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This audiobook, Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling, profiles an era of magazine fiction writing in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, for people gripped by the tremendous need of escapism in the post-WWI years and the Great Depression. These writers shaped American culture and created iconic characters who live today in some of the biggest blockbuster Hollywood movies. What makes this audiobook absolutely unique is that this story includes actual interviews with two of the super-heavyweight grand-masters of that era, Ray Bradbury and Fred Pohl.

This audio course will give children the basic Welsh vocabulary they need to greet other people and understand key words and phrases including the weather, colors, numbers, parts of the body, time and many other topics that are frequently used in conversation. Games, exercises and sound effects aid learning and promote engagement with the course.

A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar. Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history.

Unlock the extraordinary potential of speed reading with our transformative, in-depth Audiobook, meticulously crafted for anyone eager to amplify their reading skills and absorb information at unprecedented speeds. In an age where rapid comprehension is essential, this indispensable resource equips you with cutting-edge techniques and strategies to revolutionize your reading habits and boost retention as you increase your pace.

Para impactar con tu mensaje, no necesitas ser un orador experimentado ni tener una personalidad arrolladora. Lo que realmente marca la diferencia es dominar una serie de técnicas que potencian el poder de las palabras y entender los secretos que gobiernan la comunicación verbal y gestual de alto impacto. Desde cómo vencer el miedo escénico hasta la preparación efectiva de un discurso, cada capítulo está diseñado para darte las herramientas prácticas que necesitas.

Award-winning author Janice Hardy (and founder of the popular writing site, Fiction University) takes you deep into one of the most frustrating aspects of writing—showing, and not telling. She'll help you understand what show, don't tell means, teach you how to spot told prose in your writing, and reveal why common advice on how to fix it doesn't always work.

How Media Ownership Matters provides a fresh approach to understanding news media power, moving beyond the typical emphasis on market concentration or media moguls. Through a comparative analysis of the US, Sweden, and France, as well as interviews of news executives and editors and an original collection of industry data, this book maps and analyzes four ownership models: market, private, civil society, and public.

Como escrever melhor é um guia de escrita criativa para autores de ficção que desejam publicar seus livros, tanto em editoras quanto de forma independente.

Não importa com quem você esteja falando, Discuta menos, dialogue mais apresenta formulações e estratégias que mudarão para sempre a maneira como você se comunica. Uma das principais referências no campo da comunicação, o advogado Jefferson Fisher desenvolveu, testou e comprovou uma estrutura para você aprimorar conversas e transformar seus relacionamentos e sua vida.

Have you ever felt like your message isn’t landing, your voice isn’t being heard, or your words aren’t creating the impact you want? In The Seven Frequencies of Communication, world-renowned speaker and bestselling author Erwin Raphael McManus unveils a groundbreaking framework to help you master the art of connection and unlock the potential of your words. Every conversation has the power to ignite possibility—or extinguish it.

From those who own the news to the BBC, the intricacies of political journalism to the trade's ethics, Breaking strips back the engine of information, entertainment and propaganda back to its constituent parts and lays it bare. In this informative and engaging deep-dive into the way we receive and understand the news, journalist Mic Wright shows how our news media functions and, ultimately, how it is fundamentally flawed.

If you want your characters to seduce like an interrogator, dominate like a profiler, and manipulate like an intelligence officer—you’re on the right track. Cops, Detectives, FBI agents, CIA operatives (if you ever get the rare chance to meet one), and top criminal attorneys—they’re more than just power players in sexy uniforms. They carry something deeper. It’s not just the badge, the suit, or the commanding stance—it’s knowledge. The psychological insight. The ability to read a person’s every tell, to spot desire before it’s spoken, to push just enough before pulling back.

"From Shy to Shine" is your comprehensive guide to conquering your fear of public speaking and becoming a confident and engaging presenter. This book provides practical techniques, actionable strategies, and insightful advice to help you understand your anxiety, master delivery skills, connect with your audience, and ultimately shine on stage. Transform your nervousness into confidence and inspire others with your message.

How can you cheat… at drinking wine? It turns out you can. And when you do, a whole world of power, ego and money will unravel. Corked is the scandalous saga in the glamorous, competitive and mysterious world of fine wines.

Nel Potere della comunicazione, Charles Duhigg unisce una scrupolosa analisi scientifica a un eccezionale talento di narratore per spiegare come tutti noi siamo in grado di comprendere e imparare a utilizzare i sottotesti impliciti in ogni dialogo e ogni conversazione. Attraverso numerosi esempi presi da tutti gli ambiti ci mostra come la comunicazione sia davvero un "superpotere" e i migliori comunicatori sappiano distinguere il tipo di conversazione a cui partecipano: pratica (di cosa si tratta veramente?), emotiva (come ci sentiamo?) e sociale (qual è il nostro ruolo?).

All authors want to sell as many copies of their books as possible. They also want to raise their literary profile as high as possible. There are more new routes to publication and also for sales and marketing than ever before. But where does the author start in such a competitive market? This book sets out clearly the promotional tools available and advises which paths are likely to sell the highest number of copies and which will help to establish the writer's name as a published author. It takes careful planning and know-how, but there is nobody better to promote a book than its author.

Following the Front is a compilation of WWII dispatches written by Sidney A. Olson for TIME and LIFE magazines, 1944-1945. Olson, who joined Time Inc. in 1939 and served as a senior editor there, asked to be assigned overseas as a war correspondent. In mid-December, 1944, he received his accreditation from the War Department and sailed for London. Attached to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Olson followed the Allied Forces as they pushed the Nazis back into Germany. He typed up his reports and cabled them to his editors in New York.

One night, bestselling author Josh Malerman—then just an aspiring writer—watched Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead with his fiancée and two friends. It was a gathering that could’ve gone unnoticed, another date night with a movie, but for Malerman, it became a landmark. It changed the course of his life, and it will inspire you to reflect on your own journey and to discover existing triumphs that are within you already.

This collection of essays from rhetoric authority and celebrated writing blogger David Murray applies his signature blend of humor and heart to a free-wheeling conversation about how we communicate in America.

Best-seller du New York Times ! Par l'auteur du best-seller Le pouvoir des habitudes ! La communication est une compétence clé du succès. Que ce soit au travail, en famille ou en société, savoir s'exprimer avec clarté, comprendre les autres et influencer positivement peut tout changer. Les meilleurs leaders, négociateurs et créateurs de liens possèdent un secret : ils maîtrisent l'art de la supercommunication.