" A new book by an army intelligence interrogator could help you get the answers to your most pressing questions." — TimeThe secret to finding out anything you want to know is amazingly simple: Ask good questions. Most people trip through life asking bad questions—of teachers, friends, coworkers, clients, prospects, experts, and suspects. Even people trained in questioning, such as journalists and lawyers, commonly ask questions that get partial or misleadi...

Where were you tonight? How did that meeting go? Are you seeing someone else? What qualifies you for this job? These are just a few of the usual questions we might answer in a day. A typical answer to the last question would include a series of “whats”: what experience you have, what you studied in school, and what you do well. In Control the Conversation, the authors guide you in crafting a response to a question, not just an answer. A response should be multidimensional and include relev...

Where were you tonight? How did that meeting go? Are you seeing someone else? What qualifies you for this job? These are just a few of the usual questions we might answer in a day. A typical answer to the last question would include a series of "whats": what experience you have, what you studied in school, and what you do well. In Control the Conversation, the authors guide you in crafting a response to a question, not just an answer. A response should be multi-dimensional and include rele...

Parents, teachers, school psychologists, and-most importantly-big kids reviewed Body Talk Animated and love it. Why?It's a FUN way to learn body language:FaceUpper bodyNavel downAnd after you get good with the FUN stuff, you explore the world of animated films-and learn body language from cars that have eyes, cats that fight duels, and an octopus who drives a truck!Illustrations show what certain facial expr...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

The Iliad is one of the oldest works of Western literature, dating back to classical antiquity. Homer's epic poem belongs in a collection called the Epic Cycle, which includes The Odyssey. Written in an early literary dialect of ancient Greek, both poems were originally composed in dactylic hexameters. This meter is beautiful in the original but can sound awkward in modern English; Eric McMillan humorously described it as resembling "pumpkins rolling on a barn flo...

Some places you leave behind. Others never let you go.Step into forgotten train stations, lonely lakesides, hidden ballrooms, and crumbling mansions—spaces where the past lingers and the walls remember. Haunted Places gathers fourteen ghostly tales woven from memory, mystery, and the uncanny.In these stories, grief hums beneath the floorboards. Hope flickers like a lantern in an abandoned hall. Love, regret, and quiet magic drift through the rooms and river...

Every ruin tells a storyAcross the vast expanse of space and time lie the remnants of civilizations that reached for the stars—and vanished.Silent cities carved into asteroids. Derelict megastructures drifting between galaxies. Temples buried beneath the red sands of dead worlds.This book contains 13 bold tales of humanity’s encounters with these cosmic ruins. Think Indiana Jones meets Arthur C. Clarke.Follow determined xenoarchaeologists as...

First published in 1965, James Stephens: His Work and an Account of His Life offers an intimate portrait of Stephens, tracing his journey from the vibrant streets of Dublin to the bustling literary circles of London. Through two distinct parts, Pyle explores Stephens' evolution as a writer and thinker. In Part I, the book delves into his formative years in Dublin (1880–1925), examining his youthful inspirations, early writings, and the profound influence of William Blake and Theos...

The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is a collection of the 211 Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published on 20 December 1812.The Brothers Grimm ( die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected...

King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot is a captivating anthology that explores the rich tapestry of Arthurian legend. Spanning a variety of literary styles, this collection encompasses tales that highlight both the romantic and chivalric elements quintessential to the Arthurian tradition. Readers will encounter a wide range of narratives, from prose to poetry, all woven together to create a comprehensive portrayal of King Arthur'Äôs legendary reign. The...

The most complete CompTIA A+ self-study package, fully updated for the 2012 exams—SAVE 12% on this boxed set plus bonus electronic content!CompTIA A+ Certification Boxed Set, Second Edition is your complete program for self-study, offering a variety of tools to use in preparation for CompTIA A+ Exams 220-801 and 220-802. CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide, Eighth Edition is an in-depth exam review covering 100% of the 2012 exam objectives. Test what you’ve lea...