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The author of The Order of Things presents four thousand thought-provoking questions designed to help readers learn about themselves and others in every type of social situation, with thematic sections that cover such topics as family, politics, pastimes, lifestyle choices, and more. Original. 17,500 first printing.

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Now in its second edition, Argumentative and Aggressive Communication is the only text dedicated to the presentation and synthesis of research, theory, and application efforts on the aggressive communication traits of argumentative and verbal aggressiveness. In this updated edition, Rancer and Avtgis present new research and theory on argumentative and aggressive communication that has been influential in communication and in other social science disciplines since the first edition was published in 2006. The volume includes a discussion of new contexts in which argumentative and aggressive communication has become salient as well as new areas of research which extend into the domains of healthcare, sports, politics, digital media, and nonverbal communication. This edition includes over 100 new studies and references. With student-friendly features such as discussion questions at the end of chapters, the text is ideal for courses in communication and conflict, interpersonal communication, communication and personality, and personality theory and research, among others. It is also an invaluable resource and reference for scholars and graduate students who conduct research on argumentative and aggressive communication.

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A comedy in which Sigmund Freud has been ignominiously shipped, with his couch and his antiquities, from Nazi-occupied Vienna to a quiet Hampshire suburb, where he hopes to spend his last days in peace. But his hopes are ill-founded.

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