Why are some people worriers & others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising & others at controlling? We have something deep & consistent within us that determines the choices we make & the situations we bring about But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy one an aggressive one or a meek one? & are you stuck with your personality or can you change it? Daniel Nettle takes the reader on a tour through the science of human personality introducing the five 'dimensions' on which every personality is based & using an unusual combination of individual life stories & scientific research Showing how our personalities stem from our biological makeup Nettle looks at the latest findings from genetics & brain science considers the evolutionary origins & consequences of personality variation & even

Includes:: a questionnaire for you to assess your own personality against the five

Dimensions There is no optimal personality to have Rather every disposition brings both advantages & disadvantages Life is partly the business of finding a niche where your personal characteristics work for you Full of human as well as scientific insight this book will enable you to understand the perils & potentials of your personality to the full



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Not intended for your family game night! Personally Incorrect the appalling game that will make you hate what you think & love what you play! Ever played a party game that just got more & more offensive through the night? Me too! So instead we decided to start one that way This game is sexist ageist racist & downright dirty Basically if you get offended by anything go play some other lame game! Not only do you get to make up absolutely outrageous allegations but you get to make them up about someone sitting right at your table! If you&re playing with close friends
- watch out! Inside jokes & embarrassing facts might just take center stage Unlike similar games where the question reader is king players vote to decide who handed over the best answer Adult Party Game Where Players Strive to find the Most Appropriately Inappropriate Answer Game Design Makes Sure Personally Incorrect Stays Funny After Repeated Plays You don’t have to be a morally inept or a terrible person to win Personally Incorrect… but it certainly can’t hurt! Party Card Game with Unique Voting Mechanic & Quick Rounds bringing a refreshing Twist on the Genre Ages 182-10 Players Playtime 20 Minutes
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This book explores the varied attitudes of different mainstream faith traditions in the US towards care for the dying end of life issues & grief & mourning Interwoven with interviews & personal stories from people of many different faiths it considers matters of healthcare end-of-life issues death grieving & memorializing ...

Go beyond the horizon with Perspective Sketching This book offers a command of the basic principles of perspective that is essential to creating dynamic plausible compositions With a user-friendly approach this step-by-step guide will help you master the basics like scale drawing contour line drawing linear perspective tone & texture & more Freehand skills like intuitive perspective & concept sketching help you to deepen your technique Artist & designer Jorge Paricio also

Includes:: lessons on working with 3-D modeling in Sketch Up & painting in Photoshop & provides a full chapter in blending traditional hand skills with digital media This effective technique that draws on a broad sense of artistic qualities coupled with mastering perspective creates a sketching book unlike any other

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Perspectives on Discourse Analysis Theory & Practice provides the studentreader with the basic theoretical knowledge & the empirical tools of some of the most relevant approaches to the analysis of discourse It has been mainly conceived of as a general (university) course on Discourse Analysis but it can also be useful for any person or group whose main concern is to acquire the basic necessary knowledge & skills for analyzing any type of discourse The subject matter of the book could not only be of use for linguists or prospective linguists given its interdisciplinary character its findings can be (and in fact are) used & applied by practitioners & scholars from different fields such as sociology psychology medical science computer science & so on Thus the book can be used by any person who having certain linguistic knowledge is interested in exploring the fascinating world of discourse All the chapters contain both a theoretical & an empirical section the latter containing examples of analysis as well as exercises (Practice) & self-evaluation questions whose answers can be found at the end of the book (in the Practice key & Key to self-evaluation questions sections) The book is divided into 12 chapters The first two introduce basic information about discourse analysis & text linguistics as well as the necessary techniques for gathering data including a very brief introduction to corpus linguistics Chapters 3-11 present & discuss some of the most prominent & well-known approaches to discourse analysis namely Pragmatics Interactional Sociolinguistics Conversation Analysis The Ethnography of Communication Variation Analysis & Narrative Analysis Functional Sentence Perspective Post-Structuralist Theory & Social Theory Critical Discourse Analysis & Positive Discourse Analysis & Mediated Discourse Analysis Finally Chapter 12 deals with crucial & further issues such as the type of discourse chosen for the analysis the strategies & functions of discourse or the problem of choosing an appropriate unit of analysis which will suit the aims of research Perspectives on Discourse Analysis Theory & Practice may prove of value to all those who are professionally involved in the area of discourse & pragmatic studies or simply to those who wish to acquire the necessary basic knowledge & techniques for analyzing any type of discourse from medical journalistic or political discourse to computer-mediated humoristic or hegemonic discourse (where the use & abuse of power is an important issue) just to name a few of the innumerable possibilities A desirable & intended effect of this book is also the development of an open & tolerant mind which will eventually lead to a better understanding of the different & varied manifestations of language culture & communication in human society ...

During the Second World War the UK government created the Central Office of Information to act as the country's marketing & communications agency In these desperate times the Office produced steady streams of propaganda for the home front for the colonies & for dissemination through occupied countries In addition to patriotic material encouraging Britons to maintain a stiff upper lip thousands of postcards leaflets posters booklets & other promotional materials were dropped from aircraft over occupied countries in World War IIIn 2000 the master set of copies was deposited with the British Library making an enormous collection of great social & historical significance available to the public for the first time In this book the leading historian of propaganda presents the best examples from the wartime information machine & reveals the history behind this key government body ...

' She had been forced into prudence in her youth she learned romance as she grew older
- the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning'
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Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature & wickedly satirical It follows the story of Anne Elliott who as a teenager was engaged to a seemingly ideal man Frederick Wentworth But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match Anne ends their engagement When they are reacquainted eight years later their circumstances are transformed Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War while Anne's fortunes are floundering Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future happiness? Gorgeously illustrated by Hugh Thomson this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Persuasion also

Includes:: an afterword by author & critic Henry Hitchings Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series this edition of Persuasion is thoroughly edited & extensively annotated &

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Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics She had been forced into prudence in her youth she learned romance as she grew older the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars Persuasion is a tale of love heartache & the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends & family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain Wentworth because he lacks in fortune & rank More than seven years later when he returns home from the Navy Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him but Wentworth only appears to have eyes for a friend of Anne's Moving tender but intrinsically Austen' in style with it's satirical portrayal of the vanity of society in eighteenth-century England Persuasion celebrates enduring love & hope ...