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Ord former våre tanker, relasjoner og selve forståelsen av virkeligheten – fra metaforene som strukturerer vår tenkning til de subtile måtene grammatikk påvirker kultur på. Våre språk bøker utforsker kommunikasjon i alle dens former, og tilbyr innsikt og praktisk veiledning om skriving, tale og den fascinerende vitenskapen bak hvordan mennesker bruker ord for å knytte bånd og skape mening.

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Body Language For Dummies

av Elizabeth Kuhnke • 2007

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

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🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

Body Language For Dummies

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

av Elizabeth Kuhnke 2007 309 sider

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500+ vurderinger

🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

Swearing Is Good for You

av Emma Byrne • 2017

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 🤬 Taboo Language 🤝 Social Bonding 🏢 Workplace Culture 🗣️ Language Acquisition

Swearing Is Good for You

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

av Emma Byrne 2017 240 sider

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 🤬 Taboo Language 🤝 Social Bonding 🏢 Workplace Culture 🗣️ Language Acquisition

The Big Con

av David W. Maurer • 1940

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

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🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Big Con

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

av David W. Maurer 1940 315 sider

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🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Structure of Magic II

av John Grinder • 1975

Read the sensory code in everyday words, and turn internal fracture into integration.

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419

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Clinical Linguistics 💬 Therapeutic Communication ⚖️ Inner Conflict 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems Theory

The Structure of Magic II

Read the sensory code in everyday words, and turn internal fracture into integration.

av John Grinder 1975 198 sider

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419 vurderinger

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Clinical Linguistics 💬 Therapeutic Communication ⚖️ Inner Conflict 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems Theory

Closing the Reading Gap

av Alex Quigley • 2020

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

Closing the Reading Gap

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

av Alex Quigley 2020 248 sider

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

The Writing Life

av Annie Dillard • 1989

The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.

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🖋️ Literary Craft ✍️ Writing Process 📖 Author Memoirs 🎭 Artistic Vocation 🏔️ Creative Solitude

The Writing Life

The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.

av Annie Dillard 1989 111 sider

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🖋️ Literary Craft ✍️ Writing Process 📖 Author Memoirs 🎭 Artistic Vocation 🏔️ Creative Solitude

Writing the Memoir

av Judith Barrington • 1996

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

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🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

Writing the Memoir

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

av Judith Barrington 1996 166 sider

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500+ vurderinger

🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

av The Writer's Digest • 1992

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

av The Writer's Digest 1992 528 sider

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

Language in Thought and Action

av S.I. Hayakawa • 1991

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

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🧠 General Semantics 🗺️ Language And Reality 🌐 Linguistic Relativity 💡 Clear Thinking 🔍 Critical Thinking

Language in Thought and Action

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

av S.I. Hayakawa 1991 224 sider

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🧠 General Semantics 🗺️ Language And Reality 🌐 Linguistic Relativity 💡 Clear Thinking 🔍 Critical Thinking

Writing to Be Understood

av Anne H. Janzer • 2018

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

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📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Writing to Be Understood

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

av Anne H. Janzer 2018 148 sider

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275 vurderinger

📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

My Broken Language

av Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021

A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.

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🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir 🌍 Multicultural Memoir 🔀 Code Switching 🤫 Breaking Silence 🎭 Latino Theatre

My Broken Language

A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.

av Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 336 sider

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🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir 🌍 Multicultural Memoir 🔀 Code Switching 🤫 Breaking Silence 🎭 Latino Theatre

How Not to Write a Novel

av Howard Mittelmark • 2008

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

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📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

How Not to Write a Novel

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

av Howard Mittelmark 2008 255 sider

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📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

Draft No. 4

av John McPhee • 2013

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

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📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

Draft No. 4

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

av John McPhee 2013 208 sider

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📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

On Writing

av Ernest Hemingway • 1984

Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Literary Memoir 🎭 Truth In Fiction 🧊 Narrative Restraint 🏔️ Creative Solitude

On Writing

Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.

av Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 sider

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Literary Memoir 🎭 Truth In Fiction 🧊 Narrative Restraint 🏔️ Creative Solitude

Storycraft

av Jack R. Hart • 2011

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

Storycraft

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

av Jack R. Hart 2011 266 sider

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

av Bruce Fink • 1997

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

av Bruce Fink 1997 320 sider

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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook

av Lisa McLendon • 2017

Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.

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📝 English Grammar 📋 Usage Guides ✍️ Writing Skills 📖 Self-Study 📚 Writing Reference

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook

Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.

av Lisa McLendon 2017 214 sider

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157 vurderinger

📝 English Grammar 📋 Usage Guides ✍️ Writing Skills 📖 Self-Study 📚 Writing Reference

Murder Your Darlings

av Roy Peter Clark • 2020

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

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✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft ⏰ Writing Routine 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric

Murder Your Darlings

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

av Roy Peter Clark 2020 352 sider

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✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft ⏰ Writing Routine 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric

The Language Game

av Morten H. Christiansen • 2022

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

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462

🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

The Language Game

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

av Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 sider

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462 vurderinger

🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

Writing Fiction for Dummies

av Randy Ingermanson • 2009

Your story idea is not a novel. The craft steps for structuring it into a page-turner.

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🖋️ Novel Writing 📚 Fiction Craft 📈 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding

Writing Fiction for Dummies

Your story idea is not a novel. The craft steps for structuring it into a page-turner.

av Randy Ingermanson 2009 384 sider

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🖋️ Novel Writing 📚 Fiction Craft 📈 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding

Refuse to Be Done

av Matt Bell • 2022

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

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📖 Novel Writing 🔄 Rewriting ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure

Refuse to Be Done

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

av Matt Bell 2022 156 sider

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📖 Novel Writing 🔄 Rewriting ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure

The Positive Trait Thesaurus

av Angela Ackerman • 2013

A thesaurus of positive traits and the craft of making goodness as compelling as a flaw.

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🧱 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🎬 Showing Not Telling 💙 Emotional Realism

The Positive Trait Thesaurus

A thesaurus of positive traits and the craft of making goodness as compelling as a flaw.

av Angela Ackerman 2013 241 sider

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🧱 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🎬 Showing Not Telling 💙 Emotional Realism

Write Your Novel From The Middle

av James Scott Bell • 2014

Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.

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📝 Fiction Craft 🏗️ Novel Structure 🎯 Midpoint Structure 🎭 Character Arcs ⚡ Narrative Stakes

Write Your Novel From The Middle

Forget outlining and pantsing. The one scene every novel needs sits exactly in the middle.

av James Scott Bell 2014 88 sider

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📝 Fiction Craft 🏗️ Novel Structure 🎯 Midpoint Structure 🎭 Character Arcs ⚡ Narrative Stakes

Words that Sell

av Richard Bayan • 1987

A thesaurus not for finding the right word, but for finding the word that sells.

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✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Sales Psychology 📢 Headline Writing 📜 Classic Advertising

Words that Sell

A thesaurus not for finding the right word, but for finding the word that sells.

av Richard Bayan 1987 162 sider

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✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Sales Psychology 📢 Headline Writing 📜 Classic Advertising

Words on the Move

av John McWhorter • 2016

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

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🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Words on the Move

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

av John McWhorter 2016 257 sider

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🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Écrits

av Jacques Lacan • 1966

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 🔺 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Écrits

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

av Jacques Lacan 1966 896 sider

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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 🔺 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Story Structure Architect

av Victoria Lynn Schmidt • 2005

55 plot scenarios, 11 narrative blueprints, and the character types that populate them.

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🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 🎭 Character Archetypes 🎪 Dramatic Theory ✍️ Writing Craft

Story Structure Architect

55 plot scenarios, 11 narrative blueprints, and the character types that populate them.

av Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 sider

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🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 🎭 Character Archetypes 🎪 Dramatic Theory ✍️ Writing Craft

How I Write

av Janet Evanovich • 2006

What a decade of rejection teaches about characters, dialogue, pacing, and writing books that sell.

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 👤 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot And Structure ✂️ Revision And Editing

How I Write

What a decade of rejection teaches about characters, dialogue, pacing, and writing books that sell.

av Janet Evanovich 2006 272 sider

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 👤 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot And Structure ✂️ Revision And Editing

Mathematics and Humor

av John Allen Paulos • 1980

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

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🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

Mathematics and Humor

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

av John Allen Paulos 1980 124 sider

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159 vurderinger

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

A Brief History of the Spanish Language

av David A. Pharies • 2007

Why you say 'puerta' not 'porta': the hidden rules that shaped Spanish over two millennia.

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📜 Historical Linguistics 🏛️ Romance Linguistics 🇪🇸 Spanish Language 📖 Etymology 🤝 Language Contact

A Brief History of the Spanish Language

Why you say 'puerta' not 'porta': the hidden rules that shaped Spanish over two millennia.

av David A. Pharies 2007 248 sider

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📜 Historical Linguistics 🏛️ Romance Linguistics 🇪🇸 Spanish Language 📖 Etymology 🤝 Language Contact

Introducing NLP

av Joseph O'Connor • 1990

Decode how top performers think, and replicate their internal blueprint for yourself.

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🧠 Nlp 🗣️ Communication Skills 📊 Applied Psychology 🏆 Skill Acquisition 🔄 Reframing

Introducing NLP

Decode how top performers think, and replicate their internal blueprint for yourself.

av Joseph O'Connor 1990 245 sider

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🧠 Nlp 🗣️ Communication Skills 📊 Applied Psychology 🏆 Skill Acquisition 🔄 Reframing

The Forest for the Trees

av Betsy Lerner • 2000

Success gets writers published. Staying sane while nobody cares is what keeps them writing.

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📝 The Writing Life 🔍 Publishing Insider 🧠 Writer Psychology 💪 Creative Resilience ⏰ Writing Discipline

The Forest for the Trees

Success gets writers published. Staying sane while nobody cares is what keeps them writing.

av Betsy Lerner 2000 304 sider

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📝 The Writing Life 🔍 Publishing Insider 🧠 Writer Psychology 💪 Creative Resilience ⏰ Writing Discipline

Nicely Said

av Nicole Fenton • 2014

Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.

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🖥️ Web Writing 📋 Content Strategy 🖱️ Ux Writing 🗣️ Brand Voice 📖 Plain Language

Nicely Said

Your website has a voice. The rules for making it helpful, clear, and worth reading.

av Nicole Fenton 2014 192 sider

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🖥️ Web Writing 📋 Content Strategy 🖱️ Ux Writing 🗣️ Brand Voice 📖 Plain Language

Writing Magic

av Gail Carson Levine • 2006

A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.

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🖋️ Creative Writing ✏️ Young Writers 🧠 Inner Critic ✍️ Writing Practice 🎭 Character Development

Writing Magic

A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.

av Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 sider

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🖋️ Creative Writing ✏️ Young Writers 🧠 Inner Critic ✍️ Writing Practice 🎭 Character Development

Language City

av Ross Perlin • 2024

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

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🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

Language City

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

av Ross Perlin 2024 432 sider

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🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

POP!

av Sam Horn • 2006

How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.

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🎯 Elevator Pitches 🏷️ Taglines 🪝 Hook Crafting 🧩 Wordplay 👀 Attention Grabbing

POP!

How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.

av Sam Horn 2006 256 sider

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🎯 Elevator Pitches 🏷️ Taglines 🪝 Hook Crafting 🧩 Wordplay 👀 Attention Grabbing

English Grammar For Dummies

av Geraldine Woods • 2001

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

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🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English ⚠️ Common Errors 💡 Writing Clarity

English Grammar For Dummies

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

av Geraldine Woods 2001 416 sider

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🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English ⚠️ Common Errors 💡 Writing Clarity

Write No Matter What

av Joli Jensen • 2017

The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.

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✍️ Academic Writing 🏢 Faculty Life ✨ Perfectionism 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💭 Writing Anxiety

Write No Matter What

The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.

av Joli Jensen 2017 166 sider

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✍️ Academic Writing 🏢 Faculty Life ✨ Perfectionism 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💭 Writing Anxiety

Speed Reading For Dummies

av Richard Sutz • 2009

Your eyes see whole phrases; your inner voice reads one word at a time. Fix both.

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🏃 Speed Reading 🧠 Reading Comprehension 👁️ Vision Training 📖 Reading Fluency 🔄 Reading Habits

Speed Reading For Dummies

Your eyes see whole phrases; your inner voice reads one word at a time. Fix both.

av Richard Sutz 2009 288 sider

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🏃 Speed Reading 🧠 Reading Comprehension 👁️ Vision Training 📖 Reading Fluency 🔄 Reading Habits

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

av Edward P.J. Corbett • 1965

Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.

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📜 Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🗣️ Argumentation 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Rhetorical Theory

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.

av Edward P.J. Corbett 1965 562 sider

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📜 Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🗣️ Argumentation 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Rhetorical Theory

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

av Jared Diamond • 1991

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

av Jared Diamond 1991 360 sider

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

Help! for Writers

av Roy Peter Clark • 2011

210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.

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🖊️ Writing Craft 📰 Journalism And Reporting 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Writer's Block ✂️ Revision Strategies

Help! for Writers

210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.

av Roy Peter Clark 2011 164 sider

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🖊️ Writing Craft 📰 Journalism And Reporting 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Writer's Block ✂️ Revision Strategies

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

av James Scott Bell • 2016

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

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📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

av James Scott Bell 2016 114 sider

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📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

The Art of War for Writers

av James Scott Bell • 2009

Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🧑 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🔁 Revision Process

The Art of War for Writers

Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.

av James Scott Bell 2009 259 sider

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🧑 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🔁 Revision Process

Improving Your Storytelling

av Doug Lipman • 1999

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

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🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

Improving Your Storytelling

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

av Doug Lipman 1999 224 sider

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🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

Science and Sanity

av Alfred Korzybski • 1933

How to train your nervous system to stop mistaking words for the things they name.

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🤔 Epistemology 🗺️ General Semantics 💬 Linguistic Relativity 🧠 Metacognition 👁️ Cognitive Psychology

Science and Sanity

How to train your nervous system to stop mistaking words for the things they name.

av Alfred Korzybski 1933 927 sider

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386 vurderinger

🤔 Epistemology 🗺️ General Semantics 💬 Linguistic Relativity 🧠 Metacognition 👁️ Cognitive Psychology

The Language Puzzle

av Steven Mithen • 2024

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

3.89

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🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Language Puzzle

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🎬 Modern Screenwriting 🏗️ Narrative Structure ⚙️ Genre Mechanics 📈 Plot Construction 😈 Antagonist Design

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