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The Angel's Dictionary Kindle Edition

by Sol Luckman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In this knee-slapping dictionary--winner of the 2017 National Indie Excellence Award for Humor--for coming to terms with modern culture (or lack thereof), politics (so-called) and life (such as it is), award-winning author Sol Luckman (SNOOZE: A STORY OF AWAKENING) reinvigorates satire to prove that—though we might not be able to change the world—we can at least have a good laugh at it. Then again, maybe laughter can transform the world! Taking a page from Ambrose Bierce’s scathing satirical masterpiece, THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY, THE ANGEL’S DICTIONARY updates the genre to include blistering contemporary references and no small sampling of risqué humor to make adults giggle like mischievous teens.
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    January 27, 2017
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"Irreverent in its honesty and take-no-prisoners approach, THE ANGEL'S DICTIONARY: A SPIRITED GLOSSARY FOR THE LITTLE DEVIL IN YOU is an honest appraisal of words in terms of today's sensibilities. Sol Luckman has picked up where writers like Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce left off over a century ago, identifying new associations for words and phrases to match what they really represent today [...] They say many a true word is spoken in jest, and perhaps Luckman's humor is a well-timed wake-up call to be heeded while we still have time to ask important questions." --Readers' Favorite

About the Author

Sol Luckman is an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction and pioneering ink painter whose work has appeared on mainstream book covers. His books include the international bestselling CONSCIOUS HEALING and its popular sequel, POTENTIATE YOUR DNA. Sol's visionary novel, SNOOZE: A STORY OF AWAKENING, the coming-of-age tale of one extraordinary boy's awakening to the world-changing reality of his dreams, won the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award for New Age Fiction. Written with young adult and young-at-heart readers in mind, SNOOZE further proved its literary merit by being selected as a 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Finalist in the Young Adult-Coming of Age category and receiving an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Beach Book Festival Prize competition in the General Fiction category. Sol's latest book, THE ANGEL'S DICTIONARY: A SPIRITED GLOSSARY FOR THE LITTLE DEVIL IN YOU, Winner of the 2017 National Indie Excellence Award for Humor and Finalist in the Humor category of the 2018 International Book Awards, reinvigorates satire to prove that--though we might not be able to change the world--we can at least have a good laugh at it. Then again, maybe laughter can transform the world!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08L345K1M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crow Rising Transformational Media (January 27, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1457 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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A longtime researcher of shamanism and spirituality, Sol Luckman is an iconoclastic psychonaut devoted to exploring and exposing the truth about human history and potential—wherever that might lead.

His new novel, CALI THE DESTROYER—a page-turner of a sci-fi tale set in an Orwellian future seeded in the dystopian present that radically rewrites Gnosticism as well as the origins of the earth and humanity—was selected as Winner of the 2022 NYC Big Book Award and 2022 National Indie Excellence Award for Visionary Fiction, Silver Medalist for Visionary Fiction in the 2022 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest, Finalist in both the New Age and Visionary Fiction categories of the 2021 International Book Awards, Finalist in both the Paranormal/Supernatural and Fantasy categories of the 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards, and Distinguished Favorite for Audio Fiction in the 2022 NYC Big Book Awards.

His previous novel, the multi-award-winning SNOOZE: A STORY OF AWAKENING, was a deep dive into Hindu mysticism, lucid dreaming, parallel universes, and cryptozoology described by INDIE SHAMAN Magazine as “superlative fiction.”

In his two international bestselling nonfiction books on the “revolutionary healing science” (NEXUS Magazine) of his own unique form of sound healing, the Regenetics Method, Luckman examined the critical role played by DNA and consciousness in healing, transformation, and evolution.

On the lighter side, Luckman is also an acclaimed humorist. Of his multi-award-winning satirical lexicon, THE ANGEL’S DICTIONARY, Readers’ Favorite remarked that he “picked up where writers like Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce had left off.”

More recently, MUSINGS FROM A SMALL ISLAND combines fascinating memoir, hilarious comedy and inspirational philosophy in a stunningly self-illustrated coffee table book any Lowcountry lover or contemporary art aficionado would be proud to display. “It was a joy reading the musings of Sol Luckman,” wrote artist Nancy Tobin for Readers’ Favorite. “So joyous, I’ll reread it. I may even buy one of his paintings.”

To learn more about Sol Luckman’s writing and artwork, subscribe to his newsletter and enjoy his new exclusive ebook, THE WORLD CULT & YOU: YOUR PLACE IN IT & YOUR WAY OUT OF IT, visit his Substack.

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emily
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023
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This book is hilarious. I couldn’t put it down. Fantastically creative!
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Andrew L. Foss
5.0 out of 5 stars Merriam Webster and Wikipedia Stand Aside
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017
My only experience with Ambrose Bierce was in 10th grade, and my memory of him was that he was easier to read than both O Henry and Poe. I believe I read 2 of his stories, but remember them not at all. Sol Luckman seems to have experienced a greater depth in his governmental conditioning (public schools I would expect) than did I.

So when I picked up the Angel’s Dictionary, I immediately wanted to familiarize myself with his Devil’s Dictionary, and since it can be found for free on the net, a couple clicks later, I was set. What a hoot it is. And with his wit in mind I was better able face the wit of the Angel.

Remember also, that it was in the name of Satire that Charlie got his Hebdo shot off last year. One of the funniest aspects of the Charlie Hebdo False Flag attacks was the assertions that they had a “right” to practice satire as part of French Heritage. My thoughts ran more in the line of that you cannot blame Mantecore for causing Roy Horn’s stroke. (I might also note that Bierce also mocked Islam and the Koran in his day and in those pages without so much as a casual curse or thrown shoe from Mecca - that I and Wikipedia are aware of at least).

Satire is hard to master. And in this “enlightened” time (post 2012), much of society has lost its sense of humor for fear of melting the heart of the next snowflake down the road. I say, turn up the heat. It is much needed. And I believe The Angel's Dictionary does this with wit and charm worthy of notice.

Merriam Webster and Wikipedia stand aside. There is a new definition book in town worthy of helping us open our eyes and see the world of language.
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R B
5.0 out of 5 stars Angels can be devilishly funny!
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
A devilishly good book...So surprising really, as I always thought American’s didn’t do irony...Well, as a Brit I would say that, wouldn’t I? However, not being ironic they do satire rather well! Well, this chap Sol Luckman does. If you want a laugh, and some insight into human nature (even yourself, if you can bear to look in the mirror that the words often provide) you’ll come away after every read smiling at the craziness of us all, just making our way in the world as best we can. Let’s laugh at ourselves along the way, eh?
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Brendan D. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars fun, and thought-provoking wordplay then you might start with ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
The Angel’s Dictionary is a sardonic antidote to the trite and asinine slogans and catchphrases – the basic language - of Big Brother’s thought-control system. On one level, it’s light and witty comic relief, and beyond the playful satire, it is scathingly accurate! If you’re in need of some conscious, fun, and thought-provoking wordplay then you might start with The Angel’s Dictionary. Warning: reader may experience symptoms of higher consciousness, greater clarity, and general merriment.
Keep up the great work, Sol!
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Doris Moreau
5.0 out of 5 stars LIGHT WITH LAUGHS ....
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017
I've never had so many belly laughs in my entire life. It is absolutely witty, "spot-on" and I LOVE IT. Rather than rejecting/resenting dire situations/conditions, I find that the Angel Dictionary (Devilish as it may be) adds a quality of "lightness" in bringing about such laughter. I do sincerely feel we may each gain by experiencing more and more laughs in meeting the existing chaos WITHIN our space time. Keep them up, Sol !!!
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Prometheus
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017
What a goldmine of definition, the author has obviously got a serious case of inspired wit. It's one of those books, you can pick up at any time, have a flick through to have a laugh and put down again. If it were up to me, there'd be a AD (Angels Dictionary) definition after the regular definition in every dictionary.

Recommended!
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