Each of the following statements relates to one of the four basic personality types: Melancholy Phlegmatic Sanguine & Choleric. Which do you relate to most? * I am well organised & keep everything in its proper place. * I find it hard to express excitement even about something that's really important to me. * Sometimes I forget where I parked the car. * I get annoyed when my employees don't follow my instructions to the letter. In this revised & expanded edition Florence Littauer provides valuable insight into your God-given personality & reveals how your unique blend of traits affects your emotions work performance & relationships. She also provides keys to understanding those around you. You will discover how to accept
- & even enjoy
- the traits that make each of us so different. Personality Plus is the tool you need to change your life for the better.

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The fairytale ending was just the beginning... Jessie Woods absolutely believes in fairytale endings. So would you if you had a recession-proof career as a daredevil TV host a palatial pink mansion & the dream boyfriend. But quicker than you can say Cinderella her life falls to pieces & suddenly her prince isnt quite so charming her party-loving friends disappear & even her faithful friend Visa no longer loves her... Utterly heartbroken & jobless Jessie is forced back home to live with her stepmum & two evil stepsisters. Is it time for her to give up on the dream
- or will Jessie learn that happy endings can come in the strangest of places? Avons hot new acquisition presents a tale of princes who turn out to be frogs Manolo Blahnik glass slippers & not-so-happily-ever-afters...
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From sketches through to final paintings Geoff Kersey shows how to incorporate linear & arial perspective how to create depth & distance with light & shade & how to breath a sense of realism into a picture. Flat dull landscapes can be changed into vibrant scenes full of life with sunlight & shadows; distance can be enhanced by placing warm colours in the foreground & cool colours in the background; foreground detail & soft background images can lead your eye into a picture. There are many more tricks which can be used to create an illusion of a three dimensional scene. Fields trees roads rivers bridges buildings harbours--whatever the subject you will need to learn about perspective depth & distance. ...

The author provides the means by which students & interior degigners can learn to draw interior perspectives through the use of a basic formula. He offers an easily accessible & quickly learned method that will serve every interior designers drawing needs. All that is required is familiarity with plan section & elevation drawings & the basic skills of using drafting tools. Beginning with a section on the fundamental technique of two-point perspective which is presented through 14 sequential steps Pile moves on to cover special situations (including one-point perspective circular forms reflective images views from above light effects & furniture); freehand perspective; camera techniques; case studies of 8 typical spaces which are illustrated by 5 well-known designers; analysis of finished perspectives; & a review of computer-aided techniques. Step-by-step demonstrations analysis of constructed layouts & illustrations of completed works make this volume a complete & accurate guidebook. ...

From its first edition in 1979 Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised & updated edition

Features: a concise introduction to the major debates of the twentieth century placing them in historical & philosophical context information on thinkers of the nineteenth & early twentieth century whose relevance to modern social thought is only now being recognized e.g. Nietszche Saussure Simmel connections drawn between post-structuralist thinkers like Foucault & Derrida & the founding figures of sociology: Marx Weber & Durkheim a completely rewritten chapter on the Synthesisers
- Bourdieu Habermas & Giddens
- & their attempts to generate a consensus from the apparently conflicting theories of their predecessors a new chapter reviewing the rise of British sociology with particular reference to the political context & the changing role of class in sociological thinking a new chapter describing the attempts of sociological theorists to explain current concerns problems & issues in the areas of gender (homo)sexuality & ethnicity in the context of the postcolonial world. While retaining its emphasis & wealth of information on the founding figures of sociology this fifth edition now features a new easy-to-read format (with particular attention paid to the linking & cross-referencing of chapters) &

Includes:: much new material on contemporary social theory with particular reference to its attempts to tackle current problems & issues in the areas of gender sexuality & ethnicity in the postcolonial context.





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At twenty-seven Anne Elliot is no longer young & has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austens last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis & Bath Persuasion" is a brilliant satire of vanity & pretension but above all it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities." ...

Her last completed novel marrying witty social realism to a Cinderella love story Jane Austens Persuasion" is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in " Penguin Classics". Anne Elliot twenty-seven & still single seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth she broke off an engagement to penniless Captain Wentworth at the insistence of her friend Lady Russell acquiescing to the demands of her class at the expense of her happiness. But when Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic wars rich & famous Anne finds her affection rekindled
- even though Wentworth seems more interested in Annes friend Louisa Musgrove. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis & Bath " Persuasion" is a brilliant satire of vanity & pretension but above all it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. In her introduction Gillian Beer discusses Austens portrayal of the double-edged nature of persuasion & the clash between old & new worlds. This edition also

Includes:: a new chronology & full textual notes. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literatures most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work " Pride & Prejudice" at the age of 22. She was the author of " Sense & Sensibility" " Pride & Prejudice" " Emma" " Persuasion" " Mansfield Park" & " Northanger Abbey". If you liked " Persuasion" you may enjoy George Eliots " Middlemarch" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal". (Virginia Woolf)."


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The Penguin English Library Edition" of " Persuasion" by Jane Austen. ' Her attachment & regrets had for a long time clouded every enjoyment of youth; & an early loss of bloom & spirits had been their lasting effect'. " Persuasion" Jane Austen's last novel is a moving masterly & elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot who persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough has never forgotten him. When he returns he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness. " The Penguin English Library" contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War." ...

Many people want to gain trust or support in business & throughout life but the true skill is doing so in a charming fashion! Whether you're convincing the boss about your much-deserved promotion or a busy restaurateur to offer a better table the power of persuasion can help improve & increase your successes. Elizabeth Kuhnke author of the bestselling Body Language For Dummies guides the reader through easy-to-implement techniques that can turn a timid person into someone bursting with self confidence & the ability to influence. Topics covered will include: The key elements in becoming more persuasive
- body language listening skills using persuasive words & actions Finding a common ground & establishing a connection with your audience Capturing their attention & keeping them interested Putting yourself across convincingly Getting things done through others Identifying the type of person you're dealing with
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Effective advertising is almost always persuasive advertising. & while not all advertising seeks to persuade in a competitive situation those who best persuade are those most likely to win. This exciting new book seeks to explain the precise ways in which advertising successfully persuades consumers setting out the strategies for advertisers to adopt & illustrating the theories at work. Offering not only a conceptual & theoretical grounding in persuasive techniques Persuasion in Advertising also provides concrete empirical research that is uniquely incorporated into a marketing textbook format. The authors cover topics including: difficulties of persuasion rationality & emotion in persuasion positive reinforcement techniques & cognitive approaches to persuasion. To illuminate these theories the authors include original case-studies on campaigns as diverse as Death Cigarettes Mecca Cola The Oxo Family & Renault Clio as well as recent advertisements from BMW Mc Donalds Omega & Silk Cut. A genuinely fresh & accessible text on the art of persuasion in advertising this book is essential reading for all marketing students & academics. ...