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The nearest thing to painless learning. - The Times Works like a dream. - Daily Telegraph Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning. - Time Out Looking for a beginner refresher language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of...

herzlich willkommen! In diesem Buch haben wir tolle Sprachspiele zusammengestellt, die sich nicht nach Üben anfühlen, aber trotzdem einiges trainieren. Dazu gehören Aufmerksamkeit, Merkfähigkeit, Artikulation, Wortschatz und Sprachverständnis.

A New York Times bestseller One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of...

Whatever your experience of learning English, this is the course that will help you improve your abilities using a method that you've never encountered before, with million-bestselling language coach Paul Noble. Native-speaking British and US language experts will help you to improve your...

This is a book for everyone who writes or approves copy: copywriters, multichannel marketers, creative directors, freelance writers, marketing managers...even small business owners and information marketers. It reveals dozens of copywriting techniques that can help you write both print and online ads, emails, and websites that are clear, persuasive, and get more attention-and sell more products. Among the tips revealed:

Schriftsteller müssen nicht nur schreiben. Sie müssen auch die emotionale Achterbahnfahrt des Autorendaseins überleben. Selbstzweifel, Versagensängste, die Suche nach Bestätigung, Perfektionismus, Schreibblockaden, Vergleichszwang, Überforderung und vieles mehr begegnen uns auf dieser Reise. Während du dich mit diesen Gefühlen herumschlägst, kommt es dir vielleicht so vor, als wärst du allein. Doch es ist alles Teil des kreativen Prozesses, den jeder Autor durchmacht.

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis.

Master the art of English grammar with this updated edition of the bestselling guide, The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need, featuring fresh examples and quizzes to test your knowledge, making it an invaluable resource for business professionals, students, and anyone looking to improve their...

Fake-News, Hassreden, Verbalattacken: So knacken Sie die Mechanismen aggressiver Kommunikation! Hasskommentare in Onlineforen, polemische Reden von Politikern, verbale Übergriffe auf der Straße und Demütigungen in den Medien. Der Umgangston in unserer Gesellschaft verschärft sich rasant. Härte in der Redeweise und manipulative Sprachmuster haben längst Einzug in unseren zwischenmenschlichen und virtuellen Alltag gehalten. Thomas W. Albrecht deckt in diesem Sachbuch die Mechanismen aggressiver Rhetorik auf.

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck...

'A story so incredible you'd think it was fiction' – James Patterson Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. The shocking true story of the breathtaking rise and collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, written...

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and communicate easily? If so then you need to Get Talking. Through 10 common scenarios plus culture and travel advice, you'll learn the skills for understanding and the confidence to speak Dutch in just 10 days. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for: Making friends. Meeting a new colleague. Making the train. Taking a bus. Having a coffee. Having a pancake. Going shopping. Shopping for clothes. Being ill. Responding when the doctor calls.

The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis. - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning with the Michel...

Wie Sie sprachlich überzeugen und Menschen begeistern: Keine Fertigkeit ist im Privat- und im Berufsleben so gefragt wie die Kunst, wirkungsvoll und gut strukturiert zu sprechen... Permanent sind Sie gefordert, zu überzeugen, Brücken zu schlagen, zu gewinnen und Türen zu öffnen. Doch den wenigsten gelingt es, sich verständlich auszudrücken und den eigenen Redefluss zu kontrollieren. Die Folge sind Nervosität und Unsicherheit, wenn es darum geht, in der Gruppe zu sprechen und die Zuhörenden zu etwas zu bewegen.

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a...

Für Rhetorik und Körpersprache, Schlagfertigkeit und Gesprächsführung, Verhandlungskunst und Eloquenz gilt etwas anderes: Hier haben wir es in der Hand, Laie oder Profi zu sein. Der Laie überlässt es dem Zufall, wie seine Botschaften bei anderen ankommen, der Rhetorikprofi weiß genau, was er wann wie genau sagt, um die gewünschte Wirkung bei seinem Gegenüber zu erzielen. Er enthält über 250 wertvolle Tipps, die sich in der Kommunikationspraxis mehr als bewährt haben.

Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.  

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel Thomas Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how...

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel Thomas Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The ultimate guide to writing a great screenplay and building a screenwriting career, from the creators of the hit podcast Scriptnotes—featuring contributions from film and TV legends Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Michael Schur, Rian Johnson, Aline Brosh McKenna...