Best Speech Communications

Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. Verbal Judo shows you how to listen and speak more effectively, engage others through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies to successfully express your point of view—and take the lead in most disputes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Has some good advice, some of the most useful stuff are related to samurai mindset."
"Useful for personal or professional use."
"Helps any one communicate better."
"Whether you're dealing with difficult people such as employees, employer or even friends and family this book will shed light on the situation."
"Very interesting book good information."
"I have applied the information in my life and found the results to be very beneficial."
"Throw off the cloak of political correctness - put on the cape of forthrightness."

Written for courses such as Communication and Conflict, Interpersonal Conflict, Conflict Management, Conflict and Negotiation, and Conflict in Personal Relationships, this textbook examines the central principles of effective conflict management in a wide variety of contexts--whether at home or on the job. Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. Joyce L. Hocker, a practicing family mediator and conflict manager, is a psychotherapist in Missoula, Montana.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good book, not the easiest to follow but good for anything over a 100 or 101 communications course."
"The book came in great condition."
"I found this book a great source of knowledge."
"I would recommend renting the book (electronically is what I did) but you can also buy on kindle or used if the class isn't using the latest version."
"It did not format correctly with Kindle and reading and searching was truly a PITA."
"Needed this for school, great condition, great price!"
"I enjoyed how the book broke down what conflict was really about and the various stages in conflict."

An introduction to public speaking provides coverage of topics from beginning research and organization to practice and delivery.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is handily sized and written and organized, though for an older student like myself much of the material presented is common sense and nothing new or revolutionary ..."
"Overall a good book, great for beginners who wish to improve their speaking skills."
"I used it for school having to conduct an informative speech on communication apprehension and then for my senior capstone presentation to an audience of professionals, in both instances I got an 'A'."
"great summary of subject matter."
"Not super helpful for the class that I was taking but its a cheap reference book."
"My impression of this book was "what can this book cover on public speaking?""
"I needed this for speech class, and this was about $10 cheaper here than from my school."
Best Communications

2016 Recipient of the McGuffey Longevity Award. from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Translated into 12 different languages and used in 89 countries, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical examples that help students apply what they learn. "I have found Peter’s books exceptionally well written, applauded by my students for its quality and readability. "A useable and up-to-date introduction of the psychodynamic approach that brings psychological concerns about motivation and personality into a helpful conversation with mainstream leadership theory." [The Adaptive Leadership Chapter] presents leadership through a new lens and provides an approach to leadership that was missing from previous editions. "Leadership: Theory and Practice is a scholarly examination of leadership as a dynamic, evolving, and elusive influence process with differing approaches to effectively build relationships and facilitate the achievement of goals and visions." He then presents the strengths and weaknesses of various leadership approaches in a compelling way, yielding evidence based leadership practices." "This is the ideal text for a survey course on leadership theory that also helps students put their leadership into practice."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good read."
"used for a class at university and liked it."
"Great theory in this textbook."
"A little dry, but a good amalgamation of several leadership theories and models."
"Every student of business leadership should have this easy-to-read guide."
"Not the best book but needed for the class and the ebook version was easy to buy and download."
"Great book."
Best Media Studies

Increase student interactivity and lower costs with this soft-cover, black and white, Advantage Edition version of LOOKING OUT/LOOKING IN , 14e. Ron Adler is professor emeritus at Santa Barbara City College, where he developed programs in interpersonal communication, business and professional communication, and communication theories.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is the textbook for my Interpersonal Communications class for college, which is why I purchased it."
"It has given me insights into just how terrible my communication skills are and how destructive my ways of dealing with conflict can be to my relationships."
"For covety narc s JEZEBEL demon possessed people."
"The text is actually an icredibly insightful read and can help anyone looking to improve there communication skills."
"This was a really interesting textbook, thank you!"
"I didn't read anywhere in the description about this book being printed in black and white so I was surprised when I received the book."
"Good book and good rental pricing."
"simply amazing book, I am reading this for my college speech class, but have learned so much to apply to my own life."
Best Journalism

We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Readers will be reminded of the energizing books of writer Natalie Goldberg and will be seduced by Lamott's witty take on the reality of a writer's life, which has little to do with literary parties and a lot to do with jealousy, writer's block and going for broke with each paragraph.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Lamott is refreshingly honest and real, and she encourages the reader with advice while sharing some funny anecdotes."
"She can turn a phrase and paint a picture which simply but profoundly expresses feeling and reality."
"Wow, great book!"
"A classic and arguably Lamott's best!"
"This book is terrific!"
"I'm only giving it four stars because I didn't find her writing advice to be terribly helpful."
"People love step by step processes but I don't think that leads to writing."
"I neglected the good advice for some reason--not that I had any delusions about being the best writer in the world, but I thought that I was past a point where I'd have to read about writing. She points out the physical and mental obstacles you'll face trying to incorporate them, and her empathy for our creative hang-ups and self-sabotage is a relief. I noted areas where I needed to focus (just take on short assignments, see them through from beginning to end, ground the reader in the scene and time), and the techniques she offered were great food for thought. It was also reassuring to see the skills I'm confident in highlighted as integral, chiefly reverence and curiosity. Publication, recognition, fame, all that stuff that sounds good pales in comparison to this simple sensation."