Verbal


Word Smart
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
Word Power Made Easy
Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School, #1)
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
Michael Finkel
His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves and nightstands. The life inside a book always felt welcoming to Knight. It pressed no demands on him, while the world of actual human interactions was so complex. Conversations between people can move like tennis games, swift and unpredictable. There are constant subtle visual and verbal cues, there's innuendo, sarcasm, body language, tone. Everyone occasionally fumbles an enc ...more
Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

Jim George
Listening is an act of love. When you listen to people, you are communicating non-verbally that they are important to you.
Jim George, A Husband After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

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