Stephen Potter
Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives.After leaving school in the last months of the First World War he was commissioned as a junior officer in the British Army, but by the time he had completed his training the war was over and he was demobilised. He then studied English at Oxford, and after some false starts he spent his early working life as an academic, lecturing in English literature at Birkbeck College, part of the University of London, during which time he published several works on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Finding his income inadequate to support himself and his family, he left the university and took up a post producing and writing for the BBC. He remained with the BBC until after the Second World War, when he became a freelance writer, and remained so for the rest of his life.
His series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage began in 1947 with ''Gamesmanship'', purporting to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys. This sold prodigiously and led to a series of sequels covering other aspects of life. The books were adapted for the cinema in the 1960s and for television in the 1970s. Provided by Wikipedia
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Three-upmanship : The theory & practice of gamesmanship. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962
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Anti-woo, the first lifemanship guide ; the lifeman's improved primer for non-lovers, with special chapters on who not to love, falling out of love, avoidance gambits, and Coad-San... by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965
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The muse in chains : a study in education. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Anti woo. The first lifemanship guide; the lifeman's improved primer for non-lovers, with special chapters on who not to love, falling out of love, avoidance gambits, and Coad-Sand... by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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The theory & practice of gamesmanship : or, The art of winning games without actually cheating by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Sense of humour. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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The complete upmanship; including Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-upmanship, Supermanship; by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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D. H. Lawrence : a first study. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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The theory & practice of gamesmanship; or, The art of winning games without actually cheating. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Some notes on lifemanship : with a summary of recent researches in gamesmanship by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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One-upmanship : being some account of the activities and teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-upness and Gameslifemastery by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Sense of humor. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Some notes on lifemanship : with a summary of recent researches in gamesmanship by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Pedigree ; essays on the etymology of words from nature by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Coleridge and S. T. C. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Supermanship; or,How to continue to stay top without actually falling apart. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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The complete upmanship : including, gamesmanship, lifemanship, one-upmanship, supermanship by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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Pedigree ; the origins of words from nature by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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One-upmanship; being some account of the activities and teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of Oneupness and Gameslifemastery. by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
New York : Holt, 1961
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Potter on America by Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
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