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Confesiones de un inquisidor: Memorias de César Hildebrandt en diálogo con Rebeca Diz Rey
by César HildebrandtCésar Hildebrandt, el periodista peruano más representativo de nuestro tiempo, rememora con detalle los episodios que construyeron su vida íntima, su carrera profesional y, más de una vez, los hitos que marcaron el destino de nuestra república. Durante 29 sesiones realizadas entre los años 2017 y 2020 junto a Rebeca Diz, César Hildebrandt, el periodista peruano más representativo de nuestro tiempo, rememora con detalle los episodios que construyeron su vida íntima, su carrera profesional y, más de una vez, los hitos que marcaron el destino de nuestra república. A lo largo de estas páginas el autor evoca sus primeros años de formación cuando era alumno del colegio Leoncio Prado; su labor como articulista y editor en diversos medios de prensa escrita; su conflictiva relación con la televisión nacional; su temporada de autoexilio en España; su lúcida lectura de la historia y la política peruanas; su infatigable pasión por la literatura, y también sus diversos desencantos, amores y supersticiones, entre otras facetas que configuran el complejo perfil de un hombre «apasionado de la razón». En Confesiones de un inquisidor, César Hildebrandt da cuenta de una existencia comprometida con el ejercicio de comunicar la verdad. Una vida contada desde la convicción de quien observa el camino recorrido sin arrepentimientos ni rencores, y que constituye, indiscutiblemente, un capítulo esencial en la historia del periodismo peruano.
Confesiones de una editora poco mentirosa
by Esther TusquetsLibro de memorias de Esther Tusquets, que complementa sus anteriores éxitos de ventas y de crítica. Sincero y audaz, donde la autora habla sin tapujos de su vida en el mundo de la edición. Esther Tusquets, la gran escritora y editora que transformó Lumen, en su origen una editorial franquista y católica, en un sello literario de referencia, escribió este libro alentada por su hija, Milena Busquets, también autora y directora del sello tiempo después: «Esto es lo que quiero que escribas. No unas memorias solemnes, sino estas pequeñas anécdotas que constituyen la vida cotidiana de una editorial y que cuando las cuentas tú resultan divertidas». Así nació este libro iluminador y emocionante, indispensable para los amantes de la literatura y de la edición, que, como no podía ser de otro modo con una mujer que «vive como editora todas las horas del día y sueña con libros la mayor parte de las noches», recoge anécdotas y retratos inolvidables de grandes escritores y agentes como Mario Vargas Llosa, Carmen Martín Gaite, Camilo José Cela, Miguel Delibes, Umberto Eco y Carmen Balcells, y los avatares de una gran aventura editorial, en la que no faltaron difi cultades y situaciones amargas, pero también ese «momento sublime para el editor: aquel en que abre el original de un perfecto desconocido y se encuentra ante una obra importante». La crítica ha dicho:«No son unas memorias solemnes, sino el ejercicio de inteligencia de una mujer que comprendió lo literario desde otro punto de vista.»Karina Sainz Borgo, VozPópuli «Una escritora proustiana que utiliza la memoria como arma de conocimiento. Un espléndido ajuste de cuentas con las costumbres de la España del último medio siglo.»Ana María Moix «Con una sinceridad fuera de lo corriente, llevó el género de la autobiografía hacia caminos desconocidos en España.»Josep Maria Castellet «Uno de los grandes testigos de la vida de la burguesía catalana en la segunda mitad del siglo XX y una de las escritoras más dotadas para la evocación en la literatura española.»El Mundo «Una mujer enormemente sensible, luchadora, crítica, gran escritora y magnífica editora. [...] Una persona que ha contribuido como muy poca gente a lo que somos nosotros mismos, este país nuestro, desde el punto de vista cultural.»Ferran Mascarell «Aparcada la vertiente de editora, renació la de escritora, pero esta vez con esa famosa sensación de ir dejando lastre que impregnaba su literatura pero que acentuaría centrándose directamente en recuerdos y en memorias.»El País «Estas Confesiones de una editora poco mentirosa de Esther Tusquets muestran una vida interesantísima y con contradicciones sobre la que ha hablado y escrito mucho, muchísimo.»The Huffington Post
Confesiunile unui vorbitor public
by Scott BerkunÎn acest volum plin de haz ?i extrem de practic, scriitorul ?i vorbitorul profesionist Scott Berkun ne dezv?luie tehnicile folosite de marii oratori ?i ne arat? cum le poate utiliza oricine pentru a comunica mai bine.
Confessions of a Generalist
by Niels DiffrientThis is not a book...it's a dynamic communication product that avoids typical book limitations. In this design, all 268 illustrations are connected directly to the text at the point of their mention with captions that extend the topics. Applying the same intensity of usability as I do with all product design, my objective was to create a reading experience much like life-engaging both the intellect and the senses.
Confessions of a Guilty Freelancer
by William O'RourkeWilliam O'Rourke's singular view of American life over the past 40 years shines forth in these short essays on subjects personal, political, and literary, which reveal a man of keen intellect and wide-ranging interests. They embrace everything from the state of the nation after 9/11 to the author's encounter with rap, from the masterminds of political makeovers to the rich variety of contemporary American writing. His reviews illuminate both the books themselves and the times in which we live, and his personal reflections engage even the most fearful events with a special humor and gentle pathos. Readers will find this richly rewarding volume difficult to put down.
Confessions of a Heretic: Selected Essays
by Roger ScrutonHard-hitting essays by acclaimed social commentator and philosopher Roger Scruton, guaranteed to provoke lively debateA wide-ranging selection that includes essays on architecture and modern art, the environment, politics, and culture.Each “confession” reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. Roger Scruton challenges popular opinion on key aspects of our society: What can we do to protect Western values against Islamic extremism? How can we nurture real friendship in the digital age of social media and Facebook? How should we achieve a timely death against the advances of modern medicine? How should environmental policies be shaped by the government? This provocative collection seeks to answer the most pressing problems of our age.
Confessions of a Heretic, Revised Edition: Selected Essays
by Roger ScrutonA revised edition of the Notting Hill Editions essay collection by the late Sir Roger Scruton with a new introduction by Douglas Murray.Confessions of a Heretic is a collection of provocative essays by the influential social commentator and polemicist Roger Scruton. Each &“confession&” reveals aspects of the author&’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. In this selection, covering subjects from art and architecture to politics and nature conservation, Scruton challenges popular opinion on key aspects of our culture: What can we do to protect Western values against Islamist extremism? How can we nurture real friendship through social media? Why is the nation-state worth preserving? How should we achieve a timely death against the advances of modern medicine? This provocative collection seeks to answer the most pressing problems of our age.In his introduction, the bestselling author and commentator Douglas Murray writes of what it cost Scruton to express views considered unpalatable, and of the importance of these ideas after Scruton&’s death.
Confessions of a Mullah Warrior
by Masood FarivarMasood Farivar was ten years old when his childhood in peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was shattered by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Although he was born into a long line of religious and political leaders who had shaped his nation’s history for centuries, Farivar fled to Pakistan with his family and came of age in a madrassa for refugees. At eighteen, he defied his parents and returned home to join the jihad, fighting beside not only the Afghan mujahideen but also Arab and Pakistani volunteers. When the Soviets withdrew, Farivar moved to America and attended the prestigious Lawrenceville School and Harvard, and ultimately became a journalist in New York. At a time when the war in Afghanistan is the focus of renewed attention, and its outcome is more crucial than ever to our own security, Farivar draws on his unique experience as a native Afghan, a former mujahideen fighter, and a longtime U.S. resident to provide unprecedented insight into the ongoing collision between Islam and the West. This is a visceral, clear-eyed, and illuminating memoir from an indispensable new voice on the world stage.
Confessions of a Public Speaker
by Scott BerkunIn this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For managers and teachers -- and anyone else who talks and expects someone to listen -- Confessions of a Public Speaker provides an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. It's a unique, entertaining, and instructional romp through the embarrassments and triumphs Scott has experienced over 15 years of speaking to crowds of all sizes. With lively lessons and surprising confessions, you'll get new insights into the art of persuasion -- as well as teaching, learning, and performance -- directly from a master of the trade. Highlights include: Berkun's hard-won and simple philosophy, culled from years of lectures, teaching courses, and hours of appearances on NPR, MSNBC, and CNBC Practical advice, including how to work a tough room, the science of not boring people, how to survive the attack of the butterflies, and what to do when things go wrong The inside scoop on who earns $30,000 for a one-hour lecture and why The worst -- and funniest -- disaster stories you've ever heard (plus countermoves you can use) Filled with humorous and illuminating stories of thrilling performances and real-life disasters, Confessions of a Public Speaker is inspirational, devastatingly honest, and a blast to read.
Confessions of an S. O. B.
by Al NeuharthThe millionaire publisher tells how he stopped at nothing to rise from a newspaper delivery boy making twelve cents a week to the nation's most successful media mogul
Confidence Game: The Limited Vision of the News Gurus (Columbia Journalism Review Books)
by Dean StarkmanDean Starkman takes on what has become a dominant perspective on the future of news in the digital age as personified by three well known media thinkers—Jay Rosen, Clay Shirky, and Jeff Jarvis—who have dominated the "future of news" debate. Starkman makes a powerful case that the perspective that these three represent, despite their many useful insights, is in the end corrosive to public-service journalism.
Confidence Karma: How to Become Confident and Help Others Feel Great Too
by Gary WoodLeading UK Psychologist Dr Gary Wood reveals his unique take on how to increase your own confidence by building up the confidence of those around you – as karma tells us, what goes around comes around.Confidence Karma provides the ultimate guide to building lasting confidence at work, in your relationships and, in fact, in every aspect of your life. Using practical exercises, anecdotes and questionnaires, psychologist and life coach Dr Gary Wood provides you with realistic, practical and achievable strategies for change. Learn how to:Influence your body language and project your voice to act confidentlyBuild on your existing strengths and skills, and work with what you already do wellIdentify your goals and values, and learn to live in accordance with themDevelop strength and resilience so you can bounce back from temporary setbacksBecome more comfortable pushing yourself out of your comfort zoneStop selling yourself short and appreciate your value to others Confidence Karma not only provides you with all the tools you need to increase your self-worth, it also encourages you to share the confidence. After all, confidence is a social practice – by working on your own, you can help boost other people&’s, and so each chapter ends with a &“karma call&”, asking you to think about how you can apply your new knowledge and skills in making your colleagues, friends and family their most confident selves as well.
Confident Conversation: How to Communicate Successfully in Any Situation
by Mike BechtleCommunication is an art, and anyone whether shy or outgoing can improve his or her conversational skills. In Confident Conversation, Mike Bechtle offers a straightforward guide to making good conversation that works for any personality type. He highlights the art of give and take, stresses the importance of listening, and gives confidence to those who hesitate to strike up a conversation. He shows readers that they don't have to have a stockpile of great stories to tell in order to make good conversation. Instead, he encourages an "explorer" mindset and gives readers the tools they need to talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Confident Digital Content: How to Create and Manage Amazing Social Media and Web Content for a Futureproof Career (Confident Series)
by Adam WatersAre you considering a career in social media? Are you an entrepreneur or freelancer looking to boost your online content marketing? Maybe you're looking for your next career pivot, or you're simply seeking skills to give your CV that competitive edge? Wherever you are in your career, Confident Digital Content can help. Covering the essentials of online content, this book takes you through everything you need to know - from how to write effectively for online platforms, through to video, audio, graphic design and photography. Featuring inspiring case studies from individuals at companies including CNN International, Mumsnet, Bunster's Hot Sauce and HuffPost UK, this practical beginner's guide includes guidance on content marketing strategy, metrics and community management.This updated second edition features advice on the latest trends, including fake news, the importance of stories and social listening analysis. Though trends, fads and hashtags change, the principles of great online content remain the same - let Confident Digital Content give you the grounding you need to ace your social channels and supercharge your career.About the Confident series...From coding and web design to data, digital content and cyber security, the Confident books are the perfect beginner's resource for enhancing your professional life, whatever your career path.
The Confident Speaker's Handbook: A Practical Hands-on Approach to Public Speaking Fourth Edition
by Thomas ValasekThis book is designed to help you become a better public speaker by presenting a practical, hands-on approach to public speaking.
Confirming Justice—Or Injustice?: A Guide to Judging RBG's Successor
by Alan DershowitzIn Confirming Justice—Or Injustice?, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author and one of America&’s most respected legal scholars—contemplates the past, present, and future of the Supreme Court, from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the confirmation battle looming over President Trump&’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Alan Dershowitz has been called &“one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America&” by Politico and &“the nation&’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights&” by Newsweek. He is also a fair-minded and even-handed expert on the Constitution and American government, and in this book offers his knowledge and insight to help readers understand the current circumstances surrounding the Supreme Court and the looming partisan battle for its future. Confirming Justice—Or Injustice? is an analysis of every aspect of the possible confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It includes timely commentary on the history and process of confirming justices to the Supreme Court, notes about what might happen if the process is changed—such as by court packing or instituting age or term limits for justices—and discussion of the roles of the various people and groups who might have input on the confirmation, from the president to the senate to the judiciary committee to the Constitution itself. In the end, Confirming Justice—Or Injustice? represents an icon in American law and politics reckoning with an increasingly politicized and polarized nomination-and-confirmation process for judges and what those shifts might mean for the country, both now and in days to come. It is essential reading for anyone interested in or concerned about Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett and the process of her possible confirmation, the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the future and fate of the Supreme Court—and American democracy itself.
Conflict and Communication
by Fred E. JandtConflict and Communication introduces students to important theories, key concepts, and essential research in the study of conflict, along with practical skills for managing conflict in their daily lives. Author Fred E. Jandt illustrates how effective communication can be used to manage conflict in relationships and within organizational and group contexts. Along with foundational coverage of conflict styles, mediation, and negotiation skills, the text also features new and emerging models of conflict management, including chapters examining the challenges of conflict between cultures, a chapter on family and organizations, information on both face-to-face and online bullying, a detailed step-by-step guide for mediation, and more emphasis on online dispute resolution.
Conflict and Communication
by Fred E. JandtConflict and Communication introduces students to important theories, key concepts, and essential research in the study of conflict, along with practical skills for managing conflict in their daily lives. Author Fred E. Jandt illustrates how effective communication can be used to manage conflict in relationships and within organizational and group contexts. Along with foundational coverage of conflict styles, mediation, and negotiation skills, the text also features new and emerging models of conflict management, including chapters examining the challenges of conflict between cultures, a chapter on family and organizations, information on both face-to-face and online bullying, a detailed step-by-step guide for mediation, and more emphasis on online dispute resolution.
Conflict and Multimodal Communication: Social Research and Machine Intelligence (Computational Social Sciences)
by Francesca D'Errico Isabella Poggi Alessandro Vinciarelli Laura VinczeThis book explores the use of technology to detect, predict and understand social cues, in order to analyze and prevent conflict. Traditional human sciences approaches are enriched with the latest developments in Social Signal Processing aimed at an automatic understanding of conflict and negotiation. Communication--both verbal and non-verbal, within the context of a conflict--is studied with the aim of promoting the use of intelligent machines that automatically measure and understand the escalation of conflict, and are able to manage it, in order to support the negotiation process. Particular attention is paid to the integration of human sciences findings with computational approaches, from the application of correct methodologies for the collection of valid data to the development of computational approaches inspired by research on verbal and multimodal communication. In the words of the trade unionist Pierre Carniti, "We should reevaluate conflict, since without conflict there is no social justice. " With this in mind, this volume does not approach conflict simply as an obstacle to be overcome, but as a concept to be fully analyzed. The philosophical, linguistic and psychological aspects of conflict, once understood, can be used to promote conflict management as a means for change and social justice.
Conflict Coaching Fundamentals: Working With Conflict Stories
by Samantha HardyWe naturally create stories to help us making meaning of our world, but in conflict situations the kinds of stories we typically tell ourselves can actually make it harder for us to manage and resolve the conflict constructively. This book provides an accessible framework for understanding why people tell their conflict stories the way they do, and how to help them move away from conflict stories that prevent them from understanding and responding to conflict in an effective way. Presented using highly engaging and accessible cases, the book is designed to help people working with others in conflict to fully support them by understanding which areas of the conflict story to focus their attention on, and using practical techniques to support people to rewrite their story into a more constructive one to better manage the situation. The book also provides practical strategies to help people who are themselves in a conflict scenario to rewrite and enact a version of their conflict story that helps them to more constructively manage, and often resolve, their situation. A conflict management coaching system is introduced that is designed to address the particular problems created by dysfunctional conflict stories. This is a book specifically for those who work with people in conflict (mediators, conflict coaches, managers, lawyers, HR staff, teachers) and also for anyone who wishes to better understand their own experience of conflict.
Conflict Diagnosis And Alternative Dispute Resolution
by Laurie ColtriFilling a void in the market,Conflict Diagnosis, Brief Editionuses the innovation of the Conflict Diagnosis concept to provide an in-depth appreciation of ADR processes. The survey takes both a true sociological perspective on the interdisciplinary topic of alternative disputes and prefaces these descriptions with an in-depth exploration of the theoretical and empirical basis for understanding their uses, misuses, indications and counterindications to provide readers with a thorough and complete approach to understanding, evaluating and developing strategies and tactics to address interpersonal conflict.The survey addresses basic definitions, dispute resolution processes, preconceptions about conflict and how they short change us, conflict diagnosis, the nine steps of conflict diagnosis, alternative dispute resolution processes, using conflict diagnosis to manage legal disputes and select ADR processes.For human resources personnel, dispute resolution system designers, trainers and ombuds, as well as ADR neutrals and neutrals-in-training.
Conflict Dialogue: Working With Layers of Meaning for Productive Relationships
by Peter M. KellettConflicts are more effectively managed if people understand the layers meaning in their conflicts and collaborate based on those meanings. In this book, author Peter M. Kellett analyzes and interprets real-life conflict stories as a way to create opportunities for more productive ways to navigate and resolve conflict.
Conflict in Personal Relationships (Routledge Communication Series)
by Dudley D. CahnIn keeping with a broad conception of interpersonal conflict, this book is organized into two parts. The first focuses on conflict on different types of couple relationships -- homosexual, cross cultural, dating but violent, engaged, and married -- and group relationships -- student peers, parents and their young children, and adult children and their aging parents. The chapters not only review past research on conflict in some relationships, but also take a significant step forward in introducing a variety of other relationship types for future research on conflict. These chapters also offer evidence that conflict is experienced differently in different types of interpersonal relationships. The second part of this book describes basic underlying principles and programs for dealing with interpersonal conflicts. Chapters in this section discuss patterns of argument in everyday life, issues associated with competence in interpersonal conflict, and mediation as a form of intervention for resolution.
Conflict Management and Intercultural Communication: The Art of Intercultural Harmony
by Guo-Ming Chen Xiaodong DaiIn the globally interconnected world, conflicts often arise as a result of tensions between different cultural perceptions and diverse social preferences. Effectively managing conflicts and harmonizing intercultural relationships are essential tasks of intercultural communication research. This book seeks to find effective intercultural conflict management solutions by bringing together a group of leading international scholars from different disciplines to tackle the problem. Consisting of two parts, this book covers major theoretical perspectives of conflict management and harmony development in the first and conflict management and harmony development in different cultural contexts in the second. Integrating the latest work on conflict management and intercultural harmony, Conflict Management and Intercultural Communication takes an interdisciplinary approach, adopts diverse perspectives, and provides for a wide range of discussions. It will serve as a useful resource for teachers, researchers, students and professionals alike.
Conflict Management and Intercultural Communication: The Art of Intercultural Harmony
by Xiaodong Dai Guo-Ming ChenConflict management and harmony building are two key issues of intercultural communication research and merit particular attention in the globally interconnected world. In the expanded second edition, the book explores the effective ways to manage intercultural conflict and develop intercultural harmony, and takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the two issues. The book begins with the theoretical perspectives on conflict management and harmony building. It examines intercultural communication ethics, diversity and inclusion, conflict resolution, conflict face negotiation, and intercultural competence. It presents both Western and non-Western perspectives. The book then addresses in its second section conflict management and harmony building in specific contexts. These include communication in intergenerational relationships, multinational corporations, and virtual spaces, and covers a range of national cultures including the USA, Japan, Germany, and China. Drawing on the current research findings, this book covers the major theoretical perspectives and provides for a wide range of discussions on intercultural conflict management. It is a crucial reference for teachers, students, researchers, and practitioners alike.