A Good Talk

• Author : Daniel Menaker
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 04 January 2010

A stylish, funny and surprising guide to the art of conversation, from one of New York's foremost literary wits. A GOOD TALK is an analysis of and guide to that most exclusively human of all activities-- conversation. Drawing on over forty years of experience in American letters, Menaker pinpoints the factors that drive and enliven every good conversation: the vagaries (and joys) of subtext; the deeper structure and meaning of conversational flow; the subliminal signals that guide our disclosures and

• Author : Mira Jacob
• Publisher : One World
• Release : 26 March 2019

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “beautiful and eye-opening” (Jacqueline Woodson), “hilarious and heart-rending” (Celeste Ng) graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, BuzzFeed, Esquire, Literary Journal, Kirkus Reviews “How brown is too

• Author : Maryann Ayim
• Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
• Release : 03 February 1997

Annotation The author contends that since language is capable of creating harm or good, it should not be exempt from the moral standards we apply to other behaviors--we should strive to talk in morally appropriate ways. Her proposed moral criteria for language are discussed on a theoretical level, where she applies her moral analysis to the major competing theories on the relation of gender and language, and on a practical level, when she examines circumstances where such moral criteria have

• Author : Bill Geist,Willie Geist
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 20 May 2014

Bill Geist--the beloved, award-winning, long-time special correspondent for "CBS: Sunday Morning," whose debut Little League Confidential was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and paper--and Willie Geist, the Today Show host, popular member of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and author of the best-selling American Freak Show--have begun an extended conversation between father and son on areas of mutual interest, agreement, and disagreement. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, the hilarious father-son team will laugh together at the shared journey

• Author : Sue Formby
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 February 1985

• Author : Mark Oestreicher
• Publisher : Zondervan/Youth Specialties
• Release : 30 August 2009

These forty field-tested guides from veteran speakers are essential tools and supplements for any youth worker. Each outline includes sidebars with key illustrations, object lessons, video or music clip suggestions, and/or speaker tips. To facilitate application of the message, each outline is followed by dozens of questions for use in small groups. All the outlines are compiled on a companion CD-ROM and are fully indexed.

• Author : Sakyong Mipham
• Publisher : Harmony
• Release : 17 October 2017

Cutting through all the white noise, chatter, and superficiality our cell phones and social media cause, one of Tibet's highest and most respected spiritual leaders offers simple and practical advice to help us increase our attentions spans, become better listeners, and strive to appreciate the people around us. In a world of iPhones and connectivity to social media and email, we are all in constant connection with one another. Then why are so many people feeling burned out, distant from

• Author : Mark Oestreicher
• Publisher : Zondervan/Youth Specialties
• Release : 08 August 2009

An essential speaking tool for youth workersThese 40 outlines for youth talks--written by veteran youth leaders--are just the beginning. Youth pastors, volunteer youth leaders, camp directors and counselors, and retreat leaders will also find suggestions for bringing talks to life--with illustrations, object lessons, video clips, music, and more. Each outline is followed by dozens of questions for use in small groups--to ensure that your words are heard, processed, and applied.Features include:* Sidebars for every main point which contain key illustrations,

• Author : Robert Fisher
• Publisher : Nelson Thornes
• Release : 03 February 2023

This exciting book fosters the skills involved in learning, providing a framework for developing active learning in every community, classroom, and school. This new edition suggests more ways to create powerful learning environments. Teaching Children to Learn has been revised and enlarged, giving more practical ideas to develop creative learning skills. It includes new sections on learning styles, accelerated learning, and ways to motivate learning.

• Author : Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 February 2023

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Rex Bookstore, Inc.
• Release : 03 February 2023

• Author : Abigail Christian
• Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
• Release : 21 October 2013

This book is written in honor of and to honor the most precious gift ever given to all humanity: the gift of life. For those of us who know, our gift of life is Jesus, the Christ, the only begotten Son of the True and Living Almighty God. What is so precious is that this gift of life can be everlasting, for it is written that the Almighty God so loved us that he gave his only begotten Son so

• Author : Margaret Collins
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 18 September 2009

Children with low self-esteem will have difficulty in partaking in classroom lessons and succeeding. If we want to help children in the primary school to achieve the positive outcomes set out in the Every Child Matters agenda, we need to ensure all children have a healthy self-esteem. This book seeks to give adults in schools tools to look at the way they could enhance self esteem in children. The book comes with an accompanying CD-Rom which contains: - inset sessions

• Author : Richard Bauman,Joel Sherzer
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 19 October 1989

Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.

• Author : Robert A. Nowlan,Gwendolyn W. Nowlan
• Publisher : McFarland
• Release : 30 April 2016

Certain lines define a movie. Marlene Dietrich in Morocco: “Anyone who has faith in me is a sucker.” Too, there are lines that fit actor and character. Mae West in I’m No Angel: “I’m very quick in a slow way.” Jane Fonda in California Suite: “Fit? You think I look fit? What an awful shit you are. I look gorgeous.” From the classics to the grade–B slasher movies, over 11,000 quotes are arranged by over 900 subjects, like accidents,