"Using the medieval accounts of Richard the Lionheart's life and stories of Charlemagne, Roland, John de Warenne, and other figures, Libbon argues that public talk was a collaborative mechanism that produced texts and that it was a fundamental context for those texts' transmissi…
"Using the medieval accounts of Richard the Lionheart's life and stories of Charlemagne, Roland, John de Warenne, and other figures, Libbon argues that public talk was a collaborative mechanism that produced texts and that it was a fundamental context for those texts' transmissi…
Introduction: Tuning our ears -- Local talk and the retrospective text -- Public talk and legal fictions -- Talking pictures in fourteenth-century London -- The conversant codex -- English rumor and the modular manuscript -- Epilogue: Turning up the archive. "Using the medieval…
"Using the medieval accounts of Richard the Lionheart's life and stories of Charlemagne, Roland, John de Warenne, and other figures, Libbon argues that public talk was a collaborative mechanism that produced texts and that it was a fundamental context for those texts' transmissi…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"Many people need help navigating conversational minefields such as politics and religion-without getting blown up. Mingling with the Enemy is a vital guide for "surviving" contentious arguments, promoting civil discourse, and finding common ground in any social setting-from coc…
"We spend much of our days talking. Yet we know little about the conversational engine that drives our everyday lives. We are pushed and pulled around by language far more than we realize, yet are seduced by stereotypes and myths about communication. This book will change the wa…
"In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue s…
"In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue s…
Cutting through all the white noise, chatter, and superficiality our cell phones and social media cause, one of Tibet's highest and most respected spiritual leaders offers simple and practical advice to help us increase our attentions spans, become better listeners, and strive t…