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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Discover how to successfully and efficiently calm an angry person or diffuse a volatile situation in ninety seconds or less with this proven and accessible peacekeeping method by self-described "lawyer turned peacemaker" Douglas E. Noll. We live in an increasingly divided world and most of us have encountered our fair share of aggressive people and difficult confrontations. Fortunately, we now have the tools to become peacemakers and transform emotionally...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Dr. Gary Chapman and business consultants Dr. Jennifer Thomas and Dr. Paul White offer strategies for restoring harmony at work. Don't let broken relationships taint your work environment. Take steps to make things right . . . not tomorrow, but today. The success of your career depends on it!"--
"Workplace conflict is inevitable. When it happens, how can you get back on track?Like all relationships, the ones we have at work are subject to stresses-maybe...
105) The Office: SEASON 5
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Clock in to The Office for even more inappropriate remarks, uncomfortable silences, and petty behavior. Join Michael Scott, the clueless boss of the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin who 'manages' to create unending comical drama despite his best intentions. Trusty and loyal assistant-to-the-regional manager Dwight Schrute continues to uphold the office honor and more.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Before having kids, did you and your partner discuss at what age you would stop packing their lunches? Or whether you would use grounding as a punishment? Or if you'd require them to pay their own way through college? Most parents don't, and so are taken by surprise when disagreements over decisions like these begin to erode their marriage. Over the past decade, parent educator Vicki Hoefle has worked with countless couples who believed they had...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Do you know someone whose moods swing wildly? Do they act unreasonably suspicious or antagonistic? Do they blame others for their own problems? When a high-conflict person (HCP) has one of five common personality disorders -- borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial, or histrionic -- they can lash out in risky extremes of emotion and aggression. And once an HCP decides to target you, they're hard to shake. But there are ways to protect yourself....
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Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting what one wants, being understood from our point of view,...
110) A family thing
Pub. Date
c2014, p1996.
Description
When an Arkansas man learns that he has an Afro-American half-brother he travels to Chicago to meet him. With the help of their Aunt T the men work through long-held grudges and prejudices.
111) Searching for peace in the Middle East: Israeli & Palestinian conversations with Landrum Bolling
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Explores the issues that divide the Israelis and Palestinians through interviews with Israelis and Palestinians of diverse backgrounds, describing a common yearning for peace and calling for new American diplomatic leadership in the peace process.
112) The Office: SEASON 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Includes every Season Six episode. Follow Michael, Dwight, Jim, Pam, Ryan, Andy, and the rest of the Scranton crew as they face new challenges and celebrate new milestones; from romance, marriage, and parenthood to career advancement and corporate acquisition.
113) Warrior
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. The two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When an Indigenous group demands the local schools name be changed, rifts are formed within the community and the legacies of who we honour from history are challenged. This mystery/adventure set in a small BC lumber town is a fictional account of an event that is similar to many across the country - a sudden conflict over a school name and the historic figure it recognizes."--
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