B.S. Detecting; the Flip Side of Success-Possible Communicating

By Mary Thompson

A word survival guide for real life. B.S. is not simply a lie or a line. It's any language, even good language like promises or claimed facts that can cause you trouble if you don't know how to handle... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971191514
• ISBN13: 9780971191518
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Lighthouse Press, Inc.
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great college graduation gift

I purchased this book as a graduation gift for my granddaughter. Of course, I had to read it first, just to check it out. ;)I wish I'd known before what this book reveals. Mz Thompson's behind-the-scenes knowledge of the ad industry, how to use and misuse words to entice us to "buy" what someone is selling, whether it's a product or just some B.S. was enlightening.I hope she writes another one. I'd purchase that one too.

Really useful!

If you know a parent struggling with communicating with teenagers or preteens, this book would be a real help. And anymarried couple would find it helpful in discussing decisions or disagreements without loss of harmony. The book would also be a boon to a youngster. Remember all the difficult situations when you weren't sure what to say, or what to make of what was said to you? Imagine having a book that could tell you how to use words to help you progress in life, and how to deal with verbal abuse!

Interesting AND beneficial!

To get us out of the "error messages and gobbledygook" we so often fall into, this book gives clear, practical, fun-to-readspecific guides to communicating more effectively. Among the 17chapters, "What do you mean, he loves you?" "Says Who?" and "Whostarted the fight?" Valuable reading for everyone! Highlyrecommended.Leon Fletcher, author of How to Speak Like a Pro,and How to Design and Deliver Speeches.

Lisa Hurley, in Eastgate Reviews

B.S. Detecting is a great book, filled with communication facts and tools! Definitely a must have for EVERYONE!

Interesting AND beneficial!

Some books are page-turners; this book is a page-thinker! Nearly ever page presents ideas that can move you to think, "I should do that!" "Now there's a good idea!" "I wish I'd said that yesterday!"Called "A word-survival guide for real life," this bok teaches exactly what it claims: "how words we use and hear lead or mislead, persuade or intimidate, and heal or hurt, all of us."Author Mary Thompson writes from experience, including teaching at Southern Methodist University and working "with master wordspinners," as she put it, at New York City public relations firms.Pointing out that "we get gobbledgook and error messages all the time," this books gives readers clear, practial, specific guides to help communicate more effectively.Among the 17 chapters, "What do you mean, he loves you?" "Loaded Language Characters," "Says Who?" and "Logically Speaking."This book is well-written and presents a multitude of tips to make remembering easy. It is fun to read and worth returning to repeatedly for additional insights. It is valuable and interesting reading for virtually everyone.Leon Fletcher, author and Emeritus Professor of Speech, Monterey Peninsula College