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The Complete Guide to Public Speaking
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 16.95Comprehensive, practical, and accessible, The Complete Guide to Public Speaking serves all the needs of public speakers, from the seasoned pro to the greenest rookie. Whether you?re trying to start a career as a professional speaker or improve your speaking skills to further your career or influence those around you, this straightforward guide... more...
Wired for Story
Ten Speed Press 2012; US$ 14.99This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers? brains and captivate them through each plot element. Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these... more...
How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 43.00Written for students without prior knowledge of linguistics, this is an accessible and systematic toolkit for doing language and image analysis. Using case studies and examples from a range of media, it enables students to analyze and understand the relationship between language, discourse and social practices. more...
Writing a Successful Research Paper & Writing with Sources
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2012; US$ 11.95Now available together as a set for a discounted price: Writing A Successful Research Paper: A Simple Approach , by Stanley Chodorow, and Writing with Sources, (Second Edition): A Guide for Students , by Gordon Harvey. Writing A Successful Research Paper is a brief, practical guide that offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualizing,... more...
Academic Writing
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 37.95Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework. Yet writing good academic English is a demanding task. This new edition of Academic Writing has been fully revised to help students reach this goal. Clearly organised, the course explains the writing process from start to finish. Each stage is demonstrated and practised,... more...
Verbal Judo
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 12.99Improve communication, resolve conflicts, and avoid the most common conversational disasters through simple, easily remembered strategies that deflect and redirect negative behaviour. Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage... more...
Speak Up with Confidence
Hyperion 2009; US$ 9.99Public speaking is one of the most intimidating and important aspects of many jobs. As a one-time speechwriter for President Johnson, and in his position as president of the Motion Picture Association of America, Jack Valenti wrote and delivered speeches in all kinds of settings. Originally published in 1982, Speak Up with Confidence is... more...
Rhetoric, History, and Women's Oratorical Education: American Women Learn to Speak
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00Historians of rhetoric have long worked to recover women's education in reading and writing, but have only recently begun to explore women's speaking practices, from the parlor to the platform to the varied types of institutions where women learned elocutionary and oratorical skills in preparation for professional and public life. This book fills... more...
Sin and Syntax
Crown Publishing Group 2001; US$ 14.95Today?s writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. Copy veteran Constance Hale is on a mission to make creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option for everyone. With its crisp, witty tone,... more...
Narrative Beginnings
University of Nebraska Press 2009; US$ 29.95George Eliot wrote that man cannot do without the make-believe of a beginning. Beginnings, it turns out, can be quite unusual, complex, and deceptive. The first major volume to focus on this critical but neglected topic, this collection brings together theoretical studies and critical analyses of beginnings in a wide range of narrative... more...









