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    365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Page-A-Day ® Calendar 2025

    Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras, Workman Calendars

    A perennial favourite: eyebrow-raisingly stupid things actually uttered by sports stars, politicians, entertainers, and other names from the headlines. Guaranteed to cause chuckles.

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    Wretched Writing: A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language

    Ross Petras (Ross Petras),Katherine Petras (Katherine Petras)

    Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by…

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    A History of the World Through Body Parts

    Kathy Petras,Ross Petras

    A grab bag of historic spleens, chins, and more, this is your ultimate literary dissection of body parts throughout history!

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    Here Speeching American: A Very Strange Guide to English as It Is Garbled Around the World

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ

    The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its…

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    Pedantic: A hilarious and useful guide to the 100 terms smart people should know

    Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras

    Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger’s cat - something you’ve heard of, but what exactly happened (or didn’t happen) with that cat? Or you’re reading a New Yorker article…

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    The Only Retirement Guide You’LL Ever Need

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Written in a clear, step-by-step format, The Only Retirement Guide You’ll Ever Need provides advice on such topics as annuities, pensions, and IRAs, retirement communities, starting your own business, managing…

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    World Access: The Handbook for Citizens of the Earth

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Including lists and brief biographies, this guide explains such things as: religion, from Christianity to Shintoism; music, from string quartets to reggae; and politics, from revolutions to the most influential…

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    Awkword Moments: A Lively Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use–even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don’t) know what they mean–with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.

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    Pedantic: A hilarious and useful guide to the 100 terms smart people should know

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use - even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean - with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies…

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    That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and…

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    Very Bad Poetry

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Writing very bad poetry requires talent–inverse talent, to be sure– but talent nonetheless. The 131 poems collected in this anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of…

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    You’re Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words–and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    For word nerds and grammar geeks, an illustrated guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of…

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    1, 2, Can’t Reach My Shoe: A Counting Book for the Middle-Aged

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    This fun and playful package is a perfect gift for grown-ups who are growing old gracefully-with a sense of humour.

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    Change Happens: Face It, Embrace It, and Grow with It

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    This collection of quotations-from the masters of the quote book, Kathryn and Ross Petras-focuses on the empowering aspects of change and is perfect for graduates or anyone else facing a…

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    Being Weird Is a Wonderful Thing: Inspiration for Living Your Truest Self

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    A new, impulse-friendly collection of quotes from Kathy and Ross Petras, that celebrates our individuality and embracing and praises the imperfections that make us who we are. A gift that…

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    The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    Gathers examples of misstatements, errors, jargon, and ironic predictions by politicians, teachers, athletes, sports commentators, and Hollywood producers and directors.

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    Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re a Cheese

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Julia Child’s secret of longevity was: Red meat and gin . Full of surprise, insight, humour, perspective, celebration, inspiration and a kind of offhand, poignant poetry, this text shares hundreds…

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    Nothing Is Worth More Than This Day.: Finding Joy in Every Moment

    Ross Petras,Kathryn Petras

    There really always is something to celebrate, as Kathryn Petras truly learned when undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Nothing is Worth More Than This Day - a book with glass…

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    The Stupidest Sports Book of All Time: Hilarious Blunders, Bloopers, Oddities, Quotes, and More from the World of Sports

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Renowned connoisseurs of stupidity Kathryn and Ross Petras - authors of the beloved 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar with over 4.6 million copies in print - train their sights…

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    The Stupidest Things Ever Said Top 10 Lists

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    In more than twenty books and calendars, the authors have established their brand as the sine qua non of inane utterances, and themselves as the guardians of the flame of…

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    Don’t Forget To Sing In The Lifeboats (U.S edition)

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    Uncommon times call for uncommon wisdom. It’s inspiring to hear from people who’ve graduated from the school of hard knocks, yet kept a sense of humor. People like Twain, Voltaire…

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    Jobs ‘98

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras,George Petras

    Job seekers at every level will find what they need in the latest edition of this comprehensive, practical survey of what is happening in the job market today. As it…

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    Herz-Quantensprung: Dein Herz bewegt die Welt. Wie wir mit Allem verbunden sind.

    Petra Ross

    Jeder tragt die Sehnsucht in sich, glucklich zu sein und etwas im Leben zu bewegen. Das ist schon im Menschen von Natur aus so angelegt, denn er ist ein Teil…

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    2020 the 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Page-A-Day Calendar

    Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras

    A whole new, hilarious year of foot-in-mouth moments, celebrity airheadedness, and shocking ignorance.

    Politicians, celebrities, CEOs, athletes--between the unhinged talk-show interviews and the Twitter rants, you'd think they'd learn when…

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    365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Page-A-Day Calendar 2023

    Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras, Workman Calendars

    Yes, they really said it. The beloved bestselling calendar is back with another year of celebrity gaffs, malapropisms, and facepalm moments that will make you cringe-then laugh at the utter…

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    It Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done.: Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

    Workman Publishing,Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? ~ T.S. Eliot Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new…

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    Dance First, Think Later: 618 Rules to Live by

    Kathryn Petras,Ross Petras

    From the authors of Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re a Cheese comes this collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers.

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