{"product_id":"an-illustrated-book-of-loaded-language-by-ali-almossawai","title":"AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF LOADED LANGUAGE BY ALI ALMOSSAWAI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“This is a book for every thinking person, the perfect antidote to today’s culture wars.”―Hope Jahren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe creators of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereturn 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!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublic 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 you’ll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, history, even identity through what they leave \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003epassive voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can pardon wrongdoers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003estatistics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e may be a smokescreen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003egaslighting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e entraps the downtrodden, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eirrelevant adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cement stereotypes. Emperor Squirrel isn’t naked; he has a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eclothes-free sartorial style\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Mouse’s roof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebecomes flattened\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Elephant’s foot just happens to be there at the time). And when keen-eyed Owl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eclaims\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a foreign shore, he seems to be overlooking someone . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of Almossawi’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e couldn’t ask for a better primer on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eless\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e logical ways that words can trick us. It takes a long pair of ears to hear what’s left unsaid―but when you’re a rabbit in a badger world, listening makes all the difference. 15 illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHARDBACK BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games and Stuff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49901404750070,"sku":"NOR-9781615198405","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3303\/7465\/files\/819OwmVyAyL._SL1200__1.jpg?v=1770122646","url":"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/products\/an-illustrated-book-of-loaded-language-by-ali-almossawai","provider":"Games and Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}