Perhaps best known for his classic movie lines, such as Fill your hands, you sons-a-bitches from True Grit, the late actor John Wayne often displayed a spontaneous and biting wit away from the screen as well.
Wie kein anderer nutzte Tucholsky als Gesellschaftskritiker in der Tradition Heinrich Heines die Satire, wohl wissend, dass "der Satiriker nichts weiter als ein gekränkter Idealist ist: er will die Welt gut haben, sie ist schlecht, und nun rennt er gegen das Schlechte an".
La presente Cronología general de las migraciones de España recoge las fechas en que se produjeron los principales flujos migratorios de los dos últimos milenios de historia de España; bajo los reinados godos, visigodos, musulmanes y cristianos.
"Este libro es el resultado de una rigurosa erudición textual que puede ser apreciada no solo por la comunidad académica, sino también por los practicantes budistas.
Even Big Ron, man of a thousand, quips was hard pressed to do justice to the glories of the season: beaten 8-1 by Manchester United he nobly offered 'I was expecting a nine-goal thriller', proving that even with the firing squad loading up, there is room for wit at the sharp end of soccer's dreams.
The quotations in this unique dictionary cover all aspects of the military art-war, personalities, traditions and customs, weapons and equipment, as well as virtues and failings.
The most incisive writing about Switzerland from the worlds most creative minds: from Tolkien to Tolstoy, Petrarch to Prince, Julius Caesar to George Sand.
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writer's in the English language.
This book of short inspirational readings, based on Indias Thousand Names of Vishnu, gives us warm, practical reminders to support us spiritually in our daily lives.
It was not only Mary and Joseph who journeyed to Bethlehem - all the characters and creatures we meet in the nativity stories found their way to the manger, summoned by stars, angels or political circumstance.
Person to person (and station to station), bar sinister, the weed of crime bears bitter fruit, between the devil and the deep blue sea, will o the wisp, poor as Jobs turkey .
Hundreds of quotations from the revolutionary Apple founder on topics from innovation and design to hiring and firing to family and personal fulfillment.
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Her Essential Wisdom invites readers to experience for themselves the powerful words of this remarkable woman, who has spent a lifetime in service to the United States of Americaas a young lawyer fighting for the disadvantaged, as First Lady, first of Arkansas and then of the United States, U.
This compendium of timeless wit includes jokes, aphorisms and observations from Dorothy Parker, George Carlin, Franz Kafka, Bill Murray, and many others.
This beautiful colorful e-book is easy to read; and easy to understand; filled with thought provoking love quotations and color illustrations of animals and landscapes.
