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Ord formar våra tankar, relationer och själva förståelsen av verkligheten – från metaforer som strukturerar vårt tänkande till de subtila sätt som grammatik påverkar kultur. Våra språk böcker utforskar kommunikation i alla dess former och erbjuder insikter och praktisk vägledning om skrivande, talande och den fascinerande vetenskapen bakom hur människor använder ord för att knyta an och skapa mening.

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Conversation Skills For Beginners

av Dale Blake • 2014

Most of what you communicate never leaves your mouth. A roadmap to the other 80 percent.

🗣️ Communication Skills 🤝 Social Skills 👂 Active Listening 🙌 Nonverbal Communication 🧠 Self-Awareness

Conversation Skills For Beginners

Most of what you communicate never leaves your mouth. A roadmap to the other 80 percent.

av Dale Blake 2014 32 sidor

🗣️ Communication Skills 🤝 Social Skills 👂 Active Listening 🙌 Nonverbal Communication 🧠 Self-Awareness

Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners

av Dr Neil Curry • 2024

Silent third of any language class: psychology-based activities that build confident speakers.

📚 Language Teaching 😰 Student Anxiety 🧠 Cbt In Education 🧘 Mindfulness In Education 🌟 Positive Psychology

Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners

Silent third of any language class: psychology-based activities that build confident speakers.

av Dr Neil Curry 2024 225 sidor

📚 Language Teaching 😰 Student Anxiety 🧠 Cbt In Education 🧘 Mindfulness In Education 🌟 Positive Psychology

Mirrors in the Brain

av Giacomo Rizzolatti • 2006

We understand others not by thinking but by reliving their actions inside our own motor system.

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190

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏃 Motor Cognition 👀 Action Perception 🤲 Embodied Cognition 💗 Empathy Science

Mirrors in the Brain

We understand others not by thinking but by reliving their actions inside our own motor system.

av Giacomo Rizzolatti 2006 256 sidor

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190 betyg

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏃 Motor Cognition 👀 Action Perception 🤲 Embodied Cognition 💗 Empathy Science

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec

av Josh Freed • 1983

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

3.97

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor 🔄 Bilingualism 📖 Satirical Guidebook

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

av Josh Freed 1983 148 sidor

3.97

30 betyg

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor 🔄 Bilingualism 📖 Satirical Guidebook

Jacques Derrida

av Christopher Watkin • 2017

Deconstruction: meaning never settles. This book argues the Trinity says why, and what comes next.

4.36

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📚 Poststructuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🕊️ Postmodern Theology

Jacques Derrida

Deconstruction: meaning never settles. This book argues the Trinity says why, and what comes next.

av Christopher Watkin 2017 186 sidor

4.36

44 betyg

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📚 Poststructuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🕊️ Postmodern Theology

True Color

av Kory Stamper • 2026

The century-long quest to pin color down with science and words failed. Human nature is why.

3.59

373

🎨 Color Theory 📖 Lexicography 🏷️ Color Naming 📏 Color Standardization 👁️ Color Perception

True Color

The century-long quest to pin color down with science and words failed. Human nature is why.

av Kory Stamper 2026 320 sidor

3.59

373 betyg

🎨 Color Theory 📖 Lexicography 🏷️ Color Naming 📏 Color Standardization 👁️ Color Perception

Your Voice and How to Use It

av Cicely Berry • 1995

Your voice betrays you under pressure. The physical method for freeing it, from breath to word.

4.15

🎙️ Voice Training 🗣️ Public Speaking 🌬️ Breath Work 🎤 Vocal Technique 🧘 Somatic Practice

Your Voice and How to Use It

Your voice betrays you under pressure. The physical method for freeing it, from breath to word.

av Cicely Berry 1995 164 sidor

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41 betyg

🎙️ Voice Training 🗣️ Public Speaking 🌬️ Breath Work 🎤 Vocal Technique 🧘 Somatic Practice

It Takes Two to Talk

av Jan Pepper • 2004

Turn play into language. Helping late talkers communicate through the moments you already share.

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264

🗣️ Language Development 🌱 Early Intervention 👂 Responsive Parenting 🎯 Parent Coaching 🧸 Play-Based Learning

It Takes Two to Talk

Turn play into language. Helping late talkers communicate through the moments you already share.

av Jan Pepper 2004 171 sidor

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264 betyg

🗣️ Language Development 🌱 Early Intervention 👂 Responsive Parenting 🎯 Parent Coaching 🧸 Play-Based Learning

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

av Suzette Haden Elgin • 1980

Most verbal attacks hide in polite sentences. Learn to spot the insult they never said.

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🤝 Conflict Resolution 💪 Assertiveness Training 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🩹 Verbal Abuse Recovery 🧱 Difficult People

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

Most verbal attacks hide in polite sentences. Learn to spot the insult they never said.

av Suzette Haden Elgin 1980 311 sidor

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🤝 Conflict Resolution 💪 Assertiveness Training 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🩹 Verbal Abuse Recovery 🧱 Difficult People

Public Speaking and Presentations for Dummies

av Malcolm Kushner • 2006

Your fear of public speaking, systematized: a complete process from preparation through Q&A.

3.61

🎤 Public Speaking 😰 Stage Fright 👥 Audience Engagement 🖼️ Visual Aids 📖 Storytelling

Public Speaking and Presentations for Dummies

Your fear of public speaking, systematized: a complete process from preparation through Q&A.

av Malcolm Kushner 2006 288 sidor

3.61

18 betyg

🎤 Public Speaking 😰 Stage Fright 👥 Audience Engagement 🖼️ Visual Aids 📖 Storytelling

Studies in Words (Canto)

av C.S. Lewis • 1939

Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.

4.19

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🏰 History Of English 🌱 Semantic Change 📜 Philology 📖 Reading Old Books 📚 Literary Criticism

Studies in Words (Canto)

Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.

av C.S. Lewis 1939

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🏰 History Of English 🌱 Semantic Change 📜 Philology 📖 Reading Old Books 📚 Literary Criticism

Elogio de la duda

av Victoria Camps • 2016

Certainty is the enemy of democracy. Doubt is its immune system.

3.79

176

❓ Skeptical Tradition ⚖️ Political Moderation 🚫 Anti-Dogmatism 📝 Essay Form 🏗️ Social Constructs

Elogio de la duda

Certainty is the enemy of democracy. Doubt is its immune system.

av Victoria Camps 2016 180 sidor

3.79

176 betyg

❓ Skeptical Tradition ⚖️ Political Moderation 🚫 Anti-Dogmatism 📝 Essay Form 🏗️ Social Constructs

El Sentido De Lo Humano

av Humberto R. Maturana • 2008

Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.

4.26

108

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Systems Theory 🏗️ Social Construction 💬 Language And Emotion ⚡ Patriarchal Critique

El Sentido De Lo Humano

Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.

av Humberto R. Maturana 2008 328 sidor

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108 betyg

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Systems Theory 🏗️ Social Construction 💬 Language And Emotion ⚡ Patriarchal Critique

Structural Anthropology

av Claude Lévi-Strauss • 1958

Culture obeys a hidden logic as strict as grammar. The linguistic method that reveals it.

3.93

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🏛️ Structural Anthropology 👨‍👩‍👦 Kinship Systems 🧩 Structuralist Theory 🔣 Symbolic Systems 📜 Myth Analysis

Structural Anthropology

Culture obeys a hidden logic as strict as grammar. The linguistic method that reveals it.

av Claude Lévi-Strauss 1958 410 sidor

3.93

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🏛️ Structural Anthropology 👨‍👩‍👦 Kinship Systems 🧩 Structuralist Theory 🔣 Symbolic Systems 📜 Myth Analysis

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

av Mary Hynes-Berry • 2011

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

4.00

🏫 Early Childhood Education 📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

av Mary Hynes-Berry 2011 216 sidor

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1 betyg

🏫 Early Childhood Education 📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum

Salvar las apariencias

av Owen Barfield • 1957

Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📜 History Of Ideas 🗣️ Language And Thought 🔭 Science And Religion

Salvar las apariencias

Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.

av Owen Barfield 1957 256 sidor

4.27

500+ betyg

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📜 History Of Ideas 🗣️ Language And Thought 🔭 Science And Religion

Beyond Bullshit

av Samuel A. Culbert • 2007

Your boss's bullshit isn't a lie. Ending it takes two-way candor, not blunt honesty.

3.20

💼 Corporate Bullshit 🗣️ Organizational Communication 🏢 Workplace Culture 🎭 Truth And Deception 🔄 Feedback Culture

Beyond Bullshit

Your boss's bullshit isn't a lie. Ending it takes two-way candor, not blunt honesty.

av Samuel A. Culbert 2007 168 sidor

3.20

60 betyg

💼 Corporate Bullshit 🗣️ Organizational Communication 🏢 Workplace Culture 🎭 Truth And Deception 🔄 Feedback Culture

Of Grammatology

av Jacques Derrida • 1967

Philosophy treats speech as pure thought and writing as its corrupt double. It has it backward.

3.97

5 000+

📚 Post-Structuralism 🏚️ Deconstruction 💬 Philosophy Of Language 📖 Literary Theory 🔣 Semiotics

Of Grammatology

Philosophy treats speech as pure thought and writing as its corrupt double. It has it backward.

av Jacques Derrida 1967 456 sidor

3.97

5 000+ betyg

📚 Post-Structuralism 🏚️ Deconstruction 💬 Philosophy Of Language 📖 Literary Theory 🔣 Semiotics

Borges on Writing

av Jorge Luis Borges • 1973

Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.

4.07

1 000+

📝 Literary Craft 🎻 Poetry Craft 🌐 Translation Studies 📖 Short Story Theory 🎭 Verisimilitude

Borges on Writing

Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.

av Jorge Luis Borges 1973 173 sidor

4.07

1 000+ betyg

📝 Literary Craft 🎻 Poetry Craft 🌐 Translation Studies 📖 Short Story Theory 🎭 Verisimilitude

Identity And Story

av Dan P. McAdams • 2006

The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.

4.12

🧠 Narrative Psychology 🪪 Self And Identity 💭 Autobiographical Memory 🗣️ Internal Voices 🌱 Adversity And Growth

Identity And Story

The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.

av Dan P. McAdams 2006 284 sidor

4.12

26 betyg

🧠 Narrative Psychology 🪪 Self And Identity 💭 Autobiographical Memory 🗣️ Internal Voices 🌱 Adversity And Growth

The Empathic Brain

av Christian Keysers • 2009

We understand others not by reasoning, but by covertly simulating their actions and feelings.

3.71

112

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🪞 Mirror Neurons 👤 Embodied Simulation ❤️ Empathy Research 🗣️ Language Evolution

The Empathic Brain

We understand others not by reasoning, but by covertly simulating their actions and feelings.

av Christian Keysers 2009 246 sidor

3.71

112 betyg

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🪞 Mirror Neurons 👤 Embodied Simulation ❤️ Empathy Research 🗣️ Language Evolution

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself

av Robin Reames • 2024

Facts crumble when denied. Metaphors run our politics. Ancient rhetoric knew both, and we forgot.

3.93

244

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📺 Media Criticism 📰 Post-Truth ⚖️ Political Polarization 💬 Metaphor And Language

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself

Facts crumble when denied. Metaphors run our politics. Ancient rhetoric knew both, and we forgot.

av Robin Reames 2024 304 sidor

3.93

244 betyg

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📺 Media Criticism 📰 Post-Truth ⚖️ Political Polarization 💬 Metaphor And Language

La parole est un sport de combat

av Bertand Périer • 2017

The eloquence workout: train your body, voice, and logic until you own the room.

3.65

310

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛️ Rhetoric 🕴️ Body Language 🎵 Voice Training 😰 Stage Fright

La parole est un sport de combat

The eloquence workout: train your body, voice, and logic until you own the room.

av Bertand Périer 2017 212 sidor

3.65

310 betyg

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛️ Rhetoric 🕴️ Body Language 🎵 Voice Training 😰 Stage Fright

Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort

av George Kingsley Zipf • 2012

Every word spoken and every city built follows one mathematical equation.

3.77

📊 Quantitative Linguistics ⚛️ Social Physics 📈 Power Laws 🏙️ Urban Scaling 🗣️ Word Frequencies

Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort

Every word spoken and every city built follows one mathematical equation.

av George Kingsley Zipf 2012 588 sidor

3.77

22 betyg

📊 Quantitative Linguistics ⚛️ Social Physics 📈 Power Laws 🏙️ Urban Scaling 🗣️ Word Frequencies

The Story of Stories

av Kevin Ashton • 2026

Firelight made us storytellers. That night built language, writing, print, and now the internet.

4.04

117

📖 Storytelling History 🗣️ Evolution Of Language 🔥 Oral Tradition ✍️ History Of Writing 🖨️ Print Revolution

The Story of Stories

Firelight made us storytellers. That night built language, writing, print, and now the internet.

av Kevin Ashton 2026 400 sidor

4.04

117 betyg

📖 Storytelling History 🗣️ Evolution Of Language 🔥 Oral Tradition ✍️ History Of Writing 🖨️ Print Revolution

Writing Prompts For Creative Writers

av Levon Sparks Salone • 2014

Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.

🖊️ Writing Prompts ⚡ Flash Fiction 🔒 Constrained Writing 🧘 Writing Practice 🌱 Aspiring Writers

Writing Prompts For Creative Writers

Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.

av Levon Sparks Salone 2014

🖊️ Writing Prompts ⚡ Flash Fiction 🔒 Constrained Writing 🧘 Writing Practice 🌱 Aspiring Writers

Geek Sublime

av Vikram Chandra • 2013

Why great code feels elegant: the answer may lie in ancient Indian aesthetics, not algorithms.

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💻 Code Aesthetics 🌐 Computing Culture 🪷 Indian Aesthetics 📜 Sanskrit Grammar 👩‍💻 Gender And Tech

Geek Sublime

Why great code feels elegant: the answer may lie in ancient Indian aesthetics, not algorithms.

av Vikram Chandra 2013 336 sidor

3.28

1 000+ betyg

💻 Code Aesthetics 🌐 Computing Culture 🪷 Indian Aesthetics 📜 Sanskrit Grammar 👩‍💻 Gender And Tech

Oxford Guide to Plain English

av Martin Cutts • 2004

Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.

4.25

208

🗣️ Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 📚 Writing Style Guides ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Editing And Revision

Oxford Guide to Plain English

Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.

av Martin Cutts 2004 208 sidor

4.25

208 betyg

🗣️ Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 📚 Writing Style Guides ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Editing And Revision

Target Band 7

av Simone Braverman • 2008

Why native speakers fail the IELTS, and the four-week plan for outsmarting every section's traps.

4.15

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📝 Test Preparation 🎯 Strategic Test-Taking ⏱️ Time Management ✍️ Academic Essay Writing 🗣️ Language Testing

Target Band 7

Why native speakers fail the IELTS, and the four-week plan for outsmarting every section's traps.

av Simone Braverman 2008 80 sidor

4.15

500+ betyg

📝 Test Preparation 🎯 Strategic Test-Taking ⏱️ Time Management ✍️ Academic Essay Writing 🗣️ Language Testing

Personal Knowledge

av Michael Polanyi • 1958

Pure objectivity is a false ideal: every act of knowing demands a personal, skillful commitment.

4.27

456

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🦯 Practical Knowledge 💡 Scientific Discovery 🎭 Critique Of Objectivity 🤲 Intellectual Humility

Personal Knowledge

Pure objectivity is a false ideal: every act of knowing demands a personal, skillful commitment.

av Michael Polanyi 1958 428 sidor

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456 betyg

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🦯 Practical Knowledge 💡 Scientific Discovery 🎭 Critique Of Objectivity 🤲 Intellectual Humility

More Than Words

av John Warner • 2025

AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.

4.05

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💻 Technology And Writing ✍️ Composition Theory 🤖 Ai Criticism 🏫 Education Reform 📡 Media Ecology

More Than Words

AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.

av John Warner 2025 320 sidor

4.05

500+ betyg

💻 Technology And Writing ✍️ Composition Theory 🤖 Ai Criticism 🏫 Education Reform 📡 Media Ecology

The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research

av R. Timothy McLay • 2003

The Bible the apostles read was Greek, not Hebrew. Recovering it changes everything.

4.04

📖 Septuagint Studies 🧾 Textual Criticism 🛠️ Translation Technique 🔄 New Testament Use Of Old 🏺 Hellenistic Judaism

The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research

The Bible the apostles read was Greek, not Hebrew. Recovering it changes everything.

av R. Timothy McLay 2003 221 sidor

4.04

27 betyg

📖 Septuagint Studies 🧾 Textual Criticism 🛠️ Translation Technique 🔄 New Testament Use Of Old 🏺 Hellenistic Judaism

IELTS Made Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Task 2

av IELTS buddy

IELTS tests strategy more than English: a four-week plan to beat its traps, timing, and tasks.

3.75

📝 Ielts Exam Preparation 🎯 Test-Taking Strategies ⏳ Time Management 📄 Academic Writing 👂 Listening Comprehension

IELTS Made Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Task 2

IELTS tests strategy more than English: a four-week plan to beat its traps, timing, and tasks.

av IELTS buddy

3.75

75 betyg

📝 Ielts Exam Preparation 🎯 Test-Taking Strategies ⏳ Time Management 📄 Academic Writing 👂 Listening Comprehension

The Triggering Town

av Richard Hugo • 1978

Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.

4.17

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✍️ Poetry Craft 🏫 Teaching Poetry 🎶 Sound And Rhythm 🏙️ Imagination And Place 🗝️ Writing As Discovery

The Triggering Town

Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.

av Richard Hugo 1978 128 sidor

4.17

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✍️ Poetry Craft 🏫 Teaching Poetry 🎶 Sound And Rhythm 🏙️ Imagination And Place 🗝️ Writing As Discovery

Only a Joke Can Save Us

av Todd McGowan • 2017

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

4.32

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

Only a Joke Can Save Us

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

av Todd McGowan 2017 232 sidor

4.32

37 betyg

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

I is an Other

av James Geary • 2011

You utter six metaphors a minute. Your brain runs on them, not on logic.

3.88

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🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🏃 Embodied Cognition 💰 Behavioral Economics 🗳️ Political Framing 🔤 Psycholinguistics

I is an Other

You utter six metaphors a minute. Your brain runs on them, not on logic.

av James Geary 2011 740 sidor

3.88

500+ betyg

🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🏃 Embodied Cognition 💰 Behavioral Economics 🗳️ Political Framing 🔤 Psycholinguistics

La comunicación no verbal

av Flora Davis • 2006

Eyes, posture, space: a hidden language runs every conversation, and you are already fluent.

3.62

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🤐 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Interpersonal Dynamics 😊 Facial Expressions 🌍 Cultural Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

La comunicación no verbal

Eyes, posture, space: a hidden language runs every conversation, and you are already fluent.

av Flora Davis 2006 382 sidor

3.62

500+ betyg

🤐 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Interpersonal Dynamics 😊 Facial Expressions 🌍 Cultural Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Ode Less Travelled

av Stephen Fry • 2005

Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.

4.06

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🏗️ Poetic Form 🫀 Meter And Rhyme ✍️ Writing Exercises 🎵 Prosody 🛠️ Poetry Craft

The Ode Less Travelled

Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.

av Stephen Fry 2005 384 sidor

4.06

4 000+ betyg

🏗️ Poetic Form 🫀 Meter And Rhyme ✍️ Writing Exercises 🎵 Prosody 🛠️ Poetry Craft

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