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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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xvii, 247 pages ; 24 cm
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This manual teaches seventeen fundamentals for turning any conflict into an opportunity for growth. Beautifully packaged in a graphic, two-color format, Changing the Conversation is written by conflict expert Dana Caspersen and is filled with real-life examples, spot-on advice, and easy-to-grasp exercises that demonstrate transformative ways to break out of destructive patterns, to create useful dialogue in difficult situations, and to find long-lasting...
4) Make peace with anyone: breakthrough strategies to quickly end any conflict, feud, or estrangement
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Provides a comprehensive guide to interpersonal relationships, filled with practical strategies and techniques, to effectively put an end to anything from a simple disagreement to a decades-long estrangement.
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534 pages ; 24 cm
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"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 last of his money in a daring play that wins him an abandoned...
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192 pages ; 22 cm
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"William Ury, coauthor of the international bestseller Getting to Yes, returns with another groundbreaking book, this time asking: how can we expect to get to yes with others if we haven't first gotten to yes with ourselves? Renowned negotiation expert William Ury has taught tens of thousands of people from all walks of life--managers, lawyers, factory workers, coal miners, schoolteachers, diplomats, and government officials--how to become better...
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vii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Difficult people can make life hard, but a select few can make it hell. The boss with nonsensical demands. The spouse who explodes at nothing. The overly emotional coworker, hostile neighbor, or friend who frequently bursts into tears. Marriages, families, friendships, careers, businesses--crazy people drag them all down with their manipulation, volatility, and inability to see the world rationally. You can't win by just ignoring the craziness or...
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302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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¿Has sido violento con un conocido o algún familiar por defender tu punto de vista? ¿Conoces a alguien que se comporta prepotente con sus compañeros de trabajo, sin detenerse en sus groserías? ¿Eres de las personas que insultan, hacen comentarios hirientes y, además, alardean de su mala educación? ¿Eres la típica esposa le-pongo-peros-a-todo, vives con un hombre insoportable, no sabes qué hacer con un amigo insufrible? No te preocupes más,...
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Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things: a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe -- a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life, and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they couldn't be more different. Laurel: Deacon's high school sweetheart and an effortlessly beautiful social worker; Belinda: a high-maintenance Hollywood diva; and Scarlett: a sexy...
16) Dark wyng
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Erth dragons volume 2
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The dragon Wearle is deeply divided because of the human boy, Ren, who has bonded with a pair of baby dragons and developed extraordinary new powers; but the war with the humans is not really over, and the humans have a mysterious new leader, Tywyll, who plans to lead his followers back into dragon territory--and unknown to both sides an ancient power is beginning to stir.
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356 pages ; 25 cm
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"Meet The Adults. Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a "normal" family Christmas. They can't agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest Holiday park , or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did -- and it's too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance, Iron-Man-in-Waiting....
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239 pages ; 22 cm
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From the Publisher: In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life. In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse-and...
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Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I HATE PEOPLE!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted - the people you hate - while revealing the strategies to neutralize them. Learn to fly right by the "Stop Sign" (nay-sayer)...
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233 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Cuantas veces no te has encontrado con gente dificil a tu alrededor capaz de meterte en problemas? Pueden ser tus jefes, amigos, vecinos, familiares, companeros de trabajo, conocidos, desconocidos, y hasta tu propia pareja! Si te sientes paralizado, molesto, incomodo o humillado por esas personas toxicas que generan - intencionada o inconscientemente - situaciones complicadas de todo tipo y en cualquier lugar, ahora dispones de esta amena y rigurosa...
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