Overview
James O'Brien - runaway talk show sensation - with a provocative guide to dismantling small minds and conquering prejudice. The voice of reason in a world that won't shut up. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Parliamentary Book Awards Every day, James O'Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James's daily LBC show such essential listening - and has made James a standout social media star - is the incisive way he punctures their assumptions and dismantles their arguments live on air, every single morning. In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with unchallenged opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do, and in each case outlines the key questions to ask to reveal fallacies, inconsistencies and double standards. If you ever get cornered by ardent Brexiteers, Daily Mail disciples or corporate cronies, this book is your conversation survival guide.
Full Product Details
Author: James O'Brien
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Imprint: W H Allen
Dimensions:
Width: 12.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.166kg
ISBN: 9780753553121
ISBN 10: 0753553120
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 May 2019
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Almost indecently enjoyable. A must-read for anyone about to spend Christmas listening to their parents/grandparents talking shit -- Robert Webb I know few broadcasters as consistently, forensically, brilliant as James O' Brien. Here, he shows us -- with empathy, edge and exquisite comedy -- how it happens -- Emily Maitlis Intelligent, funny and worrying. An unsurprisingly brilliant read from a great broadcaster. I vehemently wish that everyone would read it. The World and this country would be a better place if they did. -- Gary Lineker A simply brilliant read ... I love this book! -- Jamie Oliver A total joy. If you feel like the world is going to hell in a handcart, here's the brakes -- Caitlin Moran
Almost indecently enjoyable. A must-read for anyone about to spend Christmas listening to their parents/grandparents talking shit -- Robert Webb I know few broadcasters as consistently, forensically, brilliant as James O' Brien. Here, he shows us -- with empathy, edge and exquisite comedy -- how it happens -- Emily Maitlis Intelligent, funny and worrying. An unsurprisingly brilliant read from a great broadcaster. I vehemently wish that everyone would read it. The World and this country would be a better place if they did. -- Gary Lineker In the age of the tweet, such verbal ability increasingly seems like a superpower * The Times * A simply brilliant read ... I love this book! -- Jamie Oliver
Author Information
James O'Brien is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose journalism has appeared everywhere from the TLS to the Daily Mirror. His daily current affairs programme on LBC is the most popular talk show on commercial radio with over 1.4 million weekly listeners and his first book, How To Be Right, was a Sunday Times bestseller, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Political Book by a non-politician. He is often to be found on Twitter trying not to get into arguments unless absolutely necessary.
