What to Talk About: On a Plane, at a Cocktail Party, in a Tiny Elevator With Your Boss's Boss. - Couverture rigide

Colin, Christopher; Baedeker, Rob

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1452114501 ISBN 13 : 9781452114507

Editeur : Chronicle Books, 2014

Synopsis

Homo sapiens have been speaking for hundreds of years—and yet basic communication still stymies us. We freeze up in elevators, on dates, at parties, under Dumpsters. We stagger through our exchanges merely hoping not to crash, never considering that we might soar. We go home sweaty and eat a birthday cake in the shower.

But no more. With What to Talk About you'll learn to speak—fluently, intelligently, charmingly—to family, friends, coworkers, lovers, future lovers, horse trainers, children, even yourself. This hilarious manual, written by two award-winning authors and illustrated by legendary cartoonist Tony Millionaire, is tailor-made for anyone who might one day attend a dinner party, start a job, celebrate a birthday, graduate from school, date a human, or otherwise use words.

What to Talk About is not rocket science, but it is a lot like brain surgery, in the sense that is terrifying, risky—and could change you forever.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Chris Colin is an author and journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wired, and McSweeney's Quarterly. He lives in San Francisco.

Rob Baedeker is a writer, performer, and co-founder of the Kasper Hauser comedy group. He lives in Oakland, California.

Tony Millionaire is best known for the Sock Monkey series of comics and the syndicated comic strip Maakies. He lives in Pasadena, California.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Learn how to talk fluently, intelligently, charmingly to family, friends, lovers, future lovers, bank tellers, postal carriers and people under the age of 8 (do you get credit for talking to them if their parents aren't around?). This hilarious yet practical manual tackles the fundamentals of good conversation. Written by two comedians and illustrated by legendary cartoonist Tony Millionaire, it offers solid advice and sound social wisdom alongside faux-serious diagrams and inventories of real and humorously implausible scenarios, from dinner parties to those awkward moments in an elevator and beyond. A handy, giftable hardcover, What to Talk About can help readers navigate any interaction while having a laugh at the absurd conversational challenges we all face in our daily lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chronicle Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1452114501
• ISBN 13: 9781452114507
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Millionaire Tony
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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