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Bartlett's familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature  Cover Image Book Book

Bartlett's familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature

Summary: A completely revised and updated edition provides a sweeping overview of the cultural influence of inspirational language and includes new contributions by such authors as the Dalai Lama, Steve Jobs and Desmond Tutu.

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  • ISBN: 9780316017596 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0316017590 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    lxi, 1438 p. ; 26 cm.
  • Edition: 18th ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, and Co., 2012.

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Includes indexes.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subject: Quotations, English

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
by Bartlett, John; O'Brien, Geoffrey
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations


More than 150 years after its original publication, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has been completely revised and updated for its eighteenth edition. Bartlett's showcases a sweeping survey of world history, from the times of ancient Egyptians to present day. New authors include Warren Buffett, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, David Foster Wallace, Emily Post, Steve Jobs, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Krugman, Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Barack Obama, Che Guevara, Randy Pausch, Desmond Tutu, Julia Child, Fran Leibowitz, Harper Lee, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Patti Smith, William F. Buckley, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the classic Bartlett's tradition, the book offers readers and scholars alike a vast, stunning representation of those words that have influenced and molded our language and culture.
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