Does your job require a ton of reading, and you're struggling to go through everything in time? Are you a student who regularly has to read a mountain of books for your exams? If these scenarios sound familiar, you’d be happy to hear that there’s a method you can use to read and learn faster, increase productivity in the workplace, and impress everyone with your knowledge! This ultimate guide on speed reading will take you through that process. This audiobook will empower you, boost your confidence, and upgrade your mental abilities!

The New York Times best-selling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media. 

From paddy wagon to rush hour, New York City has given us a number of our popular words and phrases, along the way fashioning a recognizable dialect all its own. Often imitated and just as often ridiculed, New York English has its own identity, imbued with the rich cultural history of (as New Yorkers tell it) the greatest city in the world. In You Talkin' to Me?, E. J. White explores the hidden history of English in New York City - a history that encompasses social class, immigration, culture, economics, and, of course, real estate.

Mind Hacking is a collection of three books that help improve many aspects of the mind, including reading comprehension, memory, learning, and more. This audiobook covers everything you need to improve memory, read faster and more efficiently, and increase intellectual performance! This collection of three books can help you improve your mind and enhance your life. Many of the tips and tricks are simple and easy to quickly begin doing.

You have a book inside of you. It’s time to finally get that book out! Have you been wanting to write a book, but haven’t been able to actually get it on the page? Are you tired of fighting against time commitments, writer’s block, fear of failure or your own self-doubt? Maybe you’ve been able to start, but each time your work turns into another half-written idea gathering dust! Are you ready to finally see your name in print and be able to say, “I’m a published author!” to all your friends and family?

Do you lack communication skills and looking for a way to improve your skills? With this audiobook, you will be able to improve your communication skills. This book is not just for professionals, but also for people who are just learning or wish to learn more about communication. It contains the different kinds of communication aspects, such as basic of communication, the importance of communication, public speaking, ways to be an authority, persuasion relationship, workplace and interview, empathy and communication, and so on.

Between the 1970s and the 1990s American journalists began telling the news by telling stories. They borrowed narrative techniques, transforming sources into characters, events into plots, and their own work from stenography to anthropology. This was more than a change in style. It was a change in substance, a paradigmatic shift in terms of what constituted news and how it was being told. Thomas Schmidt analyzes the expansion of narrative journalism and the corresponding institutional changes in the American newspaper industry in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Learning Spanish as a second language can be an intimidating task. But with these compilations of short stories, you can make it easy and entertaining. Before you know it, you have already learned hundreds of new Spanish vocabularies and subconsciously picked up a wide to a variety of sentence structures. You would have also ended up listening to yourself so much that your pronunciation will improve greatly. The stories are written using the most useful Spanish words. After each story, you will find a list of vocabulary used in the story together with its translation.

Written to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, Cultures and Beyond, The Art of World Building #3 is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological and supernatural items, languages, names, and various systems our world will have, from health, educational, legal, and commerce, to information systems.  

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to How to Write an Article and learn about article writing.

This audiobook will change your view of symbols, their meaning, and how they affect our world. Kuhn is an exquisite genius in showing how our alphabet was formed and how language dictates reality. Get it!

For the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series - something she has done 10 times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week course, now available to authors everywhere.  

Learn a step-by-step process for how to become a professional speaker and earn paid speaking engagements. The author and narrator Dr. Kevin Snyder has keynoted speeches and training programs for over 1,000,000 people through 1,150+ audiences in all 50 states and numerous countries. In this audiobook, Kevin shares his blueprint for where to start in professional speaking and how to organize a successful business in speaking.

No one comes out of a movie talking about structure. What audiences love and remember about a movie are great scenes. Marlon Brando in the back seat in On the Waterfront giving his "I could'a been a contender" speech. Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in Katz's Deli in When Harry Met Sally with the climactic punch line: "I'll have what she's having." In Superbad, Jonah Hill professing "I love you" to his friend Michael Cera by touching his nose with a "boop".

Have you always wanted to write a book, but not sure how? Have you got an idea, but you just don’t know what to do with it? Have you tried writing your first draft, but are never happy with what you write? Amazon US and UK best-selling horror and thriller author, Rick Wood, takes you through the process that has seen him publish over 30 books and grew a loyal fanbase to his work.

"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." Here is Stephen King's master class on his craft...

Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm....

Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation....

Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself but in the key moment before that message is delivered....

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track....

Now public speaking coach and best-selling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks....

Everyone has difficult conversations, no matter how confident or competent they are. And too often, no matter what you try, things don't go well. Should you...

Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing....

One person talks; the other listens. It's so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect....

How to Read a Book, first published in 1940, is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension. Now it has been completely rewritten and updated....

As much a guide to writing as an exploration of the emotional challenges of being a writer, Bird by Bird offers a candid and often humorous look at how to tackle these varied obstacles....

In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways....

Here’s the deal. You have tried vocabulary videos and lists online, you have tried memorizing words without a proven system in place, you have also wasted your time randomly trying to figure out spellings, but, you still see no difference in your practical everyday vocabulary....

Memory is the greatest challenge to learning a foreign language; there are just too many words and too many rules....

Most people think the way to write a best seller is to have a lot of talent and even more luck. As you will learn, there is a recipe for success, and luck may be the least important ingredient in creating a best seller....

Three former CIA officers - among the world’s foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior - share their proven techniques for uncovering a lie.....

In this groundbreaking synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and nonviolent communication, Oren Jay Sofer offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating....

In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs....

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

Whether you're struggling to communicate with your kid's teacher at school or the people you love the most, Headlee offers smart strategies that can help us all have conversations that matter....

Gone are the days when you worry about embarrassing yourself with pesky misplaced modifiers or dreaded double negatives. Next time you have a nagging grammar question, listen to this practical guide and learn to write with clarity and confidence....

In 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis....

The beloved actor shares fascinating and powerful lessons from the science of communication and teaches listeners to improve the way they relate to others....

The fine art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building a relationship based on curiosity and interest in the other person....

Public speaking, as Carnegie saw it, is a vital skill that can be attained through basic and repeated steps....

Anchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers' experience, The Art of Memoir lays bare Karr's own process....

Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The ability to speak clearly and confidently can make or break a presentation, an important meeting....

The key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking (or at least two of the three)....

Do you lack communication skills and looking for a way to improve your skills? With this audiobook, you will be able to improve your communication skills. This book is not just for professionals, but also for people who are just learning or wish to learn more about communication....