The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics - Rilegato

Pollack, John

 
9781592406234: The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics
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ISBN 10: 1592406238 ISBN 13: 9781592406234
Casa editrice: Gotham Books, 2011

Sinossi

A former speechwriter for Bill Clinton provides a light-hearted exploration of puns, including the brain science and history behind them, as well as how they play out in pop culture.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Former presidential speechwriter John Pollack won the 1995 O. Henry World Championship Pun-Off. Earlier in his career, he wrote for The Hartford Courant and spent three years in Spain as a freelance foreign correspondent writing for the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Miami Herald, and Advertising Age, among others. His previous books include Cork Boat and The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent. He currently works as a speechwriter and consultant for ROI Communication, a consulting firm. He lives in New York City.

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Editore
Gotham Books
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1592406238
ISBN 13 
9781592406234
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
212
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9781592406753: The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay M ore Than Some Antics

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  1592406750 ISBN 13:  9781592406753
Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2012
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