Native Tongue
 Imaginative but dated, better social commentary than sci-fi: I first read this book over 10 years ago. Even then I thought it was a little dated -- the author was clearly reacting against the Reagan era and extrapolating a hypothetical future where women [... more]
$3.50
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The Grandmother Principles
Amazon.com Review: In our mobile, youth-obsessed culture, we have developed a grandmother problem, says Suzette Haden Elgin. "Women who become grandmothers don't know whether to rejoice or run for cover and grandmotherly role models and skills are [... more]
$10.95
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work
Clear, practical and helpful.: The book was clear, practical and interesting reading. The approach was structured and logical with good examples of the different ways people use words to communicate and/or manipulate. The information on how word choices [... more]
$16.95
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The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids
I've given over sixty copies of this book away: I admit. The publisher eventually gave me the institutional bulk discount, I bought so many copies. If you want to talk to a child, if you are a child who wants to talk to an adult, if you want gentle [... more]
$17.95
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
A Mixed Bag: Analysis strong, Implications Weak.: Professor Elgin does a good job of analyzing verbal insults to reveal the presumptions underlying them, which we often sense but which we are unable to identify. She also rightly explains that responding [... more]
$7.95
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Furthest (Ace)
Author: Suzette Haden Elgin Binding: Unknown Binding Number Of Pages: 191 Publication Date: 1971 [... more]
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Yonder Comes Other (Daw Collectors Book, No 663)
Well-written and engaging, but unsatisfying by itself.: The story of the planet Ozark (managed by magic) at the time of its discovery by the TriGalactic Federation (kept in communication by telepaths) is good enough to overcome the fact that its [... more]
$2.95
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Native Tongue
Imaginative but dated, better social commentary than sci-fi: I first read this book over 10 years ago. Even then I thought it was a little dated -- the author was clearly reacting against the Reagan era and extrapolating a hypothetical future where women [... more]
$32.00
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The Ozark Trilogy
Engaging women-centered fantasy: These books are great. Elgin creates an incredible community of people, complete with magic and science, which has such a terrific set of cultural rules and folklore that you'll believe they must live somewhere. There are [... more]
$30.00
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Earthsong: Native Tongue III (Native Tongue 3)
Imaginative departure from "Native Tongue": This is presented as the third volume of the "Native Tongue" trilogy. In a sense this is true, since it uses the same universe and is set at a later date than the first two volumes. In most [... more]
$15.95
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Peacetalk 101
A Parable About How Language Creates Our Reality.: I have successfully used Peacetalk 101 with over 400 people who have been sent to my domestic violence classes. It is a modern day parable about a man who has alienated himself by engaging in verbal [... more]
$8.00
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Native Tongue
Imaginative but dated, better social commentary than sci-fi: I first read this book over 10 years ago. Even then I thought it was a little dated -- the author was clearly reacting against the Reagan era and extrapolating a hypothetical future where women [... more]
$14.95
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