Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

by Paul G. Hiebert

Book Overview

Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrasesfrom "abandoned as a used Kleenex" to "quiet as an eel swimming in oil"this reference will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find the perfect simile, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Citing more than 2,000 sourcesfrom the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H. L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television showsthe Similes Dictionary covers hundreds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801027055
• ISBN13: 9780801027055
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"