Should You Judge This Book By Its Cover? 100 Fresh Takes On Familiar Sayings And Quotations
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Biografisk notat
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think YouThink? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About? - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, the bestselling The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, and The Duck that Won the Lottery, all published by Granta Books.Baggini is good and witty on our contemporary misuse of proverbs
- Steve Poole, Guardian
An entertaining and engaging look at the everyday phrases and aphorisms embedded in our language. Baggini explores the real meaning behind 100 familiar sayings and questions whether the wisdom is still relevant today ... This book encourages you to choose your words wisely and suggests that "a little learning" is not a dangerous thing
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Baggini makes some compelling arguments
- Will Metcalfe, Big Issue in the North
The always enjoyable author of The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten applies his "philosophical scalpel" to famous sayings, proverbs and homespun wisdom
- Caroline Sanderson, Bookseller