Fish Stanley E 1938 (3 results)

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $14.99, near fine. FISH, STANLEY E. How to write a sentence: and how to read one. New York: Harper, 2012, later printing, 165pp., . CONTENTS: Why sentences? -- Why you won't find the answer in Strunk and White -- It's not the thought that counts -- What is a good sentence? -- The subordinating style -- The additive style -- The satiric style : the return of content -- First sentences -- Last sentences -- Sentences that are about themselves (aren't they all?). ISBN 9780061840531 5.00.…

Fish, Stanley E., 1938-. How to write a sentence: and how to read one. New York: Harper, 2011, 2d printing number line, 165pp., PAPERBACK, cover price $14.99, very good. CONTENTS: Why sentences? -- Why you won't find the answer in Strunk and White -- It's not the thought that counts -- What is a good sentence? -- The subordinating style -- The additive style -- The satiric style : the return of content -- First sentences -- Last sentences -- Sentences that are about themselves (aren't they all?). ISBN 9780061840531.…

Fish, Stanley E., 1938-. Winning arguments: what works and doesn't work in politics, the bedroom, the courtroom, and the classroom. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016, stated First Edition with 1st printing number line, , very good dust-jacket, very good black and white hardcover. "In this . engaging guide, [the author] offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime-- drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. [It is] a celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints."- CONTENTS: Introduction, or What this book promises to do -- Living in a world of argument -- Political arguments -- Domestic arguments -- Legal arguments -- Academic arguments -- Why we can't get along. ISBN 9780062226655.…