{"product_id":"words-like-loaded-pistols-rhetoric-from-aristotle-to-obama","title":"Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama","description":"\"An entertaining history of great oratory\" and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques (The New Yorker).\n\nRhetoric 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?\n\nIn Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece down to its many modern mutations. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Richard Nixon—and the three musketeers: ethos, pathos and logos. He explains how rhetoric works in speeches from Cicero to Obama, 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 absolutely nothing to be afraid of.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0465096190\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.0465096190.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Leith, Sam\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in acceptable condition.  May have shelf wear, edge wear, and spine wear, but a very readable copy.  May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.  Does not include original dustcover jacket.  Possibly Ex Library Copy  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46728435007685,"sku":"LFV.0465096190.A","price":11.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/0465096190-0.jpg?v=1786726595","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/words-like-loaded-pistols-rhetoric-from-aristotle-to-obama","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}