In the grand tradition of Basho, Kerouac, and Dan Quisenberry, here is a playful collection of baseball haiku and humorous pencil sketches by freelance writer and lifelong Tigers fan Phil Cousineau.The author/illustrator has published over 25 books, written or cowritten over 20 documentary films, and contnributed to scores of other books on topics from art and music to travel and sports. Currently, he coaches sandlot baseball at Joe diMaggio Playground in North Beach, san Francisco.

Fungoes and Fastballs: Great Moments in Baseball HAIKU

PHIL COUSINEAU

Sisyphus Presss, San Francisco

A World treasury of word puzzles, folk wisdom, and literary conundrums.

Riddle Me This - A World Treasury Of Word Puzzles, Folk Wisdom, And Literary Conundrums

Barnes&Noble Books

Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver," the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, readers are lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and endearing curiosity. The English poet W. H. Auden was once asked to teach a poetry class, and when 200 students applied to study with him, he only had room for 20 of them. When asked how he chose his students, he said he picked the ones who actually loved words. So too, with this book -- it takes a special wordcatcher to create a treasure chest of remarkable words and their origins, and any word lover will relish the stories that Cousineau has discovered.

Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words

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Viva Editions

The Art of Pilgrimage

Element Books

To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words. The words themselves range from commonplace -- like biscuit, a twice-baked cake for Roman soldiers -- to loanwords including chaparral, from the Basque shepherds who came to the American West; words from myths, such as hector; metamorphosis words, like silly, which evolved holy to goofy in a mere thousand years; and words well worthy of revival, such as carrytale, a wandering storyteller. Whether old-fangled or brand new, all the words included in The Painted Word possess an ineffable quality that makes them luminous.

Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins

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Historical Study & Educational Resources

La odisea olímpica: Reavivar el verdadero espíritu de los grandes juegos (Spanish Edition)

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Ediciones Amara

Jornada do Herói: Joseph Campbell - Vida e Obra, A

AGORA - GRUPO SUMMUS

Amazing Words

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Economics

Jaico Publishing House

英雄的旅程

梁永安

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