22 August 2011

On the Summer Reading List

The Oprah Winfrey Book Club this ain’t, but for those who might be hunting around for something to read, consider these books your humble e-scribbler picked up recently:

  • fishbookHow to write a sentence and how to read one by Stanley Fish.  This may be a New York Times bestseller but this is a book aimed at writers and fans of the art of writing.

 

 

 

persuasion

  • Split-second persuasion by Kevin Dutton.  An accessible compilation of recent ideas and theories about how people form opinions and how others influence them.

 

 

 

 

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