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An illustrated sailing guide for beginner and expert alike!
The Complete Guide to Sailing& Seamanship is the perfect blend of captivating sea stories and essential, basic instructional methods for anyone yearning to sail. Topics include seamanship and boat handling, anchoring and docking, and history and lore alike.
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Knots and Lines
Sailboat Anatomy
Steering & Sailing
Lakes, Harbors, and Bays
A Look at the Weather
Charts &...
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A proven, gimmick-free lesson guaranteed to business executives, public speaking doesn't make anyone a better speaker and come naturally to most people. Pitching an idea, presenter. Selling a product, or presenting a program doesn't have to be a stomach-clenching experience to be struggled through. It can be an opportunity to relish and a chance to shine in front of a group. Whether you are selling an idea to two colleagues in a conference room or...
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An entertaining treasury of tips, hacks, and step-by-step techniques to smooth your way through the world.
How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like these, some highly practical, others wildly funny-make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Including illustrations and diagrams and compiled from the Chicago Tribune how-to column "Life Skills," this book is, filled...
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Waterfowling is one of the more challenging forms of hunting. Requiring an intimate knowledge of the quarry in specialized gear-from shotguns and ammo to decoys, calls, blinds, and boats-and taking place in a variety of terrains-from the fields of Manitoba to the flooded timber of Arkansas, it's the type of sport that gets in your blood and stays there. In The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting, all aspects of this sport are covered by three authors...
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Boost Your Skills and Confidence with This Classic Guide.
Do you have trouble getting up in front of an audience? Are you struggling to get your point across? Public speaking can be nerve-wracking, especially if you're a naturally nervous person or if you're under-prepared. Originally published in 1915, The Art of Public Speaking has been the go-to guide for those who want to better their speaking abilities for more than a century.
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Integrating key concepts and ideas about public speaking into a clear, step-by-step, transformational method, Power Speaking teaches emerging speakers how to grow the necessary skills and unleash their inner power. Divided into proficiency levels-mastering the basics, making the connection, and polishing the core-this guide allows speakers to conquer public speaking systematically. Readers start with the use of voice and body movements, then move...
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Los secretos para mejorar la comunicación y solucionar los conflictos
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para dominar la Comunicación No Violenta, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Descubrir la CNV como marca registrada, que reúne los conceptos y métodos del psicólogo Marshall B. Rosenberg, y cómo puede mejorar nuestra comunicación
• Identificar las...
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Know which rifles can defend you and your family.
In the chaos of a survival situation, firearms will be important tools for protecting yourself, your family, and your supplies as well as for hunting animals for food. In A Prepper's Guide to Rifles, Robert K. Campbell discusses the best rifles to have with you in any confrontation including the end of the world as we know it. Rifles that are easy to carry, lightweight, and that shoot accurately and...
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"If you're the parent of a "picky eater," you've likely tried everything to get your kiddo to eat their veggies. And, like many other parents, you may have noticed these tactics often fail... Based on the powerful and practical Table Talk Method, this book serves up the familiar yet largely unexamined phrases parents say to kids at mealtime, and reveals how using certain words can actually sabotage your efforts to nurture healthy eating habits. You'll...
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Approximately 12 million Americans, or one in twenty-five, are sociopaths. But what does this statistic mean? What exactly is a sociopath? What do they do to be labeled as such? And how many people are affected by them? While everyday lying has become acceptable and even socially necessary, it is often difficult to discover when someone is manipulating you through lies or other actions. Since a sociopath has no conscience, he or she feels no remorse...
3291) Inspire
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The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. Writing during the unprecedented period of the coronavirus pandemic, Ben revisits some of his most meaningful encounters with nature, from idyllic childhood summers on Canadian lakes and his time spent castaway on a remote Hebridean island to close calls swimming with crocodiles in Botswana. Drawing on a wealth of personal...
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Disaster can strike at any time with no warning. Most people aren't forward thinking enough to prepare for the worst, others simply don't have the skills needed to successfully prepare. That's where the Badass Prepper's Handbook comes in. Covering a wide variety of disaster scenarios with detailed instructions for what you need to do in each one, you'll be ready for anything in no time at all. You'll learn how to build shelters, how to store water...
3293) Domina el arte del storytelling: Las claves para atraer y persuadir a través de una buena historia
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Los secretos para lograr que tu historia deje huella
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para dominar el arte del storytelling, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Captar la atención de cualquier tipo de público para transmitir un mensaje que se quede en la memoria y que sea efectivo
• Aumentar la eficacia de tu comunicación para que el funcionamiento interno...
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Des clés pour mieux communiquer !
Lecteur, si vous lisez le livre dont vous êtes en train de parcourir la description, vous en deviendrez le récepteur. Et vous comprendrez vite que ça n'est pas un rle passif. Il ne s'agit pas simplement de tourner les pages. Mais de les comprendre pour en intégrer le contenu. Eh oui, il vous faudra lire.
Notre rle d'émetteur est de vous en donner le plaisir. Pour apprendre. Avec à chaque fin de page, l'envie...
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A practical and visual guide to learn the essentials of marine knots! Every good sailor must know the basic knots, indispensable for his safety and life on board in general.
This handy little manual offers you the opportunity to master the essentials of knot-tying, with clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions.
The Nautical Knots Essential Guide focuses on 22 vital knots including:
• Bowline
• Figure Eight Knot
• Cleat Hitch
• Thief...
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¡No dejes que tu lenguaje corporal te juegue una mala pasada!
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para mejorar la comunicación con el lenguaje corporal, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Camuflar tu nerviosismo y transmitir una imagen de serenidad y confianza
• Descubrir los gestos que pueden ayudarte en una entrevista de trabajo o en una presentación para...
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One man's quest to becoming a man that Hemingway would be proud to call un compadre.
Ben Franklin. Teddy Roosevelt. John Wayne. Babe Ruth. Ernest Hemingway. Looking to follow in the footsteps of these manly men, Frank Miniter decided to go to the places we all agree still make men. This quest led him across the world and finally to a secret fraternity of men who keep an ultimate rite of passage alive.
Following the route of the iconic "Papa" Hemingway...
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Here's a call to colleges and universities to consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses, ensuring fair treatment of students and staff, while minimizing institutional liability, protecting the campus community, and boosting morale. From an Associate Dean of Student Affairs who has put these models to work on his campus.
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The must-read summary of Christopher Witt's book: "Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas".
This complete summary of the ideas from Christopher Witt's book "Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint" shows that when leaders speak, they're not generally trying to dazzle their audience with their mastery of presentation technology. In reality, leaders speak to make a difference, to promote their vision and to change the way people...
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Being a homesteader today may seem difficult; the world is full of so many gadgets and conveniences, many of which most of us consider necessary to live a full and happy life. In this collection, edited and arranged by Jay Cassell, you’ll see that going off the grid, adapting to your surroundings, and depending on yourself and your land is really not as challenging as one may think. With the information and tips you learn in this book, you’ll...
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