Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic

by Richard Lederer

Book Overview

After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone.

From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312351712
• ISBN13: 9780312351717
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A laugh a minute

This is a very funny and entertaining book. I literally laughed out loud. This man is usually brilliant, and this book is no exception.

Well Done!

Well packed and arrived in a timely fashion. A pleasure to do business with.

"WORD WIZARD" TERRIFIC!

Internationally renowned linguist Richard Lederer has packed his new book, WORD WIZARD, with a collection of brilliant, side-splitting essays from many of his 30-plus books on word play, language idiosyncrasies and anomalies -- plus some brand new hilarious material. If you like to smile, chuckle and laugh, this masterwork is a must read. -- Tyler Kaus, author and former national magazine editor and advertising creative director