TITLE : TALK LANGUAGE: HOW TO USE CONVERSATION FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE.

 
    Acknowledgements                     				IX
    Introduction                          				1
 
    ONE
    Metalanguage, or How to read between the lines    	3
 
    TWO
    How to ask questions that promote conversation    	29
 
    THREE
    How to start a conversation          				39
 
    FOUR
    How to listen your way to popularity and success  	47
 
    FIVE
    How to keep the conversation going  				61
 
    SIX
    How to deliver sincere compliments and honest
    positives                            				69
 
    SEVEN
    How to let others know who you are   				85
 
    EIGHT
    How to offer invitations that are likely to be
    accepted                             				97
 
    NINE
    How to handle criticism constructively 				103
 
    TEN
    How to resist atternpts at being manipulated		123
 
    ELEVEN
    Body Language: How to read others' attitudes by     129
    their gestures
 
    References											169