Conchita's reader -straight from her bookshelves for Friday, November 25, 2005

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Friday, November 25, 2005

Ever wanted to tell someone to F off and sound erudite in the process?

Here's the book that will help yo do it: How To Insult, Abuse & Insinuate in Classical Latin by Michelle Lovric and Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas, Barnes & Noble Books 1999, 67 pages. It's not what the good ol' Latin teacher taught us about Horace, Plautus, Ovid, Martial et al....this hilarious book of... Sign in to see full entry.

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This blog derives from the fact that because of all the moving I've done in the last few years I've taken my books on and off the shelves more times than I care to remember. But yet there is always one that deserves to be finally read, re-read or is a recent addition, and I'd like to share my comments with you. Enjoy.

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