The objective of communication is to obtain a close rapport between interlocutors. If the goal is reached‚ it is easier to tackle with the encountered problem. This is the way how Thomas Gordon‚ the author of the bestseller “Parent Effectiveness Training” (1970‚ New York)‚ perceives the role of good listening. In order to focus readers’ attention on fundamental mistakes people make‚ he listed twelve common types of ineffective responses. These are so called “Twelve Roadblocks to Effective Communication”
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Everyone has heard the saying that winning is not everything. In Suzanne Collin’s bestseller‚ The Hunger Games‚ it redefines that saying. In the novel‚ North America has been through some apocalyptic disasters and is known as Panam with twelve districts that are ruled by the Capitol. Each year the Hunger Games are held as a reminder of the bleak past and that the Capitol is still in control of the citizens of Panam. One girl and one boy between the ages twelve and eighteen from each district are
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German-American novelist‚ born in Osnabrück‚ Germany‚ and educated at the University of Münster. He served in the German army during World War I. During the war he wrote his first novel " All Quite on the Western Front"‚ it became an internalional bestseller. I’ve read a lot of novels by Remarque‚ but most of all I like "A time to live and a time to die" published in 1954. This novel is about Soldier Ernst Greaber‚ who is doing military service at the Russian front . One day he gets a short holiday
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scarcity of love‚ Kidd demonstratesthe power of women‚ coming together to heal those wounds‚ to mother each other and themselves‚ to create a new holy place – true family and home. The novel received much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. In 2005 it was adopted into a film by Ginn Prince-Bythewood. «The Secret Life of Bees» is the story of Lily‚ a fourteen-year-old girl who runs away from her unloving father to search for secrets of her dead mother`s past. The setting of
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Jumping Frog which appeared in the New York Saturday Press that was unique about life in a mining camp. Twain’s first published book‚ The Innocents Abroad was a humorous piece about his sightseeing on a five month Mediterrranean cruise which became a bestseller. He is the most incredible America writer because of his most famous books Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that showed his true talented as writer because of the colliquial language of the common people that created
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becoming a geisha and her rival who adds to her burden. The arts of wearing a kimono‚ putting on makeup‚ pouring sake‚ having her virginity auctioned to the highest bidder. A real well thought and informative story. It really makes you cry. A national bestseller. Marjorie Lamperein‚ Resident Scholar Sayuri started life in a small fishing village but was sold to be a geisha in Kyoto and went on to be one of the most successful geishas of the time. Rivalry with an older geisha almost destroys her
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Typical problems restaurant personnel are facing include: • Coordination of their work activities • Anticipating and handling periods of low/high patron traffic • Recognizing trends early enough to take advantage of bestsellers or abandon the flops • Lowering operating costs‚ and increasing efficiency/productivity and profits Many restaurant are still operated using pen and paper methods‚ with little or no automation. Patrons enter the facility to
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Roccamatios‚ was published in 1993. His first novel‚ Self‚ followed in 1996. Like “the author” who narrates Life of Pi‚ Martel did not achieve much commercial or critical success with either of his earlier books. Life of Pi‚ on the other hand‚ became a bestseller upon publication in 2001. It has been translated into more than forty languages and has won several prestigious awards‚ including the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction‚ the Man Booker Prize‚ and the French Le Combat de Livres. The film version directed
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Jersey. Harlan Coben is the author of many books including the series Myron Bolitar which began in 1995. Shelter is a spin-off of the series Myron Bolitar. Harlan Coben has four of his novels which have reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Harlan Coben is the author of twenty novels to date and Shelter is his first Young Adult novel. Harlan Coben was born in Newark‚ New Jersey. After graduating from Amherst College a political science major‚ Harlan worked in the travel industry
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speaker. Bhagat is the author of five bestselling novels‚ Five Point Someone (2004)‚ One Night @ the Call Center (2005)‚ The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008) ‚ 2 States (2009) & Revolution 2020: Love‚ Corruption‚ Ambition. All five books have remained bestsellers since their release and two have inspired Bollywood films (including the hit film 3 Idiots). In 2008‚ The New York Times called Bhagat "the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history".[1] [2] Bhagat‚ a graduate of Indian Institute
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