Product Description

Do you become tongue-tied and timid in company? Are you shy at parties? Do you find it hard to speak up at meetings? How can you make new friends? This entertaining and easy-to-read book shows you how to master the art of conversation. The author tells you how to approach other people, the right questions to ask, how to keep a conversation going and how much you should reveal about yourself. His advice will help you to create friendships and make you more self-assured and relaxed with other people.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90973 in Books
• Published on: 1985-03-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Don Gabor is a freelance writer who lives and teaches in New York. In addition to teaching and book writing, he performs voice and music for children's record albums and writes and co-produces sound/ filmstrips.

Customer Reviews

Too little of too much
Two significant problems I had with this book. First of all I think the author has tried to cover too much in too short a space and has skimmed over a number of situations you may need help with rather than give more thorough advice with a fewer number of scenarios. What is left is a book that doesn't cover enough of any area. I think Don would have been better concentrating on certain aspects of meeting people, such as strangers and casual aquaintences. I think there must be loads to write on that area alone.

Secondly, I think there are some very significant differences in social behaviour between UK and US and this book is obviously more suitable for American readers. Some of the tips I would imagine are very useful but in the UK I don't think they would go down very well. Personally, I wish I hadn't bought it.

Not Impressed
I bought this book as I may be considered to be a little shy when it comes to breaking the ice and meeting new people, but this book is aimed towards the socially inept of which I am certainly not. I was so disinterested with what this author had to say I gave up on it about 3/4 way through. My advice would be to buy "Conversationally Speaking", much better.

Buy the book, not the tape.
Don does an excellent job in his book illustrating tips for starting conversations. But his tape misses alot. I would recommend his book, but then get Debra Fine's Tape on Small Talk, the two go very well together.