Michael Macrone

A lively look at the great works and minds of classical antiquity from Sophocles to Cicero to Socrates and Virgil

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

Brush up Your Classics

Explains the Greek and Latin origins of many common English words and phrases.

It's Greek to Me!

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Mic Macrone

This is a volume that will help you brush up on your Greek and Roman literature with a collection of word origin trivia, and is a primer on classical times.  It was published in 1991 is a first harbor edition paperback in excellent condition. Please  see photos

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Dakota

From Homer's Iliad (bite the dust) to Plato's Phaedo (swan song), this fascinating fun-filled sequel to Brush Up Your Shakespeare reveals the classical origins of many common English phrases. Macrone is an erudite guide.--San Francisco Chronicle. 40 illustrations.

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Michigan

The San Francisco Chroniclecalled this entertaining and informative guide to the Bard's most famous and quotable expressions "delightful...a gem." From "salad days" to "strange bedfellows," the remarkable legacy of William Shakespeare lives on in our everyday vocabulary. Each entry includes the original meaning of the word or expression, the play or poem in which it appears, which character spoke it, and how it is used today. Cross-referenced for easy use; black-and-white line drawings by Tom Lulevitch.

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

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An Infectious Tour Through the Most Famous and Quotable Words and Phrases from the Bard

Presents some of the most famous lines and newly minted words from Shakespeare, with literary anecdotes that set the phrases in their original contexts to show what was meant

Illinois

Here are the lascivious lines, cuckolded characters, and politically incorrect notions of the baddest bard of all. Author Michael Macrone plumbs the depths of William Shakespeare's various and conflicted views on race, religion, government, culture, sex, and sexuality in concise, clear and hilariously scandalous explanations.

Naughty Shakespeare

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Brush Up Your Poetry! with this fascinating companion to the history of English Poetry as presented through a history of phrases known to us all, and the poems supplying their less widely known origins.

Brush up Your Poetry

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Missouri

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

What did Israel sow in order to "reap the whirlwind"? Where did the "prodigal son" go to spend his inheritance? What is a "plowshare"? Learn about these and other well-known words, phrases, and stories of the Old and New Testaments that have entered our everyday language.

Brush up Your Bible!

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Pennsylvania

Quotations from the Plays and Sonnets

Timeless Wisdom of Shakespeare

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Several hundred of the Bard's most-quoted lines and phrases from tragedies, comedies and histories are presented alongside Macrone's (English, U.C., Berkeley) background notes, observations and anecdotes.

Indiana

Price clipped. Clean, tight, and unread pocket book, first printing.

New York

A collection of timeless wisdom and good advice from the works of Shakespeare selected by the bestselling author of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, this compendium contains approximately 400 brief selections from the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.

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It's Greek to Me!

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It's Greek to Me!

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Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Naughty Shakespeare

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Poetry

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

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Brush up Your Bible!

Michael Macrone

Timeless Wisdom of Shakespeare

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

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Lessons on Living from Shakespeare (1st Ed/1st)

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It's Greek to Me!

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It's Greek to Me!

Michael Macrone; Tom Lulevitch (Illustrator)

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

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It's Greek to Me!

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Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Poetry

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Bible!

Michael Macrone

Timeless Wisdom of Shakespeare

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone

Lessons on Living from Shakespeare (1st Ed/1st)

Michael Macrone; Mic Macrone

It's Greek to Me!

Michael Macrone; Mic Macrone

It's Greek to Me!

Michael Macrone; Tom Lulevitch (Illustrator)

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

Michael Macrone; Mic Macrone

It's Greek to Me!