Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic

By Richard Lederer

Book Overview

After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone.

From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays are the brightest gems of a storied career. Word Wizard includes a new introduction, prefaces for each essay, sprightly verse, and material never before published in Leader's language books. With classic chapters such as "The World According to Student Bloopers," "English Is a Crazy Language," and "The Case for Short Words," and shiny new essays such as "The Way We Word" and "Add Wealth to Your Vocabulary," Word Wizard is sure to delight language lovers and Lederer fans everywhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312351712
• ISBN13: 9780312351717
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A laugh a minute

This is a very funny and entertaining book. I literally laughed out loud. This man is usually brilliant, and this book is no exception.

Well Done!

Well packed and arrived in a timely fashion. A pleasure to do business with.

"WORD WIZARD" TERRIFIC!

Internationally renowned linguist Richard Lederer has packed his new book, WORD WIZARD, with a collection of brilliant, side-splitting essays from many of his 30-plus books on word play, language idiosyncrasies and anomalies -- plus some brand new hilarious material. If you like to smile, chuckle and laugh, this masterwork is a must read. -- Tyler Kaus, author and former national magazine editor and advertising creative director