{"product_id":"words-like-loaded-pistols-sam-leith-9781541603738","title":"Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An entertaining history of great oratory\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their vegetables. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWords Like Loaded Pistols\u003c\/i\u003e, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece through the present day. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Donald Trump--and the three musketeers: ethos, pathos, and logos. He explains how rhetoric works in speeches from Cicero to Zelensky and pays tribute to the rhetorical brilliance of AC\/DC's \"Back in Black.\" Before you know it, you'll be confident in chiasmus and proud of your panegyrics--because rhetoric is useful, relevant, and crucial to understanding the world around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Leith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541603737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541603738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Sam Leith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072481915135,"sku":"9781541603738","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb069fb6-9c86-4a69-95d6-a553a03f33e4.jpg?v=1685442232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/words-like-loaded-pistols-sam-leith-9781541603738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}