English Linguistics

Brainwashing is often associated with cartoonish villains who use outrageous methods to compel their victims to do their bidding. In Hollywood films, it’s commonly depicted that victims undergo a series of treatments in order to have their will essentially subjugated to that of their master’s. As a result, the victim stops thinking for themselves. Instead, the victim ends up acting and behaving in the manner the master or manipulator orders them to do.

The first four stories were first published as a collection in 1891. The final story, "The Portrait of Mr W. H.", originally published separately in 1889, was later added to an expanded collection. All the stories deal with personal relationships and their inevitable influence on the course of a person's life.

Everything you “know” about yourself today is based on who you decided you were when you were just four or five years old. In your childhood you formed decisions about yourself before you were even capable of thinking logically. Those decisions were based on a child’s emotional survival brain, and they are the foundation of the neural pathways of thought and feelings that are instrumental in forming your identity, both positive AND negative. This is why so many people have challenges in their adult lives, especially when it comes to their personal and professional relationships.

When a volcano suddenly seems to erupt and threaten a mountain town of North Carolina, Inspector Strock is sent to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at many times the top speed of the entrants, Strock is again consulted. And when an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related.

After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is "over the counter" and concentrates more on questions such as these: Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince?

Neuro-linguistic programming is a behavioral science that uses proven techniques to help you in real life. It uses outstanding methods for changing the negative way of thinking into a positive one. Neuro-linguistic programming is relating three things together; thinking, language, and behavior or emotions. Its applications cover many aspects of everyday life.

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

Do you want to make positive changes in your life and attract others to you? Would you like to be able to overcome the challenges that you face and overcome procrastination? You can do it all with neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). NLP is about making changes in perception, using responsible communication, and developing choices. It can help us create responses in given situations and assist with the way in which we communicate what we want.

What makes us human? Why are we the only animals who wear clothes, drive cars, trawl the internet, and fly helicopters on Mars? It’s all because we’ve learnt to talk, yet remarkably, we still don’t know how we did it. Speech! suggests an answer that’s been hiding in plain sight - the simple yet radical shift that turned our analog grunts and shrieks into words. But, its consequences are far from simple: being able to share ideas through language was an evolutionary tipping point - it allowed us to link up our minds.

Where There’s a Will is Mary Roberts Rinehart’s hilarious comedy involving a health spa, an heir, a would-be princess, and an impostor. The story is told by Minnie, who has essentially run the spa for years and inherited the care of its famous spring from her father. When the old doctor dies and leaves the Hope Springs Spa to his near-do-well grandson with the stipulation that he live on premises for two months in order to inherit, the grandson is nowhere to be found. So Minnie tries to save the spa by enlisting the help of family and friends to trick the lawyer....

Lingo spins the listener on a whirlwind tour of 60 European languages and dialects, sharing quirky moments from their histories and exploring their commonalities and differences. Most European languages are descended from a single ancestor, a language not unlike Sanskrit known as Proto-Indo-European (or PIE for short), but the continent's ever-changing borders and cultures have given rise to a linguistic and cultural diversity that is too often forgotten in discussions of Europe as a political entity.

Hailed as the father of the naturalist novel, French author and playwright Honoré de Balzac left a legacy of treasured literary works that include Père Goriot and Cousin Bette. The daughter of a wealthy but miserly man, Eugénie Grandet falls in love with her penniless cousin, Charles. The two plan to marry, but at the behest of her father, Charles must first go overseas to make his fortune. Returning years later, Charles calls off the engagement, leaving Eugénie heartbroken and vengeful.

Love them or hate them, the New York Yankees have been an American institution for nearly a century. With their rich history and colorful cast of characters, the Yankees never fail to inspire or provoke. In this exciting compendium, some of today's most acclaimed writers - including Pete Dexter, Colum McCann, Roy Blount, Jr., Dan Barry, Jane Leavy, Charles P. Pierce, J. R. Moehringer, Daniel Okrent, Frank Deford, Bill James, and many more - step up to the plate to take their cuts. The result is a collection of original essays as idiosyncratic and expansive as the team that has inspired them.

What are some of the benefits of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)? How can you use these techniques in your life? How can you life a happier, more successful life? These questions are the center of this brief, comprehensive guide. You will learn about having self-compassion, how to alter the perception of your sense, reframing your mind, how to choose the stories you tell yourself, timeline treatment, visual squash, value rules, and more interesting ideas that relate to NLP.

For many people, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) is synonymous with modeling behavior. The theory is if you can reverse-engineer expert performance, you can achieve anything. This practical book introduces you to NLP-style modeling so that you can quickly apply it to a wide range of performance tasks ranging from sports, musical performance, learning, and to a wide range of business applications.

The field of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) started in the 1970's but has continually evolved thanks to numerous developers over the years. This audiobook starts with the core concept, which is the NLP communication model, upon which this system of human change is based. Starting with a simple concept of how a person filters their perceptions and how that affects their mind, individuals, coaches, and mental health professionals have used NLP to overcome fears and limitations, increase confidence, and move toward a more successful life.

Understanding NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is much more valuable when you have specific applications such as ways to improve your mind, your health, and your performance. This audiobook introduces you to several ways you can immediately apply the concepts and move toward lasting change.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) was developed to accelerate human change. Typically training includes route mastering of an seemingly endless array of techniques. While students of the field may be awed by the results and how quickly that can change human behavior, rarely do they understand why they work. Thus, they have very little capability when it comes to modifying the techniques to fit their situations. This book provides the solution to that dilemma.

One of the first skills that NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) students are taught is how to immediately establish rapport - and how to break rapport when needed. This book presents several techniques that can be used to gain a high-level rapport that can then be used to influence, sale, and gain better empathy. Although NLP was first developed in the 1970s, this book considers up-to-date developments in the field of neurology and how they relate to NLP.

It is crucial to take full control of your mind and tap into its hidden potential. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a concept devised to unleash the brain's potential. The outside world, which we mainly access through the system of signs, depends upon our reception in the brain. Until we learn to communicate with the real physical world efficiently, we can never function in our lives well. The key to success is better communication. It is vital for the well-being of any relationship. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a method to learn the system of signs and implement it to find success in our personal, social and professional lives.