{"product_id":"an-illustrated-book-of-loaded-language-learn-to-hear-whats","title":"An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language: Learn to Hear Whats","description":"\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1615198407\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Almossawi, Ali\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis is a book for every thinking person, the perfect antidote to todays culture wars.-Hope JahrenThe creators of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments return with this desperately timely guide to how words can trick us. Learn to hear hidden bias, slant, and spin-from an irresistible cast of woodland creatures! Public discourse? More like public discord. The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with loaded language-be it bias, slant, or spin. But listen closely, or youll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, history, even identity through what they leave unsaid.Speaking as wise old Mr. Rabbit, Almossawi leads us through a dark forest of rhetoric-aided by Orwell, Baldwin, and a squee-worthy cast of wide-eyed woodland creatures. Here, passive voice can pardon wrongdoers, statistics may be a smokescreen, gaslighting entraps the downtrodden, and irrelevant adjectives cement stereotypes. Emperor Squirrel isnt naked; he has a clothes-free sartorial style. Mouses roof becomes flattened (Elephants foot just happens to be there at the time). And when keen-eyed Owl claims a foreign shore, he seems to be overlooking someone . . .Fans of Almossawis An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments couldnt ask for a better primer on the less logical ways that words can trick us. It takes a long pair of ears to hear whats left unsaid-but when youre a rabbit in a badger world, listening makes all the difference. 15 illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n        ","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49677926662384,"sku":"NEW1615198407","price":15.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/an-illustrated-book-of-loaded-language-learn-to-hear-whats","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}