The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0735200890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Absolutely love it! Great service, great price, great people!. "Three Stars" according to Karen Goff. Good points made by writer!. Baseless and contrived Stephan Samuel After taking some time to describe why she's qualified to write about the English language, the author spends a brief couple pages espousing some personal views of the language, then goes on to write a baseless book on psychology in the workplace. The book isn't about language and the author isn't qualified to write about what the book really is about.Anyone who has ever worked in an office and most who haven't should have figured out everything in this book. The examples are contrived and not very relevant to real life. Unless you live on a movie set, this stuff doesn't happen like this anymore. Maybe it did in the 80s, bu
Her bestselling Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense books include Genderspeak and You Can't Say That to Me!, both from Wiley. SUZETTE HADEN ELGIN, Ph.D., is the founder of the Ozark Center for Language Studies. She and her family live near Huntsville, Arkansas.
This text shows how to defend oneself against verbal abuse, including casual racist or sexist language, and explains how to use e-mail and voice-mail to handle sensitive issues.
“ a crash course on just how powerful the English language is—and how easily it can be misconstrued.” -- Copley News Service, September 24, 2000“Her genius is in separating what is meant…from the words that are actually spoken.” -- Dallas Morning News, Januray 23, 2000“She interweaves lessons agreeably with examples that read like fiction.” -- American Way, February 2000