The author of THE 48 LAWS OF POWER gives us another tour de force on influence, this time on the mysterious process of seduction. He describes nine basic types of seducers, and each one is illustrated by marvelous examples from history and popular culture. Skillfully drawn and paced, the examples bring to life character types that will make sense to everyone from the casual listener to the serious student of this type of influence. The reading here is too dramatic for my taste, but it's a minor distraction in an otherwise captivating picture of how the skillful seducer operates.
Communication Skills emphasizes knowing your audience before writing or speaking. Problem-solving exercises are attached to business examples as well as life examples. The information is broken into easy-to-digest segments, including sidebars like "Rules of the Cube" for cubicle dwellers and a list of tips on remembering names.
Little but very useful picture dictionary.Effective for teaching vocabulary.Words are grouped together in different themes,provided with colour illustrations and defining sentences.The sentences are examples of the words usage too.
* The first pragmatically oriented study of the language of fictional texts.
* Introduces a range of pragmatic theories and offers a range of approaches that can be applied to texts.
* Includes examples from literary texts, predominantly from the twentieth century - unlike many works on pragmatics which use invented examples.
Pragmatic Stylistics
