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Safire, William Freedom: A Novel Of Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War
Avon Books 1988 0380705842 / 9780380705849 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers show light wear. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 1,439 pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis Subtitled "A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War,"Freedom plunges the listener into the reality and drama of the American Civil War, the most critical period in the life of our nation. Based on the real people who struggled and bled for what Southerners hailed as independence, and Northerners condemned as disunion, William Safire's novel explores the first two years of this war-years that posed the question that reverberates today: How much freedom must be denied each American to protect and extend the freedom of all? Safire's towering Lincoln looms as a figure of controversy as he approaches the moment of emancipation. This unforgettable Lincoln-far-seeing, grimly humorous, harsh and devious when necessary, tortured, and above all intensely purposeful-will surprise many of his countrymen who revere the myth without understanding the man.
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Safire, William; Safir, Leonard (compiled & Edited by) Good Advice on Writing: Writers Past and Present on How to Write Well
Simon & Schuster 1992 0671770055 / 9780671770051 Hard Cover Very Good + Good
NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 288 pages. Annotation: Writers over the decades speak out on the art (and task) of writing, as collected by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times language columnist William Safire and Leonard Safir. A feast for wordsmiths and a must-have handbook for writers of all stripes. Library Journal: Pulitzer Prize-winning language guru Safire and his brother Safir have collected the wise and witty words of famous authors from Aristotle to Zinsser, who comment succinctly and cogently on elements of writing from ``Accuracy'' (``One should always aim at being interesting rather than exact''--Voltaire) to ``Writer's Block'' (see ``Doggedness''). Although the book is intended as a reference, its quotable gems are for rereading and reflecting. The reader/writer can find solid advice (not surprisingly often contradictory), humor, and inspiration on each page. Now, what to write? Look under ``Subject'' and find E.B. White's recommendation: ``A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter.'' This book is a treat for wordsmiths everywhere. BOMC and Quality Paperback alternates.-- Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Manassas
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Safire, William In Love With Norma Loquendi
Random House Inc 1994 0679423869 / 9780679423867 First Edition Trade Paperback Near-Fine Bendis, Keith
Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 352 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. Synopsis At last, the passionate pundit and alliterative analyst William Safire has written of his lifelong love affair with Norma Loquendi - common speech. Translated from Latin, Norma Loquendi means "the everyday voice of the native speaker." William Safire has been entranced by plain-spoken language all of his life. Consumed by his desire for the proper word, Safire bares his soul, explaining why he favors naked aggression over nude aggression. He sensitively probes virile woman, a phrase uttered by cigarette advertisers in search of a new target group. And, taking liberties with Norma, Safire admits he prefers enthuse to emote, excite, or gush, even though he knows enthuse is not yet Standard English. Readers will experience the rapture of knowing the difference between a bubba (a Southern redneck male) and a buba (an affectionate Yiddish term for a small grandmother). They will be able to distinguish between rich and wealthy ("A rich family has to wait until its money ages before it becomes a wealthy family"). And perhaps most important, they will discover the correct pronunciation of salmon. A grand amount will attract attention, so it comes as no surprise that Safire's liaisons with Norma are scrutinized by a crowd of grammatical voyeurs known as the Lexicographic Irregulars, including Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, General Colin Powell, and comedian George Carlin, who invented the phrase vuja de ("the eerie sense that you never want to be in this place again"). Words slip in and out of vogue. Meanings change. Grammar can be hard. Only love of the lingo survives. William Safire knows, and he's willing to explain the difference between who and whom to prove it. Norma Loquendi - fickle, mysterious, relentless - will forever earn your tryst.
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Safire, William Language Maven Strikes Again
New York, New York, U.S.A. Doubleday 1990 0385412991 / 9780385412995 Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good +
Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $22.95. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 448 pages. Publishers Weekly In this sixth collection of his syndicated ``On Language'' columns, Safire deals wittily, playfully and, above all, instructively with thorny linguistic issues. He takes to task writers who use the passive voice, elitists who grimly stick to ``dicta'' and ``memoranda'' despite the general preference for ``-ums,'' and groups who declare themselves offended by the use of certain words (such as ``tribes''). The lordly language maven discusses the proper use of ``his/hers/theirs,'' the pronunciation of ``vagaries,'' the naming of pets and perfumes, the difficulty of pinning down a definition of ``secular humanism.'' As in previous collections, Safire includes articulate and ornery responses from the Gotcha! Gang, the Nitpickers League, and such individuals as Jacques Barzun, Daniel Moynihan and Art Buchwald.
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Safire, William On Language
Times Books 1981 0812909372 / 9780812909371 Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good
Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Stated Fifth Printing. Tight spine. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Light page-tanning. 331 pages. Illustrated.
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Safire, William Scandalmonger: A Novel
Simon & Schuster 2000 0684867192 / 9780684867199 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.00. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 496 pages. Synopsis March 1, 2000 Just in time for Election 2000 and exploding any notion that the political sex scandal is a recent phenomenon, our press-hounded Founding Fathers star in an outrageous -- and fact-based -- novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Safire. With dialogue drawn from letters and historical records and notes that scrupulously separate fact from fiction, Safire's novel is studded with masterly portraits of George Washington, John Adams, and Aaron Burr. Read our excerpt from the prologue to Scandalmonger below.
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