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Transforming Worldviews An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

Paperback • 2008 • English

Transforming Worldviews An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

By Paul G. Hiebert

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About the book

Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases—from “abandoned as a used Kleenex” to “quiet as an eel swimming in oil”—this reference will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find the perfect simile, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Citing more than 2,000 sources—from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H. L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows—the Similes Dictionary covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categorie...Show more

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9780801027055

Publisher

Baker Academic

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Transforming Worldviews An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

Format

Paperback

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