
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The Elements of Eloquence
- Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A quirky, entertaining and thought-provoking tour of the unexpected connections between words, read by Simon Shepherd. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words.
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Fascinating subject might not be for everyone
- By Akshay on 07-17-12
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-01-12
- Language: English
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The Horologicon
- A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them. From Mark Forsyth, the author of the number-one international best seller The Etymologicon comes an audiobook of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.
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So nerdy!
- By Carrie on 04-02-17
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The Horologicon
- A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-21-14
- Language: English
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The Elements of Eloquence
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style, from the best-selling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and witty style he takes apart famous lines and shows how you, too, can write like Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde.
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Perfection in every part.
- By Stacy Jean on 09-02-16
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The Elements of Eloquence
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-28-14
- Language: English
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A Short History of Drunkenness
- How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Almost every culture on Earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. Making stops all over the world, A Short History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to the 20th century.
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Wow!!
- By Ryan L. Waggoner on 02-03-23
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A Short History of Drunkenness
- How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-30-18
- Language: English
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: How you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers “money for salt”; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world (hint: Seattle) connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.
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Maddening! Does not work as an audiobook!
- By James on 01-05-16
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-14-14
- Language: English
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The Horologicon
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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The Horologicon - which means 'a book of things appropriate to each hour' - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful, and forgotten English words. From the moment you wake to the second your head hits the pillow, there's a cornucopia of hidden words ready for every aspect of your day.
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The Horologicon
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-01-12
- Language: English
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A Short History of Drunkenness
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Richard Hughes
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth, read by Richard Hughes. Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep or send you into battle.
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Well Done
- By taw on 10-09-18
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A Short History of Drunkenness
- Narrated by: Richard Hughes
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-02-17
- Language: English
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Trunkenheit
- Der Homo Alcoholicus von der Steinzeit bis heute
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Jürgen von der Lippe
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Was mit angeschickerten Einzellern in der Ursuppe begann, hat in der Geschichte der Menschen feucht-fröhliche Spuren hinterlassen: In jeder Kultur hat man sich dem alkoholischen Rausch ergeben oder ihn - erfolglos - bekämpft. Trunkenheit war für die Perser eine Voraussetzung zur politischen Debatte, für die alten Griechen ein Mittel zur Selbstdisziplinierung und im antiken Ägypten Bedingung für spirituelle Ekstase und Erleuchtung. Hörchst informativ und amüsant beschreibt Mark Forsyth, womit sich die Menschen zuschütteten und warum sie bis heute nicht vom Alkohol loskommen.
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Trunkenheit
- Der Homo Alcoholicus von der Steinzeit bis heute
- Narrated by: Jürgen von der Lippe
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-20-19
- Language: German
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