books about: social-communications

books about: social-communications

books:

Social-communications

Robert Greene

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

Psychological nuclear energy
As its more tangible counterpart, this information can destroy or sustain. From one standpoint I am just glad to have a pretty well organized blueprint of human actions: a lens through which I can categorize things I see. Personally, I intend to take it no further ...

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley

Bantam, 1997

Final Gifts
I first read this book as my dad was approaching death, which was caused by his cancer. It gave me valuable insights into what my dad, and my family, were going through. I have since purchased and given copies of this book to several friends and family members. I ...

The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law

Norm Goldstein

Basic Books, 2007

AP Stylebook Review
The 2008 AP Stylebook is a useful guide to any potential journalist. It is necessary to know the ins and outs of writing and nothing articulates it better than this book.

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Pocket, 1998

How to Win Friends and Influence People: review by Jon Gillespie-Brown, Author "So you want to be an entrepreneur"
How reading a single book can change your life! It's true, when I was 16 years old I (like many others I have now found out since then) read my first book about business. I was drawn to it in a small, old fashioned book shop that's no longer in business. At the time ...

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Necessary Reading!
Great book for educators. Should be required reading for all who work with people. Practical and effective information taught in a comprehensive and understandable fashion. Our faculty is doing a group study and application to our school with great results!

Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, ...

Free Press, 2008

Great fast read with real knowledge :)
I just finished this book today, and I absolutely loved it !!! I am actually buying more copies for my friends and family in sales, own their own business or have positive ambition :) There are like 50 chapters with 3-5 pages each, kinda. It makes it easy to read ...

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

Leil Lowndes

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Get what it aims to do done
For those of you who are looking to improve the quality of your communication and relationships this is one of the books for you. However I'd recommend starting with How To Win Friends and Influence People by: Dale Carnegie. As Lowndes states in the intro of her book, ...

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Random House, 2007

If you could make yourself significantly more powerful by reading 336 pages, wouldn't you?
Made to Stick is a book about making yourself a better, more influential person. How you use that power is ultimately up to you (although I recommend using it for good) but there's no doubt this book is of more practical value than anything I've read in years. ...

For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women

Shaunti Feldhahn, Jeff Feldhahn

Multnomah Books, 2006

Great read- fun and insightful!
Our pastor recommended this book (who knew!). My husband read "For Men Only" and I read "For Women Only." Before we were married, we decided that each year, we would read a 'foster our relationship' book together. This is by far the best read we've done! Very ...

The Definitive Book of Body Language

Barbara Pease, Allan Pease

Bantam, 2006

Picking up on the unspoken signals
Body language is the key to first encounters. We all send secret signals and cues with our gestures and stances, sometimes even when we aren't aware we're doing so. But knowing what this "body lingo" means is not easy; for most of us, this nonverbal communication ...

The Five Love Languages for Singles (Chapman, Gary)

Gary Chapman

Northfield Publishing, 2004

A Must read1
Very insightful, a quick read with lots of "real life" scenarios. I think all can benefit from reading this book in some way.

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Un Spun- Finding Facts
I loved the Book! Great information for someone that wants to learn the political system. Since there is so much propaganda out there, this was a great book to understanding some of it. Short and to the point...not a big book...but long on fact finding.

You Can Read Anyone

David J. Lieberman

Viter Press, 2007

Excellent resource
This is an excellent book, but you really need to invest time in studying and reviewing its contents if you want to master this skill. Well worth the effort if you are serious.

104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, Coping ...

Alanna E. Jones

Rec Room Publishing, 1998

Great Resource!
I found this book to have some great ideas for group activities that introduce and teach social/emotional skills. As a social worker in a junior high school, I have implemented many of these activites into my daily activities. Highly recommended for teachers, ...

The Age of American Unreason

Susan Jacoby

Pantheon, 2008

Folks Are Not As Smart as They Used to Be
Jacoby explains our cultural decline as thinking citizens. She is a left winger and spends a lot of time critiquing right wingers, although she criticizes the politically correct national history standards of 1994 and our unwillingness to have national teaching ...