Reading Social

Whenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we are being not merely informed but also formed. News consumption can shape our sense of belonging, how we judge the value of our lives, and even how our brains function. Christians mustn't let the news replace prayer as Hegel envisioned, but neither should we simply discard the daily feed. We need a better understanding of what the news is for and how to read it well.

Julia used to be the perfect big sister: She played great games and took good care of Cassie. Now, life at home revolves around Julia and her daughter, Addie. No one pays much attention to Cassie: not to her competitive swim meets and not to what's gone wrong with her friends. When Julia confides in Cassie that she'll be leaving with Addie - without telling their parents - Cassie jumps in the car, too. As the travels add up, Cassie has to wonder: Could the sister who seems to be the source of all her problems also be the friend she's missed the most?

Emotional intelligence, also referred to as emotional leadership or emotional quotient, is the ability of certain people to realize their emotions, as well as those of others, differentiate them, label, and readily manage or adjust depending on the situation or environment. These people typically remain calm despite the changes in the surrounding or negative impacts associated with a given case.

Have you ever wished you could reprogram your brain, just as a hacker would a computer, and learn things quicker and more effectively? These two audiobooks will help you toward that goal.

Do you feel surrounded by wolves ready to devour your self-esteem? Do you seem to be controlled by manipulators who want to take control of your life? You have to know that there is a way to keep these wolves out of your door and to give yourself peace of mind, security, and freedom. If you’d like to know all the secrets of the manipulator's game and start to play it and if you want to learn to spot signs when covert manipulation is taking place, then get this audiobook now.

Decode body language, pick up on the subtlest of gestures, and effortlessly connect with people, even without saying a word! Do you want to know what other people are thinking? We all do, but it's not always easy to figure out. You might not always be sure if they're telling the truth, or if they're just trying to manipulate you. You can’t help but feel like you're missing out on a lot of important information. Most people are terrible at reading body language and understanding what other people are thinking.

If you want to learn how to pick up on subtle cues and interpret people’s true intentions, this audiobook is for you. This complete guide teaches you about social psychology and everything you need to know in order to speed-read people.

Recently graduated from Harvard University, Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, as a Teach for America volunteer, bursting with optimism and drive. But she soon encountered the jarring realities of life in one of the poorest counties in America, still disabled by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. In this stirring memoir, Kuo, the child of Taiwanese immigrants, shares the story of her complicated but rewarding mentorship of one student, Patrick Browning.

For over two millennia, Seneca’s letters have inspired countless individuals to live with purpose, courage, and clarity. In How to Read Stoicism, you’ll find a straight-to-the-point, modern translation of Seneca’s 5 best letters to Lucilius, carefully selected to give you powerful insights into time management, mental toughness, and living a meaningful life.

Understanding people and their intentions towards us is a valuable skill to have and has been used for thousands of years, primarily as a means of protection against physical harm but increasingly today for other things like avoiding narcissists or improving our career and business opportunities. If you’ve ever wanted to learn this and believe that it could help you in a variety of social settings then now is the time to start.

If you’ve always wanted to converse easily with strangers but the awkward silences have held you back, then this audiobook will help you. It includes four books on conversation skills, social skills, small talk, and body language, all of which are important for effective communication.

A renowned judge wonders: What would criminal justice look like if we put respect at the center? The Black and Latina daughter of a working-class family, Victoria Pratt learned to treat everyone with dignity, no matter their background. When she became...

Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. Reading Black Books helps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature.

From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret—and it’s not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two...

In a world where words often conceal the truth, Author Travis V. Brock invites you on a journey into the fascinating realm of the human psyche. Within this groundbreaking manual, Brock unveils the master keys to decipher the intricate cipher of body language and psychology, enabling you to peer directly into the inner workings of another person's mind. Uncover the hidden secrets to deciphering the subtle cues, gestures, and expressions that convey our deepest intentions and emotions: You will read people like a book!

More than 2,000 years ago the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu advised us to know our enemies. The question has always been how. In A Sense of the Enemy, the historian Zachary Shore demonstrates that leaders can best understand an opponent not simply from his pattern of past behavior, but from his behavior at pattern breaks. Meaningful pattern breaks occur during dramatic deviations from the routine, when the enemy imposes costs upon himself. It's at these unexpected moments, Shore explains, that successful leaders can learn what makes their rivals truly tick.

Many people believe that the world is full of manipulation, especially when looking for ways to achieve many things in life. However, to understand this more significantly and precisely, even if you're not sure how to proceed, Dark Psychology, Body Language, NLP is the right audiobook to listen. You'll learn a lot about human psychology and how to recognize hidden manipulation. This audiobook also talks about how to analyze body language which is a key factor in identifying manipulators.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

Gain an insight into the issues that matter today, such as who owns the media, who decides what is news, and the super-rich. This is the ultimate tool to help you get to grips with sociology in time for exams, from gender and identity to welfare and consumerism. Sociology is the study of how societies are organized and what helps them function or go wrong. Why do people commit crimes? Who decides if someone has a mental illness? Heads Up Sociology explores these fascinating questions plus all the key sociology topics, including poverty, gender, class, and crime.

Blue, River, Wren, and Shenli grew up on different sides of a war they didn’t start. Their land has been torn apart over centuries of conflict, with humans taught to fear all things magical, dragons driven to near extinction, and magic under attack. But an ancient prophecy has put the four them on a collision course with destiny—and with each other—in a mission to heal the fractured realm once known as Haven. All of them must follow the threads of Fate, leaving behind the lives and homes they know to discover the truth about the seemingly endless war—and about themselves.