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You Talkin' to Me
by Leith, Sam
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1846683165
- ISBN 13
- 9781846683169
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
US: Profile, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. It convicts criminals (and then frees them on appeal). It causes governments to rise and fall, best men to be shunned by brides, and people to march with steady purpose towards machine guns.In this highly entertaining (and persuasive) book, Sam Leith examines how people have taught, practised and thought about rhetoric from its Attic origins to its twenty-first century apotheosis. Along the way, he tells the stories of its heroes and villains, from Cicero and Erasmus, to Hitler, Obama - and Gyles Brandreth.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000063685
- Title
- You Talkin' to Me
- Author
- Leith, Sam
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1846683165
- ISBN 13
- 9781846683169
- Publisher
- Profile
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2012
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