Valsalva's Maneuver: Mots Justes and Indispensable Terms

By John Train

A useful and delightfully eccentric book of words and phrases for conversational champions and would-be champions, by the author of Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins. Illustrated.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006016185X
• ISBN13: 9780060161859
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Just the right word . . .

Train's little book is a jewel for those who love language. I first purchased this book fifteen years ago when I decided to be an English major, and I still think of the book often. Very entertaining.