Education
Magdalen College; Eton College.
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( In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art ...)
In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.) Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultation without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant – and absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
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(“A tremendous novel—droll, savvy, original. An invigorati...)
“A tremendous novel—droll, savvy, original. An invigorating blast of fiction.” —William Boyd, Author of Any Human Heart and Restless.” A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and, in the back country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable. Their fascination with this random event sets into motion a madcap caper that will bring together a hilarious cast of characters, including: an eccentric mathematician, last heard of investigating the physics of free will; a lovelorn Cambridge postgraduate who has set off to America with a ring in his pocket and hope in his heart; and a member of the Directorate with no capacity for imagination. What ensues is a chaotic chase across a fully realized, hyper-real America, haunted by madness, murder, mistaken identity, and conspiracy. The Coincidence Engine is a lively, boisterous debut that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
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(Fröhlicher britischer Irrwitz von höchster Brillanz Wo i...)
Fröhlicher britischer Irrwitz von höchster Brillanz Wo immer Alex Smart auftaucht, häufen sich die merkwürdigsten Zufälle: Vögel flöten "Amazing Grace", vom Schicksal getrennte Geschwister begegnen einander in der Reinigung, und ein Fertiggericht mit Brokkoligeschmack ist in ganz Alabama ausverkauft. Alex selbst bekommt von all dem nichts mit. Er ist von London nach Amerika gereist, um seiner Angebeteten einen Heiratsantrag zu machen. Er ahnt nicht, dass der Ring in seiner Tasche womöglich eine Zufallsmaschine ist, die Unglaubliches bewirkt. Längst haben sich diverse Verfolger an seine Fersen geheftet, um den Ring an sich zu bringen. Doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan ...
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Magdalen College; Eton College.
After an education at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, Leith worked at the revived satirical magazine Punch, before moving to the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph, where he served as literary editor until 2008. He now writes for several publications, including The Financial Times, Prospect, The Spectator, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Guardian. He has a regular column in the Monday Evening Standard. and appears as a panellist on BBC2"s The Review Show.
Leith has published three works of non-fiction, Dead Pets, Sod"s Law and You Talkin" to Maine?.
The Coincidence Engine, his first novel, was published in April 2011.
(Fröhlicher britischer Irrwitz von höchster Brillanz Wo i...)
( In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art ...)
(“A tremendous novel—droll, savvy, original. An invigorati...)
