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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

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Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World

Benny Lewis · 253 pages

A new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. --

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The Art Of Conversation: Or, What To Say, And When

Catherine Blyth · 296 pages

A wide-ranging, exhortatory look at the pleasures of great conversation, including strategies for how to bring it about, from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise in its ways.

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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner · 363 pages

At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sound

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30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Wilfred Funk, Norman Lewis · 244 pages

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Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

Gloria Steinem · 421 pages

Spanish translation of "Revolution from within". A guide to reconstructing self esteem based on the author's personal experience.

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Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life

Judith Orloff · 416 pages

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relaxed when your supervisor loses her temper. What if you were peaceful instead of anxious? What if your life were filled with nurturing relationships and a warm sense of belonging? This is what it feels like when you've achieved emotional freedom. National bestselling author Dr. Judith Orloff invites yo

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Hypnotize Yourself

Emilie Leyes

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Word Power Made Easy

Norman Lewis · 468 pages

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Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought

George Lakoff, Mark Johnson · 624 pages

What are human beings like? How is knowledge possible? What is truth? Where do moral values come from? Questions like these have stood at the center of Western philosophy for centuries. In addressing them, philosophers have made certain fundamental assumptions-that we can know our own minds by introspection, that most of our thinking about the world is literal, and that reason is disembodied and u

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SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games

Jane McGonigal · 466 pages

A renowned game designer describes how she recovered from a debilitating concussion by turning her therapeutic process into a digital game that became the subject of a major NIH research study.

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Telling Yourself the Truth

William Backus, Marie Chapian · 224 pages

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The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship, A Toltec Wisdom Book

Miguel Ruiz · 210 pages

Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, he shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.

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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

Mark Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn · 273 pages

Drawing on the collective wisdom of four mindfulness experts, this volume offers effective relief from the most prevalent psychological disorder: clinical depression.

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Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days

Kevin Leman · 304 pages

Anyone who has dealt with a strong-willed child knows that it is no easy task to turn bad behavior around. But the popularity of TV programs like Supernanny and Nanny 911 shows that parents have had it up to here and are ready to try anything to get their children to behave. Bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman is here to help.Have a New Kid by Friday shows parents how to reverse ne

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The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It

David Niven · 204 pages

The Simple Science of HappinessScientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. At last, social scientist and psychologist David Niven, Ph.D., distills the scientific gobbledygook of over a thousand of the most compelling and important stud

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Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck

Amy Alkon · 289 pages

We live in a world that's very different from the one in which Emily Post came of age. Many of us who are nice (but who also sometimes say "(f*ck)" are frequently at a loss for guidelines about how to be a good person who deals effectively with the increasing onslaught of rudeness we all encounter. To lead us out of the miasma of modern mannerlessness, science based and bitingly funny syndicated

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Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

John B. Arden

How to rewire your brain to improve virtually every aspect of your life-based on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology on neuroplasticity and evidence-based practices Not long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you would ever possess. Your brain was thought to be "hardwired"

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