Ski-Ing by Henry Beard

Ski-Ing by Henry Beard

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Summary

This humorous gift for skiiers contains 200 definitions applicable to skiiers, including the definition of skiing itself: "the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk".

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Ski-Ing by Henry Beard

It's chunky, irresistible, and a great impulse gift for skiers. Joining GOLFING, SAILING and FISHING in the new bulging Pocket Dictionary format, SKI-ING is the lexicon with 200 hilarious definitions - completely revised by an inspired Henry Beard, who added 50 percent new material - and over 50 equally funny line drawings. SKI-ING N The art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.
Henry Beard attended Harvard University and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. He went on to found the National Lampoon with Douglas Kenney and served as its editor during the magazine's heyday in the 1970s. He has written numerous bestselling humor books.

Christopher Cerf is an American author, composer-lyricist, voice actor, and record and television producer. He was a founding contributor to National Lampoon and is known for his musical contributions to Sesame Street, for co-creating and co-producing the award-winning PBS literacy education television program Between the Lions, and for his humorous articles and books.

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ISBN 13 9780761128205
ISBN 10 0761128204
Title Ski-Ing
Author Henry Beard
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Workman Publishing
Year published 2002-09-28
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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