bookshelves: published-1961, winter-20142015, mental-health, amusing, wwii, arizona, under-100-ratings Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read from February 16 to 19, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHGnf...IMDB description: In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward ...
The New Joys of Yiddish is a terrific reference and a really fun book to sit down and read. It's filled with folklore, jokes, stories and comics as well as really useful pronounciation guidelines. I don't think I would ever try to use the words here but it helps me understand Jewish literature a lit...
This is a re-read for me, but since I read it somewhere between 30-37 years ago it's more nostalgic than anything else. I have had H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N on my mind for several weeks as I read books that evoke him. Hyman, an immigrant, takes beginner's night English classes and speaks like your immig...
A little outdated, having first been published in 1937, but cute nonetheless. I suppose the humor would have been more immediate at the time it was written. It does show many of the reasons why it's difficult for foreigners to learn English! There are so many ways the language can trip you up if ...
A wonderful book; I've decided that Yiddish is the language of humor and insults, and Rosten's witty prose style makes this book read more like entertainment than reference.
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A Trumpet For Reason - Leo Rosten
Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Bible - Le...
The Story Behind the Painting - Leo Rost...
A Most Private Intrigue - Leo Rosten
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