The Easy Step by Step Guide to Communicating with More Confidence
Communicating effectively should be the simplest thing in the world, we
talk and listen or do we? And is that all there is to it? When things
go wrong in a company,a friendship, a personal relationship,
communication or rather lack of it or misinterpreting it, is often at
the heart of the problem. Improving your communication skils can bring
huge rewards; it can help you to win more contracts and sales, gain
promotion, manage your organisation or your team more effectively, find
friendship, even love. It can enhance relationships both at work and at
home. This book shows you: how to read, interpret and use body
language; how to open, structure and close conversations; how to
influence people; how to get on someone's wavelength; how to
recognise,understand and relate to different personalities; how men
break the ice and women open conversations; what he says and what she
says the different ways men and women talk; how to deal with criticism
and how to handle difficult people and situations.
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: They forgot they were from different planets.
Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this phenomenal book has helped men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that conflict doesn’t arise and intimacy is given every chance to grow.
Over the last two decades the historical focus has shifted from viewing events in a simple historical context to a more integrative perspective. This set offers a multidimensional picture of primarily Western civilization, covering
Ancient Egypt (2675-332 B.C.E.),
Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.),
Medieval Europe (814-1450 C.E.),
Renaissance Europe (1300-1600 C.E.), and
The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800 C.E.). Similar in organization to Gale's American Eras and World Eras lines, the work exposes readers to each historical period through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics: "Architecture and Design," "Dance," "Fashion," "Literature," "Music," "Philosophy," "Religion," "Theater," and "Visual Arts." Each topic area is treated in a different chapter, but the connections between topics are highlighted both in the text and through cross-referencing. The result is a broader and more inclusive picture of the culture of each period, emphasizing connections between, for example, religion, dance, and literature or between the visual arts and architecture...
The role of food in different cultures throughout time and in all parts of the world is exploded in this exceptional new three-volume culinary reference. ... Contributors include food specialists, anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, economists, and critics who provided 600 signed articles covering topics such as individual staple foods; the role of food in different holidays and festivals; nutrition and food science; food symbolism and its use in various arts; national cuisines; and biographies of individuals in food history. ... The set features 550 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, with separate eight-page inserts of color illustrations in each volume. ... Public libraries especially will find Encyclopedia of Food and Culture valuable since it does cover a broader ranger of culinary subjects and its alphabetical arrangement of entries is easier to use than the chapter structure ... For academic libraries, large public libraries, or any library with a demand for culinary information, this set is highly recommended.
This
CD ROM package contains all the grammar practice upper-intermediate students need, plus guided exam training for the FCE. There are tasks for all five papers: Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening and Speaking.
Exam practice including: interactive exam tasks; help with different languages; example spoken and written modals; voice recording; easy marking and correcting of answers.
Information on all the papers of the FCE exam and guidance on how to do different parts of each paper
Grammar practice including: grammar reference, exercise with pictures, sounds and listening tasks
The FCE Grammar ROM
