Brewer's Famous Quotations. 5000 Quotations And The Stories Behind Them

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson
Publisher Place: United Kingdom
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 640 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The only quotation book that tells the stories behind the quotations has been expanded and updated. Now, readers can find important information other references neglect: the colorful anecdotes and historical incidents that provide the context, background, and wider significance of each famous saying. Did Neil Armstrong revise his famous “giant leap� quotation after he got back from the moon Did the aeronautical engineer who coined Murphys Law (“if anything can go wrong, it will�) actually mean it as a warning about safe design Heres the inside story on 5,000 great quotations, from ancient times to the novels of Douglas Adams.

ISBN: 9780304367993