Download or read book The Gentle Art of Verbal Self defense written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us are under verbal attack everyday and often don't realize it. In "The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" you'll learn the skills you need to respond to all types of verbal attack
Download or read book Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self defense written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by M J F Books. This book was released on 1995-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Verbal Judo written by George J. Thompson, PhD and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes. Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control." This new edition features a fresh new cover and a foreword demonstrating the legacy of Verbal Judo founder and author George Thompson, as well as a never-before-published final chapter presenting Thompson’s "Five Universal Truths" of human interaction.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Verbal Self defense written by Lillian Glass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on identifying the verbal bullies in one's life, determining the difference between abuse and "kidding around," turning negative comments to one's advantage, and delivering verbal defense appropriately and confidently
Download or read book The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense at Work written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some employees, verbal abuse can be the everyday language of doing business. Defending yourself from these verbal abusers—calmly, professionally, and successfully—can be crucial to your on-the-job success. Nationally recognized linguistics expert and author Suzette Haden Elgin applies her acclaimed techniques for combating verbal attacks to common workplace situations. Powerful yet unthreatening, her proven strategies will help you recognize and defend yourself from verbal abuse—everything from casual obscenities and racist or sexist language to sarcasm, cutting jokes, and subtle put-downs. Richly illustrated with fully dramatizes scenarios and real-world examples, Dr. Elgin’s communication techniques will help you instantly take control of any verbal confrontation. You’ll also learn how to avoid “malpractice of the mouth” and sexual harassment; communicate sensitively and clearly with non-native English speakers; and project a strong, straightforward, and trustworthy image. You’ll find tips for handling sensitive issues via email and voice mail, advice on meeting the communication challenges that face home-based and virtual businesses, and plenty of “workouts” placed throughout the book to give you valuable opportunities to practice your new skills. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work is your roadmap through the potentially career-threatening minefields of workplace communication.
Download or read book Native Tongue written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Native Tongue earned wide critical praise, and cult status as well. Set in the twenty-second century after the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment, the novel reveals a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights, and banned from public life. In this world, Earth’s wealth relies on interplanetary commerce, for which the population depends on linguists, a small, clannish group of families whose women breed and become perfect translators of all the galaxies’ languages. The linguists wield power, but live in isolated compounds, hated by the population, and in fear of class warfare. But a group of women is destined to challenge the power of men and linguists. Nazareth, the most talented linguist of her family, is exhausted by her constant work translating for the government, supervising the children’s language education in the Alien-in-Residence interface chambers, running the compound, and caring for the elderly men. She longs to retire to the Barren House, where women past childbearing age knit, chat, and wait to die. What Nazareth does not yet know is that a clandestine revolution is going on in the Barren Houses: there, word by word, women are creating a language of their own to free them of men’s domination. Their secret must, above all, be kept until the language is ready for use. The women’s language, Láadan, is only one of the brilliant creations found in this stunningly original novel, which combines a page-turning plot with challenging meditations on the tensions between freedom and control, individuals and communities, thought and action. A complete work in itself, it is also the first volume in Elgin’s acclaimed Native Tongue trilogy.
Download or read book How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1997-04-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting your point across with the gentle art of verbal self-defense.
Download or read book Success with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self defense written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1989 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the author extends her remarkable self-defense tactics against verbal abuse to the business world. Using fully dramatized scenarios that make effective business communications as exciting and suspenseful as a novel, she shows you how to quickly recognize verbal abuse ... gently defuse it ... and replace it with clear, courteous, effective communication.
Download or read book Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self defense written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Business & Professional Division. This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author shows you how her revolutionary system of language behavior can guide you to better health and help you overcome stress-building hostility and develop strong social support networks; defuse tension, minimize conflict, and increase peace of mind; replace harmful negative thinking with healthful positive thinking; perceive yourself as someone in control rather than as a victim. In addition, you'll discover several simple techniques to help you feel in control over painful symptoms. You'll also see why your body's natural painkillers are more effective than any pain pill could be.
Download or read book Karate Breaking Techniques written by Jack Hibbard and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karate Breaking Techniques is the first book devoted solely to the art and techniques of breaking objects. The author, a highly experienced martial arts instructor and former Green Beret, explains clearly and systematically how to break boards, bricks, and other objects, and discusses practical applications of these techniques for self-defense. With over 500 outstanding photographs and sketches, this karate book demonstrates the breaks themselves, then, in a simple, step-by-step manner, teaches how to execute them properly and safely. Although kola and fighting principles differ from style to style, breaking remains a constant, no matter what the style. Therefore, although martial artists may fight differently, execute kato differently or execute entirely different sets of kala, all students of all styles can use the information set out in Karate Breaking Techniques to master the art of breaking. Beginning with thorough coverage of the basics and on examination of the three principles of speed, power, and penetration, the author explains the importance of focus, body conditioning, proper placement of objects to be broken, breath control, and other vital aspects of the art. Hand, kicking, flying, and combination breaking techniques are discussed in detail, and the book concludes with instructions for performing impressive demonstration techniques.
Download or read book You Can t Say That to Me written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verbal abuse comes in many devastating forms--but no matter how or when it occurs, abuse language can have grave long-term consequences for the victim's physical and psychological health and well-being. This book offers readers a practical program for controlling and ending virtually all forms of verbal abuse.
Download or read book The Language Imperative written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us view language as a tool, a means by which to communicate our thoughts and emotions. But is there more to language than just "talk"? Can learning languages actually change the way you think? In The Language Imperative, best-selling author and linguistic scholar Suzette Haden Elgin examines the power of language to shape our lives. She confronts some of the most pressing issues parents and educators face today: Is it a good or bad idea for Americans to have command of more than one language? Should learning languages be a luxury for only the rich? Or should it be a goal of the public educational system as well? Based on solid science and filled with personal insights, The Language Imperative is required reading for anyone interested in how words shape our lives, both as individuals and as a nation.
Download or read book The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self defense written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1987 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense comes this new book on how to control language behavior advantageously and trigger positive responses from listeners.
Download or read book Verbal Aikido The Gentle Art of Blending Then Redirecting written by Sensei/Renshi Nathan Chlumsky and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the techniques in this manual comes from Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, a series of techniques designed by Dr. George J. Thompson, Ph.D. (1941-2011). Dr. Thompson was one of the leading experts in verbal self-defense tactics & trained law enforcement agencies all over the world with his techniques. This manual is an updated version along with understanding & possessing what is known as "Disability Awareness" & how to identify people with many forms of disabilities from mental, physical, psychological, drug induced & more. I also talk about how to deal with the criminal mind & people with Psychological issues, how to deal with manipulation & how to avoid being set-up & manipulated, & even suicide prevention. This knowledge comes from my 20 yrs. of experience working in local, State & Government Security, Adult & Juvenile Corrections & Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 3 yrs. working with Special Needs Teens as a Para Professional Special Needs Teacher's Assistant, & 24 yrs. Martial Arts.
Download or read book The Judas Rose written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dystopian science fiction classic set in a world where women have no rights, the patriarchy sends a covert female agent to take down the resistance. In the second entry of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan—the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy—to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language’s reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Láadan, and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are tasked to spread the language. But when outraged priests detect their sabotage, they send a double agent to infiltrate and destroy the movement from the inside… Originally published in the 1980s, the Native Tongue trilogy is a classic dystopian tale: a testament to the power of language and women's collective action. “This angry feminist text is also an exemplary experiment in speculative fiction, deftly and implacably pursuing both a scientific hypothesis and an ideological hypothesis through all their social, moral, and emotional implications.”—Ursula K. Le Guin “Less well known than The Handmaid's Tale but just as apocalyptic in their vision…Native Tongue along with its sequel The Judas Rose . . . record female tribulations in a world where…women have no public rights at all. Elgin's heroines do, however, have one set of weapons—words of their own.”—Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, New York Times Book Review “A pioneering feminist experiment.”—Literary Hub “A welcome reminder of the feminist legacies of science fiction…Explores the power of speech, agency, and subversion in a work that is as gripping, troubling, and meaningful today as it has ever been.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Download or read book The Grandmother Principles written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 2000-01-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the author, "Grandmother skills" are disappearing because in our highly mobile society, women may now remain in the workforce or live far from their grandchildren. Elgin (The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense), herself a grandmother to 10, attempts to fill this gap by providing grandmothers of all types and ages with this chatty and good-natured guide to successful grandmothering. Included among Elgin's 21 sensible principles are advice for mediating family disputes, tips for helping grandchildren with money problems while maintaining one's own financial solvency, as well as the importance of passing down family myths and stories to the next generation. Elgin also discusses family crises or illnesses when it may become necessary for a grandmother to take over the running of the household of one of her children (whom she coyly refers to as a "chadult"). Elgin firmly believes that once the emergency is over, a grandmother must return the household to the parents as soon as possible and gracefully return home. Elgin includes lots of nitty gritty advice but most of her book is aimed at reminding readers how to give families the advantage of their experience without giving in to the frailties of age. “ 35 b/w illustrations
Download or read book How to Turn the Other Cheek and Still Survive in Today s World written by Suzette Haden Elgin and published by Nelsonword Publishing Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Elgin shows you how to arm yourself with verbal strategies to defuse hostile situations. These techniques will help you stop arguments before they start, effectively allowing you to " turn the other cheek."
