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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talks powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven. Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated...
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[2019]
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English
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"Formal oral presentations communicate a message in a way that is unlike any other method of delivery. Nothing is more influential than a dynamic, face-to-face presentation followed by a lively discussion among the various stakeholders. A powerful presentation will endure in the minds of the audience and ultimately become a motivating force that positively influences their decision making. To make your presentation memorable, you must understand what...
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English
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When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn't they be able...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you’ve been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. The one that you’ve thought “they’ll never understand” or “do I really want to bring that up?” or “it’s not going to go well, so why even try?” Sale is the founder and host of WNYC’s popular, award-winning podcast Death, Sex, & Money, or as the New York Times dubbed her, “a therapist at happy hour.”...
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Portfolio / Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Listening, like any communication skill, can be improved. Drawing from her own research sessions, as well as from stories and interviews with marriage counselors, life coaches, filmmakers, podcast hosts, and other listening experts, the author of Listen Like You Mean It discusses how to quickly build rapport with strangers, which questions help people unlock what they need to say, when it's time to throw out the script entirely, and how to recover...
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Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Through research into the unique way women talk to one another, this validating and illuminating analysis of female friendship will help women lean into the comfort these powerful relationships offer and avoid the hurt feelings that come from common miscommunications.
9) Devoted
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"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
11) I like to write
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Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Join Wang Li and her friends as they discover why writing clearly is important--and fun, too!
13) Quick team-building activities for busy managers: 50 exercises that get results in just 15 minutes
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Publisher
American Management Association
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community. Angie is used to helping her dad. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when her dad needs help writing some signs for his work. Building...
19) Show me happy
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English
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Photographs depict children enacting such basic social concepts as sharing, helping, and playing as well as expressing themselves through gestures and actions.
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Ashby-BP
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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When you talk to a dog, does the dog talk back? Many people think so. Scientist Anna Kukekova says, "Without a word from them, we understand our dogs very well. We can read their body language, facial expressions, habits, and emotional states, and they can read ours. They can understand our mood, intent, tone of voice, and words from our languagY/GRAPH`e." Dogs and people share information with each other. This communication is a mystery scientists...
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