Jazyk

Slova formují naše myšlenky, vztahy a samotné chápání reality – od metafor, které strukturovaně ovlivňují naše myšlení, až po jemné způsoby, jakými gramatika ovlivňuje kulturu. Naše jazykové knihy zkoumají komunikaci ve všech jejích podobách a nabízejí vhledy a praktické rady ohledně psaní, mluvení a fascinující vědy, která stojí za tím, jak lidé používají slova k navazování spojení a vytváření významu.

Jazyk Shrnutí knih

Story Engineering

od Larry Brooks • 2011

Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.

4.10

3 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

Story Engineering

Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.

od Larry Brooks 2011 278 stran

4.10

3 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

Wired for Story

od Lisa Cron • 2012

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

4.20

5 000+

Psaní

Psychologie

Referenční

Jazyk

Knihy o knihách

Wired for Story

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

od Lisa Cron 2012 272 stran

4.20

5 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Psychologie

Referenční

Jazyk

Knihy o knihách

How To Write Funny

od Scott Dikkers • 2014

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

4.13

500+

Psaní

Humor

Komedie

Osobní rozvoj

Referenční

How To Write Funny

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

od Scott Dikkers 2014 146 stran

4.13

500+ hodnocení

Psaní

Humor

Komedie

Osobní rozvoj

Referenční

Frogs Into Princes

od Richard Bandler • 1979

Read eye movements, anchor emotions, and rewrite the past: the live NLP workshop.

3.97

1 000+

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Mind, Body & Spirit

Frogs Into Princes

Read eye movements, anchor emotions, and rewrite the past: the live NLP workshop.

od Richard Bandler 1979 194 stran

3.97

1 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Mind, Body & Spirit

The Elements of Eloquence

od Mark Forsyth • 2013

Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.

4.35

7 000+

Psaní

Jazyk

Referenční

Humor

Vzdělávání

The Elements of Eloquence

Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.

od Mark Forsyth 2013 205 stran

4.35

7 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Jazyk

Referenční

Humor

Vzdělávání

A Game Design Vocabulary

od Anna Anthropy • 2013

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

3.94

134

Design

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Umění

Technologie

A Game Design Vocabulary

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

od Anna Anthropy 2013 211 stran

3.94

134 hodnocení

Design

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Umění

Technologie

How to Win Every Argument

od Madsen Pirie • 2006

The fallacies that win arguments: how to use them, spot them, and never get tripped again.

3.50

1 000+

Filozofie

Osobní rozvoj

Referenční

Psychologie

Jazyk

How to Win Every Argument

The fallacies that win arguments: how to use them, spot them, and never get tripped again.

od Madsen Pirie 2006 182 stran

3.50

1 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Osobní rozvoj

Referenční

Psychologie

Jazyk

The Japanese Mind

od Roger J. Davies • 2002

Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.

3.72

1 000+

Culture

Japonsko

Sociologie

Antropologie

Asie

The Japanese Mind

Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.

od Roger J. Davies 2002 280 stran

3.72

1 000+ hodnocení

Culture

Japonsko

Sociologie

Antropologie

Asie

Unleash the Power of Storytelling

od Rob Biesenbach • 2018

Bullet points put people to sleep. One simple story structure makes them feel and act instead.

3.74

1 000+

Podnikání

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Psychologie

Leadership

Unleash the Power of Storytelling

Bullet points put people to sleep. One simple story structure makes them feel and act instead.

od Rob Biesenbach 2018 180 stran

3.74

1 000+ hodnocení

Podnikání

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Psychologie

Leadership

Cultish

od Amanda Montell • 2021

The secret grammar shared by Jim Jones, your spin instructor, and the QAnon guy next door.

3.80

100 000+

Psychologie

Jazyk

Sociologie

Náboženství

Podnikání

Cultish

The secret grammar shared by Jim Jones, your spin instructor, and the QAnon guy next door.

od Amanda Montell 2021 309 stran

3.80

100 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Jazyk

Sociologie

Náboženství

Podnikání

Invisible Ink

od Brian McDonald • 2010

Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.

4.38

1 000+

Psaní

Film

Referenční

Jazyk

Umění

Invisible Ink

Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.

od Brian McDonald 2010 153 stran

4.38

1 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Film

Referenční

Jazyk

Umění

Truth and Method

od Hans-Georg Gadamer • 1960

Understanding is an event language and tradition perform through you, not a method you apply.

4.17

3 000+

Filozofie

Teorie

Jazyk

Historie

Umění

Truth and Method

Understanding is an event language and tradition perform through you, not a method you apply.

od Hans-Georg Gadamer 1960 640 stran

4.17

3 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Teorie

Jazyk

Historie

Umění

Writing That Works

od Kenneth Roman • 1981

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

3.72

1 000+

Podnikání

Psaní

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Referenční

Writing That Works

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

od Kenneth Roman 1981 210 stran

3.72

1 000+ hodnocení

Podnikání

Psaní

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Referenční

Speech Acts

od John Rogers Searle • 1969

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

3.89

500+

Filozofie

Jazyk

Eseje

Teorie

Psaní

Speech Acts

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

od John Rogers Searle 1969 203 stran

3.89

500+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Jazyk

Eseje

Teorie

Psaní

Reframing

od Richard Bandler • 1981

Change anyone's mind, including your own, by shifting the frame around their experience.

4.08

447

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Osobní růst

Duševní zdraví

Reframing

Change anyone's mind, including your own, by shifting the frame around their experience.

od Richard Bandler 1981 208 stran

4.08

447 hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Osobní růst

Duševní zdraví

The Geography of Thought

od Richard E. Nisbett • 2003

Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.

3.82

3 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Antropologie

Kultura

Filozofie

The Geography of Thought

Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.

od Richard E. Nisbett 2003 292 stran

3.82

3 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Antropologie

Kultura

Filozofie

Socratic Logic

od Peter Kreeft • 2003

Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.

4.31

468

Filozofie

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Psaní

Jazyk

Socratic Logic

Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.

od Peter Kreeft 2003 397 stran

4.31

468 hodnocení

Filozofie

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Psaní

Jazyk

The Writing Revolution

od Judith C. Hochman • 2017

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

4.37

2 000+

Vzdělávání

Výuka

Psaní

Škola

Jazyk

The Writing Revolution

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

od Judith C. Hochman 2017 294 stran

4.37

2 000+ hodnocení

Vzdělávání

Výuka

Psaní

Škola

Jazyk

Speak English Like an American

od Amy Gillett • 2004

300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.

4.20

254

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Grammar

Instructional

Speak English Like an American

300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.

od Amy Gillett 2004 176 stran

4.20

254 hodnocení

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Grammar

Instructional

Moral Politics

od George Lakoff • 1996

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

4.03

1 000+

Politika

Psychologie

Filozofie

Jazyk

Sociologie

Moral Politics

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

od George Lakoff 1996 512 stran

4.03

1 000+ hodnocení

Politika

Psychologie

Filozofie

Jazyk

Sociologie

Dialogue

od Robert McKee • 2016

Dialogue is action, not conversation. The real meaning lives in what characters won't say.

4.32

1 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Film

Jazyk

Dialogue

Dialogue is action, not conversation. The real meaning lives in what characters won't say.

od Robert McKee 2016 312 stran

4.32

1 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Film

Jazyk

Effortless English

od A.J. Hoge • 2014

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

4.21

500+

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Effortless English

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

od A.J. Hoge 2014 192 stran

4.21

500+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

The Logic of Sense

od Gilles Deleuze • 1969

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

4.29

1 000+

Filozofie

Teorie

Jazyk

Literatura

Psychologie

The Logic of Sense

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

od Gilles Deleuze 1969 393 stran

4.29

1 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Teorie

Jazyk

Literatura

Psychologie

The Art of Rhetoric

od Aristotle

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

3.87

6 000+

Filozofie

Klasika

Psaní

Politika

Psychologie

The Art of Rhetoric

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

od Aristotle 292 stran

3.87

6 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Klasika

Psaní

Politika

Psychologie

The Art of Nonfiction

od Ayn Rand • 2001

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

3.98

500+

Psaní

Filozofie

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Knihy o knihách

The Art of Nonfiction

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

od Ayn Rand 2001 210 stran

3.98

500+ hodnocení

Psaní

Filozofie

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Knihy o knihách

The Story Grid

od Shawn Coyne • 2015

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

4.30

1 000+

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

The Story Grid

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

od Shawn Coyne 2015 344 stran

4.30

1 000+ hodnocení

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Am I Making Myself Clear?

od Terry Felber • 2002

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

4.16

488

Podnikání

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Am I Making Myself Clear?

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

od Terry Felber 2002 160 stran

4.16

488 hodnocení

Podnikání

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Techniques of the Selling Writer

od Dwight V. Swain • 1965

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

4.33

1 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Vzdělávání

Techniques of the Selling Writer

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

od Dwight V. Swain 1965 344 stran

4.33

1 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Vzdělávání

Legal Writing in Plain English

od Bryan A. Garner • 2001

The plain-English playbook for lawyers: how to structure, cut, and clarify every sentence you write.

4.25

500+

Právo

Psaní

Referenční

Jazyk

Grammar

Legal Writing in Plain English

The plain-English playbook for lawyers: how to structure, cut, and clarify every sentence you write.

od Bryan A. Garner 2001 227 stran

4.25

500+ hodnocení

Právo

Psaní

Referenční

Jazyk

Grammar

The Elements of Style

od William Strunk Jr. • 1918

Kill your adverbs, activate your verbs, and never say 'in order to': the writing bible, modernized.

4.18

87 000+

Referenční

Psaní

Jazyk

Grammar

Klasika

The Elements of Style

Kill your adverbs, activate your verbs, and never say 'in order to': the writing bible, modernized.

od William Strunk Jr. 1918 123 stran

4.18

87 000+ hodnocení

Referenční

Psaní

Jazyk

Grammar

Klasika

Word Hero

od Jay Heinrichs • 2011

How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.

3.73

280

Psaní

Jazyk

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Word Hero

How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.

od Jay Heinrichs 2011 354 stran

3.73

280 hodnocení

Psaní

Jazyk

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Persuasive Copywriting

od Andy Maslen • 2015

Why flattery, secrets, and stories sell harder than features: a copywriter's psychological toolkit.

4.13

143

Psaní

Podnikání

Psychologie

Marketing

Osobní rozvoj

Persuasive Copywriting

Why flattery, secrets, and stories sell harder than features: a copywriter's psychological toolkit.

od Andy Maslen 2015 256 stran

4.13

143 hodnocení

Psaní

Podnikání

Psychologie

Marketing

Osobní rozvoj

Sleight of Mouth

od Robert B. Dilts • 2001

Limiting beliefs have a grammatical structure. Learn the verbal patterns that target it directly.

4.09

500+

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Podnikání

Leadership

Sleight of Mouth

Limiting beliefs have a grammatical structure. Learn the verbal patterns that target it directly.

od Robert B. Dilts 2001 330 stran

4.09

500+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Jazyk

Podnikání

Leadership

On Language

od Noam Chomsky • 1998

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

3.81

1 000+

Jazyk

Filozofie

Psychologie

Věda

Politika

On Language

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

od Noam Chomsky 1998 481 stran

3.81

1 000+ hodnocení

Jazyk

Filozofie

Psychologie

Věda

Politika

Bird by Bird

od Anne Lamott • 1994

How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.

4.24

100 000+

Psaní

Osobní rozvoj

Memoáry

Eseje

Referenční

Bird by Bird

How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.

od Anne Lamott 1994 222 stran

4.24

100 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Osobní rozvoj

Memoáry

Eseje

Referenční

Algospeak

od Adam Aleksic • 2025

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

3.70

5 000+

Jazyk

Sociologie

Technologie

Věda

Media

Algospeak

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

od Adam Aleksic 2025 256 stran

3.70

5 000+ hodnocení

Jazyk

Sociologie

Technologie

Věda

Media

Language, Truth and Logic

od Alfred Jules Ayer • 1936

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

3.75

4 000+

Filozofie

Jazyk

Věda

Klasika

20. století

Language, Truth and Logic

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

od Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 stran

3.75

4 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Jazyk

Věda

Klasika

20. století

Hypnotic Writing

od Joe Vitale • 2006

A guide to matching your reader's mental trance and leading them straight to the sale.

3.86

500+

Psaní

Podnikání

Marketing

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Hypnotic Writing

A guide to matching your reader's mental trance and leading them straight to the sale.

od Joe Vitale 2006 288 stran

3.86

500+ hodnocení

Psaní

Podnikání

Marketing

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II

od James N. Frey • 1994

Most novelists fail at the premise, not the prose. The craft rules for getting it right.

4.07

500+

Psaní

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II

Most novelists fail at the premise, not the prose. The craft rules for getting it right.

od James N. Frey 1994 176 stran

4.07

500+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Knihy o knihách

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

od Jessica Brody • 2018

A screenwriter's 15-beat method, adapted for novels: how to map a flawed hero's full transformation.

4.49

13 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Vzdělávání

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

A screenwriter's 15-beat method, adapted for novels: how to map a flawed hero's full transformation.

od Jessica Brody 2018 320 stran

4.49

13 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Vzdělávání

Plot & Structure

od James Scott Bell • 2004

Four pillars of plot that hold readers from opening to climax, whether you outline or not.

4.11

5 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Knihy o knihách

Plot & Structure

Four pillars of plot that hold readers from opening to climax, whether you outline or not.

od James Scott Bell 2004 240 stran

4.11

5 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Jazyk

Osobní rozvoj

Knihy o knihách

The Story Paradox

od Jonathan Gottschall • 2021

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

3.70

446

Psychologie

Sociologie

Politika

Historie

Věda

The Story Paradox

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

od Jonathan Gottschall 2021 272 stran

3.70

446 hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Politika

Historie

Věda

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

od Stephen Wolfram • 2023

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

3.85

1 000+

Informatika

Věda

Technologie

Matematika

Jazyk

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

od Stephen Wolfram 2023 143 stran

3.85

1 000+ hodnocení

Informatika

Věda

Technologie

Matematika

Jazyk

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish

od Margarita Madrigal • 1953

A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.

4.28

1 000+

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Learning

Osobní rozvoj

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish

A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.

od Margarita Madrigal 1953 512 stran

4.28

1 000+ hodnocení

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Referenční

Learning

Osobní rozvoj

Neverisms

od Mardy Grothe • 2011

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

3.83

102

Referenční

Humor

Jazyk

Psaní

Filozofie

Neverisms

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

od Mardy Grothe 2011 384 stran

3.83

102 hodnocení

Referenční

Humor

Jazyk

Psaní

Filozofie

The Art of Character

od David Corbett • 2013

The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.

4.25

500+

Psaní

Referenční

Film

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

The Art of Character

The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.

od David Corbett 2013 383 stran

4.25

500+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Film

Knihy o knihách

Creativity

On Dialogue

od David Bohm • 1996

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

4.08

1 000+

Filozofie

Psychologie

Jazyk

Věda

Sociologie

On Dialogue

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

od David Bohm 1996 144 stran

4.08

1 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Psychologie

Jazyk

Věda

Sociologie

The Myth of Mars and Venus

od Deborah Cameron • 2007

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

4.03

482

Jazyk

Gender

Feminismus

Psychologie

Sociologie

The Myth of Mars and Venus

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

od Deborah Cameron 2007 208 stran

4.03

482 hodnocení

Jazyk

Gender

Feminismus

Psychologie

Sociologie

Words Like Loaded Pistols

od Sam Leith • 2011

Rhetoric built and toppled civilizations, and its ancient rules still run every ad you see.

3.75

1 000+

Psaní

Jazyk

Filozofie

Historie

Referenční

Words Like Loaded Pistols

Rhetoric built and toppled civilizations, and its ancient rules still run every ad you see.

od Sam Leith 2011 322 stran

3.75

1 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Jazyk

Filozofie

Historie

Referenční

Short Stories in English for Beginners

od Olly Richards • 2018

A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.

4.09

162

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Povídky

Antologie

Referenční

Short Stories in English for Beginners

A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.

od Olly Richards 2018 240 stran

4.09

162 hodnocení

Jazyk

Vzdělávání

Povídky

Antologie

Referenční

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