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Mignon Fogarty can't remember whether it was a misused semicolon, a chronic case of comma splicing, or an "affect" when an "effect" was called for, but at some point she had seen one mangled sentence too many. Determined to counter the slipping standards of good writing in daily discourse...

Negotiating with a Bully will teach you how to skillfully deal with bullies in different forms and environments. You'll explore the mindset of a bully and understand the motivations and behavior so you can gain an advantage over him or her.

Joseph Romm, one of Rolling Stone magazine’s top "100 Agents of Change," has focused his talents on helping us all to increase our language intelligence and to better understand the art of persuasion. Romm demonstrates that you don't have to be an expert to vastly improve your ability to communicate. He has pulled together the secrets of the greatest communicators in history to show how you can apply these tools to your writing, speaking, blogging—even your Tweeting.

“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the...

Our body language, or the way we use different parts of our bodies when we are in public, is a very important indicator of our mental state. Several experts have noted how we can read people‘s minds just by looking at their bodies. This is known as body language reading. Reading body language surreptitiously is a powerful tool of personal development itself. This audiobook will teach you all about body language and how to interpret the movements of different parts of our body to understand someone better.

Are you the type of person who unintentionally looks at someone and tries to read them based on how they carry themselves, speak, move, and study their mood? Or are you the type of person who looks at someone and thinks you know everything about them just by looking at them? We all have done this at some point in our lives. Whether you were correct or incorrect, you just attempted to read someone, which is a talent that some of us want to have. This audiobook will teach you how to read other people's body language, learn their motivations, and uncover their true intentions.

The average divorce takes two years with a median cost of $30,000. Yet the true cost of divorce is more than time or money; it is the legacy of the decisions made during the process. No matter how long two people have been married, whether there are children or not, divorce often leads to bad...

Build a stronger vocabulary in just an hour with this fast and funny exercise program. You'll learn tough words and tricky meanings, and you can test your knowledge at the end of each session with a quick quiz. The tape includes parts of speech, spellings, definitions, pronunciations, and 60 troubling terms - and all with humorous or pointed examples that help you remember them easily. Author Jeffrey McQuain created the Smithsonian Institution's first course on the American language and coauthored the best seller The Elements of English.

PROGRAM YOUR BRAIN TO FACILITATE OPEN COMMUNICATIONLack of communication is the primary problem in most relationships. Enlist the unlimited power of your mind to assist you in overcoming communication issues with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions.In track...