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Title: One-Upmanship: Being Some Account of the Activities and Teachings of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Games Lifemastery by Stephen Potter, Frank Wilson, Robert Townsend ISBN: 1-55921-190-3 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I read this book in high school.
Comment: As a high school youth this book was my introduction to subtlety. And as a kid in Pittsburgh I had much to learn on this subject. One would hope that in today crass atmosphere such ploys are still advantageous but I doubt it. In fact I'll wager that there is not one person in a thousand who can identify this book as the source of the popularity of the word "ploy" although the word is widely used. Read it, it's fun.
Rating: 5
Summary: Humor at it's best
Comment: Potter caqptures the essence of British humor. He wrote circa 1950 and was a master at capitalizing on observations for the purposes of gaining an edge in the most humorous of cicumstances. The British understatement and preoccupation for the unimportant things in life is the starting point for Potter to describe how life should be lived. From how to decorate ones office, how to walk in a museum, how to properly answer the telephone, to what to wear for golf has been reduced to a science so that the other person will ultimately feel uncomfortable and off balance. If one can possibly think British, then this book may be one of the funniest books ever written.
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Title: The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship: Or the Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating by Stephen Potter ISBN: 1559212233 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Lifemanship by Stephen Potter ISBN: 1568490933 Publisher: Buccaneer Books Pub. Date: December, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice by Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro ISBN: 1580084303 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Roget International Thesaurus Indexed Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer ISBN: 0060185759 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0393057658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 10 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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