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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting...

This collection is your blueprint for powerful connection, combining the life-changing insights of two bestsellers – How to Talk to Anyone and Public Speaking: From Stage Fright to Spotlight – into one unstoppable guide. Whether you're navigating casual chats, critical conversations, or commanding the stage, Confident Communication gives you the complete toolkit to step up, speak up, and show up with confidence in every room, on every stage, and in every relationship.

From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers. Writing Life Stories is a classic text that appears on countless creative nonfiction and composition syllabi the world over. This updated 10th anniversary edition gives you the same friendly instruction and stimulating exercises along with updated information on current memoir writing trends, ethics, internet research, and even marketing ideas.

What does it mean to translate Shakespeare? When we change all the poetry, all the wordplay, all the syntax - all the words! - is it still Shakespeare? And is it still any good? Daniel Hahn, seasoned translator and Shakespeare fanatic, will change the way you think about language itself. Ranging widely across Shakespeare's works, and across the world's languages, this book explores why we choose the words we do and what effect they have. This micro-attention to detail reveals a new the joy of Shakespeare, celebrates creativity and revels in the power of words.

Discover a foolproof method for crafting customer-centric copy that converts visitors into leads and leads into sales—while staying true to your brand. The most effective copywriters aren’t wordsmiths—they’re salespeople. They follow a hidden system that helps them sell anything, from tech to subscriptions to experiences. They work with their marketers to engineer deliberate, strategic messaging. They understand that copy that sounds good isn’t the same as copy that sells.

In Make Your Story Matter writing coach and popular YouTuber Abbie Emmons shares a refreshing new method that fuses brain science with storytelling to help you write a book with heart, power, and impact. With over half a million writers in her online community, Abbie has helped storytellers all over the world craft novels that resonate using the Who, What, Why Method—a simple but powerful 3-step framework rooted in psychology.

Mehrsprachigkeit ist nützlich, aber vor allem ein Geschenk Mehrsprachigkeit gehört zu den Geschenken, deren Wert kaum hoch genug eingeschätzt werden kann – die sowohl nützlich, emotional, persönlich, vielseitig einsetzbar, individuell und mit keinem Geld der Welt zu bezahlen sind. Viele...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to write a great movie script? Studied your favorite films to see what makes them so magical? Beyond the Hero: Relationship Driven Screenwriting and the Secret to Hollywood's Greatest Scripts is a how-to screenwriting guide built on the foundational idea that great movies—across all genres and styles—are driven by a core relationship between two central characters.

"A burst of delight on every page!" Mignon Fogarty, host of the Grammar Girl podcast Did you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasure trove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"? Have you ever wondered...

О чём книга. Журналист и создатель Telegram-канала «Хемингуэй позвонит» Егор Апполонов разбирается в анатомии творчества, обращаясь к опыту выдающихся классиков и писателей современности—Умберто Эко, Алексея Иванова, Джона Стейнбека, Нила Геймана, Алексея Сальникова, Майи Кучерской, Кормака Маккарти, Маргарет Этвуд, Виктора Пелевина, Джеймса Паттерсона, Евгения Водолазкина и многих других. В первой части книги вам предстоит пройти «путь писателя»: от создания романа до его издания.

Nervös war gestern – Führung heißt Verantwortung übernehmen, aber oft auch Druck, Unsicherheit und die Angst, nicht zu genügen. Aufregung und die eigenen hohen Ansprüche halten davon ab, selbstbewusst und überzeugend Teams und Mitarbeitende zu leiten. Doch die gute Nachricht ist: Souveränes Auftreten und Kommunizieren als Führungskraft sind keine angeborenen Talente, sondern Fähigkeiten, die jeder erlernen kann. Mit dem 30-Tage-Plan von Laura Wällnitz wirst du endlich zu der selbstbewussten und gelassenen Führungspersönlichkeit, die du sein möchtest.

"There are only three career paths to make money as a writer. Work at a magazine or newspaper. Work in advertising. Or work at a coffee shop by day and on your novel at night." That was the advice Nicolas Cole's college professor gave him upon graduating with a degree in creative writing in 2013. But he didn't listen. Over the past 10+ years, Nicolas Cole has generated more than $30 million as a writer by proving that writing can be monetized across a wide variety of business models, industries, and platforms.

O crítico ensina o ouvinte a ler como crítico. Ora, ler como crítico não é um prazer ou, ao menos, é um prazer muito particular, entremeado de muita aridez. Mas o que você quer é ler bem, de forma útil, proveitosa e agradável? Este é outro objetivo, é outro ponto de vista, e é somente a essa arte que se dedica este pequena obra que escrevi.

Compreender e memorizar informações importantes pode ser um grande desafio, mas Sönke Ahrens afirma que a escrita é uma técnica poderosa para ajudar nesses processos. Para o autor, todo esforço intelectual começa com uma nota. Nesta obra, que já inspirou estudiosos e escritores no mundo inteiro, o pesquisador alemão, cuja experiência e conhecimento o tornaram um líder na sua área, revela de que modo a simples atividade de elaboração de notas pode ser usada como uma ferramenta para aprimorar a compreensão de informações, o processo de aprendizagem e acelerar o raciocínio.

One person talks; the other listens. It's so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions get in the way of real communication? This thoughtful, witty, and empathic book has already helped over 100,000 people break through conflicts and transform their personal and professional relationships.

Abridged for audio. Read by the author, Clive James. With fascinating essays on towering figures from Anna Akhmatova to Stefan Zweig, via Charles de Gaulle, Hitler, Thomas Mann and Wittgenstein, Cultural Amnesia is one of the crowning achievements in Clive James's illustrious career as a critic...

The Woodlanders is vintage Hardy. The story revolves around the young woman Grace Melbury, who returns to the leafy world of Little Hintock and soon finds herself at the center of a number of tragic events. In penetrating, incisive and beautiful prose, Hardy tells a moving tale of unrequited love as fate and the constraints of society thwart the happiness of our heroine.

An insightful and actionable guide to creating a hero that readers will fall in love with, from the author of The Secrets of Story The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character – specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a...

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel Thomas Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how...