Adams, Scott
Summary: "From the creator of Dilbert, an unflinching look at the strategies Donald Trump used to persuade voters to elect the most unconventional candidate in the history of the presidency, and how anyone can learn his methods for succeeding against long odds."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 ADAGuinness, Os
Summary: Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative persuasion. Christians have often relied on proclaiming and preaching, protesting and picketing. But we are strikingly weak in persuasion-- the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. He demonstrates how apologetic persuasion requires both the rational and the imaginative. Persuasion is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2015] 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 GUIPreller, James
Summary: Four friends inaugurate their Big Idea Gang by starting a campaign to convince their principal and school to get a new mascot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PRENayeri, Dina
Summary: "Who Gets Believed? is a groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed in situations spanning asylum interviews, emergency rooms, consulting jobs, and family life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177 NAYGardner, Howard.
Summary: Publisher's description: Minds are exceedingly hard to change. Ask any advertiser who has tried to convince consumers to switch brands, any CEO who has tried to change a company's culture, or any individual who has tried to heal a rift with a friend. So many aspects of life are oriented toward changing minds--yet this phenomenon is among the least understood of familiar human experiences. Now,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business School Press 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.852 SPEMoore, Scotto
Summary: "In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane art of combat linguistics, planting the seeds of a future totalitarian empire in Scott Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages. Isobel is the Queen of the medieval rave-themed VR game Sparkle Dungeon. Her prowess in the game makes her an ideal candidate to learn the secrets of "power...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOPink, Daniel H.
Summary: "From the bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind comes an exploration of the power of selling, which each of us does every day--whether we know it or not. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. More than fifteen million people earn their keep by convincing someone else to make a purchase. But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1991
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Summary: Drawing from extensive research in the new science of persuasion, Steve Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini, prove that small changes can make a big difference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 658.4 MARBelfort, Jordan
Summary: For the first time ever, Jordan Belfort opens his playbook and gives readers access to his exclusive step-by-step system the same system he used to create massive wealth for himself, his clients, and his sales teams. Until now this revolutionary program was only available through Jordan s $1,997 online training. Now in The Way of the Wolf, Belfort is ready to unleash the power of persuasion to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Star Way 2017
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Summary: Third-graders Deon, Kym, Lizzy, and Connor, armed with Miss Zips' persuasive tips, set out to convince the PTA to use their cash surplus to put a "buddy bench" on the playground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PRELamm, Brad.
Summary: A powerful, ground-breaking book that shows you, in concrete steps, how to stop a loved one from engaging in self destructive behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.29 LAMSinger, Margaret Thaler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 219.9 SINGallo, Carmine
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business GalloKashdan, Todd B.
Summary: "A research-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and innovation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 KASThompson, Victoria (Victoria E.)
Summary: "A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . . but it's their only hope, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THOCarnegie, Dale
Summary: Carnegie's classic bestseller--an inspirational personal-development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success--is now in a newly packaged edition, the first hardcover release of this classic since 1981.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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Summary: "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up meets Nudge in this irresistible design method from Japan. We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.4 MATReiman, Tonya.
Summary: Yes--a small word, but the key to opening doors both professional and personal. A "yes" can get you the job, the promotion, or the second date. But getting a "yes" can be tricky. Tonya Reiman explains how communication works--what the words you speak actually say about you, and how the perfect pitch can help you achieve your goals, convince your boss or client you should get the account, give a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 REISwindoll, Charles R.
Summary: A practical, easy, and unique book on becoming an effective and persuasive speaker, teacher, and conversationalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 1992
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Summary: "The Catalyst identifies the key barriers to change and how to mitigate them. You'll learn how catalysts change minds in the toughest of situations: how hostage negotiators get people to come out with their hands up and how marketers get new products to catch on, how leaders transform organizational culture and how activists ignite social movements, how substance abuse counselors get addicts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 BERBurg, Bob.
Summary: Burg offers five simple principles of what he calls Ultimate Influence: the ability to win people to your side in a way that leaves everyone feeling great about the outcome-- and about themselves! He offers a tried-and-true framework for building alliances at work, at home, and anywhere else you seek to win people over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013