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Buy An Exaltation of Larks; the Ultimate Edition Re-issue by Lipton, James (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An Exaltation of Larks The Ultimate Edition by James Lipton ISBN ISBN Paperback; E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.: Penguin (Non-Classics), November 1, ; ISBN A collection of "terms of venery," collective nouns. The origin of some of the terms is explained, and more than of the terms are illustrated with engravings by Dürer and Grandville and others. Add to Cart. Buy Now. Add to Wishlist. Item Price. $ An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition. by Lipton, James.
About An Exaltation of Larks. A delightfully unexpected, lovingly curated ode to the unique collective nouns that adorn our language, from “a leap of leopards ” to “a murder of crows ” and beyond, from the inimitable voice behind Inside the Actors Studio. “I am madly in love with collective nouns! They make language so colorful and ticklish [ An Exaltation of Larks] possess [es] an embarrassment of riches (wink wink!).” —Lupita Nyong’o, The New York Times. So is a School of Fish or a Barrel of Monkeys or an Exaltation of Larks. It includes over terms, some more established than others. Lipton writes about his sources for this book, some of them from 15th century, and its instant, unexpected by the author, success. She was the book and illustration designer for Lipton's book, An Exaltation of Larks, The Ultimate Edition. In the th episode of Inside the Actors Studio, Lipton revealed that he was an atheist. He also revealed that, during the s, he had been a procurer of prostitutes in Paris.
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