Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation, Paperback - Michael H. Agar

Reducere. The key to communication, says linguistic anthropologist Michael Agar, is understanding the context and culture of conversation. In Language Shock,...

A compact tour de force about sex, violence, and self-loathing from a ferociously talented new voice in fiction, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, ...

This book will change the way you think about talk. It will explain the big pay-offs to understanding conversation scientifically.

Paperback edition to take a widely acclaimed debut compared to Sally Rooney and Rachel Cusk to a mass readership.

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Michael A. PetersNumber of pages: 213Collection: CounterpointsPublication date: 2007Dimensions: 153 ...

DescriptionThe American founders did not endorse a citizen's right to know. More openness in government, more frankness in a doctor's communication...

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Organizations are about conversations. For any organization to achieve its goals, people need to interact and those interactions require dialogue a...

Communication is the key to success in life - both personally and professionally. Focuses on the neurophysiological roots of poor communication and...

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DescriptionThe world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth...

Reducere. This book explores business ethics as applied in a modern context including data management, corporate social responsibility, media ethics, and gov...

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Publisher: Webster's Digital ServicesAuthor(s): Anthony HoldenIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 180Publication date: ...

Reducere. Architects of the Culture of Death, Paperback

This book takes the themes, energy and passions of the 'A Disorder for Everyone!' events - bringing together many of the event speakers with others...

Over the course of the last century, the focus group has become an increasingly vital part of the way companies and politicians sell their products...

Much more than a drink, wine is a real myth, with one millenary history, a very rich tradition and a vast and articulated system culturally, both a...

A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood.

It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - e...

Reducere. *** Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year ***It's time to do things differently.Trust your team. Be radical...

DescriptionThe dozens of artists and craftspeople featured in this volume create miniature representations of real-world scenes--everything from ho...

Reducere. Have you ever been championed by someone? You have likely had times when people believed in you more than you believed in yourself and told you, "Y...

Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane...

*** Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year ***It's time to do things differently.Trust your team. Be radical...

Reducere. Finding Hagar probes the relentless pursuit by the living God of a fugitive woman who falls outside the line of his chosen people. This pursuit ens...

Reducere. We live in a reactionary culture where divisive issues arise, people on either side throw stones, and everyone ends up more entrenched in their opi...

Reducere. Fifty challenging acrostic word puzzles in volume eight of the Acrostica collection: thought-provoking quotes, with clues ranging from the classics...

Reducere. Fifty challenging acrostic word puzzles in volume six of the Acrostica collection. Thought-provoking quotes with clues ranging from the classics to...

Intelligence and musicality entwine in 34 short poems that leave the reader "braced with stunned relief" -- a grand round trip through history, mus...

Where did the custom of duelling originate, and why did it spread so quickly all over Europe and the Americas?Illustrations: 30 b&w illus

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Reducere. 'Why they are complaining?' 'Why do they treat me this way?' 'Why are they offending my team?'Intercultural misunderstandings are a pain. Fact-orie...

Reducere. A delightful excursion through the Yiddish language, the culture it defines and serves, and the fine art of complaintThroughout history, Jews aroun...

A lively and original study tracing the development of 'laziness' as a social problem in the Ottoman Empire over the long nineteenth-century. Hafez...

Contributor(s): Author: G. Allen PowerYears before the federal government started setting goals to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in long-ter...

Reducere. AwardsHilary Weston Prize for NonfictionDescription"Why do grown-ups have to take over everything?" This innocent question from acclaimed journalis...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Joseph (University of Ulster, UK) McBrinnIllustration(s): 16 colour and 71 bw illusNumber of pages: ...

Throughout its long history, home dressmaking has been a formative experience in the lives of millions of women. In an age of relative affluence an...

Reducere. Cognitive disorders take a toll on everyone--the person living with the condition, their family, friends, caregivers, and the communities they live...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Michael H SacksIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 34Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 214 x 280 x 1...

Reducere. Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves con...

DescriptionPresenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, The Handbook of Conversation...

Some of the most innovative art over the years has been created far outside conventional galleries and museums. This title discusses a disparate ne...

Reducere. The book is about an animal tracking experience in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The creature involved is a cryptozoological animal. (Mysterious und...

America is the most punitive nation in the world, incarcerating more than 2.3 million people--or one in 136 of its residents. Against the backdrop ...