Social Linguistics

Charles Dickens' brilliant comic adventure of a lamplighter, Tom Grig, who is called into the house of an eccentric astronomer who is searching for the philosopher's stone. He declares that the stars have foretold that Tom will marry the astronomer's niece and inherit the secret of the philosopher's stone, which will make him the richest man on earth.

As you listen to The Art of Manipulation, you'll find yourself thinking in new ways and applying the techniques to your own personal challenges and opportunities for greater satisfaction. No matter how shy you are, no matter if you often feel as a loser while negotiating, no matter if people don’t bother to listen to what you have to offer, you too can learn the art of manipulating (without exploiting) others and get what you want.

Have you ever felt manipulated or taken advantage of? Have you ever fallen victim to someone's charisma only to realize later that you had been scammed or ripped off? People are manipulated every single day, and the crazy thing is that most of the time they aren’t even aware of it. Subliminal messages, hypnotic trance inductions, and mass psychological brainwashing are just some of the techniques that are ceaselessly employed to the advantage of these manipulators. Learn to use the powerful psychological knowledge to your advantage, and stop being manipulated by others.

Do you struggle dealing with people to trigger desired action? Do you think you lack effective communication skills to convince people? If answer to any or all of the above answers is yes, then you are on the right place now. The Art of Manipulation in 2019 offers you a powerful framework to master powerful and practical ways to influence and control people’s behavior, negotiate better, make your pitch and manipulate others to get what you want.

A comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as “like.” Indeed, excessive use of this word is a surefire way to make those who pride themselves on propriety, both grammatical and otherwise, feel compelled to issue correctives.

La fascinante historia de las palabras presenta su contenido como una aventura que refleja la evolución humana y cultural. Abarca diferentes ámbitos en los que las palabras se convierten en una música cargada de significado, arrastran historias, evoluciones y mutaciones. Presenta personajes famosos o anónimos que acuñaron expresiones. Facilita información sobre situaciones curiosas en las que se crearon términos. Realiza un recorrido por tierras remotas para encontrar el origen de las voces. Establece relaciones entre palabras diferentes.

La "Trilogía Soca" se completa... Después del éxito de La fascinante historia de las palabras y de Palabras fabulosas llega Palabras milenarias, una nueva recopilación presentada en forma de diccionario con cerca de 500 nuevos términos. El autor Ricardo Soca nos invita a emprender un viaje en el que atravesamos nuestra civilización en compañía de las palabras y sus historias, con el estilo claro y ameno, y con el rigor que caracteriza su obra.

Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca—its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric "rise of English" has many obvious benefits, but very real downsides as well. In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business.

A missing national treasure. A dancer who might be a spy. A double agent. An old actor. A murder. How are they all interconnected? Desmond Okewood, new to the British Secret Service, must impersonate a German agent, infiltrate a band of traitors, and discover the connections.

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.

The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan), is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return, he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. Maddened, the ape-man seeks revenge not only on the perpetrators of the tragedy, but all Germans, and he sets out for the battlefront of the war in East Africa.

NLP is an effective behavioral program for personal transformation and business-related purposes. Training in NLP will enhance your charisma - both at a personal and professional level - and it will help you excel in persuasiveness and social influence. Despite all other attempts you may have made and other techniques that failed, you can be sure that NLP will work; the techniques have been tested over many years.

English Vocabulary: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and the place of vocabulary in our overall picture of the language, and in society. Introducing a range of terminology for discussing vocabulary, the listener is provided with a coherent, structured description of what we know about words and their meanings.

English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing, and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine, and the Internet, and it is understood by around 2.2 million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years.

Si usted está buscando técnicas efectivas de negociación, persuasión, manipulación y control mental, ¡entonces la PNL (Programación Neurolingüística) podría ser lo que usted está buscando! La PNL es un programa de comportamiento efectivo para la transformación personal y los propósitos relacionados con los negocios. El entrenamiento en PNL tiene como objetivo mejorar el comportamiento actual, así como los niveles de habilidad en la administración y el liderazgo, el coaching y la tutoría, y el marketing y las ventas.

"Rozhdennaja v nochi" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1913 godu. Geroi rasskazov - sil'nye i muzhestvennye ljudi, kotorym v zhizni vypadaet nemalo ispytanij, no nesgibaemaja volja, ostroe zhelanie borot'sja za svoju zhizn' i svoe mesto "pod solncem" ne pokidajut ih. Zdes' net mesta miloserdiju, nereshitel'nost' pochitaetsja za trusost' i vedet k gibeli.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He wrote this collection of eight short stories in 1920 for magazines such as Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post. This collection includes: "The Offshore Pirate", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", "Head and Shoulders", "Benediction", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "The Cut Glass Bowl", "The Four Fists", and "The Ice Palace".

Este texto nos adentra, de manera entretenida y amena, en los vericuetos de lenguaje a los que se enfrenta no sólo la lingüística, sino todos los hablantes.

Nordest: direzione cardinale, macro regione i cui confini geografici variano in base agli ambiti (letterario, economico, storico, culturale) e alla sensibilità personale, luogo dell'immaginario, terra (terre) di grandi scrittori, di partenze e arrivi. Limes. In tempo di analisi prét-à-porter, di approssimazioni, di slogan, questo libro prova a uscire dalle stereotipie, dai luoghi comuni e a entrare nelle nervature, nell'inconscio attraverso le parole degli autori. Il linguaggio, il ragionamento, il pensiero, lo sguardo attento, la riflessione personale e la memoria collettiva diventano antidoti alle attitudini, alla superficialità, al giudizio sommario.

Imagina que cuentas con la capacidad de dirigir o cambiar los pensamientos de las personas… ¿Te gustaría aprender esta habilidad?¿Te ha pasado que quieres convencer a alguien y no encuentras la manera de hacerlo? Muchas veces no sabemos que hacer, que decir o como actuar ante una persona que está negada a escucharte, se aferra a su punto de vista o simplemente no quiere escucharte. Puedes usar estas técnicas para hacer que una persona realice cosas que normalmente no haría, cambiar sus creencias, cambiar sus pensamientos, convencerlas de algo o ponerlas en movimiento.