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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

by Deborah Tannen

Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful,... (more)

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex

by John Gray

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now... (more)

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

by Willard F. Harley

In this easy-to-read book on male-female differences, you'll learn to build a relationship that sustains romance, increases intimacy, and deepens awareness year after year.

How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day

How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day

by Gerry Spence

The Laws of Arguing According to Gerry Spence 1. Everyone is capable of making the winning argument. 2. Winning is getting what we want, which also means helping "others" get what they want. 3. Learn that words are a weapon, and can be used hostilely in combat. 4. Know that there is always a "biological advantage" of delivering the TRUTH. 5. Assault is not argument. 6. Use fear as an ally in pubic speaking or in... (more)

Work Types

by Jean M. Kummerow

Based on the work of Carl Jung, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the psychological profile employed by thousands of professionals worldwide. Now, three Myers-Briggs experts show how individuals can use this revealing profile them to recognize their own work style, enabling them to overcome the obstacles of day-to-day tasks and successfully adjust to the constant changes in the work world.

Talking from 9 to 5 : Women and Men in the Workplace : Language, Sex, and Power

Talking from 9 to 5 : Women and Men in the Workplace : Language, Sex, and Power

by Deborah Tannen

Your project went off without a hitch--but somebody else got the credit...You averted a crisis brilliantly--but no one noticed...You came to the meeting with a sensational idea--but it was ignored until someone else said the same thing... HOW CAN YOU GET CREDIT & GET AHEAD? In her extraordinary international bestseller, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen transformed forever the way we look at intimate... (more)

Living, Loving & Learning

by Leo F. Buscaglia

LIVING, LOVING AND LEARNING is a delightful collection of Dr. Buscaglia's informative and amusing lectures, which were delivered worldwide between 1970 and 1981. This inspirational treasure is for all those eager to accept the challenge of life and to profit from the wonder of love.

How to Prepare Bible Messages

by James Braga

Give Your Best Sermon Ever—Every Time Newly edited for today’s readers, this time-tested book combines recognized public speaking techniques with proven theories of preaching to equip you for the pulpit. Author James Braga provides pastors and message-givers anywhere in ministry with logical, step-by-step guidance to preparing and delivering effective sermons. Each chapter thoroughly defines and describes each... (more)

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

by John C. Maxwell

Everyone who works with people is realizing that the old autocratic method of leadership simply doesn't work. The way to win is to build a great team. John C. Maxwell has been teaching the benefits of leadership and team building for years. Now he tackles the importance of teamwork head on, writing about teamwork being necessary for every kind of leader, and showing how team building can improve every area of... (more)

Handling Difficult People: What to Do When People Push Your Buttons

Handling Difficult People: What to Do When People Push Your Buttons

by John Sims Townsend

Let's face it, hard as we try, none of us can avoid contact with difficult people. Some people just seem to savor unnecessary and unhealthy conflict; they don't seem to be happy unless they are driving those around them crazy. Best-selling author and noted relationship expert, Dr. John Townsend, helps us better understand what makes "button pushers" act the way they do-and why they want to elicit a negative... (more)

Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing

Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing

by Steinar Kvale

Interviewing is an essential tool in qualitative research and this introduction to interviewing outlines both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical aspects of the process. After examining the role of the interview in the research process, Steinar Kvale considers some of the key philosophical issues relating to interviewing: the interview as conversation, hermeneutics, phenomenology, concerns about ethics... (more)

Communicating Gender

by Suzanne Romaine

Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of anthropology, biology, communication, education, economics, history, literary criticism, philosophy, psychology, and... (more)

Tools for Cultural Studies: An IntroductionTony Thwaites, Lloyd Davis, Warwick Mules

Tools for Cultural Studies: An Introduction

by Tony Thwaites, Lloyd Davis, Warwick Mules

An introductory textbook for tertiary courses in cultural studies, communications studies, and social semiotics. It aims to equip the student with the conceptual materials necessary for advanced undergraduate study in these fields. Where other textbooks in his area ask the student first to learn and then to apply a body of theoretical work, Tools for Cultural Studies begins by identifying a number of aspects found... (more)

The Conflict and Communication Activity Book: 30 High-Impact Training Exercises for Adult Learners

The Conflict and Communication Activity Book: 30 High-Impact Training Exercises for Adult Learners

by Bill Withers

Every workplace has its share of conflict, and one of training's universal goals is to help organizations resolve it in a way that brings benefit to everyone involved. This timely activity book offers 30 ready-to-use exercises trainers can use to help workshop participants communicate more effectively and create positive outcomes from conflict situations. The Conflict and Communication Activity Book features: ... (more)

Webster's New World Office Professional's Handbook (Webster's New World Office Professional's Desk Reference)

Webster's New World Office Professional's Handbook (Webster's New World Office Professional's Desk Reference)

by Lindsell

A comprehensive guide to office and secretarial procedures furnishes up-to-date information on electronic data management, E-mail, travel planning, office management, and other office functions, along with model formats for business letters, reports, and memos.

Sacred Rhetoric or a Course of Lectures on PreachingRobert L. Dabney

Sacred Rhetoric or a Course of Lectures on Preaching

by Robert L. Dabney

Perfect Selling

by Linda Richardson

The USA Today and New York Times Bestseller! Meet your sales objective and close more business in 20 minutes a day CONNECT with your customer immediately EXPLORE customer needs thoroughly and quickly LEVERAGE your solutions persuasively RESOLVE your customer’s questions and objections confidently ACT when the time is right "Your thinking 'What? Another book about... (more)

From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our LivesRobert Fulghum

From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives

by Robert Fulghum

How to Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People By Public Speaking

How to Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People By Public Speaking

by Ismail Kadare, Dale Carneigie, Ukshin Hoti

This book will show you how to overscome the natural fear of public speaking and even learn to enjoy it. Drawing on Dale Carnegie's years of experience as a business trainer, this practical book will help you to become a successful speaker. His invaluable advice includes ways to: * Develop poise * Gain self-confidence * Improve your memory * Make your meaning clear * Begin and end a talk effectively *... (more)

Boundaries: When to say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life (Inspirio/Zondervan Miniature Editions)

Boundaries: When to say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life (Inspirio/Zondervan Miniature Editions)

by Dr. Cloud, Henry, Dr. Townsend, John, Henry Cloud

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. In other words, boundaries define who we are and who we are not. Boundaries impact all areas of our lives: Physical boundaries help us determine who may touch us, mental boundaries give us the freedom to have our own thoughts, emotional boundaries help... (more)

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by Deborah Tannen

The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex

by John Gray

by Willard F. Harley

by Gerry Spence

by Jean M. Kummerow

by Deborah Tannen

by Leo F. Buscaglia

by James Braga

by John C. Maxwell

by John Sims Townsend

by Steinar Kvale

by Suzanne Romaine

by Tony Thwaites, Lloyd Davis, Warwick Mules

by Bill Withers

by Lindsell

by Robert L. Dabney

by Linda Richardson

by Robert Fulghum

by Ismail Kadare, Dale Carneigie, Ukshin Hoti

by Dr. Cloud, Henry, Dr. Townsend, John, Henry Cloud