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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.342
Fabric Type: 9780307341440
Legal Disclaimer: 0307341445
Maximum Color Depth: Three Rivers Press
Metal Type: Three Rivers Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 336
Total External Bays Free: February 27, 2007
Total Firewire Ports: Three Rivers Press
Total Parallel Ports: February 27, 2007
Three Rivers Press
Features:- ISBN13: 9780307341440
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero’s three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionÑas well as Honest Abe’s Shameless Trick of lowering an audience’s expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it’s also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians’ use of “code” language to appeal to specific groups and an eye-opening assortment of popular-culture dodges, including:
The Eddie Haskell Ploy
Eminem’s Rules of Decorum
The Belushi Paradigm
Stalin’s Timing Secret
The Yoda Technique
Whether you’re an inveterate lover of language books or just want to win a lot more anger-free arguments on the page, at the podium, or over a beer, Thank You for Arguing is for you. Written by one of today’s most popular online language mavens, it’s warm, witty, erudite, and truly enlightening. It not only teaches you how to recognize a paralipsis and a chiasmus when you hear them, but also how to wield such handy and persuasive weapons the next time you really, really want to get your own way.
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Educational and easy to grasp walkthrough of Artistotle's more than 2000 year old theories on rhetoric. The author comes across as somewhat pretentious, but provides a useful introduction to the art of persuasion. Should prove useful for sales reps, ad guys, politicians and others who would like to improve their arguing skills.
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I read probably 100 books a year and this is my favorite pick for 2009.
Heinrichs does a great job of walking the reader through the art and science of Rhetoric. Most people have little training on the subject and tactics so the author starts out slow and gradually walks the reader through the subject content using humor and wit as he builds his own ethos while teaching the reader about how ethos, legos and pathos are used to persuade readers along with the pitfalls of logical fallacy ... Read More
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This is a useful, well-written book focusing on using the tools of rhetoric to persuade people of things. It's different from most books on rhetoric by emphasizing contemporary, realistic examples - trying to get a promotion, win a client, make a sale, convince someone to vote a certain way - and by focusing on how people really decide things, not on idealistic versions of that. Thus, the author does a very good job of discussing why "decorum", fitting in, is important, and how it is important to know ... Read More
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This book is fun and pretty interesting but your opinion will probably depend on your level of interest in the topic. I got this book after listening to some podcast lectures on rhetoric and wanted to know more. The book uses a lot of pop culture and everyday life examples to relate the topics. This is nice as it makes it a lighter read but at the same time it can be a bit too light. You get a good overview of rhetoric and it gives you things to think about but if you really wanted to learn the topic in ... Read More
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After stumbling on to this book I found that I was pleasantly surprised by the depth and usefulness of the book. I found, as well, that coupling this book with the book "Logical self-defense" added to the knowledge and understanding of the topic. Both delve into the topic of argumentation but from a different perspective. The Thank you for Arguing book is a good compilation of ideas and practices for everyday use while the Logical self-defense book is probably geared more towards lawyers or people who are ... Read More
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