{"product_id":"an-exaltation-of-larks-the-ultimate-edition-9780140170962","title":"An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA delightfully unexpected, lovingly curated ode to the unique collective nouns that adorn our language, from \u003cb\u003e\"a leap of leopards\u003cb\u003e\" to \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"a murder of crows\u003cb\u003e\" and beyond, from the inimitable voice behind Inside the Actors Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am madly in love with collective nouns  They make language so colorful and ticklish. . . .  \u003ci\u003eAn Exaltation of Larks\u003c\/i\u003e] possess es] an embarrassment of riches (wink wink ).\" --Lupita Nyong'o, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor those who have wondered if the familiar \"pride of lions\" and \"gaggle of geese\" were merely the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided a definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, often poetic terms he has unearthed and collected into one exhaustive volume. Over years of painstaking research, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a \"slouch of models,\" a \"shrivel of critics,\" an \"unction of undertakers,\" a \"blur of Impressionists,\" a \"score of bachelors,\" a \"pocket of quarterbacks,\" and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty, beautiful, and remarkably apt, \u003ci\u003eAn Exaltation of Larks\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant compendium of more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that ever-evolving species, the English language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140170962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.11w x 0.87d","brand":"James Lipton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634746257564,"sku":"9780140170962","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcbd8d87-9dd4-479f-bfd9-d42df468570f.jpg?v=1603837546","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-exaltation-of-larks-the-ultimate-edition-9780140170962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}