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Audio For Authors

Audiobooks, Podcasting, And Voice Technologies

by Joanna Penn ...

Series Book 11 - Books for Writers
Do you want to create, publish and market your audiobooks?Are you ready to use podcasting to grow your author brand and reach more readers with your books?Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing with double-digit growth in markets across the world. Podcasting has gone mainstream with listeners consuming audio on mobile phones and in-car devices, as well as through smart speakers. ... Read more

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Do you want to create, publish and market your audiobooks?Are you ready to use podcasting to grow your author brand and reach more readers with your books?Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing with double-digit growth in markets across the world. Podcasting has gone mainstream with listeners consuming audio on mobile phones and in-car devices, as well as through smart speakers.
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A Grammar of the English Tongue

by Samuel Johnson ...

In this division and order of the parts of grammar I follow the common grammarians, without inquiring whether a fitter distribution might not be found. Experience has long shown this method to be so distinct as to obviate confusion, and so comprehensive as to prevent any inconvenient omissions. I likewise use the terms already received, and already understood, though perhaps others more proper ... Read more

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In this division and order of the parts of grammar I follow the common grammarians, without inquiring whether a fitter distribution might not be found. Experience has long shown this method to be so distinct as to obviate confusion, and so comprehensive as to prevent any inconvenient omissions. I likewise use the terms already received, and already understood, though perhaps others more proper
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Word Hero

A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever

by Jay Heinrichs ...

Yes, it’s true: you can learn how to be a verbal wizard!Ever hear someone utter an unforgettable phrase and feel yourself reacting with with…well, awe? Ever read a great quote and think I could never come up with anything that clever?Daunting as it may seem, there’s nothing mystical about witcraft. Crafting memorable lines doesn’t require DNA-encoded brilliance. What it does require is some ... Read more

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Yes, it’s true: you can learn how to be a verbal wizard!Ever hear someone utter an unforgettable phrase and feel yourself reacting with with…well, awe? Ever read a great quote and think I could never come up with anything that clever?Daunting as it may seem, there’s nothing mystical about witcraft. Crafting memorable lines doesn’t require DNA-encoded brilliance. What it does require is some
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Understanding Humor through Communication

Why Be Funny, Anyway?

by John C. Meyer ...

Understanding Humor through Communication explores theories of humor origin as well as humor functions in human groups and societies through communication. A model of humor decision by individuals is detailed, followed by humor’s emergence in communication. Elements of humor sources (incongruity, superiority, and relief), humor intent (comic or tragic perspectives), and humor perception (ego ... Read more

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Understanding Humor through Communication explores theories of humor origin as well as humor functions in human groups and societies through communication. A model of humor decision by individuals is detailed, followed by humor’s emergence in communication. Elements of humor sources (incongruity, superiority, and relief), humor intent (comic or tragic perspectives), and humor perception (ego
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Make your speech more impactful

Top 10 tips on making and delivering a great speech

by Wang Yip ...

Do you give speeches that people seem to forget? Are your speeches not memorable? I have been there and I had no idea what was going on. I tried different things with over 50 speeches and slowly, but surely, I made a bigger and bigger impact with my speeches.As I tweaked my speeches, I noted down the things that worked, that helped to make my speech have the maximum impact and went from speeches ... Read more

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Do you give speeches that people seem to forget? Are your speeches not memorable? I have been there and I had no idea what was going on. I tried different things with over 50 speeches and slowly, but surely, I made a bigger and bigger impact with my speeches.As I tweaked my speeches, I noted down the things that worked, that helped to make my speech have the maximum impact and went from speeches
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Complex Tongue Twisters- Even More Speech Clarity & Fun

by Anshuman Sharma, Nilam Pathak ...

This book is specially designed for readers seeking to play and practice with tongue twisters developed with elevated levels of difficulty. This book contains numerous giant complex tongue twisters intending to put physical and mental strain while practicing or playing with the passages of the book. The objective is to present a formidable challenge for practitioners to enhance their oratory ... Read more

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This book is specially designed for readers seeking to play and practice with tongue twisters developed with elevated levels of difficulty. This book contains numerous giant complex tongue twisters intending to put physical and mental strain while practicing or playing with the passages of the book. The objective is to present a formidable challenge for practitioners to enhance their oratory
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Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated)

What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

by Jay Heinrichs ...

The definitive guide to getting your way, revised and updated with new material on writing, speaking, framing, and other key tools for arguing more powerfully“Cross Cicero with David Letterman and you get Jay Heinrichs.”—Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Quartet and American SphinxNow in its fourth edition, Jay Heinrichs’s Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of ... Read more

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The definitive guide to getting your way, revised and updated with new material on writing, speaking, framing, and other key tools for arguing more powerfully“Cross Cicero with David Letterman and you get Jay Heinrichs.”—Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Quartet and American SphinxNow in its fourth edition, Jay Heinrichs’s Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of
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NLP

by Carolyn Boyes ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The NLP secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of NLP (neuro linguistic programming)Includes how to:• Identify role models and study how they communicate• Build instant rapport in any business situation• Understand the body language of colleagues and competitors• Overcome barriers to success you previously hadn’t known about• ... Read more

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The NLP secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of NLP (neuro linguistic programming)Includes how to:• Identify role models and study how they communicate• Build instant rapport in any business situation• Understand the body language of colleagues and competitors• Overcome barriers to success you previously hadn’t known about•
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Como Ganar Amigos e Influir en las Personas

by dale carnegie ...

Cómo ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas es uno de los primeros "best-sellers" de autoayuda publicados. Escrito por Dale Carnegie y publicado por primera vez en 1936, se han vendido mas de 30 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo.Es un libro clásico sobre las relaciones humanas. Dale Carnegie aplicó en este libro su profundo conocimiento sobre psicología y conducta humana, así como su ... Read more

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Cómo ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas es uno de los primeros "best-sellers" de autoayuda publicados. Escrito por Dale Carnegie y publicado por primera vez en 1936, se han vendido mas de 30 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo.Es un libro clásico sobre las relaciones humanas. Dale Carnegie aplicó en este libro su profundo conocimiento sobre psicología y conducta humana, así como su
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What to Talk About

On a Plane, at a Cocktail Party, in a Tiny Elevator with Your Boss's Boss

by Christopher Colin, Robert Baedeker ...

Homo sapiens have been speaking for hundreds of years—and yet basic communication still stymies us. We freeze up in elevators, on dates, at parties, under Dumpsters. We stagger through our exchanges merely hoping not to crash, never considering that we might soar. We go home sweaty and eat a birthday cake in the shower.But no more. With What to Talk About you'll learn to speak—fluently, ... Read more

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Homo sapiens have been speaking for hundreds of years—and yet basic communication still stymies us. We freeze up in elevators, on dates, at parties, under Dumpsters. We stagger through our exchanges merely hoping not to crash, never considering that we might soar. We go home sweaty and eat a birthday cake in the shower.But no more. With What to Talk About you'll learn to speak—fluently,
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Make Your Voice Heard

An Actor's Guide to Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training

by Chuck Jones ...

• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic. ... Read more

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• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic.
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101 Conversations in Intermediate French

101 Conversations | French Edition

by Olly Richards ...

Series series 101 Conversations | French Edition
Real French people don't speak like your textbook… so it's no wonder you feel unprepared when it's your turn to speak!Try the StoryLearning method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn natural spoken French in the process. Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, this proven method of the immersive experience ... Read more

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Real French people don't speak like your textbook… so it's no wonder you feel unprepared when it's your turn to speak!Try the StoryLearning method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn natural spoken French in the process. Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, this proven method of the immersive experience
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Teoría de la argumentación jurídica

La teoría del discurso racional como teoría de la fundamentación jurídica

by Robert Alexy ...

Series Book 1 - Derecho & Argumentación
"La Teoría de la argumentación jurídica" de Robert Alexy, publicada por primera vez en 1978 y traducida luego a varios idiomas, es, sin duda, una de las obras más influyentes en la cultura jurídica de las últimas décadas. Las razones no son difíciles de hallar. El libro, escrito en un estilo claro, aborda con profundidad filosófica un problema central de la práctica jurídica: el de la ... Read more

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"La Teoría de la argumentación jurídica" de Robert Alexy, publicada por primera vez en 1978 y traducida luego a varios idiomas, es, sin duda, una de las obras más influyentes en la cultura jurídica de las últimas décadas. Las razones no son difíciles de hallar. El libro, escrito en un estilo claro, aborda con profundidad filosófica un problema central de la práctica jurídica: el de la
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¿Me hablas a mí?

La retórica, de Aristóteles a Obama

by Sam Leith ...

Translated by Belén Urrutia Domínguez ...

¿Qué tiene la retórica para estar en todas partes?Una historia y una guía del arte de la persuasión.La retórica está por todas partes. Cuando se hace una presentación ante un cliente importante, cuando un entrenador habla con sus jugadores en el descanso del partido, cuando se intenta convencer a los niños de que se coman la verdura. Hace que los gobiernos triunfen o caigan, que los delincuentes ... Read more

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¿Qué tiene la retórica para estar en todas partes?Una historia y una guía del arte de la persuasión.La retórica está por todas partes. Cuando se hace una presentación ante un cliente importante, cuando un entrenador habla con sus jugadores en el descanso del partido, cuando se intenta convencer a los niños de que se coman la verdura. Hace que los gobiernos triunfen o caigan, que los delincuentes
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Bilingual

Life and Reality

by François Grosjean ...

Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. Does being bilingual mean you are equally fluent in two languages, or that you belong to two cultures, or even that you have multiple personalities? Can you become bilingual only as a child? Why do ... Read more

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Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. Does being bilingual mean you are equally fluent in two languages, or that you belong to two cultures, or even that you have multiple personalities? Can you become bilingual only as a child? Why do
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El razonamiento en las resoluciones judiciales

by Juan Igartua-Salaverría ...

Series Book 9 - Pensamiento Jurídico Contemporáneo
Atendiendo a los objetivos que persiguen, las teorías de la "motivación" (o "fundamentación" o "razonamiento judicial") caben ser identificadas como empíricas, analíticas y normativas. Las empíricas describen de qué modo motivan los jueces sus sentencias en un lugar y periodo determinados. Las analíticas examinan la estructura de las razones pasibles de ser utilizadas en las motivaciones ... Read more

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Atendiendo a los objetivos que persiguen, las teorías de la "motivación" (o "fundamentación" o "razonamiento judicial") caben ser identificadas como empíricas, analíticas y normativas. Las empíricas describen de qué modo motivan los jueces sus sentencias en un lugar y periodo determinados. Las analíticas examinan la estructura de las razones pasibles de ser utilizadas en las motivaciones
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Interpreters and War Crimes

by Kayoko Takeda ...

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and legal aspects of interpreters’ taking part in war crimes. Informed by studies on interpreter ethics in conflict, historical studies of Japanese ... Read more

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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and legal aspects of interpreters’ taking part in war crimes. Informed by studies on interpreter ethics in conflict, historical studies of Japanese
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What's Wrong With The Way I Speak Forty Problems in Grammar For You To Solve

by Mario V. Farina ...

This book illustrates the reasons why people should speak using good grammar. It also challenges readers to find the problems in 40 sentences that contain grammatical errors. At the back of the book readers are show how the errors can be corrected. ... Read more

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This book illustrates the reasons why people should speak using good grammar. It also challenges readers to find the problems in 40 sentences that contain grammatical errors. At the back of the book readers are show how the errors can be corrected.
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The Art of Rhetoric

by Aristotle ...

Series series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly important tool to garner influence in the assemblies, councils, and law ... Read more

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly important tool to garner influence in the assemblies, councils, and law
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Speeches of Note

An Eclectic Collection of Orations Deserving of a Wider Audience

by Shaun Usher ...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan, and Ursula K. Le Guin.This thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated collection celebrates oratory ... Read more

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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan, and Ursula K. Le Guin.This thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated collection celebrates oratory
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Public Speaking For Beginners

by Jimmy Cai ...

Speaking in front of people, large crowds in particular, is usually perceived as the most stressful experience imaginable. The following ideas in this course are designed to help you, or anyone for that matter, convey your ideas and messages to either one person, or a large group in just about any setting. Creating an effective presentation, can seem very overwhelming. But here are strategies you ... Read more

$2.20 USD

Speaking in front of people, large crowds in particular, is usually perceived as the most stressful experience imaginable. The following ideas in this course are designed to help you, or anyone for that matter, convey your ideas and messages to either one person, or a large group in just about any setting. Creating an effective presentation, can seem very overwhelming. But here are strategies you
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Narrate and Record Your Own Audiobook

a simplified guide

by M. L. Buchman ...

Series Book 4 - Strategies for Success
(Revised 2023 to include Hindenburg Narrator)Audio is the up-and-coming market, but the price of entry can be a horrific $300-500 per finished hour and up.M. L. Buchman has recorded and published over 30 audio titles—himself.Here he covers the basics you need to record your own audiobooks.How to decide if it’s the best option.When you should outsource the engineering.Why you’re wrong when you ... Read more

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(Revised 2023 to include Hindenburg Narrator)Audio is the up-and-coming market, but the price of entry can be a horrific $300-500 per finished hour and up.M. L. Buchman has recorded and published over 30 audio titles—himself.Here he covers the basics you need to record your own audiobooks.How to decide if it’s the best option.When you should outsource the engineering.Why you’re wrong when you
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Life on Delay

Making Peace with a Stutter

by John Hendrickson ...

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF AUDIBLE'S BEST BIOS AND MEMOIRS OF 2023 • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson's] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak.“Life On Delay brims with empathy and honesty . . . It ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF AUDIBLE'S BEST BIOS AND MEMOIRS OF 2023 • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson's] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak.“Life On Delay brims with empathy and honesty . . . It
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Las razones del Derecho

Teorías de la Argumentación Jurídica

by Manuel Atienza ...

Series Book 2 - Derecho & Argumentación
Las Razones del Derecho estudia de manera analítica y crítica las teorías más relevantes desarrolladas a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y que se presentan como precursoras de la teoría contemporánea de la argumentación jurídica. En la primera parte se analizan, la tópica de Viehweg; la nueva retórica de Perelman y la lógica informal de Toulmin. Luego se analizan las contribuciones de ... Read more

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Las Razones del Derecho estudia de manera analítica y crítica las teorías más relevantes desarrolladas a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y que se presentan como precursoras de la teoría contemporánea de la argumentación jurídica. En la primera parte se analizan, la tópica de Viehweg; la nueva retórica de Perelman y la lógica informal de Toulmin. Luego se analizan las contribuciones de
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