Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship: Or the Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating by Stephen Potter ISBN: 1559212233 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Gamesmanship - a must
Comment: I have read the Spanish version of this classical book by Stephan Potter. It is a must, really! After reading it, you'll never see a game the way you used to. Whether you are going to put into practice Mr. Potter's suggestions or not, after reading the book you'll certainly get a different, more comprehensive view of the world of games... you'll be introduced into the world of gamesmanship.
Rating: 5
Summary: Potter Was Great - Hysterical Stuff!
Comment: 'Gamesmanship' is the first and (in my opinion) best of the inimitable '_manship' series that Stephen Potter wrote in the early 1950's. Other works include 'Lifemanship', 'One-Upmanship', and 'Supermanship'. What makes this so funny is the absolute deadpan style. The text is buttressed with ample illustrations, diagrams, charts, and a thorough index.
I shall never forget the great gambits, ploys, hampers, such as Nice Chapmanship, Jack Rivers Opening, Simpson's Statue, Snooker-player's Drivel, the author's 'Potter's Opening', to name only a few.
Rating: 5
Summary: An absolute classic, and a must read!
Comment: Stephen Potter's series of semi-tongue-in-cheek works (Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upsmanship) are among the funniest and most accurate books of their type ever written. They have been justifiably in print for over 50 years, and deserve to be discovered by yet another generation. These are not 'how to' books, although they purport to be dispatches from the 'Lifemanship Institute'. Rather, they are exquisitely dry and droll riffs on the games people play in interpersonal [non-romantic] relationships, set in early- to mid-twentieth century England. If you like things such as Parkinson's Law, or The Peter Principle, or even the works of Evelyn Waugh, you will get a real kick out of these. Try the current omnibus reprint edition which includes all three works. It's the kind of thing that either (a) you will be quoting for the rest of your life, or (b) you just won't understand why anyone would find it even the least it amusing. I'm obviously in the former camp.
 |
Title: One-Upmanship: Being Some Account of the Activities and Teachings of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Games Lifemastery by Stephen Potter, Frank Wilson, Robert Townsend ISBN: 1559211903 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
 |
Title: Lifemanship: Or, the Art of Getting Away With It Without Being an Absolute Plonk by Stephen Potter, Frank Wilson ISBN: 1559212969 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
 |
Title: The New Food Lover's Companion: Comprehensive Definitions of Nearly 6000 Food, Drink, and Culinary Terms (Barron's Cooking Guide) by Sharon Tyler Herbst ISBN: 0764112589 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: The complete golf gamesmanship by Stephen Potter ISBN: 0434598518 Publisher: Heinemann |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
