Free Download Books In Pdf: October 2019

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The Dictionary of Body Language Free Pdf

ISBN: B07Q894J99
Title: The Dictionary of Body Language Pdf A Field Guide to Human Behavior

From the world's number one body-language expert* comes the essential audiobook for decoding human behavior.

"The ultimate body language reference. I'll be both referring to and recommending this book on a daily basis for many years to come." (Amy Cuddy)

Joe Navarro has spent a lifetime observing others. For 25 years, as a special agent for the FBI, he conducted and supervised interrogations of spies and other dangerous criminals, honing his mastery of nonverbal communication. After retiring from the bureau, he has become a sought-after public speaker and consultant and an internationally best-selling author. Now, a decade after his groundbreaking book What Every BODY is Saying, Navarro returns with his most ambitious work yet. The Dictionary of Body Language is a pioneering "field guide" to nonverbal communication, describing and explaining the more than 400 behaviors that will allow you to gauge anyone's true intentions.

Moving from the head down to the feet, Navarro reveals the hidden meanings behind the many conscious and subconscious things we do. Listeners will learn how to tell a person's actual feelings from subtle changes in their pupils; the lip behaviors that betray concerns or hidden information; the many different varieties of arm posturing, and what each one means; how the position of our thumbs when we stand akimbo reflects our mental state; and many other fascinating insights to help you both read others and change their perceptions of you.

Listeners will turn to The Dictionary Body Language again and again - a body-language bible for anyone looking to understand what their boss really means, interpret whether a potential romantic partner is interested or not, and learn how to put themselves forward in the most favorable light.

*GlobalGurus.org

Joe Navarro does it again! Mr. Navarro is the foremost expert in non-verbal behavior. I have read most of his books on the subject and this book is the quintessential non-verbal reference guide utilizing his years of study on this subject. I would highly recommend this book for anyone serious about studying non-verbal behavior. There are many authors out there that claim to understand non-verbal behavior but only Joe Navarro, in my opinion, has truly provided scientific substantiation to his observations.I would like to add that I believe reading his book “What Every BODY is Saying” first will provide a better understanding as to the contents of this book. Mr. Navarro is an excellent teacher of non-verbal behavior and I believe this provides another excellent example of his expertise on the matter.I would also recommend those interested in nonverbal behavior check out Mr. Navarro's website which, to me, has been an unbelievable resource for non-verbal behavior studies.Best Bodylanguage book on the market. Wow. Best book on body language I’ve come across ever. I wish there was 6 stars. This book is heads and shoulders above anything else.Excellent Guide! All of Joe Navarro's books are EXCELLENT and this is no exception. I've been keeping my eye out for it and I'm so excited it's finally out! The book is broken down by body part (Head, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, etc.) and then it further breaks it down on each category to illustrate what each gesture, etc. means. I highly recommend all of Mr. Navarro's books! He is a true expert in his field and he is very adept at explaining these concepts to the average person. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Flash Free Pdf

ISBN: B00F240FDG
Title: Flash Pdf

They woke up in the trunk of a car,
with no idea where they were,
or why,
or when.

Imagine THE BOURNE IDENTITY meets THE FIRM.
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"Exciting from beginning to end!" --Sandra L. Whaley

"I like this author!!" --Connie L. Scheible

"Kept me turning pages until the sun came up!" --Mike Mellor
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TWO BLOOD-SPATTERED STRANGERS awake, locked in the trunk of a car--with a murdered cop and the smoking gun. Aside from raging headaches and no idea what's happened, they appear to have nothing in common. Troy thinks it's 2001 and he's still a combat surgeon fighting terrorists in Afghanistan. Emmy believes it's 2002 and she's still grifting a living from the streets of L.A.

Are they archenemies or coconspirators? Lovers or friends? What are they doing in the Caribbean, and why is a Croatian assassin determined to kill them? The only thing they know for certain is that they'll be spending the rest of their lives in prison if the police catch them before they learn the truth.
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Amazon named Tim Tigner an All-Star Author in December, 2017 and every month since for being one of the 100 most-read authors in Kindle Unlimited.

His books are recommended for fans of David Baldacci, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Nelson DeMille’s John Corey, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Mark Greaney’s Gray Man, Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X, Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne, John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport, Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon, Brad Taylor’s Pike Logan, Brad Thor’s Scot Harvath, and Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon.

Moderately Bad Sometimes, when I'm after a quick read, I'll flip through some of the automatic Kindle suggestions, then browse through the 1 and 2 star reviews, checking out what people didn't like. Then I start wondering if it could really be as bad as readers are suggesting. The collection of low reviews for FLASH intimated that I had found a "winner".This thing reads like adolescent fiction, with inconsistency after inconsistency, none of which get in the way of the heroes dodging every bullet, breezing through every cunning plan their enemies throw at them, and having endless cash and resources to help in their own survival. Early on, despite having their memories wiped, they are completely familiar with the roads on the far side of an island that neither of them has ever set foot on. And so it goes.If you want something totally disposable for an international flight, or long train trip, you could do worse than FLASH... though not much worse.Memory Troubles What would you do if you lost your memory, total amnesia, a diabolical gap of years, and you realize slowly it will never come back. FLASH keeps the suspense going with just that premise. Two principle characters, male and female, gradually figure out they are part of a despicable plot to use a strange chemical to earn huge amounts of money by erasing the memory of targets specified by ruthless clients of a seemingly wealthy lawyer. At the same time they know instinctively that they are the good guys with responsibility to somehow end the plot. Tim Tigner is superb at making the plot wind around keeping the reader guessing till the very end. A great read and very hard to put down before finishing. Ron Stotyn, PhD, Author of The Chechen's Revenge.SURPRISED ME-WOW! I liked the reviews but noticed there weren't a lot written by females and I'm not normally a big spy or what sounds a little like vicious action...but this was sooo good! It really grabbed and entertained me-to the point that I'm still thinking about the character even after I've finished the book. In fact, although I feel like I have to write this so others get the chance to read it, I really want to start the next book by him I that I just bought. Quick and short-this story is the kind that takes you away and totally entertains. I highly recommend you get this book. It's really enthralling! :)HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! :)

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Friday, October 18, 2019

The Quick and the Dead Free Pdf

ISBN: 0989892425
Title: The Quick and the Dead Pdf Total Training for the Advanced Minimalist
Author: Pavel Tsatsouline
Published Date: 2019-02

Pavel Tsatsouline is a former Soviet Special Forces physical training instructor and Subject Matter Expert to elite US military and law enforcement special operations units. Pavel is the chairman of StrongFirst.com, a global school of strength offering instructor certifications and user courses in kettlebell, barbell, and bodyweight strength training.

Total Training for the Advanced Minimalist

You are strong or used to be.

You take pride in your all-around physical development—but have precious little time for it. You are serving your country, raising a family, training for a sport…

You have been around too long to be fooled by pop fitness "high intensity" fads.

The Quick and the Dead is designed for an advanced minimalist like you. A culmination of five years of research and experimentation, it distills cutting-edge science to a straightforward protocol of only two basic exercises you mastered years ago: kettlebell swings and power pushups.

Q&D delivers. A highly ranked pro boxer sums up its effects: “I had even greater speed and explosiveness and I was able to maintain this for the whole match… I had gas to sell.”

A military special operator, on the wrong side of 40, reports: “a speed increase in all my powerlifts… pain relief in all of my injuries… an increase in my endurance while doing combatives… increased striking power…”

Q&D can be a minimalist’s stand-alone total training regimen—or be plugged into any athlete’s regimen. It takes only 12–30min, two to three times per week. Additional benefits may include:

Increased testosterone
Decreased cortisol
Improved heart rate variability
Reduced body fat
Improved soft tissue quality

All this without getting "smoked"—because you need energy to fight, work, play, live.

I'd Give This 6 Stars If I Could. This is the “advanced” book many of us have been waiting for from Pavel for the last 4 years or so.I can understand why it took him so long to write. In his own words -“This book did not start out as a power-centric guide to total fitness with a health twist. The original intention was to write only about improving endurance for high-power applications by training the mitochondria.” (p.21)Devoid of fluff or filler, Pavel, simply, and elegantly, with his usual wry humor, explains his new training protocols from the distillation of mind-numbingly complex biochemistry, Russian sports science, and his own team’s empirical data. And as a result, he produces the perfect - or as close to perfect as you can get - advanced minimalist, power training program.Why a “Power Training” Program?Why not a strength training program or a “conditioning” program?You’ll discover that on pp. 11-14. And it will delight you. Say ‘goodbye’ to more-of-the-same nausea-inducing, energy-sapping “MetCon.”Why Minimalist?Simple - once you’ve crested 40, or you have a family (or both), you’ll discover life is WAY too short to spend it “working out.” Training, should be a means to an end - a richer, more satisfying, and fulfilling life. (At least that’s my vantage point.)Why Advanced?You need to be proficient in the fundamentals of kettlebell training - at the bare minimum, the 2-hand HardStyle Swing.And Results?The early adopters’ results are more-than-impressive - Strength increases in presses and pull-ups without training those lifts… Muscle mass accumulation - a pound of mass per week without bodybuilding… Drastically shaving times off road races without specific VO2Max training… Improving cardiac health, hormonal profiles and reversing the aging processes as measured thru telomere testing without fancy supplements -All from either a simple two-exercise or one exercise program - your choice - performed between 12 and 30 minutes, 2 to 3 times per week.I predict “The Quick & The Dead” will be a Game Changer, not only for many kettlebell enthusiasts, but for the entire Fitness and Strength & Conditioning industries (hopefully). In fact, Peter Park, a world champion triathlete, and strength & conditioning coach to many professional athletes (including Lance Armstrong) is an early adopter who’s all-star roster are already loving the benefits.Quite honestly, as a long-time reader of Pavel’s books (2001), a former StrongFirst Master Instructor, and someone who’s been “in the game” for almost 30 years, this could be Pavel’s best work to date. It’s THAT good. And THAT revolutionary.If you are at all interested in becoming a better functioning human being and more productive member of society, you’d be foolish to pass up this book, especially at this dirt cheap price.And if you, like me, had been wondering when Pavel was going to publish a new book, I think like me, you'll find that "The Quick & The Dead" was well worth the wait.NOT FOR BEGINNERS Note that this book is not for beginners. If you are a beginner, start with the author's book Kettlebell Simple & Sinister. Seriously. Otherwise you'll hurt yourself.Very intriguing but wait, aren’t we going in too many directions? Pavel is always a powerful communicator, I have been following his advice for years and find him, like many others, to be be both deadly serious and scholarly yet wry and hilarious. This book is somewhat that way but gets a bit overly obsessed with the metaphor of the leopard, with power, and with the mitochondria. The problem is this: every time Pavel puts something out I’m really quite keen to incorporate it into my training life (and the gym I own and manage).So....what happened to Naked Warrior, where all one needs is pistol squats and single arm push ups, or the many (many!) KB moves including windmills and halos and and carries and TGU’s, not to mention all the heavy lifting barbell advice he is also cranking out....and now it’s about short intense intervals with long rests?...seriously, how can anyone possible integrate all this in the course of one lifetime?What I liked and didnt in this one is almost the same thing: as a prescription for power improvement this book is excellent, no doubt your power will increase, but what I’m leery of is the overtone of this protocol being the “best” for you in terms of fitness, as evidenced by the mitochondrion effects. I’m skeptical that O’ lifting is any less power-improving though he offers a proposed reason for this, also its would make sense from the theory here that sprinting up hills for 5-10 seconds, or wrestling, or charging across a full court for layups could do just as well. Instead we get the swing-push up OR kB snatch...OK, fine, but surely this can’t cover the body’s many different modes of fitness.Just start with calisthenics. Are levers and planches and rings to be disregarded?The book is very good in its way but I found a bit contradictory with the rest of Pavel’s work and conflicting with much other good scientific coaches, ie Bret Contreras, Tim Anderson, Paul Carter, Rippetoe, etc.

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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Talking to Strangers Download

ISBN: 0316478520
Title: Talking to Strangers Pdf What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Published Date: 2019-09-10
Page: 304

"The latest intellectually stimulating book from the acclaimed author. Every few years, journalist Gladwell assembles serious scientific research on oddball yet relevant subjects and then writes a bestseller. Readers expecting another everything-you-think-you-know-is-wrong page-turner will not be disappointed...Another Gladwell tour de force."―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Chock-full of gripping anecdotes from the recent and forgotten past. He uses these riveting stories to offer up bite-size observations about how we engage with strangers. The stranger is not easy; she is never as transparent as we believe. Gladwell's case studies are thrilling."―Maggie Taft, Booklist"A thoughtful treatise...Gladwell writes in his signature colorful, fluid, and accessible prose...Both fascinating and topical."―Publishers Weekly"Gladwell presents an intriguing analysis of what far too often goes wrong when strangers meet, diving deeply into controversial public incidents."―Dale Farris, Library Journal"Malcolm Gladwell interviews brilliant people, generates powerful insights, writes like an angel, and has earned a massive and admiring audience. He has a keen eye and a witty flair and he's one of the best observationalists of a generation. Gladwell is a big-picture thinker who helps us make sense of the human condition."―Bob Brisco, WebMD Magazine

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.

How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true?

Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland---throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Drowning with Others Pdf

ISBN: B07GDDGSM2
Title: Drowning with Others Pdf

They have the perfect marriage. Did one of them kill to get it?

Prep school sweethearts Ian and Andi Copeland are envied by everyone they know. They have successful businesses, a beautiful house in St. Louis, and their eldest daughter, Cassidy, is following in their footsteps by attending prestigious Glenlake Academy. Then, a submerged car is dredged from the bottom of a swimming hole near the campus. So are the remains of a former writer-in-residence who vanished twenty years ago—during Ian and Andi’s senior year.

When Cassidy’s journalism class begins investigating the death, Ian and Andi’s high school secrets rise to the surface. Each has a troubled link to the man whose arrival and sudden disappearance once set the school on edge. And each had a reason to want him gone. As Cassidy unwittingly edges closer to the truth, unspoken words, locked away for decades, will force Ian and Andi to question what they really know—about themselves, about the past, and about a marriage built on a murderous lie.

Ouch With the Review, But Truthful This just was not a story I could get into at all. I had read 33% of the book, figured out pretty much what happened, was bored senseless and I really just hate this book. There was some good prose and one or two of the characters had some merit, but it just was not put together in a manner that inspires someone to just read. I really did try. I just couldn't do itAt Glenlake Academy, murder is NOT in the curriculum. Glenlake Academy is a prestigious, expensive prep school tastefully located in a rural area north of Chicago. For generations it has protected and prepared the sons and daughters of wealthy families, giving them academic backgrounds that ensure admission to the Ivy League colleges their parents expect them to attend. The grounds are lovely, the buildings classical in design, and the faculty carefully chosen. The wildcard is always the visiting instructor of writing - a writer, poet, or journalist who comes for one year to lead the writing program for which Glenlake is famous. And in the 1996-97 school year, the wild card is considerably wilder than the school counted on.Dallas Walker prides himself on being a "bad-boy poet" - swaggering and pushing the envelop at every opportunity. He insists that the students call him by his first name, takes kids to local bars to play pool, and supplies them with beer. As Ian Copeland mutters to himself, "Sometimes I can't believe they let this guy teach prep school." He's not the only person who wonders why this feral cat was released in the aviary.The Copeland family has attended and supported Glenlake for generations and Ian is embarrassed that one of the buildings is named for his great-grandfather. The Copelands are an old-money mid-western family, although the money isn't flowing as freely as it used to. Ian's parents are stereotypical country club set - quietly sure of themselves and their place in society. Andi Bloom's family is stereotypical noveau riche, her father a loud, boisterous entertainment exec who's made a fortune and likes to talk about it. Chalk and cheese, as the Brits say.Ian attends Glenlake because of family tradition. Andi has been banished to Glenlake because her mother's dead and her new step-mother wants her out of the house. The teens click and by their senior year are inseparable. Ian's parents are polite, but not eager to welcome Andi into the family. A Jewish daughter-in-law isn't in their plans, but they're willing to hope that college will separate them. The separation comes sooner than anyone expects and the young couple aren't separated by distance, but by Andi's infatuation for an unscrupulous older man who likes firm, young flesh. Then Dallas Walker disappears.This book is almost a saga, tracing two families for twenty-two years. Andi and Ian reunite after Dallas Walker's disappearance, go to college, and marry soon after graduation. Now they've been happily married for over two decades and their oldest child Cassidy is a senior at Glenlake. The tradition lives on, but Cassidy's parents are disturbed by the new writing instructor - a charismatic journalist. Like mother/like daughter?There are several threads running through the story and one of them is the wisdom or foolishness of sending teens away to boarding school. Are we aping the English with their famous "public schools" like Harrow or Eton? Are parents passing the buck by having strangers care for their teens? Or are we simply following the tradition of many societies that separate adolescents from their parents in order to let them mature without overly protective or over-indulgent parents?There's no argument that most of the students at Glenlake (both in 1996 and in 2019) are "good kids." They're mannerly, appreciative of their privileges, and hard workers. They know their parents expect them to succeed and few seem rebellious. The rare lazy, entitled kid sticks out and is despised by his classmates. They drink booze when they can get it, smoke pot, and pair off, but they're discrete when they break rules. Glenlake is swift to punish bad behavior and no one wants to be expelled from Paradise.Which is why the shocking discovery of Dallas Walker's body rocks the smooth surface of life at Glenlake. Was his death an accident, suicide, or something else? Wayne Kelly wants his students (including Cassidy) to investigate the death as though they were reporters. There's a ready-made suspect in the form of an ex-con who palled around with Dallas. But Walker had dirtier secrets than a liking for rough playmates. Did one of those secrets get him killed? Or was it as simple as a driven student terrified that a C on his report card would keep him out of Harvard?I read this book in one gulp. I'm giving it four stars because Amazon won't let me give 4 1/2 stars. I admire the authors' bravery. It's hard to pull off a book that moves between two time periods and includes several points of view. It could have been a confusing book, but it flows relatively easily and any reader paying attention can follow its twisted pathways without getting lost or bored. That's an accomplishment in itself.My only criticism is its length. Most of the narrative adds to the story, but I think the parts about Ian Copeland's business problems could have been left out to good effect. I assume the authors feel that his experiences with a crooked supplier relates to the tragedy at Glenlake Academy, but I don't see it. And lopping 20 minutes or so off the reading time would be a blessing.I think the strongest point is the characters. Andi and Ian are wonderfully likable people. Not perfect, but their love and loyalty after more than a quarter century as a couple is touching. The two families they came from are completely different, but all the characters are realistic. Not all of them are likable, but they're people you've met.The authors have tackled some tough issues. We all worry about the vulnerable young and how to protect them. And how much we SHOULD protect them. Our children don't stay children forever. Going away to school is supposed to expose kids to a wider variety of people, but the cost of Glenlake means most of the kids come from wealthy, white families. There is tension because the faculty don't fit in with this privileged group. Glenlake parents may respect teachers, but they aren't likely to consider them social equals. Is Dallas simply a working class man who rejects the "snobbery" of Glenlake? Or is he a self-destructive bastard who longs to pull others into his downward spiral?How far should we go to preserve institutions we believe in? One character refers delicately to using an "extrajudicial solution." That's putting it mildly! Would you break the law to protect something you love? Would you participate in a cover-up if you believed the end justified the means? There are no set-in-stone answers, but this book makes you think.Sometimes the dialogue is stilted, but conversations between teens and adults frequently are. Not to mention the awkward conversations between old school mates who haven't met in 20 years. I disagree with some of the sweeping judgments made. Dallas was NOT a sociopath or he would have been more anxious to impress the academy administration than to thumb his nose at them. And illicit student-teacher affairs are no more a problem in boarding schools than other high schools. Anyone who reads a newspaper knows that.But overall it's a thoughtful, very readable book that involves subjects of interest to most of us. I'm glad I picked it as my Kindle First selection.A TEACHER BRINGS BACK THE PAST This got four stars because the f word is overdone and adds nothing to the story. Secrets of parents come out when a teacher decides to investigate a murder with his senior high school students that happened 20 years ago. Andi puts her wants before others then and now.