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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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Writing to Be Understood

av Anne H. Janzer • 2018

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

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📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Writing to Be Understood

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

av Anne H. Janzer 2018 148 sidor

4.19

275 betyg

📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Body Language For Dummies

av Elizabeth Kuhnke • 2007

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

3.51

500+

🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

Body Language For Dummies

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

av Elizabeth Kuhnke 2007 309 sidor

3.51

500+ betyg

🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

Because Internet

av Gretchen McCulloch • 2019

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

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🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

Because Internet

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

av Gretchen McCulloch 2019 273 sidor

4.04

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🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

Writing the Memoir

av Judith Barrington • 1996

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

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🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

Writing the Memoir

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

av Judith Barrington 1996 166 sidor

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🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

Swearing Is Good for You

av Emma Byrne • 2017

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 🤬 Taboo Language 🤝 Social Bonding 🏢 Workplace Culture 🗣️ Language Acquisition

Swearing Is Good for You

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

av Emma Byrne 2017 240 sidor

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 🤬 Taboo Language 🤝 Social Bonding 🏢 Workplace Culture 🗣️ Language Acquisition

The Big Con

av David W. Maurer • 1940

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

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🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Big Con

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

av David W. Maurer 1940 315 sidor

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🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

av The Writer's Digest • 1992

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

av The Writer's Digest 1992 528 sidor

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

The Structure of Magic II

av John Grinder • 1975

Read the sensory code in everyday words, and turn internal fracture into integration.

4.07

419

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Clinical Linguistics 💬 Therapeutic Communication ⚖️ Inner Conflict 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems Theory

The Structure of Magic II

Read the sensory code in everyday words, and turn internal fracture into integration.

av John Grinder 1975 198 sidor

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419 betyg

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Clinical Linguistics 💬 Therapeutic Communication ⚖️ Inner Conflict 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems Theory

Écrits

av Jacques Lacan • 1966

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 🔺 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Écrits

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

av Jacques Lacan 1966 896 sidor

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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 🔺 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Language in Thought and Action

av S.I. Hayakawa • 1991

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

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🧠 General Semantics 🗺️ Language And Reality 🌐 Linguistic Relativity 💡 Clear Thinking 🔍 Critical Thinking

Language in Thought and Action

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

av S.I. Hayakawa 1991 224 sidor

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🧠 General Semantics 🗺️ Language And Reality 🌐 Linguistic Relativity 💡 Clear Thinking 🔍 Critical Thinking

Closing the Reading Gap

av Alex Quigley • 2020

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

Closing the Reading Gap

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

av Alex Quigley 2020 248 sidor

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

How Not to Write a Novel

av Howard Mittelmark • 2008

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

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📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

How Not to Write a Novel

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

av Howard Mittelmark 2008 255 sidor

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📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

On Writing

av Ernest Hemingway • 1984

Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Literary Memoir 🎭 Truth In Fiction 🧊 Narrative Restraint 🏔️ Creative Solitude

On Writing

Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.

av Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 sidor

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Literary Memoir 🎭 Truth In Fiction 🧊 Narrative Restraint 🏔️ Creative Solitude

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

av Bruce Fink • 1997

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

av Bruce Fink 1997 320 sidor

4.37

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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

My Broken Language

av Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021

A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.

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🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir 🌍 Multicultural Memoir 🔀 Code Switching 🤫 Breaking Silence 🎭 Latino Theatre

My Broken Language

A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.

av Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 336 sidor

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🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir 🌍 Multicultural Memoir 🔀 Code Switching 🤫 Breaking Silence 🎭 Latino Theatre

The Positive Trait Thesaurus

av Angela Ackerman • 2013

A thesaurus of positive traits and the craft of making goodness as compelling as a flaw.

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🧱 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🎬 Showing Not Telling 💙 Emotional Realism

The Positive Trait Thesaurus

A thesaurus of positive traits and the craft of making goodness as compelling as a flaw.

av Angela Ackerman 2013 241 sidor

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🧱 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🎬 Showing Not Telling 💙 Emotional Realism

Storycraft

av Jack R. Hart • 2011

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

Storycraft

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

av Jack R. Hart 2011 266 sidor

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

Draft No. 4

av John McPhee • 2013

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

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📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

Draft No. 4

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

av John McPhee 2013 208 sidor

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📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

Words that Sell

av Richard Bayan • 1987

A thesaurus not for finding the right word, but for finding the word that sells.

4.02

500+

✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Sales Psychology 📢 Headline Writing 📜 Classic Advertising

Words that Sell

A thesaurus not for finding the right word, but for finding the word that sells.

av Richard Bayan 1987 162 sidor

4.02

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✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Sales Psychology 📢 Headline Writing 📜 Classic Advertising

Writing Fiction for Dummies

av Randy Ingermanson • 2009

Your story idea is not a novel. The craft steps for structuring it into a page-turner.

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🖋️ Novel Writing 📚 Fiction Craft 📈 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding

Writing Fiction for Dummies

Your story idea is not a novel. The craft steps for structuring it into a page-turner.

av Randy Ingermanson 2009 384 sidor

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🖋️ Novel Writing 📚 Fiction Craft 📈 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding

Murder Your Darlings

av Roy Peter Clark • 2020

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

4.02

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✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft ⏰ Writing Routine 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric

Murder Your Darlings

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

av Roy Peter Clark 2020 352 sidor

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✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft ⏰ Writing Routine 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook

av Lisa McLendon • 2017

Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.

4.11

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📝 English Grammar 📋 Usage Guides ✍️ Writing Skills 📖 Self-Study 📚 Writing Reference

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook

Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.

av Lisa McLendon 2017 214 sidor

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📝 English Grammar 📋 Usage Guides ✍️ Writing Skills 📖 Self-Study 📚 Writing Reference

Introducing NLP

av Joseph O'Connor • 1990

Decode how top performers think, and replicate their internal blueprint for yourself.

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🧠 Nlp 🗣️ Communication Skills 📊 Applied Psychology 🏆 Skill Acquisition 🔄 Reframing

Introducing NLP

Decode how top performers think, and replicate their internal blueprint for yourself.

av Joseph O'Connor 1990 245 sidor

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🧠 Nlp 🗣️ Communication Skills 📊 Applied Psychology 🏆 Skill Acquisition 🔄 Reframing

Refuse to Be Done

av Matt Bell • 2022

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

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📖 Novel Writing 🔄 Rewriting ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure

Refuse to Be Done

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

av Matt Bell 2022 156 sidor

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📖 Novel Writing 🔄 Rewriting ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure

Mathematics and Humor

av John Allen Paulos • 1980

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

3.40

159

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

Mathematics and Humor

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

av John Allen Paulos 1980 124 sidor

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🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

Write Your Novel From The Middle

av James Scott Bell • 2014

Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.

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📝 Fiction Craft 🏗️ Novel Structure 🎯 Midpoint Structure 🎭 Character Arcs ⚡ Narrative Stakes

Write Your Novel From The Middle

Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.

av James Scott Bell 2014 88 sidor

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📝 Fiction Craft 🏗️ Novel Structure 🎯 Midpoint Structure 🎭 Character Arcs ⚡ Narrative Stakes

The Language Game

av Morten H. Christiansen • 2022

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

4.02

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

The Language Game

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

av Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 sidor

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

Words on the Move

av John McWhorter • 2016

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

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🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Words on the Move

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

av John McWhorter 2016 257 sidor

4.14

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🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Story Structure Architect

av Victoria Lynn Schmidt • 2005

55 plot scenarios, 11 narrative blueprints, and the character types that populate them.

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🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 🎭 Character Archetypes 🎪 Dramatic Theory ✍️ Writing Craft

Story Structure Architect

55 plot scenarios, 11 narrative blueprints, and the character types that populate them.

av Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 sidor

3.83

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🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 🎭 Character Archetypes 🎪 Dramatic Theory ✍️ Writing Craft

A Brief History of the Spanish Language

av David A. Pharies • 2007

Why you say 'puerta' not 'porta': the hidden rules that shaped Spanish over two millennia.

3.87

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📜 Historical Linguistics 🏛️ Romance Linguistics 🇪🇸 Spanish Language 📖 Etymology 🤝 Language Contact

A Brief History of the Spanish Language

Why you say 'puerta' not 'porta': the hidden rules that shaped Spanish over two millennia.

av David A. Pharies 2007 248 sidor

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📜 Historical Linguistics 🏛️ Romance Linguistics 🇪🇸 Spanish Language 📖 Etymology 🤝 Language Contact

How I Write

av Janet Evanovich • 2006

What a decade of rejection teaches about characters, dialogue, pacing, and writing books that sell.

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 👤 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot And Structure ✂️ Revision And Editing

How I Write

What a decade of rejection teaches about characters, dialogue, pacing, and writing books that sell.

av Janet Evanovich 2006 272 sidor

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 👤 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot And Structure ✂️ Revision And Editing

The Forest for the Trees

av Betsy Lerner • 2000

Success gets writers published. Staying sane while nobody cares is what keeps them writing.

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📝 The Writing Life 🔍 Publishing Insider 🧠 Writer Psychology 💪 Creative Resilience ⏰ Writing Discipline

The Forest for the Trees

Success gets writers published. Staying sane while nobody cares is what keeps them writing.

av Betsy Lerner 2000 304 sidor

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📝 The Writing Life 🔍 Publishing Insider 🧠 Writer Psychology 💪 Creative Resilience ⏰ Writing Discipline

Nicely Said

av Nicole Fenton • 2014

Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.

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🖥️ Web Writing 📋 Content Strategy 🖱️ Ux Writing 🗣️ Brand Voice 📖 Plain Language

Nicely Said

Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.

av Nicole Fenton 2014 192 sidor

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🖥️ Web Writing 📋 Content Strategy 🖱️ Ux Writing 🗣️ Brand Voice 📖 Plain Language

Writing Magic

av Gail Carson Levine • 2006

A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.

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🖋️ Creative Writing ✏️ Young Writers 🧠 Inner Critic ✍️ Writing Practice 🎭 Character Development

Writing Magic

A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.

av Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 sidor

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🖋️ Creative Writing ✏️ Young Writers 🧠 Inner Critic ✍️ Writing Practice 🎭 Character Development

Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime

av James O. Pyle • 2014

An interrogator's system, built not to grill but to build the rapport that unlocks what people know.

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🧱 Questioning Techniques 🧩 Information Elicitation 👂 Active Listening 🔍 Detecting Deception 🎙️ Investigative Interviewing

Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime

An interrogator's system, built not to grill but to build the rapport that unlocks what people know.

av James O. Pyle 2014 284 sidor

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🧱 Questioning Techniques 🧩 Information Elicitation 👂 Active Listening 🔍 Detecting Deception 🎙️ Investigative Interviewing

English Grammar For Dummies

av Geraldine Woods • 2001

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

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🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English ⚠️ Common Errors 💡 Writing Clarity

English Grammar For Dummies

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

av Geraldine Woods 2001 416 sidor

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🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English ⚠️ Common Errors 💡 Writing Clarity

POP!

av Sam Horn • 2006

How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.

3.84

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🎯 Elevator Pitches 🏷️ Taglines 🪝 Hook Crafting 🧩 Wordplay 👀 Attention Grabbing

POP!

How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.

av Sam Horn 2006 256 sidor

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🎯 Elevator Pitches 🏷️ Taglines 🪝 Hook Crafting 🧩 Wordplay 👀 Attention Grabbing

Language City

av Ross Perlin • 2024

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

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🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

Language City

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

av Ross Perlin 2024 432 sidor

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🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

Write No Matter What

av Joli Jensen • 2017

The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.

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✍️ Academic Writing 🏢 Faculty Life ✨ Perfectionism 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💭 Writing Anxiety

Write No Matter What

The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.

av Joli Jensen 2017 166 sidor

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✍️ Academic Writing 🏢 Faculty Life ✨ Perfectionism 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💭 Writing Anxiety

Speed Reading For Dummies

av Richard Sutz • 2009

Your eyes see whole phrases; your inner voice reads one word at a time. Fix both.

3.54

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🏃 Speed Reading 🧠 Reading Comprehension 👁️ Vision Training 📖 Reading Fluency 🔄 Reading Habits

Speed Reading For Dummies

Your eyes see whole phrases; your inner voice reads one word at a time. Fix both.

av Richard Sutz 2009 288 sidor

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🏃 Speed Reading 🧠 Reading Comprehension 👁️ Vision Training 📖 Reading Fluency 🔄 Reading Habits

Science and Sanity

av Alfred Korzybski • 1933

How to train your nervous system to stop mistaking words for the things they name.

4.40

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🤔 Epistemology 🗺️ General Semantics 💬 Linguistic Relativity 🧠 Metacognition 👁️ Cognitive Psychology

Science and Sanity

How to train your nervous system to stop mistaking words for the things they name.

av Alfred Korzybski 1933 927 sidor

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🤔 Epistemology 🗺️ General Semantics 💬 Linguistic Relativity 🧠 Metacognition 👁️ Cognitive Psychology

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

av Edward P.J. Corbett • 1965

Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.

4.18

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📜 Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🗣️ Argumentation 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Rhetorical Theory

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.

av Edward P.J. Corbett 1965 562 sidor

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📜 Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🗣️ Argumentation 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Rhetorical Theory

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

av Jared Diamond • 1991

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

av Jared Diamond 1991 360 sidor

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Art of War for Writers

av James Scott Bell • 2009

Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🧑 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🔁 Revision Process

The Art of War for Writers

Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.

av James Scott Bell 2009 259 sidor

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🧑 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🔁 Revision Process

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

av James Scott Bell • 2016

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

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📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

av James Scott Bell 2016 114 sidor

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📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

Help! for Writers

av Roy Peter Clark • 2011

210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.

3.92

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🖊️ Writing Craft 📰 Journalism And Reporting 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Writer's Block ✂️ Revision Strategies

Help! for Writers

210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.

av Roy Peter Clark 2011 164 sidor

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🖊️ Writing Craft 📰 Journalism And Reporting 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Writer's Block ✂️ Revision Strategies

Improving Your Storytelling

av Doug Lipman • 1999

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

3.59

206

🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

Improving Your Storytelling

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

av Doug Lipman 1999 224 sidor

3.59

206 betyg

🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

The Language Puzzle

av Steven Mithen • 2024

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

3.89

487

🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Language Puzzle

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

av Steven Mithen 2024 544 sidor

3.89

487 betyg

🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

How to be Heard

av Julian Treasure • 2017

Your voice is an untuned instrument, and deep listening is the practice that tunes it.

3.65

500+

🗣️ Interpersonal Skills 🎤 Public Speaking 💼 Business Communication 👂 Conscious Listening 🎙️ Vocal Presence

How to be Heard

Your voice is an untuned instrument, and deep listening is the practice that tunes it.

av Julian Treasure 2017 308 sidor

3.65

500+ betyg

🗣️ Interpersonal Skills 🎤 Public Speaking 💼 Business Communication 👂 Conscious Listening 🎙️ Vocal Presence

How to Learn a Foreign Language

av Graham E. Fuller • 1987

Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.

3.45

128

📚 Language Acquisition ✍️ Self-Study Methods 🗣️ Pronunciation Training 🧩 Grammar Patterns 📝 Vocabulary Building

How to Learn a Foreign Language

Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.

av Graham E. Fuller 1987 102 sidor

3.45

128 betyg

📚 Language Acquisition ✍️ Self-Study Methods 🗣️ Pronunciation Training 🧩 Grammar Patterns 📝 Vocabulary Building

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