Language arts & disciplines / Communication Studies

My Little Book Of Verbal Antidotes

by Tony Jennings, Georges Philips & Vera Peiffer

Verbal Antidotes is a must read for anyone interested in self-improvement and self-betterment. Best selling author Georges Philips has collaborated with Tony Jennings to produce a book that to borrow a gardeners...

Talk Like A Winner!: 21 Simple Rules For Achieving Everyday Communication Success

by Steve Nakamoto, Joe Kohl & Robin Quinn

TALK LIKE A WINNER! 21 SIMPLE RULES FOR ACHIEVING EVERYDAY COMMUNICATION SUCCESS is the one comprehensive guidebook that effectively helps people master their conversational skills. The author is Steve Nakamoto,...

How To Say It for Women

by Phyllis Mindell

Phyllis Mindell, an acclaimed expert on professional communications, shows women how to transform themselves by transforming their language; shed weak words, phrases, and gestures; empower themselves to win...

Introducing Body Language: A Practical Guide

by Glenn Wilson

A Practical Guide to using and understanding body language to get ahead.

Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

by Jay Heinrichs

Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero’s three-step...

Human Communication and the Brain: Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunication

by Donald B. Egolf

Human Communication and the Brain: Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunication by Donald B. Egolf, explores communication in a variety of contexts, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and...

The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace

by Margaret Shepherd

Say It with Style

In our fast-paced, electronic society, the most basic social interaction—talking face-to-face—can be a challenge for even the most educated and self-assured individuals. And yet making conversation...

Living Nonviolent Communication: Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

You're about to have an uncomfortable meeting with your boss. The principal just called about your middle-schooler. You had a fight with your partner and it's an hour before bed. You know your next move will...

Self-Publishing For Dummies

by Jason R. Rich

Covers budgeting, copyrighting, and marketing

Know the pros and cons of self-publishing and get your work in print

Thinking about self-publishing your book? This no-nonsense guide walks you through the entire...

Activism and Rhetoric

by Seth Kahn & JongHwa Lee

This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today's culture of democratic activism. In presenting a variety of political and rhetorical struggles in their specific contexts, editors Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee...

Handbook of Communication Ethics

by George Cheney & Steve May

This Handbook bridges explicit treatments of ethical issues in communication and implicit considerations of ethics, presenting in one volume analyses and applications that draw upon recognized ethical theories...

The Dark Side of Close Relationships II

by William R Cupach & Brian H Spitzberg

The Dark Side of Close Relationships II sheds light on the paradoxical, dialectical, and mystifying facets of human interaction, not merely to elucidate dysfunctional relationship phenomena, but to help readers...

Social Policy for Effective Practice

by Rosemary Chapin

For use as a text in foundations generalist social policy courses, either at the baccalaureate or Master's Level, this book examines the process of defining need, analyzing social policy, and developing new...

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

by William Safire

For the past twenty-five years Americans have relied on Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmith William Safire for their weekly dose of linguistic illumination in The New York Times Magazine's column "On Language"...

No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

by William Safire

There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prize­winning columnist William Safire.

For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's...

Fear, Power, and Politics: The Recipe for War in Iraq after 9/11

by Mary Cardaras

The book explores the dynamic and dysfunctional relationships between the executive and legislative branches of government and the news media after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Their collective behavior...

Audio Production Worktext: Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment

by Sam Sauls & Craig Stark

Providing insight into the impact media convergence has had on the radio industry, this new edition delivers an excellent introduction to the modern radio production studio, the equipment found in that studio,...

HTML5 Mobile Websites: Turbocharging HTML5 with jQuery, Sencha Touch, and Other Frameworks

by Matthew David

Build HTML5-powered mobile web experiences with the aid of development frameworks that speed the development of Native App-like experiences. Build on your foundation of HTML and JavaScript with a complete understanding...

Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

by Deborah A. Macey, Kathleen M. Ryan & Tanja N. Aho

Media scholars attempt to assess how the media informs and shapes the way we view our lives. This book explores the multiple influences of television in a media landscape that is becoming increasingly fractured....

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives

by Jane Campbell, Theresa Carilli & Kimiko Akita

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives comprises 15 articles that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities are depicted in the media. This collection of articles focuses on how the...