The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 0-19-866275-0 (hardback sales of over 6,000) is now available in an attractive pocket-sized paperback
* Topical and comprehensive: key quotations of today underpinned by landmark voices of the past in 5,000+ quotations, 1900-2004
* Informative and entertaining: from the deeply serious to the frivolous and surreal
* Improved international coverage: quotations from Don Bradman, Italo Calvino, Jean Chrétien, J. M. Coetzee, David Cronenberg, Toni Morrison
* Up to the minute: have fun with Soundbites 2003-4, including quotations from Halle Berry, Ryan Giggs, Germaine Greer, Steve Jones, Nigella Lawson, Jerry Seinfeld, Fay Weldon, Serena Williams
* Part of the market-leading Oxford Paperback Reference series
DESCRIPTION:
This up-to-date collection offers a vivid picture both of the world today, and of the landmark events and key voices leading to it. From Scott's Antarctic Expedition in 1912 to the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, it charts watersheds such as two World Wars as well as the ebbs and flows of popular culture.
Containing 5,000+ quotations from authors as diverse as Elizabeth Arden, Billy Connolly, Bertolt Brecht, Linda Evangelista, Eddie Izzard, Alison Lurie, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is author-organized with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. Special categories for film taglines and cartoon captions have been added to accompany misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines, and many more. Informative and entertaining, this book is a vital part of the modern reference shelf, perfectly designed to answer the questions, 'Who said that...and when...and why?'
* Topical and comprehensive: key quotations of today underpinned by landmark voices of the past in 5,000+ quotations, 1900-2004
* Informative and entertaining: from the deeply serious to the frivolous and surreal
* Improved international coverage: quotations from Don Bradman, Italo Calvino, Jean Chrétien, J. M. Coetzee, David Cronenberg, Toni Morrison
* Up to the minute: have fun with Soundbites 2003-4, including quotations from Halle Berry, Ryan Giggs, Germaine Greer, Steve Jones, Nigella Lawson, Jerry Seinfeld, Fay Weldon, Serena Williams
* Part of the market-leading Oxford Paperback Reference series
DESCRIPTION:
This up-to-date collection offers a vivid picture both of the world today, and of the landmark events and key voices leading to it. From Scott's Antarctic Expedition in 1912 to the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, it charts watersheds such as two World Wars as well as the ebbs and flows of popular culture.
Containing 5,000+ quotations from authors as diverse as Elizabeth Arden, Billy Connolly, Bertolt Brecht, Linda Evangelista, Eddie Izzard, Alison Lurie, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is author-organized with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. Special categories for film taglines and cartoon captions have been added to accompany misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines, and many more. Informative and entertaining, this book is a vital part of the modern reference shelf, perfectly designed to answer the questions, 'Who said that...and when...and why?'