Ward Farnsworth
Ward Farnsworth
Farnsworth’s Classical English Style “An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can.” — Wall Street Journal Say it with style—on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples that have stood the test of time from masters of the language. Farnsworth shows how small choices about types of words and sentence structure puts force into writ- ing and speech. 168 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $27.95
The Socratic Method: A Practitioner’s Handbook A thinking person’s guide to a better life. About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversa- tion. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method— one of humanity’s great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life’s big questions. As Farnsworth achieved with The Practicing Stoic and the Farnsworth’s Classical English series, ideas
Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric “Heightens one’s appreciation of the craft of great writers and speakers.” — Wall Street Journal Farnsworth is your guide to patterns known as rhetorical figures that can make your words more emphatic, mem- orable, and effective. Drawing on examples from masters of prose, all apply to the composition of a simple sentence or paragraph—repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise, the creation of expectations. 256 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $18.95
of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did—as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it. 264 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $27.95
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual “A book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.” — Washington Post See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease— here are the greatest insights of the Stoics, in their own words, presented in twelve lessons. Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise. Here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages past and now made available for our time. 256 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $27.95
Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor “A book to dip in and savor.” — Boston Globe
Make your writing and speech shine like the sun! Here’s the most entertaining and instructive book about enliv- ening and clarifying communication by comparing one thing to another. Using hundreds of examples, Farnsworth demonstrates all the different stylistic ways that points can be unforgettably made—along with commentary on how they bring power to words.
256 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $27.95
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