Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Art of Public Speaking, PowerWeb and Topic Finder
Stephen E. Lucas · 1998
74/100
👍 Worth It
Lucas's textbook is the most widely adopted public speaking text in the world for good reason — clear prose, annotated sample speeches, solid grounding in both classical rhetoric and current research. The bundled digital tools in this 1998 edition are long obsolete, so look for a recent edition, but the core text itself is genuinely the standard the field measures against.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance80
craft80
originality65
accuracy82
hype78
age-fit82
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict74
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