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Envisioning Information
by Edward R Tufte

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This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more)
 
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong : Why We Love France But Not the French (03 Edition)
by Jean-benoit Nadeau

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"Sixty Million Frenchmen does its job marvelously well. After reading it, you may still think the French are arrogant, aloof, and high-handed, but you will know why." --Wall Street Journal Decrypting French ideas about land, food, privacy, and... (read more)
 
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People Skills (79 Edition)
by Robert Bolton

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A wall of silent resentment shuts you off from someone you love....You listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other....Your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you.... <P> "People Skills" is a communication... (read more)
 
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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
by Deborah Tannen

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Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is... (read more)
 
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The Silent Language
by Edward T Hall

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In print for nearly forty years and with more than one million copies sold, this classic work "shows how cultural factors influence the individual behind his back, without his knowledge" (Erich Fromm).... (read more)
 
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Thinking Points : Communicating Our American Values and Vision (06 Edition)
by Lakoff

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Two years ago George Lakoff published the bestselling Don’t Think of an Elephant! Its account of the conservative monopoly on effective framing touched off a national discussion about political language. It also gave rise to a chorus of pleas for... (read more)
 
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Public Opinion (97 Edition)
by Walter Lippmann

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Written by one of the most influential men of his time and one of the greatest journalists in history, this seminal work of political science presents an incisive examination of democratic theory, the role of citizens in a democracy, and the impact of... (read more)
 
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Experiencing Intercultural Communication : Introduction (3RD 07 Edition)
by Judith N. Martin

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This introductory text covers the core concepts of intercultural communication and offers students a basic skill-building framework designed to be used every day for communicating across cultures. By using the "building blocks" of the framework in... (read more)
 
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Instant Japanese Revised Edition How To Expre
by Boye De Mente

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Instant Japanese allows you to quickly and easily meet people, go shopping, ride the subway, ask for directions, order food and drinks, and much more! This thoroughly revised second edition of Boye Lafayette De Mente's classic, bestselling phrase book... (read more)
 
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Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture
by Andrew Whittaker

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A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say when you get there. Only Speak the Culture: France will lead you to the nation's soul. This easy-to-use cultural companion reflects what it means to have grown up with Camus, Cezanne, De... (read more)
 
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From Da to Yes: Understanding the East Europeans From Da to Yes: Understanding the East Europeans
by Yale Richmond

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Since barriers to contact with Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet bloc have fallen, opportunities abound for personal and business exchanges of great potential value. Remaining, however, is the challenge of mutual understanding as the East... (read more)
 
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Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds
by David C. Pollock

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Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction (6TH 06 Edition)
by Mark L. Knapp

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The most comprehensive, most readable compendium of research and theory on nonverbal communication available, NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN INTERACTION (WITH INFOTRAC) uses the cross-disciplinary approaches of speech and social psychology to focus on... (read more)
 
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Media Control the Spectacular 2ND Edition
by Noam Chomsky

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Chomsky's classic back-pocket primer on U.S. government propaganda and media bias, now available in an edition expanded to include his comments regarding media coverage of terrorism and U.S. foreign policy in a post-September 11 world.... (read more)
 
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Field Guide to Gestures: How to Identify and Interpret Virtually Every Gesture Known to Man with Other
by Melissa Wagner

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Whether communicating with friends, lovers, coworkers, foreigners, or strangers on the street, this handy guide will help readers decipher the mysteries of human gesticulation. It features color photos of more than 100 different gestures, plus a detailed... (read more)
 
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How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day
by Gerry Spence

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Writer and attorney Gerry Spencer, who has never lost a criminal trial in his career, presents his ten laws of arguing. From using fear as an ally in public speaking to the importance of hiding emotions to learning to use words as weapons, How to Argue... (read more)
 
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Engaging Theories in Family Communication : Multiple Perspectives (06 Edition)
by Dawn O. Braithwaite

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To date, scholars from disciplines other than communication have dominated the study of family communication, and theory has never been positioned as the centerpiece of a book dealing with this subject matter. Engaging Theories in Family Communication... (read more)
 
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