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Competitive Debate
DK Publishing 2008; US$ 16.95The bible for debaters and their coaches. Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions. Yet, at many high schools and colleges, coaches are drawn from the history or English departments with little... more...
The Performance of Reading
Wiley 2008; US$ 85.95The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer. An original and insightful exploration of the act of reading by the leading scholar in the field. Discusses the history of reading and the transitions from reading... more...
Presenting at Conferences, Seminars and Meetings
SAGE Publications 2005; US$ 43.95Do you dread the nerve-wracking task of giving presentations? Or are you looking for new ways in which to give your presentation a boost? With practical, step-by-step hints on all presentation scenarios, Kerry Shephard's Presenting at Conferences, Seminars and Meetings is an excellent guide for postgraduate students, academics and professionals,... more...
Talks on Talking
The Floating Press 1916; US$ 5.99Effective spoken communication is a fine art. Brush up your speaking skills with this timeless treatise on talking from Yale public speaking instructor Grenville Kleiser. Brimming with practical tips on how to get your point across, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to be a better communicator. more...
Presentations For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 19.99Whether you’re dealing with one person or one thousand, the ability to transmit ideas in a coherent and compelling fashion is one of the most important skills you can ever develop. Want to impress your colleagues? Convince your clients? Prove your point? The key to success is what you say. To get what you want in life, you have to present yourself... more...
Power and Politeness in Action
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 140.00This study investigates the interface of power and politeness in the realization of disagreements in naturalistic language data. Power and politeness are important phenomena in face-to-face interaction. Disagreement is an arena in which these two key concepts are likely to be observed together. Both disagreement and the exercise of power entail a conflict.... more...
The Munk Debates
House of Anansi Press 2011; US$ 16.95The Munk Debates is Canada?s premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debates bring together some of the world?s greatest thinkers to discuss the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues that are shaping the course of world... more...
Effective Speaking
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 45.95Effective Speaking provides the hard scientific information about audience psychology, text preparation, presentation methods, voice production, body language and persuasive advocacy which will help would-be speakers improve their performance. The emphasis throughout is on practical self-help, on methods which have been shown to work, with clear... more...
Expressive Voice Culture
The Floating Press 1900; US$ 6.95The Emerson System treats the voice as a natural reporter of the individual, constantly emphasizing the tendency of the voice to express appropriately any mental concept or state of feeling. This treatise is a setting forth of methods and principles based upon this idea with a fuller elaboration of the relation of technique to expression. By concentration... more...
The Powers of Genre
Oxford University Press, USA 1999; US$ 124.99The Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas... more...









