Latin for All Occasions

Latin for All Occasions
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2004-08-19
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781592400805

With more than 200,000 copies in print, Latin for All Occasions and its follow-up, Latin for Even More Occasions, have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero. Impress your boss with Occupational Latin (Lingua Latina Occupationi); sell your product with Sales Latin (Lingua Latina Mercatoria); flirt with your classics professor with Sensual Latin (Lingua Latina Libidinosa); look like the hipster you are with Pop-Cultural Latin (Lingua Latina Popularis); survive the holidays with Familial Latin (Lingua Latina Domestica) and Celebrational Latin (Lingua Latina Festiva). It’s all here, whether you’re a student of the language or just want to talk like one. From cocktail-party banter to climbing the corporate ladder to online dating, Latin for All Occasions features dozens of handy sections, including Las Vegas Latin, Latin for Golfers, Latin for Breakups, Latin for the Politically Correct, and much, much more. In one easy-to-use volume, National Lampoon founder Henry Beard presents hundreds of listings rendered in grammatically accurate classical Latin, with a foolproof pronunciation guide. Who says Latin is a dead language? From the comic genius who brought us X-Treme Latin comes Latin for All Occasions, guaranteed to help readers delight their friends, insult their enemies, and elevate the public discourse.

Which Way to the Vomitorium?

Which Way to the Vomitorium?
Author: Lesley O'Mara
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1466872055

Tired of feeling like "The Ugly American" every time you visit the Vatican? Fed up with having to consult a dictionary when all you want to say is, "I've just been run over by a chariot!"? Well, now you can prepare yourself for almost every papal problem and haphazard happenstance with Which Way to the Vomitorium?: Vernacular Latin for All Occasions. Enhance your small talk at dinner parties with such gems as "Esne ebrius iterum?" (Are you drunk again?) and "Suntne illi glires novi?" (Are these dormice fresh?). Relive the tedium of traveling by introducing your children to Latin with "Paene adventimus?" (Are we nearly there yet?). With over 450 phrases and a recipe for "liquamen," Lesley O'Mara's Which Way to the Vomitorium? will have you leading that ancient Roman lifestyle in no time, teaching you everything you need to know if you want to properly pontificate with the Pontiff or survive in the Old World neighborhoods of Pompeii.

Laughable Latin

Laughable Latin
Author: Lesley O'Mara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2004
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781843170976

If your conversation lacks the Latin touch and you yearn to express yourselfs the Romans did in days gone by, then Laughable Latin is guaranteed toelieve your verbal frustration. With over 450 Latin phrases, Laughable Latins a humorous and essential guide to conversing in Latin, proving you don'teed to be in Rome to speak as the Romans did.

Latin for All Occasions

Latin for All Occasions
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2004-08-19
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1101097531

From cocktail party chitchat, to bumper stickers, to personal ads--everything you'll ever need to say in perfect Latin! A backlistius bestsellerus.

Medieval Latin

Medieval Latin
Author: K. P. Harrington
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1997-11-10
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0226317137

To help place the selections within their wider historical, social, and political contexts, Pucci has written extensive introductory essays for each of the new edition's five parts. Headnotes to individual selections have been recast as interpretive essays, and the original bibliographic paragraphs have been expanded. Reprinted from the best modern editions, the selections have been extensively glossed with grammatical notes geared toward students of classical Latin who may be reading medieval Latin for the first time.

The Real Latin Book

The Real Latin Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 909
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480390402

(Fake Book). The ultimate collection for Latin lovers everywhere! Over 350 standards in one Real Book collection, including: Adios * Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) * Aguas De Marco (Waters of March) * All That's Left Is to Say Goodbye (E Preciso Dizer Adeus) * Alma Con Alma * Always in My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon) * Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) * Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor) * Antigua * Babalu * Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) * Bonita * Brazil * Call Me * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White * Con Alma * Copacabana (At the Copa) * Corazon Corazon * Desafinado * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * El Triste * Evil Ways * Feelings (?Dime?) * 500 Miles High * For Once in My Life * Frenesi * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * Granada * Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Hymn) * How Insensitive (Insensatez) * It's Impossible (Somos Novios) * Killer Joe * Kiss of Fire * La Bamba * La Malaguena * Little Boat * Livin' La Vida Loca * The Look of Love * Malaguena * Meditation (Meditacao) * More (Ti Guardero Nel Cuore) * Never on Sunday * A Night in Tunisia * One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) * Oye Como Va * Paloma Blanca * Papa Loves Mambo * Perfidia * Por Amor * St. Thomas * Sway (Quien Sera) * Tico Tico (Tico Tico No Fuba) * Triste * Wave * What a Diff'rence a Day Made * and more!

Veni Vidi Vinci Pb

Veni Vidi Vinci Pb
Author: Eugene Ehrlich
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1995-07-05
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0062733656

Latin words and phrases which still serve situations today. Alphabetically arranged with simple translations.

What's Worrying Gus?

What's Worrying Gus?
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Villard Books
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1995
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780679449508

The acute social observers and satirists responsible for O.J.'s Legal Pad and Latin for All Occasions now use the magic of photo-imagery to recount the timeless tale of the quintessential outsider coping with the harsh reality of New York in the '90s, starring Gus, the lovable and neurotic polar bear of the Central Park Zoo.

Flowers, Flowers!

Flowers, Flowers!
Author: Paula Pryke
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1993
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

An astonishingly beautiful yet totally practical book on flower arranging, Flowers, Flowers! gives suggestions for arrangements and bouquets suitable for all occasions and celebrations. Features many double-page spreads identifying a variety of flowers in a particular color range. 300 illustrations, 270 in color.