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Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships

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The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict

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Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction

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Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence

Professional success requires excellent communication skills. Sage Publications Ltd. Wahl help students understand the role communication plays when successfully handling situations like job interviewing, providing feedback to supervisors, and working in teams. The fully updated third edition includes expanded coverage of making competent choices in new communication channels, increased emphasis on skill building for business writing and presentations, and the effective use of visual aids.

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Upended: How Following Jesus Remakes Your Words and World

Connect. Join this exhilarating exploration of the often overlooked, often oversimplified character of Jesus and His unparalleled way of communicating. Sage Publications Ltd. Paperback, Focus: Guide to resolving personal conflict. Much better. Not always how you’d imagined, but certainly for the better. Upended invites the follower of Jesus to become an apprentice to Jesus, particularly in the choices that shape our lives most: how we communicate and connect.

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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

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Contemporary Perspectives on Rhetoric, 30th Anniversary Edition

Each chapter ends with a complete bibliography of works by the theorists. The brief biographical sketches locate the theorists in time and place, showing how life experiences influenced perspectives on rhetorical thought. The critical commentary is carefully chosen to highlight implications and to place the theories within a broader rhetorical context.

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Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies and Tactics, Third Edition

While hollywood executives spend millions of dollars making movies, even more money is poured into selling those films to the public. Southern Illinois University Press. Sage Publications Ltd. A highly navigable handbook that breaks down a complicated process into manageable strategies in an easy-to-read style, Marketing to Moviegoers is a must for all professionals and students in today’s rapidly evolving film industry.

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