Follow the story of Jake in Waking Up. He is a man whose life can easily resemble anyone of our lives-from his birth, dreams, reality, trials, and tribulations to his spirituality, the many people that he loved, and some that he lost. Meet the woman who had passion in her heart for him and the woman he desired, loved and married.

What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones is your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language. You'll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama hats aren't quite as straightforward as you might presume. If you've never heard of the tiny Czech mining town of Ja'chymov-or Joachimsthal,...

A day-by-day journey through 366 delightfully archaic words and quirky historical trivia. Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event-and an equally curious or notable word-are explored. On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, for instance, you'll discover why to "sheep's-eye" someone...

Scientific Advertising begins with a simple declarative statement: "The time has come when advertising has in some hands reached the status of a science. It is based on fixed principles and is reasonably exact. The causes and effects have been analyzed until they are well understood." And in 21 concise chapters, Claude C. Hopkins covers the essence of good advertising. Beyond the points to be made about telling a story using headlines and art, being...