More than 150 years after its original publication, BARTLETT’S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely revised and updated for its eighteenth edition. BARTLETT’S showcases a sweeping survey of world history, from the times of ancient Egyptians to present day. New authors include Warren Buffett, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, David Foster Wallace, Emily Post, Steve Jobs, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Krugman, Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Barack Obama, Che Guevara, Randy Pausch, Desmond Tutu, Julia Child, Fran Leibowitz, Harper Lee, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Patti Smith, William F. Buckley, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the classic BARTLETT’S tradition, the book offers readers and scholars alike a vast, stunning representation of those words that have influenced and molded our language and culture.
love new, updated version One of my childhood memories is the copy of Barlett’s on my parents’ desk. I would spend hours browsing the familiar quotes, ilespecially those made by famous, familar people. Although I purchased this for my college age grandchild, I found myself again browsing its pages. Some of the quotations were the ones of old, but as I read so many that have been added since the one I loved as a child, I became nostalgic.I would read a quotation and memories would coming flooding back. I would think of…
Some of the classic quotes are being lost Between the 15th Edition and the 18th Edition..75 pages have been eliminated from the earliest times to Lincoln. I fear that some of the giants have been shrunk to make room for quotations of some of the pygmies that are more modern. The baby has been thrown out with the bathwater. The book continues to be indispensable…but keep yourold editions for ready reference with the new ones as you acquire them.
You Could Spend Days Here Fantastic book. You can open it up to a random page and be transported to a completely different world and time. You’ll keep doing this over and over again, and fortunately it doesn’t appear to induce motion sickness. You can also place this volume on the ground and stand on it to see over a crowd. Depending on your height, your mileage may vary. Very happy with this purchase.