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An edition of The art of conversation: a guided tour of a neglected pleasure (2008)

The art of conversation

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Every day we use our mobiles and computers to communicate, but ironically we are losing touch with face-to-face talk. Catherine Blyth reveals that when conversation works it can come close to heaven.

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John Murray
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects

Conversation, Conservation (psychology)
Edition Availability
Cover of: Art of Conversation
Art of Conversation: How Talking Improves Lives
2009, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: The art of conversation
The art of conversation: a guided tour of a neglected pleasure
2009, Gotham Books
in English
Cover of: The Art of Conversation
The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure
Dec 29, 2009, Avery, Gotham Books
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Cover of: The art of conversation
The art of conversation
2008, John Murray
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: We need to talk (or for the busy reader, the concise manifesto)
Hello : on conversation's casting couch
Small talk, big deal? : on striking up a tune
Pay heed : on the acrobatics of attention
The rest is silence : on not speaking
Fit subjects : on topics in search of good homes
Into the groove : on steering controls
Do go on : on wrangling boredom
Wit to woo : on humour as social engineering
How to tell a good lie : on the detection of untruths
Pillow talk : on the languages of love
The fine art of flattery : on love in measured doses
Shop talk : on conversation as work
Choppy waters : on navigating difficult conversation
Shut-up shop : on how to wage a word war
Are you receiving me? : on stitching conversation into your life.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296).

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Dewey Decimal Class
395.59
Library of Congress
BJ2121 .B59 2008, BJ2121

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 296 pages
Number of pages
296

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32078205M
Internet Archive
artofconversatio0000blyt
ISBN 10
0719521815, 071952301X
ISBN 13
9780719521812, 9780719523014
OCLC/WorldCat
241029990
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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Work Description

A wide-ranging, exhortatory look at the pleasures of great conversation, including strategies for how to bring it about, from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise in its ways.

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