{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Lipton\u003c\/b\u003e was the creator, executive producer, writer, and host of \u003ci\u003eInside the Actors Studio\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been seen in eighty-nine million homes in America and in 125 countries and has received fourteen Emmy nominations. He was the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eMirrors\u003c\/i\u003e, which he then adapted and produced for the screen, and of the American literary perennial \u003ci\u003eAn Exaltation of Larks\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written the book and lyrics of two Broadway musicals. He was a vice president of the Actors Studio and the founder and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, he received three honorary PhDs, France's \u003ci\u003eChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629208277266,"sku":"9780140170962","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cecd1d03-b252-4d1e-bc5f-13c39ee6a0c4.jpg?v=1732724449","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-exaltation-of-larks-the-ultimate-edition-9780140170962","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}