Introduces a hilarious compilation of offbeat, bizarre, shocking, and off-the-wall commentary and conversations overheard in real-life workplaces around the globe. Original.

Overheard in the Office: Conversations from Water Coolers, Conference Rooms, and Cubicles

Humor & Entertainment

Malice, Michael

Friedman, S. Morgan

Humor

Tarcherperigree

Updated with sixteen new pages of quips, remarks and exchanges from the creators of overheardinnewyork.com. The streets of New York are full of characters who don't mince words-or care who hears them. This collection presents some of the most outlandish real life conversations overheard on the sidewalk, in the subway, and at the next table. It's the Big Apple peeled, a hysterically unvarnished portrait of the city that never sleeps-and often neglects to think before it speaks in public.

Overheard in New York UPDATED: Conversations from the Streets, Stores, and Subways

Penguin Publishing Group

The streets of New York are full of characters-eccentrics, tourists, and residents-who don't care who's around to hear them. This collection offers some of the most bizarre, hysterical, and mysterious conversations overheard on the sidewalk, in the subway, or from the next table. The website overheardinnewyork.com has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, Time Out New York, the Chicago Sun-Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and the New York Post. Now site creators S. Morgan Friedman and Michael Malice have compiled the greatest moments caught in passing, to create a hilarious panorama of the unique people who populate the city. The book features an introduction by Marc Shaiman, the Tony and Grammy award-winning composer of Hairspray, as well as a foreword by bestselling author Lawrence Block.

Overheard in New York

Chamberlain Bros.

This new method to learn Spanish makes each word come alive in your mind. Knowing where each Spanish vocabulary word came from makes it trivial for you to remember them.Once you know that the Spanish "mirar" (to look at) is related to the English "admire," "miracle," "mirage" -- all things you look at -- you'll always remember "mirar."Once you know that the Spanish for "lighthouse" is "faro," named after the King of ancient Egypt who built the Great Lighthouse at Alexandria, the "Pharaoh," then you'll always remember "faro."Once you know that most "ct" sounds in English are a parallel to the "ch" sound in Spanish, you'll always remember that "noCHe" (night) is similar to "noCTurnal", "ocho" (eight) is like "oCTogon", "leche" (milk) is like "laCTose," etc.And so on! From the creators of the hit site, SpanishEtymology.com

Learn Spanish via Etymologies: The Addictive Way To Learn Spanish Quickly

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Independently published

If you want a book that is fun to read, insightful into human nature, that helps you understand empathy and how to be empathic, and that is enjoyable for the adult and the middle schooler alike, this is the unique book for you. What if you retold a story -- a classic 6-sentence Aesop-like fable -- and changed no facts nor details in the story... but you just add in a backstory behind it that, knowing these facts, creates a completely different story? And what if you did this a few dozen times, each of which tells a completely different backstory, and thus each time revealing different stories, different emotions and different sides of the human experience? This is what The Scorpion & The Frog: An Exercise in Empathy does. In doing so, it makes you internalize the key lesson of empathy: that behaviors you see in other people which feel crazy or wrong to you, well, when you know what the other person does (but you don't), it can paint a completely different story.Each of the retellings of the brief and final adventure of the scorpion and the frog takes a different turn and each one elucidates a different part of the human experience. Whether you're looking for thought-provoking, enjoyable stories, or to help yourself practice understanding how other's experiences will always be invisible to you, then this is the book for you.If you want a book that is fun to read, insightful into human nature, that helps you understand empathy and how to be empathic, and that is enjoyable for the adult and the middle schooler alike, this is the unique book for you. What if you retold a story -- a classic 6-sentence Aesop-like fable -- and changed no facts nor details in the story... but you just add in a backstory behind it that, knowing these facts, creates a completely different story? And what if you did this a few dozen times, each of which tells a completely different backstory, and thus each time revealing different stories, different emotions and different sides of the human experience? This is what The Scorpion & The Frog: An Exercise in Empathy does. In doing so, it makes you internalize the key lesson of empathy: that behaviors you see in other people which feel crazy or wrong to you, well, when you know what the other person does (but you don't), it can paint a completely different story. Each retelling of the brief and final adventure of the scorpion and the frog takes a different turn and each one elucidates a different part of the human experience. Whether you're looking for thought-provoking, enjoyable stories, or to help yourself practice understanding how other's experiences will always be invisible to you, then this book is for you.

The Scorpion And The Frog: An Exercise in Empathy

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales