Hanson, Anders
Summary: Help make the world a more peaceful place. Learn how to stop conflict in its tracks. Keeping the Peace: the Kids book of Peacemaking will teach kids to solve conflicts by first finding out what each person wants, and ending with a solution. This book will show kids how to use compassion, respect, responsibility, and honesty with those around them. Simple text and charming pictures will keep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.6 HANWestmoquette, Mark
Summary: "This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to respond to difficult people with more clarity and wisdom. It will help you explore your reactions, break free from knee-jerk response patterns and find out how these people can become useful teachers in life--troublesome Buddhas. In this book Mark Westmoquette draws on personal experiences of profound tragedy. He stresses that the only way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 WESErikson, Thomas
Summary: "Part of the bestselling Surrounded by Idiots series! Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson shares the secrets of dealing with everyday narcissists. Are the narcissists in your life making you miserable? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute conviction they are right (even when they're clearly not), their determination to do whatever they want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 ERISarkis, Stephanie
Summary: "Surviving and escaping a toxic or abusive relationship can often only be part of the struggle. Long after, survivors often struggle to heal; your self-esteem may be damaged, you may feel rage and betrayal, and you may punish and/or blame yourself. The author of Gaslighting and specialist in toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and personality disorders, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis has seen it all --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books 2022
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Summary: In his book, Just Listen, Mark Goulston shared his bestselling formula for getting through to the resistant people in your life. Now, in his breakthrough new book Talking to Crazy, he brings his communication magic to the most difficult group of all—the downright irrational. As a psychiatrist, Goulston has seen his share of crazy and he knows from experience that you can’t simply argue it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM, American Management Association 2016
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Summary: "In the tradition of bestselling explainers like The Tipping Point, the first popular book based on cutting edge science that breaks down the idea of extreme conflict, the kind that paralyzes people and places, and then shows how to escape it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 RIPLee, Justin
Summary: "A guide to learning how to communicate with people who have diametrically opposed opinions from you, how to empathize with them, and how to possibly change their minds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tarcherperigee 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 LEELee, Justin
Summary: "A guide to learning how to communicate with people who have diametrically opposed opinions from you, how to empathize with them, and how to possibly change their minds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 302 LEEManske, Jim
Summary: "In 2010, four certified trainers of Nonviolent Communication produced a new tool to help people successfully learn, strengthen, and integrate the skills and consciousness of NVC. They called this tool the Pathways to Liberation Self-Assessment Matrix. Since then, thousands of NVC practitioners have been using the Matrix to identify skills, clarify strengths, discover edges, and navigate their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PuddleDancer Press 2021
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Summary: Listen. Validate. Explore Options. These are the three essential components of Yield Theory. In this clear and practical guide, you'll learn Dr. Christian Conte's revolutionary method for de-escalating conflict, promoting clear communication--and changing the way you relate to others in every part of your life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True
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Summary: How do you know if you are in a relationship with a narcissistand what can you do about it? Narcissism is a modern epidemic and it's spreading rapidly. Narcissists tend to be pretty on the outside, but empty on the inside. While they are often successful, they are also controlling, manipulative, entitled, vain, and they have no empathy. If your significant other can be charismatic and charming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2015
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Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Maria Duenas returns with The Vineyard, a magnificent story of ambition, heartbreak, and desire set in the 1860s Mexico, Cuba, and Spain--perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah. Mauro Larrea's fortune, the result of years of hardship and toil, comes crashing down on the heels of a calamitous event. Swamped by debt and uncertainty, he gambles the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUEMuehlhoff, Tim
Summary: How do we communicate with people who disagree with us? In today's polarized world, friends and strangers clash with each other over issues large and small. Coworkers have conflicts in the office. Married couples fight over finances. And online commenters demonize one another's political and religious perspectives. Is there any hope for restoring civil discourse? Communications expert Tim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 240 MUEMonroe, Mary Alice
Summary: Late August is a beautiful time on the Southern coast -- the peach trees are ripe, the ocean is warm, and the sweet tea is icy. A perfect time to enjoy the rocking chairs on the porch. But beneath the calm surface bubbles a threat: it's also peak hurricane season. When a hurricane threatens the coasts of Florida and South Carolina, an eclectic group of evacuees flees for the farm of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MONOwens, L. L.
Summary: Focuses on the importance of friendships, as well as their sometimes dramatic nature, using true to life stories and the advice from a child and adolescent development specialist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2010
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Summary: "Renowned motivational speaker, teacher, and storyteller Brit Barron offers a path to holding on to our deepest convictions without losing relationships with the people we love. Brit Barron gets it. Those people who hurt us with their bigotry and ignorance . . . they're often the people we love: They're our friends, our parents, our grandparents, and even our religious leaders. And what we want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 BARFowler, Clare E.
Summary: "Offers step-by-step expert advice that empowers women to understand and overcome the conflicts they face at work with coworkers and managers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation FowlerKarres, Erika V. Shearin.
Summary: A guide for coping with girls who are mean to other girls, using the words of teenagers to explore how the meanness can get started, forms it may take, and what can be done to stop it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 158.25 KARBrateman, Lisa
Summary: "This book gives couples who want to break the patterns that sabotage their happiness the ability to find their answers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 DAVMcCoy, Kathy
Summary: A meaningful and supportive guide to rebuilding family relationships and dealing with the pain of estrangement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 MCCPearson, Kayla
Summary: "Together we can take a stand against bullying by speaking up and being kind. Faith, Leo and Lucas become heroes when they gather their friends to Stand Together Against Bullying™. Join our MVP Kids® by reading these short stories on becoming a hero."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MVP Kids Media 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302.3 PEAEvans, Patricia.
Summary: Discusses the potential damage of verbal abuse, how to identify a problem relationship, and how to change or leave the situation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corporation 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 EvaGurian, Michael.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Michael Gurian offers a groundbreaking plan for couples seeking to build a healthy relationship, work through past hurts, and create greater intimacy. Become separate from your partner yet also become closer--sounds counterintuitive, doesn't it? With twenty-five years of family and marital counseling practice, Michael Gurian shows that "intimate separateness"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015