William Safire

Scandalmonger: A Novel

by William Safire

A presidential hopeful has taken a beautiful, vulnerable woman as his mistress, though both are married to others. His rival for the presidency of the United States has even more sensational secrets to guard...

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

by William Safire

For the past twenty-five years Americans have relied on Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmith William Safire for their weekly dose of linguistic illumination in The New York Times Magazine's column "On Language"...

No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

by William Safire

There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prize­winning columnist William Safire.

For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's...

COMING TO TERMS

by William Safire

William Safire, Pulitzer Prize-winning columist, former White House speechwriter, and novelist. His "On Language" column has appeared in the New York Times and more than 300 newspapers. This book contains dozens...

LANGUAGE MAVEN STRIKES AGAIN

by William Safire

Good news!  America’s master wordsmith strikes again with a new collection of erudite, witty, provocative, sometimes barbed, frequently hilarious “On Language” columns.  Published in The New York Times...

Quoth the Maven: More on Language from William Safire

by William Safire

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist discusses contemporary figures of speech, from witty stories about expressions such as "kiss and tell" and "stab in the back" to the evolution of "read my lips."

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In Love with Norma Loquendi

by William Safire

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describes his lifelong fascination with Norma Loquendi--common speech--in a collection of columns that celebrates the mysteries and continual evolution of the English language....

Sleeper Spy

by William Safire

In the wake of an important KGB agent's disappearance, an event of international proportions, journalist Irving Fein teams up with a television anchorwoman and stumbles on the story of a lifetime. 

From the...

The First Dissident: The Book of Job in Today's Politics

by William Safire

One of America's foremost political columnists ties the Book of Job to the news of the day in a provacative exploration of how we can reshape politics by following Job's empowering example.

From the Trade Paperback...

Watching My Language:: Adventures in the Word Trade

by William Safire

America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance.

Before...