Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age SS_Gift_Guide it tips suddenly into extraordinary

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The “propulsive and mesmerizing” (The New York Times) story collection by the International Booker–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night—now with a new short story

and heart-pounding moments you'd expect from a story about the granddaughter of Robin Hood and the girl she's accidentally kidnapped

The result is like a conversation among the gods and goddesses of film: lively

Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age SS_Gift_Guide it tips suddenly into extraordinaryAn engaging exploration of how people have taught, practiced, and thought about rhetoricfrom the Iron Age to today An entertaining history of great oratory. New Yorker Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But its not just for politicians: its all around us, whether youre 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