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You Talkin' To Me?

Sam Leith

  • Categorie: Taal
  • EAN: 9781847654250
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:E-book
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:20 oktober 2011
Ebook Formaat:Adobe ePub
Illustraties:Nee
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Hoofdauteur:Sam Leith
Tweede Auteur:Basic Books
Hoofduitgeverij:Profile Books
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Originele titel:You Talkin' To Me?
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Lees dit ebook op:Android (smartphone en tablet) , Kobo e-reader , Desktop (Mac en Windows) , iOS (smartphone en tablet) , Windows (smartphone en tablet)
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Productbeschrijving

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.