{"product_id":"puns-puzzles-and-wordplay-jim-bernhard-9781628737448","title":"Puns, Puzzles, and Wordplay: Fun and Games for Language Lovers","description":"Are you a word-sleuth? Do you derive great pleasure in punning away an afternoon or tackling the crossword puzzle like a fiend? Does the combination of humor and etymological scholarship make you weak in the knees? If so, this book's for you.\u003cbr\u003eClever readers (and others too ) will laugh in wonder at examples from well-known wits and infamous wisecracks, as well as phrase or two from your dedicated author.\u003cbr\u003eDon't be intimidated by the company that you'll keep between the covers of Words Gone Wild. Think of author Jim Bernhard as the cruise director, cheekily introducing the work of Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, and many more as he defines and exploits the pleasures of puns, limericks, word puzzles, spoonerisms, malapropisms, anagrams, tongue-twisters, croakers, double-entendres, and more  Enjoy all types of word play, such as: \u003cbr\u003e Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.\u003cbr\u003e The pony was unable to talk because he was a little hoarse.\u003cbr\u003e Two peanuts walk into a bar. One was a salted.\u003cbr\u003e The chicken that crossed the road was poultry in motion.\u003cbr\u003e As the gardener said when asked why he was cutting the grass with a pair of scissors: \"That's all there is; there isn't any mower.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you enjoy playing with words, watching words at play, or consider yourself a word-watching player, you'll love this book. After all, the words in this book just want you to have fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Bernhard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628737441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628737448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Jim Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939402318079,"sku":"9781628737448","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8081f874-74be-4007-ae25-bd6cf65dcab1.jpg?v=1681441281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/puns-puzzles-and-wordplay-jim-bernhard-9781628737448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}