Verbal Advantage

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Random House Reference
ISBN 13 : 030756097X
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Verbal Advantage written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time in book form! A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful people need to know, based on America's #1 bestselling audio vocabulary series. "People judge you by the words you use." Millions of Americans know this phrase from radio and print advertising for the Verbal Advantage audio series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Now this bestselling information is available for the first time in book form, in an easy-to-follow, graduated vocabulary building program that teaches an outstanding vocabulary in just ten steps. Unlike other vocabulary books, Verbal Advantage provides a complete learning experience, with clear explanations of meanings, word histories, usages, pronunciation, and more. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, the book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, teaching a vocabulary shared by only the top percentage of Americans, with a proven method that helps the knowledge last. A 10-step vocabulary program teaches 500 key words and 3,000 synonyms. Lively, accessible writing from an expert author and radio personality. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Random House Reference
ISBN 13 : 9780375709326
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Verbal Advantage written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2000-09-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time in book form! A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful people need to know, based on America's #1 bestselling audio vocabulary series. "People judge you by the words you use." Millions of Americans know this phrase from radio and print advertising for the Verbal Advantage audio series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Now this bestselling information is available for the first time in book form, in an easy-to-follow, graduated vocabulary building program that teaches an outstanding vocabulary in just ten steps. Unlike other vocabulary books, Verbal Advantage provides a complete learning experience, with clear explanations of meanings, word histories, usages, pronunciation, and more. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, the book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, teaching a vocabulary shared by only the top percentage of Americans, with a proven method that helps the knowledge last. A 10-step vocabulary program teaches 500 key words and 3,000 synonyms. Lively, accessible writing from an expert author and radio personality.

Author : Carol Kensey Goman
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442966548
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nonverbal Advantage written by Carol Kensey Goman and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250020891
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Workout written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Workout is a practical book for building vocabulary—a graduated program featuring thousands of words that begins with those known by most college graduates and ascends to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. This workout is a comprehensive program, chock-full of information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and replete with advice on proper usage and pronunciation. There are also creative review quizzes at each step of the way to measure your progress and reinforce learning. Unlike other vocabulary books, Word Workout provides a complete learning experience with clear explanations and surefire methods to retain new knowledge. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, this book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, featuring words used by the top tier of literate Americans, laid out in ten accessible chapters designed for anyone who is looking for some serious verbal exercise. From "avowal" to "proselytize," from "demagogue" to "mendicant," Charles Harrington Elster has carefully picked the words you need to know, and given you an easy, fast, and fail-safe way to learn and remember them.

Author : Lillian Glass
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028627410
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Verbal Self-defense written by Lillian Glass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on identifying the verbal bullies in one's life, determining the difference between abuse and "kidding around," turning negative comments to one's advantage, and delivering verbal defense appropriately and confidently

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618423156
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive pronouncement on more than 1,500 of our most commonly mispronounced words. From the language maven Charles Harrington Elster comes an authoritative and unapologetically opinionated look at American speech. As Elster points out, there is no sewer in connoisseur, no dip in diphthong, and no pronoun in pronunciation. The culmination of twenty years of observation and study, The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations is more than just a pronunciation guide. Elster discusses past and present usage, alternatives, analogies, and tendencies and offers plenty of advice, none of it objective. Whether you are adamant or ambivalent about the spoken word, Elster arms you with the information you need to decide what is acceptable for you. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations has now been expanded and revised and features nearly 200 new words, including: al-Qaeda bruschetta commensurate coup de grace curriculum vita exacerbate gigabyte hara-kiri machismo Muslim Niger Pinochet Pulitzer sorbet tinnitus w (as in www-dot) and many, many more. Charles Harrington Elster is the pronunciation editor of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of various books about language, including Verbal Advantage, There's a Word for It, and What in the Word? He has been a guest columnist on language for the Boston Globe and the New York Times Magazine and a commentator on NPR and hundreds of radio shows around the country.

Author : Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Publisher : New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Verbal Behavior written by Burrhus Frederic Skinner and published by New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts. This book was released on 1957 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156031974
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What in the Word? written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a humorous look at the English language, including information on word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation.

Author : George J. Thompson, PhD
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0062031686
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Verbal Judo written by George J. Thompson, PhD and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes. Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control." This new edition features a fresh new cover and a foreword demonstrating the legacy of Verbal Judo founder and author George Thompson, as well as a never-before-published final chapter presenting Thompson’s "Five Universal Truths" of human interaction.

Author : Charles Harringto Elster
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 9780671778583
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's a Word for It! written by Charles Harringto Elster and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word lovers will delight in this collection of unusual, useful words and their definitions by a man William Safire calls "ek-Stror-di-ner-ee". "Anyone who enjoys playing with the English language will find this compendium charming and at times hysterical".--"Booklist".