Verbal Judo
Verbal Judo

Author: George J. Thompson, PhD

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0062031686

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Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes. Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control." This new edition features a fresh new cover and a foreword demonstrating the legacy of Verbal Judo founder and author George Thompson, as well as a never-before-published final chapter presenting Thompson’s "Five Universal Truths" of human interaction.

This London Life
This London Life

Author: P. Christopher David

Publisher: P. Christopher David

Published: 2020-06-05

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1393190677

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This London Life is a London Gangland story. Billy Kelly and Jimmy Walsh are childhood friends and business partners, they have grown up on the tough streets of South London in very different circumstances, but from similar backgrounds in Irish immigrant families. When they are ordered by local Gangland Boss, Jack Riordan, to carry out a hit on a rival North London firm Jimmy accepts willingly. Billy tries to convince Jimmy not to do the job. After being double-crossed by Riordan the two friends lives take different paths as Jimmy starts a long prison sentence and Billy is forced to go on the run, leaving behind everyone he loves and holds dear. This London Life tells the story of two young men’s troubled and often violent lives as it unfolds through two decades between 1983-2004. The story culminates in a bloody and tragic ending as the ghosts of both men's lives come back to haunt them. This London Life will make you laugh, and it will make you cry in this story of friendship, loyalty, betrayal, revenge and lost love.

Gypsy Jane
Gypsy Jane

Author: Jane Lee

Publisher: Kings Road Publishing

Published: 2012-06-29

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1857829840

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With the reputation as the hardest and most dangerous female criminal in Britain, Gypsy Jane Lee was feared and respected throughout London's criminal underworld. This is her true story. During a terrifying journey that began as a 14-year-old armed robber, she has been shot four times, tasered three times by police and served three jail terms. Convicted for armed robbery she was released from prison only to go out and attempt to murder four people. Gypsy Jane has led a life packed with crime, betrayal, drugs and murder but she classes herself as a woman of principles: she values loyalty and honour, and has only ever wanted a 'normal' life.

Shades of Dignity
Shades of Dignity

Author: Shakoor Shamsad

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1491882107

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Praise for Shades of Dignity I read Shades of Dignity, the story of Parwen, her family and friends, with great interest. It is a touching story with many great insights into Afghan culture, the country, its conflicts, human relationships and the courage of characters facing harsh circumstances. It is a story of survival, hope and love and offers observations on human rights abuses, redemption, reconciliation and dignity. Nick Russell-Pavier This touching story examines themes of love and loss, family ties, Afghan culture, and the struggles of Afghan emigrants to assimilate into other cultures. Readers interested in Afghan culture will certainly find this to be an interesting book. Zackary D.

The Prison Officer
The Prison Officer

Author: Alison Liebling

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-12-22

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1136840222

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This is a thoroughly updated edition of The Prison Officer (2001). The aim of this book is to provide an accessible and interesting guide to the world and work of the Prison Officer, showing the centrality of staff-prisoner relationships to every operation carried out by officers. So little has been written on prison officers (in comparison to prisoners) and this book addresses the gap. This book will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in the work of a prison officer, and essential reading for any established and aspiring officers.

Ladies of Kilo
Ladies of Kilo

Author: Kristilynn Valdez

Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing ltd

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1849914109

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DescriptionA 47-year-old single mom arrested on a warrant for shoplifting can't imagine her six days in jail will end with a slip fall into madness and near death. Get into the head of a woman with mental illness as she experiences panic attacks that morph into delusions before the eyes of jailers, nurses and inmates at a loss to help her. Cut off from the outside world, she discovers strength among the women of cellblock Kilo, who endure the emotional turmoil of incarceration every day some for months and years. Cut off from her medications, the author finds her faith in God may be the only reality that can bring her back from the brink of unintended self-destruction. She will need a miracle. About the AuthorKristiLynn Valdez was diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features in August 2009 after a manic episode nearly took her life. Born in 1962, she survived a childhood of sexual abuse and has lived most of her life with depression, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder, finally being diagnosed and treated for those beginning in 1990. KristiLynn has a degree in journalism and spent 20-plus years as a newspaper reporter, editor and public relations writer. She dedicates her time to learning more about bipolar disorder, talking with those who live with manic-depression, and advocating that people with mental illnesses be treated with understanding and dignity. Please join the conversation on her twitter and blog: The Bipolar Taoist. KristiLynn lives with her daughter in Utah.