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Henry Beard (Author)
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March 7, 2005
The master of American wit—whose books have sold more than four million copies combined—delivers a hilarious handbook of Latin phrases for saying what’s really on your mind, without any consequences.

In staff meetings and singles bars, on freeways and fairways, there are aggravating people lurking everywhere these days. But bestselling humorist Henry Beard has the perfect comeback for all prickly situations, offering a slew of quips your nemesis won’t soon forget . . . or even understand.

Beard’s gift is his ability to make fun of popular culture and the current zeitgeist. In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or fire coworkers; blame corporate scandals on someone else; cheer at a World Wrestling Entertainment match; talk back to your computer, TV, or Game Boy; deal with your road rage; evade threatening situations; snowboard in style; talk like Tony Soprano; and much more.

With dozens more zingers for quashing e-mail pranks, psyching out your golf opponent, giving backhanded compliments, and evading awkward questions, X-Treme Latin is destined for magnus popularity and will have readers cheering, "Celebremus!"


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First prize for devilish translating. -- The Economist

Henry Beard is a national treasure . . . fine stuff. -- The Baltimore Sun

It’s perfect for these bickering times. -- The Dallas Morning News

About the Author

Founder of National Lampoon magazine, Henry Beard is one of America’s bestselling humor writers. He has written more than thirty books, including the classics Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life (more than one million copies sold) and O. J.’s Legal Pad (more than 600,000 copies sold). His previous Latin laughs, Latin for All Occasions and Even More Latin for All Occasions, top 200,000 copies in print together.

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Gotham; Blg Rep edition (March 7, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159240104X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592401048
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic for Latin geeks worldwide, December 28, 2005
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This book would be funny for those just learning Latin because the English translations are funny. For those who know a fair amount of Latin the laughs are doubled as you read the English then work through the vocabulary chosen to express the sentiment in Latin! Contains countless phrases to be turned into t-shirts for your Latin geek friends and relatives
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5.0 out of 5 stars Henricus Barbatus alium callidum libellum scripsit, November 25, 2007
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Woe to this world if Henry Beard ever had to get a desk job. He is a brilliant humorist, who, in recent years, has allowed those of us who slogged through Cicero's speeches, Virgil's Aeneid and Caesar's Gallic Wars to enjoy a hearty laugh. X-Treme Latin is the third in the trilogy of Latin for All Occasions and Latin for Even More Occasions. Now, we are finally able to learn some really useful phrases and lines that would have been unthinkable (not to mention unvocabulariable) 21 centuries ago. Where else would you find snow-boarding lingo, country music song titles, and sushi bar discussions - all in Latin. If this is not proof that the language should have been allowed its respectful last gasps, I don't know what is. Of course, those of us who are corporate desk jockeys will also enjoy Caesar's PowerPoint Presentation. Until you see this book, you don't know how you could have lived without it (probably, pretty nicely, but that is really beside the point). Nevertheless, no longer will doctors, lawyers, and the Vatican have the upper hand when it comes to clever retorts in Latin after you read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, January 2, 2008
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i found this book very funny my friend memorized a few phrases to use on the teachers he doesnt like and best of all even if they look it up they wont know what he meant... (its complicated... kind of)
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