{"product_id":"a-civil-tongue-9780672522673","title":"A Civil Tongue","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Edwin Newman was but a lad  bright  cheery  and unbearable  he was told to keep a civil tongue in his head  i.e.  shut up. He did  but since then he has expanded his understanding of what a civil tongue means. To him it means a language that is not bogged down in jargon  not studded with trick phrases  not weighed down with gelatinous verbiage of Washington and the social sciences. It is direct  specific  concrete  vigorous  colorful  subtle  and imaginative  and as lucid and eloquent as we are able to make it. A smog of jargon is settling on our fair land. Newman blows it away with sweet reason and sour comments. A Civil Tongue is high comedy in a serious cause.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953246986293,"sku":"ByrdShop_0672522675","price":48.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780672522673.jpg?v=1788182875","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-civil-tongue-9780672522673","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}