English Linguistics

In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century.

In this brilliant two-in-one collection, you’ll delve into the secret art of manipulation, unveiling how you can learn to become an expert speed reader and identify body language cues with ease. Drawing on the latest scientific and psychological insights, you’ll gain a deep understanding of persuasion, NLP, and mind control.

The Anxiety Antidote makes understanding and dealing with anxiety easy and practical. The book offers tools and techniques that the listener can apply quickly on a daily basis, such as exercises on self-reflection, breath work, mindfulness, and visualization. As a practical "how to" self-help book, the listener will get a deeper understanding of their anxiety from a cognitive and emotional point of view, allowing them to transform their mind and emotions quickly, for the better.

Expert Secrets - Critical Thinking is the ultimate guide to improving your decision-making, problem-solving, and speed-reading skills, using proven and real-world emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming, and people-analyzing techniques. Author Maxwell Jensen has put together a life-changing guide filled with innovative critical-thinking tips.

A criminal plot, a kidnapped youth, and a sinister intelligence on an alien world. Out-Hunter Ras Hume has a plan to steal a fortune with a shadowy underworld character, but the plot goes awry on the supposedly open world of Jumala, which is not as open as it seemed. A classic science fiction novella by sci-fi master Andre Norton.

Leaves of Grass is the written expression of Whitman's view of life and humanity in the form of poetry. The author masterfully connects each poem in some way, while infusing his prose with his own philosophy. This collection is unique for its time due to the emphasis the author puts on pleasures of the flesh, without resorting to symbolism to any great extent.

Neuro-Happiness is a simple guide to making your every waking moment a joyous one. It’s not full of woo-woo advice that you can’t use–it’s 100 percent actions that you will scientifically increase your happiness, dopamine, serotonin, you name it. Each idea has true science behind it and includes a plan for implementing it into your daily life. This isn’t a blog post with abstract ideas, this is a book of action and implementation.

This is a book about practical neuroscience. That means that while it is scientifically based, it gets down to how you can compensate for your brain's evolutionary habits and excel in spite of them. Our brains are stuck in the year 10,000 BC, so let's find out how to make that work for us. 

Stop self-defeating behaviors and act with intention. You’ll thank yourself later. What you receive in life is dictated by your self-discipline. The more you have, the more you get. Will you settle for less than you desire? Get your habits into shape and start living the life that you want. How to make willpower automatic, second nature, and habitual.

Have you tried endless other solutions, but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks? Do you finally want to say goodbye to failed relationships, lost sales, and professional struggles, and discover something which works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Get this audiobook now to learn more about Persuasion! 

This book is intended for people who want to optimize their negotiating skills by using tried and tested negotiation techniques. A number of individuals may assume that negotiating is easy, however, this is not entirely true. Anyone can try to negotiate, but not all people truly succeed in the end. This book will present simple but effective steps in negotiating effectively and successfully.

Mark Twain expected to create a new form of autobiography in which "I shall talk about the matter which for the moment interests me, and cast it aside and talk about something else the moment its interest for me is exhausted." These transcriptions of his off-the-cuff telling of his own history allow one to feel as if he is listening to the great storyteller one-on-one.

In this poignant play Candida, the wife of the Rev. James Morell is loved by th esensitive young poet, Eugene Marchbanks. The two men agree that Candida must make her choice. But she has different ideas.

This audiobook reveals seven secret laws that have been closely guarded for centuries. BETTER THAN THE LAW OF ATTRACTION, when you master these 7 laws, you master your reality, no matter how bad the economy gets or how empty your bank balance is. Mastery of these 7 laws is the missing key to getting rid of all your struggles around money, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy, enthusiasm for life and unlimited abundance.

Do you desire to have an idea on what NLP means? Neurolinguistic programming is like a user manual for the brain. When you complete your NLP training, you will learn to speak your mind's language fluently, so that the useful "server" that is your unconscious mind finally understands what you really want from life. The sections of this audiobook will enlighten you on how to analyze people: Discover how to read and influence people with proven body language and persuasion methods, even if you are a clueless beginner.

Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation. David Crystal explores the factors that motivate so many different kinds of talk and reveals the rules we use unconsciously, even in the most routine exchanges of everyday conversation.

Do you want the power to change your thoughts, behaviors, and your future? Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) can help you to do just this. Through various practical techniques, NLP empowers you to be a better individual both inside and out. Your enthusiasm for life and positive demeanor become infectious, and people will flock to you for advice on how they can achieve the same outcomes. Once you transform your mind, you open yourself up to exponential change. NLP provides all the tools to obtain this transformation. 

Tarzan the Terrible, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is the eighth book in the Tarzan series. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his science fiction and fantasy novels. Burroughs created the characters of Tarzan and John Carter, as well as the fictional landmass in the Earth known as Pellucidar.

To be a true master at sales, you create a magnetic pull toward you and your offer. You learn to control your mind in such a way that you are able to quickly connect with, adapt to, and influence those you seek to do business with. In this book, you learn how to set up any sales relationship in such a way that you are not really selling. You are simply creating a buying opportunity that the prospect chooses to act on. It is their choice to buy because you have done everything they needed you to do to make the decision feel right, easy, and logical.  

The frontal lobe, without it, life would be miserable. We wouldn’t be able to move at all, nor could we even form simple thoughts. This book talks a bit about what kinds of damage can happen to the frontal lobe, along with treatments for it. This book also talks about various ways we learn, and which methods work better than others. This guide will also give you some nifty, worthwhile speed-reading strategies. While also teaching you about ways to improve your focus and memory. What is neurogenesis, and how can it increase my brain? Can it help recover an aging brain?