Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

by Sam Leith

Book Overview

"An entertaining history of great oratory" and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques (The New Yorker).

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?

In Words...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465096190
• ISBN13: 9780465096190
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher