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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.

1. 1
   The Art of Public Speaking▲66

   By Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Let There Be Water▲64

   Israel's solution for a water-starved world

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Art of Plain Talk▲67

   A tool for the writer who wants his work read

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Glamour of Grammar▲67

   A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   On Writing Well▲67

   A classic piece on how to write better

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Sublime Text Book▲163

   2014 · sublimetextbook.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Life at Sea▲62

   Observations of a Modern Mariner

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Big Fish Experience▲61

    Content + design + delivery = presentation experience

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Crucial Conversations▲69

    Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    On Beauty▲60

    Classic novel by the female David Foster Wallace

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Talk Like TED▲92

    The 9 public-speaking secrets of the world's top minds

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Fountainhead▲61

    Author sets forth her philosophy of "objectivism"

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Bird by Bird▲82

    Some instructions on writing and life

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Crucial Conversations▲56

    Tools for talking when stakes are high

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    It's the Way You Say It▲67

    Becoming articulate, well-spoken, and clear

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Making Ideas Happen▲75

    Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    As We Speak▲64

    How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Elements of Style▲82

    The definitive guide to writing clear, correct English

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · its alternatives →

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