Book frontispiece Book frontispiece A frontispiece in books is a decorative or informative illustration facing a book's title page—on the left-hand, or verso, page opposite the right-hand, or recto, page. While some books depict thematic elements, other books feature the author's portrait as the frontispiece. In medieval illuminated manuscripts, a presentation miniature showing the book or text being presented (by whom and to whom varies) was often used as a frontispiece. The word comes from the French "frontispice", or the late Latin "frontispicium", from the Latin "frons" ('forehead') and "specere" ('to look at'). It was synonymous with 'metoposcopy'. In English, it was
Word Freak (book) is distinguished by a "10th Anniversary Edition" logo on the lower right of the front cover. The documentary film "Word Wars" (2004), while not directly related to the book, includes many of the same players. Word Freak (book) Word Freak is a non-fiction narrative by Stefan Fatsis published in 2001 (). The book is subtitled "Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players". Fatsis, a sports reporter for "The Wall Street Journal", introduces the reader to the world of competitive Scrabble through a narrative of his slow transformation from "a good living room player" into a