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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence: Science and Practice is an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say “yes” to another's request). Written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research, Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and in other positions... (more)

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 7 Powerful Tools for Life and Work

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 7 Powerful Tools for Life and Work

by Marilee G. Adams

"Questioning" is a skill rarely taught in school, but doing it well - that is, asking the right questions of the right people - can radically transform attitudes, actions, and results. Change Your Questions, Change Your Life provides easy-to-learn tools that can make a significant and immediate difference in people's business and personal lives. Written as an engaging fable, it inspires readers to take charge of... (more)

Time for a Change

by R. Bandler

What Do You Say After HelloM.D. Eric Berne

What Do You Say After Hello

by M.D. Eric Berne

Love's executioner, and other tales of psychotherapy

Love's executioner, and other tales of psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom

The collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too human responses with his... (more)

The Personality Self-Portrait

Why You Think, Work, Love, and Act the Way You Do

by John M. Olddham

The New Personality Self -portrait is the only guide to personality types based on the American Psychiatric Association's just-published official diagnostic system -- the DSM -IV -- and written by one of today's leading personality researchers. A long-time backlist bestseller in its previous edition, it has now been completely updated to include all the fascinating new information about how we become who... (more)

Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication

Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication

by Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, Neil Towne, Ronald B. Adler

Now in a new edition, Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to communication in interpersonal relationships. Based on an extensive body of scholarship, interplay cites more than 1,000 sources--30% of which are new to the ninth edition--and provides a variety of thought-provoking photos, sidebars, and cartoons that illustrate key points in the text... (more)

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

by Joseph Murphy, Ian McMahan

This book will give you the key to the most awesome power within your reach! This remarkable book has already helped readers the world over achieve the seemingly impossible just by learning how to bring the incredible force of the subconscious under their control. Now you, too, can learn these powerful techniques for changing your life simply by changing your beliefs. Dr. Murphy combines time-honored spiritual... (more)

Human Motivation (with Printed Access Card InfoTrac )

Human Motivation (with Printed Access Card InfoTrac )

by Robert E. Franken

This book provides a thorough introduction to the basic facts and major theories of human motivation. Throughout the book, the author addresses the types of questions that often arise, such as "Why are some people more organized than others?" and "Why do people dream?" In his exploration of day-to-day human motivation, Franken provides a topical organization that shows students how biology, learning, and cognition... (more)

The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising

The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising

by August Bullock

-A fascinating look at how media manipulates the mind; -A handbook for marketing, psychology, sociology, and related classes; -A "how to manual" for artists, advertisers, and business people interested in subliminal techniques. The Secret Sales Pitch argues that, since the 1950s, optical illusions have been secretly embedded in mass media in order to manipulate the public unconsciously. These subliminal... (more)

50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books

50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books

by Tom Butler-Bowdon

In his newest addition to the 50 Classics series, Butler-Bowden provides concise summaries and commentaries on fifty of the most influential works on the human mind and behavior, along with special features to provide additional context. Drawing on the rich vein of the classics as well as contemporary works, this book is a worthy addition to a series that has sold over 100,000 copies in English and been translated... (more)

Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, Skills

Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, Skills

by Sherwyn P. Morreale

HUMAN COMMUNICATION: MOTIVATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, Second Edition, features the collaborative work of recognized experts in the fields of communication and offers a unified approach to the basic processes of human communication backed by skill assessment. Beginning with the premise that all forms of communication have the potential to be viewed as competent depending on the context or situation, the text helps... (more)

Principle Centered Leadership

by Stephen R. Covey

A guidebook to personal fulfilment and professional success through "principle-centered leadership" based on timeless principles - showing how goals of excellence and total quality express an innate human need for progress in personal and organizational life.

Social Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

by Michal C?akrt

Text: Czech

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