Books by Jon R. Stone
Latin for the Illiterati: 365 Days of Latin Terms of Endearment, Pithy Insights, Obscure Abbreviations & Legal Terms, Proverbs, Concepts, Aphorisms & Select Insults of Antiquity: 2006 Calendar
by Jon R. Stone
This lighthearted Latin compendium offers a year’s worth of informative entries from Jon R. Stone’s award-winning books Latin for the Illiterati and More Latin for the Illiterati (Routledge) and his new Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations. Each of the 313 entries (Saturdays and Sundays share a page) presents a Latin word or phrase and its English definition, along with a relevant illustration—sure to elicit plenty of delectamentum (amusement, delight) and furor poeticus (poetic inspiration)!
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The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings (Latin for the Illiterati)
by Jon R. Stone
The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations completes our enormously successful and award-winning Latin for the Illiterati series of volumes, rounding off the trilogy with a comprehensive treasury of classic Latin quotations, mottoes, proverbs, and maxims collected from the worlds of philosophy, rhetoric, politics, science, religion, literature, drama, poetics, and war.Distinguished by the combination of user-friendliness and comprehensiveness, this book will provide students, scholars, and general readers with an eminently browsable resource that is as useful as it is enjoyable.
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Latin for the Illiterati Knowledge Cards Deck
Latin comes alive in this medley of more than three hundred Latin words, phrases, proverbs, and precepts. Impress your friends with a catchy Latin toast, enrich your understanding of English by learning Latin roots, or simply be amused by the humor and veracity of centuries-old sayings, such as noli irritare leones (do not provoke the lions) or cito maturum, cito putridum (soon ripe, soon rotten).
Based on the popular reference Latin for the Illiterati by Jon R. Stone (Routledge, 1996), this deck covers forty-eight topics that range from the common to the unusual. These cards are a must for language junkies and will inform and inspire everyone to say it with panache. Now you don't have to be a scholar to sound like one.
Size: 3 1/4 x 4 inches.
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More Latin for the Illiterati: A Guide to Medical, Legal and Religious Latin
by Jon R. Stone
Scientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry. This new collection contains nearly 5000 entries devoted to law, medicine and religion, and includes phrases like:jus sibi dicere-- to take the law into one's own hands hircosus-- smelling like a goat opprobrium medicum [the reproach of physicians]--an incurable disease ita et viri debent diligere uxores ut corpora sua--so men ought to love their wives as their own bodies [Ephesians 5:28] ludere cum sacris--to trifle with sacred things amicus curiae--a friend of the court Practicing or aspiring doctors, lawyers or ministers, language-lovers, students of literature--and anybody who loved Latin for the Illiterati, will want More... This collection also makes an ideal gift. Praise for the first Illiterati collection: If you're a student trying to improve your vocabulary, this is a great book... For those who have forgotten their three years of parochial-school Latin, this is really great book. --Publisher's Weekly A ready-reference dream come true...--American Libraries Also of interest: Latin for the Illiterati: Exorcizing the Ghosts of a Dead
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