{"product_id":"discourse-for-the-literati-carl-beckman-9781489714800","title":"Discourse for the Literati: The Wit \u0026 Wisdom of Graybeard","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fit of pique lead to the creation of the Discourse, an electronic publication of articles containing the sometimes satirical, sometimes esoteric, and often humorous writings of the man known as Graybeard after he fell prey to a kangaroo court and was dismissed as editor of his community newsletter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Discourse for the Literati, Carl Beckman, who uses the pen name Graybeard, shares selections from his reborn publication, which includes commentaries, a bit of humor, satirical missives on travel, the intrusion of technology in our lives, and nostalgia, and other pithy comments, reflections, and bon mots. From a funny history of America and a satire about computers to commentaries on getting old and witticisms about food, travel, and the modern world, there's a little of something for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in his seventh decade of life, Graybeard opens the Discourse to anyone interested in the idiosyncratic musings of a man reincarnated to write whatever he wanted to write and to publish--no censorship and no deadlines, just a writer and something to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Beckman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1489714804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781489714800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liferich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Carl Beckman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458773758207,"sku":"9781489714800","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff3fa910-3f38-444b-99fe-643de2086bc6.jpg?v=1777406535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discourse-for-the-literati-carl-beckman-9781489714800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}