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This light-hearted, laugh-out-loud cozy mystery also features mother-daughter sleuths Brandy and Vivian’s witty tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes. Perfect for getting you into the holiday spirit—whatever the time of year!

This collection includes three books in the Trash n’ Treasures Mystery Series: Antiques Carry On, Antiques Liquidation, and Antiques Foe.

In The Answer, international best-selling authors Barbara and Allan Pease share all of the tips and wisdom they have learned on their own journey to success and how it is possible to achieve their goals. You will learn how to set and action clearly defined goals; overcome obstacles, despite what others think, do or say; take responsibility for your life circumstances; apply the art of visualisation and the power of affirmation; deal with stress, fear and worry; and never give up.

Pehchane Sharir Ki Bhasha, The Definitive Book of Body Language in Hindi, as the title suggests, is a definitive book that delves into the science of body language, written in a lucid and engaging manner. The authors of the book hope to spread their expert knowledge of body language to the masses by revealing the secrets of body language They also assert that more often than not what people say is quite different from what they think or what they feel.

Ce-ar fi dacă am putea învăța cum să interpretăm corect limbajul trupului? Ei bine, am influența părerea interlocutorilor despre noi sau despre afacerea pe care le-o propunem, i-am convinge mai ușor să ne devină parteneri, am putea colabora cu ei pe termen lung și... am înregistra încontinuu succese în profesie. Cartea de față explică detaliat limbajul trupului, în contextul modern al afacerilor secolului XXI. Totul începe cu prima impresie (pentru care nu aveți niciodată o a doua șansă). Dar aceasta nu e de ajuns.

Quando aprendemos a prestar atenção em nossa linguagem corporal e a interpretar corretamente a dos outros, passamos a ter maior controle sobre as situações, pois podemos identificar sinais de abertura, de tédio, de atração ou de rivalidade e agir de forma adequada aos nossos objetivos. Com bom-humor e uma sólida base científica, os autores explicam o significado real de gestos que usamos no dia a dia, como cruzar os braços, coçar o nariz e balançar a cabeça, evitando os habituais mal-entendidos causados pela contradição entre o que dizem nossas palavras e nosso corpo.

In this book, authors Allan and Barbara Pease share techniques developed for success in sales and business. They teach the body language vocabulary through which success can be gained in almost any business venture. Body Language in the Work Place includes plenty of up-to-the-minute tips that will put you ahead of the game.

In this book, authors Allan and Barbara Pease share techniques developed for success in sales and business. They teach the body language 'vocabulary' through which success can be gained in almost any business venture. Body Language in the Workplace includes plenty of up-to-the-minute tips that will put you ahead of the game. It will make you more aware of your own non-verbal cues and signals and will show you how to use them to communicate effectively with co-workers and business associates, enabling you to get the reactions you want in any professional encounter.

When popular podcaster Nicole Chatterton wants an interview for Killers Caught, true-crime author Vivian Borne is overjoyed. Finally, some recognition for the sleuthing skills the septuagenarian antiques dealer and her daughter Brandy have demonstrated, solving countless crimes in their small hometown of Serenity, Iowa! Dolled up and dressed to the nines, Vivian figures the interview is going swimmingly … until Nicole turns the tables, accusing the mother/daughter duo of committing the very crimes they solved.

Allan und Barbara Pease zeigen: Nirgendwo ist der Unterschied zwischen den Geschlechtern so groß wie beim Sex und in der Liebe...

Vivian Borne—true-crime author, antiques dealer, and ex-sheriff of Serenity, Iowa—is looking forward to meeting her new editor in London. Flying first class, rooms at the Savoy…her long-suffering co-author, daughter Brandy, worries the trip will bankrupt them both, but the alternative—Mother travelling alone—is unthinkable. Brandy’s almost tempted to make her fiancé, Tony—Serenity’s Chief of Police—call Scotland Yard and warn them Vivian’s coming.

Să spunem că, prin mâna ­destinului (sau din proprie voință), ați ajuns într‑un context social (sau profesional) complet nefamiliar. Vă doriți din toată inima înțelegere, acceptare, afirmare, succes, recunoaștere. Oricum l-ați numi, pentru obiectivul acesta aveți nevoie de același lucru: abilități de comunicare. Îi admirați pe cei care par să aibă un talent natural de a se apropia de interlocutori și vă spuneți în gând că au charismă, iar aceasta e un dar de la Dumnezeu. Fiți siguri că Dumnezeu i-a dat același dar întregii specii.

The award-winning, laugh-out-loud adventures of antiques dealers Brandy Borne and her drama-queen mom Vivian have made Trash 'n' Treasures "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). In the latest installment, after flames consume a historic mansion full of priceless treasures, along with its occupant, the question arises: who charred the corpse? Brandy and Vivian are on the case in their 14th Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery!

Eccentric 70-something Vivian Borne and company, amateur-sleuths-turned-pro, have a challenging case to solve as a series of creepy crimes plague an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, where a fiend is misguidedly dispensing Poe-etic justice. Small-town Antiqua, known for its quaint main street of antique shops, has set out to celebrate the gothic poet with food, fun, and rare memorabilia, only to have the Master of the Macabre's twisted tales come to deadly life.

Joyce Lackey was a classic baby-boomer. She had it all: a high-paying position, a beautiful condo, a BMW. But there was one thing she didn’t have any more—her youth, and that was what she needed most. Her boss fired her because he wanted someone with “young blood and young ideas.” Joyce was forced to start all over again. But could she compete with all the beautiful young kids who were so hungry for what she had?

Ikkisvi Sadi Ka Lok Vyavahar is the Hindi translation of the successful English book Easy Peasey: People Skills for Life. It is written to help people achieve the skills essential to getting along with other people. It speaks of the human need to be recognised, to be made to feel important and appreciated by everyone. People’s response to another depends on how important they are made to feel.

With their reality TV series Antiques Sleuths, Brandy Borne and her quaintly kooky mother, Vivian, have a real hit on their hands. But when another hit enters the picture, Brandy's implicated for the crime. With Brandy now wearing basic jailhouse orange, Vivian must largely investigate alone, sorting through a rogue's gallery of suspects that includes a too-friendly farmer's wife, a ratings-happy TV producer, a questionable husband-and-wife auctioneer team, and even the chief of police himself!

Baseret på den nyeste viden om hjernen. Hvad skal der til, for at forholdet klarer sig gennem lyst og nød? Hvorfor gør mænd og kvinder, som de gør? Er du i tvivl, om du går efter - eller allerede har scoret - den rigtige? Den ultimative guide til det modsatte køn. Til mænd, kvinder, singler og par. Hvad tænder mænd og kvinder på? Er det kun mænd, der har sex på hjernen? Tænker kvinder lige så meget på sex? Hvorfor vil kvinder altid snakke, når de har dyrket sex? Hvorfor falder mænd altid i søvn efter sex?

Brandy Borne's exceedingly eccentric mother, Vivian, has been invited to perform her one-woman interpretation of the Scottish play (sometimes called Macbeth) at the neighboring town of Old York's annual fete. As soon as they arrive, tragedy strikes: the theater owner drops dead onstage while giving Vivian the grand tour. Before they know it, Brandy and Vivian are entangled in a progressively perilous murder plot.

Sierra Kane—who has bounced from one foster family to another—faces an uncertain future when she receives an unapplied-for scholarship to Barnard College specifically designed for orphans whose academic records are merely above average. A second unexpected boon comes her way when another recipient of that somewhat mysterious scholarship offers her a part-time courier job. Soon, Sierra is caught up in a whirl of espionage and murder, with a new boyfriend who may or may not be part of a plot, a college mentor with a possible agenda of her own, and an FBI agent who rebuffs Sierra’s plea for help.