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| ISBN: | 0304367990 (ISBN13: 9780304367993) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Nigel Rees
Hardcover | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.75 | 12 Users | 3 Reviews
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| Title | : | Brewer's Famous Quotations: 5000 Quotations and the Stories Behind Them |
| Author | : | Nigel Rees |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | April 28th 2006 by Cassell (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Reference. Politics. Philosophy |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 12 Users | 3 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books Brewer's Famous Quotations: 5000 Quotations and the Stories Behind Them
I loved this book. I love revisiting and remembering sources.I won a copy of this book via Goodreads First Reads.I was a bit puzzled to received the 2009 edition of this book to review, as it was listed with the 2017 cover, however, it is a useful book to dip into if you are interested in the origins of famous quotations. Just not so up to date, with many of those listed having died since 2009 for instance.I liked the format that I saw, index in the back listed both the quotations in alphabetical order as were the acknowledged authors. This made it easy
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Nigel Rees is an English author and presenter, best known for devising and hosting the Radio 4 long running panel game Quote... Unquote (since 1976) and as the author of more than fifty books reference, humour and fiction.He went to the Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, and then took a degree in English at New College, Oxford (where he was a Trevelyan Scholar and took a leading role in the Oxford
I won a copy of this book via Goodreads First Reads.I was a bit puzzled to received the 2009 edition of this book to review, as it was listed with the 2017 cover, however, it is a useful book to dip into if you are interested in the origins of famous quotations. Just not so up to date, with many of those listed having died since 2009 for instance.I liked the format that I saw, index in the back listed both the quotations in alphabetical order as were the acknowledged authors. This made it easy
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