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Nationally recognized communication expert, keynote speaker and trainer and best-selling author Debra Fine reveals the techniques and strategies anyone can use to make small talk—in any situation. With practical advice and conversation cheat sheets, The Fine Art of Small Talk will help you learn to feel more comfortable in any type of social situation.

This long-awaited second book by renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle goes deeper into the teachings so eloquently and clearly expressed in his first book, The Power of Now.

Wer unsere Gegenwart verstehen will, muss die Texte von Hengameh Yaghoobifarah lesen Mit einem Vorwort von Fatma Aydemir. Rechter Terror, Rassismus unter Linken, Rape Culture, fades Essen und schlechtes Netz: Seit 2016 legt Hengameh Yaghoobifarah in der taz-Kolumne »Habibitus« schonungslos den...

*Read by the author and co-host of the smash hit podcast The Rest is Entertainment* **FEATURING A BONUS Q&A WITH RICHARD OSMAN** 'Our funniest, sharpest writer on the great British unraveling' Jon Ronson 'Enthralling, devastating, hilarious, envy-inducing prose' Sathnam Sanghera 'You gobble it...

Weston Belmont. The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way that’s downright distracting. And in bed? He’s addictive. Everything with him is wild and impulsive and I’m desperate to regain some control. But no one has supported me like West does. And no one has ever made me feel as loved as he does either. So, while my brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossible… my heart says I’m right where I belong.

Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

It’s time for a dating revolution! Read by Kiiri Sandy and author Jennie Young. Listen to Jennie’s introduction of her method and her movement, and then hear her sign off the book with a love letter from her. Part reading from your favorite professor, part conversation with your funniest...

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think...

Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie beherrschten die Klaviatur der Spannung perfekt... Spannung verstehen, Suspense begreifen und in jedem Genre effektiv einsetzen - das klappt mit der Spannungsformel. Ihre Leser fesseln, von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite Ihres Romans - das gelingt Ihnen mit Hilfe der Spannungsformel. Spannung ist nichts Ungreifbares, das beim Schreiben nebenher und zufällig entsteht. Sondern ein komplexes Instrument mit vielen Einstellknöpfen. Als AutorIn können Sie Spannung gezielt steuern - und das sollten Sie tun.

A practical and accessible guide to getting across complex information clearly, by BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creator of the viral 'Ros Atkins on...' explainer videos. Explanation - conveying meaning - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creator of the viral...

One of Barack Obama’s longest-serving speechwriters reveals the public speaking lessons that will help you become a more confident and compelling communicator and leader. As a White House speechwriter, Terry Szuplat helped craft hundreds of speeches for President Obama. But when it came to...

Geheimnisvolle Zeichen, archaische Ritzereien in Stein, Kunde von alten Sitten und magischen Ritualen. Eine Schriftsprache, Buchstaben, ein Alphabet - aber längst nicht nur: Runen, die Schriftzeichen der alten Germanen. Heute findet man sie in unterschiedlichstem Kontext, auf Plattencovern einschlägiger Rockbands, auf historischen Fundstücken, in alten Texten oder als mythisch anmutende Dekoration.

I’m the face of professional bull riding—the golden boy. Or at least I was, until it all blew up in my face. Now my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I’m stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my “full-time supervision.”

Als ambitionierte Person weißt du, wie entscheidend überzeugende Kommunikation für den Erfolg im Beruf und Privatleben ist. Doch oft fällt es schwer, deine Ideen effektiv zu vermitteln. Erkennst du dich hier wieder?

Onno und Max sind alte Freunde - bis sie sich beide in Ada verlieben. Doch ihre Dreiecksgeschichte ist nur Spielball eines göttlichen Plans...

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association....

David Mitchell’s 2014 best seller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything’s got worse. We’ve gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from Woolworths going under to all the other shops going under. It’s probably socially irresponsible even to try to cheer up.

Eines Morgens erwacht Gregor Samsa aus tiefem Schlaf und muss feststellen, dass er sich in einen riesigen Käfer verwandelt hat...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From linguist Adam Aleksic, known as @etymologynerd on social media, comes a captivating exploration of how internet algorithms are transforming language and communication in unprecedented ways. “Packed with fascinating facts, of-the-moment observations, and a...

George Orwell's nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most definitive texts of modern literature. Set in Oceania, one of the three inter-continental superstate that divided the world among themselves after a global war, Orwell's masterful critique of the political structures of the time, works itself out through the story of Winston Smith, a man caught in the webs of a dystopian future, and his clandestine love affair with Julia, a young woman he meets during the course of his work for the government.