X-treme Latin

Author(s): Henry Beard

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In X-treme Latin, bestselling author Henry Beard provides Latin with attitude in an indispensable phrasebook that delivers hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks and wisecracks. X-treme Latin has a phrase for every occasion.

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'Funny and educational' -- Guardian 20040911 'The perfect gift for the discriminating linguist' -- Melbourne Age 20041125 'This rollicking read of Latin quips, insults, and general wise-cracking mischief delivers everything you need to intelligently flatten your enemies. Whether you're searching for a comeback in a volley of wits or you're looking for a bitterly biting comment to toss at the motorist who just cut you off, Beard offers a full range of Latin pronouncements' -- The Good Book Guide 20041001 'Sophisticated entertainment' -- Spectator 20041211 'Use it for revenge against lawyers, doctors and botanists' -- Sunday Telegraph 20041205 'Funny and educational' -- The Guardian 20040911 'This rollicking read of Latin quips, insults, and general wise-cracking mischief delivers all you need to intelligently flatten your enemies.' -- The Good Book Guide 20050410 'it is a sophisticated entertainment' -- The Spectator (Bevis Hillier) 20041211

Henry Beard is one of America's bestselling humour writers, and is the author of two bestselling Latin laughs, LATIN FOR ALL OCCASIONS and EVEN MORE LATIN FOR ALL OCCASIONS. He lives in New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780755312955
  • : Headline
  • : Headline
  • : 0.211
  • : 06 September 2004
  • : 210mm X 118mm X 17mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 15line drawings
  • : 128
  • : 478.3421
  • : New edition
  • : Hardback
  • : Henry Beard