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Supercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness. An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise explores 400+ of the most common cases of word trash (filler words, hyperbole, and abstractions) and word power (verbs of action, ear candy, onomatopoeia). Examining social media, the language of Donald Trump, AI language research, and heard-on-the-street lingo, communication expert Will Jelbert offers simple and concrete recommendations for improving your own vernacular. With wit, practical applications, and a small dose of grammar, Word Wise will help you communicate more effectively at home, at work, and online.
From One of the World's Leading Happiness Experts and Well-being JournalistsVoted #1 Happiness Book on Goodreads After myth busting what makes us happy, Will Jelbert reveals short exercises for five happiness muscles. Build your happy, muscle by muscle with as little effort as offering a stranger a tissue, to radically honest resenting and appreciating, to creating a short statement of your life purpose. Backed by research from the world's leading psychologists, this is a candid road map to a better life now.Honesty is the first happiness muscle. Drop the three words that turn you into an instant liar now.Kindness is the second happiness muscle. When you buy a paperback copy of The Happiness Animal today, a hungry child will be fed for a day in partnership with the UN World Food Programme. Join team TheHappinessAnimal on the ShareTheMeal app.Start reading The Happiness Animal on Kindle instantly now.
The methods of merging soft luminous washing with the sharp, crisp definite markings penwork, are made easy with this book. Each stage of the painting process is illustrated in a practical way, using step-by-step photos and finished paintings.
Four renowned flower artists show how to paint beautiful paintings in watercolour and acrylics, and there are free pull-out outlines so that you can bypass the drawing stage. Wendy Tait uses transparent watercolour washes and luminous, glowing colours; Fiona Peart allows vibrant washes to run into each other in a spontaneous yet controlled way; Michael Lakin paints beautiful, detailed botanical studies; and Wendy Jelbert uses acrylics to paint lovely, varied flower studies. Learn to paint tulips, irises, poppies, sunflowers, roses and much more. Based on the following books published by Search Press: Ready to Paint: Watercolour Flowers by Wendy Tait Ready to Paint: Flowers in Acrylics by Wendy Jelbert Ready to Paint: Botanical Flowers by Michael Lakin Ready to Paint: Vibrant Flowers in Watercolour by Fiona Peart
In Evidence Considered: A Response to Evidence for God, Glenton Jelbert seeks to explore and test the arguments advanced by apologists and ultimately show why none of them persuade him. As a former Christian, Jelbert handles the topic with sensitivity.He examines the evidence for God, by responding to a series of 50 essays by Christian apologists. These essays were written by thirty-seven different authors and collected together by William Dembski and Michael Licona in Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy and Science. Jelbert considers each of these arguments and discusses why they are not convincing to him and how, in many cases, a closer examination ...
This text provides a succinct but comprehensive account of Australian real property law & considers all Australian jurisdictions. While the analysis is organised under traditional categories the principles of the Torrens System are outlined at an early stage & referenced in all subsequent discussions.
Academically rigorous yet welcoming and fully attuned to the needs of the student reader, Chris Bevan's Land Law represents a new breed of textbook, blending traditional and contemporary teaching approaches to guide readers to a confident understanding of the subject. With its lively, engaging writing style - in which the author's enthusiasm is always apparent - and distinctive way of speaking directly to students, anticipating their questions and areas of confusion, Bevan's book does not simply set out the law but actively teaches it. Clear explanations are complemented by carefully-crafted visual aids, conveying key concepts in ways that all students can understand, and topics are broken d...
A comprehensive account of Australian real property law set out in clear easily understood language, emphasising current applications of the law.