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24 alternatives to This is Water
The elegantly designed version of D. F. Wallace's speech
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This is Water launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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By Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
2016 · gutenberg.org · its alternatives →
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A collection of David Foster Wallace’s best essays on tennis
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Israel's solution for a water-starved world
2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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A tool for the writer who wants his work read
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Content + design + delivery = presentation experience
2016 · thebigfishexperience.co · its alternatives →
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Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The 9 public-speaking secrets of the world's top minds
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Improving communication and collaboration through critique
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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Author sets forth her philosophy of "objectivism"
2016 · en.wikipedia.org · its alternatives →
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Tools for talking when stakes are high
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Becoming articulate, well-spoken, and clear
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The definitive guide to writing clear, correct English
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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