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How to Win an Argument

By: Michael A. Gilbert

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Proven techniques for getting your point across and winning arguments If you've ever felt the frustration of losing an argument—even when you knew you were right—to someone more skilled in pressing their point (and your hot buttons), this book is for you. This practical, often amusing guide gives you the tools you need to make your point clearly in any disagreement, from a formal debate to a roaring shouting match. You'll find: Strategies for identifying—and avoiding—the common traps your opponents may set for you Sample arguments spotlighting current issues with notes that analyze both weak and strong techniques Interactive quizzes that help reinforce your new skills and build confidence—"Insightful, instructive, and enjoyable to read."—Publishers Weekly

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Grupo Planeta (GBS)

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8423416291

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9788423416295

Terror, Passion and Courage

By: Geoffrey A. Gilbert

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Terror, Passion and Courage

By: Geoffrey A. Gilbert

Special Forces Sergeant Brad Stunner is suddenly transferred from presidential guard duty at the White House, for a special assignment on the Korean Peninsula. Stunner walks straight into an apocalyptic maze of terrorist alliances led by the notorious jihadist terror mastermind, Abu Ghusaiyev. A daring high-sea skirmish leads to the capture of this marauding merchant of death. Stunner soon finds out that an unpatriotic jihadist sympathizer helps the terrorist to escape. While Stunner pursues the terrorist plotters, CIA and MI5 agents interrogate Corporal Dimitri Novolov, a rogue FSB defector. The files he smuggled out of Russia contains highly classified and incendiary intelligence. Troubled by this damning exposé, an assassin is ordered to take out Novolov. After Stunner finally cornered Ghusaiyev in downtown Manhattan and thwarted his plans for a series of terror attacks, officials from Washington, London, and Moscow are shocked to discover more scary, breathtaking revelations.

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154622551X

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9781546225515

Coalescent Argumentation

By: Michael A. Gilbert

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Coalescent Argumentation

By: Michael A. Gilbert

Coalescent Argumentation is based on the concept that arguments can function from agreement, rather than disagreement. To prove this idea, Gilbert first discusses how several components--emotional, visceral (physical) and kisceral (intuitive) are utilized in an argumentative setting by people everyday. These components, also characterized as "modes," are vital to argumentative communication because they affect both the argument and the resulting outcome. In addition to the components/modes, this book also stresses the goals in argumentation as a means for understanding one's own and one's opposer's positions. Gilbert argues that by viewing positions as complex human events involving a variety of communicative modes, we are better able to find commonalities across positions, and, therefore, move from conflict to resolution. By focusing on agreement and shared goals in all modes, arguers can coalesce diverse positions and more easily distinguish between minor or unrelated differences and core disagreements. This permits much greater latitude for locating shared beliefs, values, and attitudes that will lead to conflict resolution.

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172

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Routledge

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1136685243

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9781136685248

Police Corruption in the NYPD

From Knapp to Mollen

By: Steven V. Gilbert,Barbara A. Gilbert

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Police Corruption in the NYPD

From Knapp to Mollen

By: Steven V. Gilbert,Barbara A. Gilbert

Police Corruption in the NYPD: From Knapp to Mollen explores how the New York Police Department experienced two major investigations within a quarter of a century. It compares the states of corruption within the NYPD during the Knapp and Mollen commissions, examining why corruption continued and why the revealed ethical breaches became more serious

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112

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Taylor & Francis

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1040084141

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9781040084144

In the Steps of The Great American Herpetologist, Karl Patterson Schmidt

By: A. Gilbert Wright

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In the Steps of The Great American Herpetologist, Karl Patterson Schmidt

By: A. Gilbert Wright

Karl Patterson Schmidt was one of America’s most influential naturalists. In his special field of herpetology—the study of reptiles and amphibians—he made fascinating discoveries about the habits of snakes and their environment. This biography follows his exciting career from his boyhood in Lake Forest, Illinois, through his college days at Cornell, his participation in geological expeditions, his first job as a herpetologist at the American Museum of Natural History, and his later expeditions which took him all over the world. As you trace the path of Schmidt’s career, you can follow his footsteps with a series of fun projects including: Finding Reptiles and Amphibians and Assembling a Scrap Book of Herpetological Pets. All the equipment you need is inexpensive or easily made. With patience and persistence you can find reptiles and amphibians wherever you happen to live.

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129

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1590773616

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9781590773611

edX E-Learning Course Development

By: Matthew A. Gilbert

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edX E-Learning Course Development

By: Matthew A. Gilbert

If you are an educator creating a course for edX or a corporate trainer using Open edX for large-scale learning and development initiatives, then edX E-Learning Course Development is the ideal book for you.

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310

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1783981814

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9781783981816

Obamagelicals

How the Right Turned Left

By: Michele Gilbert,Ronald Eric Matthews

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Obamagelicals

How the Right Turned Left

By: Michele Gilbert,Ronald Eric Matthews

Obamagelicals: How the Right Turned Left demonstrates how rhetorical strategies normalized, marginalized, and/or anaesthetized the traditional views of the white Protestant evangelical voter and gave younger white Protestant evangelicals, whose self-identify as being centrists or modernists, a voice that had otherwise been drowned out by the traditional old guard of the Protestant evangelical religious right. Obamagelicals argues President Obama capitalized on this completely different set of value issues that resonated with white Protestant evangelical centrists and modernists in ways never dreamed possible. Obamagelicals is a unique contribution to the current, interdisciplinary conversation about the role of white Protestant evangelicals in the democratic process and the victorious presidential election. It is unique because it treats Protestant evangelicalism not as a monolith but as a mosaic—comprised of numerous denominations and belief patterns. Through this creation of space on the theological continuum of Protestant evangelicalism, believers draw attention to themselves by creating distinction and attention. This book examines how the shift in theological interpretations of the Scriptures lead to shift in cultural and political issues that went undetected by Republican candidate Senator John McCain but embraced by President Obama. Obamagelicals provides a consistent methodological approach that is easy to understand for those interested in religion and politics. Using data analysis and cross-tabulations, each topic or theme employs simple, easy to understand variables thereby allowing for a cross-comparison. Obamagelicals allows us the opportunity to begin to examine the connections between religiosity and political participation on such key policy issues as the economy, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and same-sex marriages, within the mosaic of Protestant evangelicalism in the shadow of the 2008 election.

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145

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443826057

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9781443826051

How to Transform Workplace Bullies into Allies

By: Jacqueline A. Gilbert

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How to Transform Workplace Bullies into Allies

By: Jacqueline A. Gilbert

The rash of bullying incidents within schools, universities, and workplaces has prompted a public outcry and a call to action. To address the growing problem of interpersonal violence, schools have engaged in anti -bullying rallies, businesses have enacted civility policies, states have passed legislation, and efforts have been made to educate individuals on what constitutes good behavior. Increasingly, institutions are realizing from a cost/benefit perspective that a hurtful environment can negatively impact their bottom line. Correspondingly, the rising number of climate surveys to address bullying at work is a testament to the importance of this topic and its potential negative impact. Colleges and universities confirm the need to create a more welcoming culture, as reflected in the current dialogue to promote civility. Publisher offerings in business ethics are inadequate to address this issue, as they focus on the importance of social responsibility and the fallout from moral turpitude. There is a pressing need for materials that will educate students on “civil” concepts and provide them with applied learning. Institutions of higher education would like to inform students about bullying, its ramifications, and how it can be avoided, but a compendium of related exercises is in most cases non-existent. To solidify student learning about positive citizenship, an established author (and anti-bullying activist) has proposed How to Transform Workplace Bullies into Allies. This unique groundbreaking text will provide hands-on, experiential exercises that will engage students with the material, and create a multi-dimensional focus to enable concept retention. Considered a hallmark of applied education, “learning by doing” will be this book’s primary emphasis. Exercises are designed to sharpen critical thinking, immerse students in real world dilemmas, and provide them with tools for conflict resolution. The emotional intelligence promoted by working through in-text scenarios is a soughtafter employee trait—one that is desired by classmates and career centers alike. Unfortunately, people skills at work have long been ignored in traditional college curricula. As a result, schools are creating graduates who possess technical know-how but not the skill set to effectively navigate personal encounters. The “soft skills” of people savvy, which have been deemed crucial to employee success, are in large part absent from college offerings. By navigating carefully constructed scenarios, web quests, learning modules, and “teachable moments,” readers will develop a keen awareness of what it takes to be a respectful person. Moreover, they will gain expertise in what has been deemed a critical skill set by many organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management. Exercises to strengthen incivility awareness are designed not only to prevent potential conflict, but to create change agents within the business arena. Completion of this workbook will provide people with a competitive advantage—and their institution and workplace with a more courteous populace.

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267

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IAP

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1641139625

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9781641139625

Labrador Retriever

By: Margaret A. Gilbert

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Labrador Retriever

By: Margaret A. Gilbert

The experts at Kennel Club Books present the world's largest series of breed-specific canine care books. Each critically acclaimed Comprehensive Owner's Guide covers everything from breed standards to behavior, from training to health and nutrition. With nearly 200 titles in print, this series is sure to please the fancier of even the rarest of breeds.

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Fox Chapel Publishing

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1593788568

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9781593788568

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