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Title: How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable : Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin ISBN: 0-471-15705-8 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A very practical book on handling everyday situations
Comment: How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable is the 12th book in the Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense series. The first three books present the general principles of the Gentle Art and how to use them to handle hostile language coming at you. The remaining books each deal with using these principles in specific situations. Each can stand alone and the ones I have read have been very relevant to their subject. In this book, Dr. Elgin discusses how to impart negative messages or criticism to others without increasing hostility in your language environment. The first part of the book deals with an overview of hostile language and its cost both to society and our personal lives. I thought this information was interesting because the way we use language is taken for granted and it is a fascinating idea that each one making deliberate and thoughtful changes in the way they use language can have a great positive influence in our world. The remainder of the book gives practical ways to pass on negative messages without resorting to hostile language or making an already difficult situation even more so. Where it is applicable, the different ways situations are handled by men and women are discussed. One of the things I appreciated most in this part of the book was the use of scenarios. These dialogues enabled me to see and hear both the way a particular situation is handled and how using that particular technique would be better. Since there are many occasions which require the passing of negative information, this is a very practical book and one I would recommend for everyone. As a volunteer reference librarian in a public library system, I think it would be a good addition to public libraries also.
Rating: 5
Summary: An extremely strong book
Comment: The Gentle Art series is written for "normal" people. Each of the books is written to a different audience and each is very powerful. Few people should read all the books, but those with the specific needs can not find anything better. This book has strong tools you can use in day to day interactions with dialogues, examples and powerfully clean writing.
Rating: 2
Summary: A book you can easily pass by.
Comment: I have read several books in the Verbal Self-Defense series and in all truthfullness I must say that the first book - Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense - made a terrific impression on me. Her subsequent books in the series were extensions on the same theme but one has to really look deep into the material to find even marginal benefits. I felt quite disappointed reading "How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable : Getting Your Point Across With the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" I was expecting to see some concrete steps I could use in daily interactions with people but all I saw were trite explanations and a rehash of the earlier books.
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Title: The GENTLE ART OF VERBAL SELF-DEFENSE 2ND EDITION by Suzette Haden Elgin ISBN: 0735200890 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: 19 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: You Can't Say That to Me: Stopping the Pain of Verbal Abuse -- An 8-Step Program by Suzette Haden Elgin ISBN: 0471003999 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Tongue Fu! : How to Deflect, Disarm, and Defuse Any Verbal Conflict by Sam Horn ISBN: 0312152272 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Genderspeak: Men, Women, and the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin ISBN: 0471580163 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 26 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin, Suzette Haden Elgin ISBN: 0671764357 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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