Take Back Control from Debt CollectorsIf you’re tired of being harassed by debt collectors, this book offers practical strategies to stop them and defend yourself in court. With easy-to-follow steps and straightforward guidance, you'll learn how to navigate the process and protect your rights. You’ll find:How to respond to a debt collection lawsuitTips for challenging debt collectors and requiring them to prove their claimsHelpful motions and templates to support your caseKey information on arbitration, depositions, and preparing for trialLearn how to fight back in state court against debt collectors without the need for an attorney. This book gives you the knowledge and tools to confidently handle debt collectors and take control of your financial future.Don’t let debt collectors push you around—stand up for your rights and fight back! Read more

“Remarkable.”—Wall Street JournalA thinking person’s guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life’s big questions. “A wonderful book.”—Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex. About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method—one of humanity’s great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind, whether in law, politics, the classroom, or tackling life’s big questions at the kitchen table. Drawing on hundreds of quotations, this book explains what the Socratic method is and how to use it. Chapters include Socratic Ethics, Ignorance, Testing Principles, and Socrates and the Stoics. Socratic philosophy is still startling after all these years because it is an approach to asking hard questions and chasing after them. It is a route to wisdom and a way of thinking about wisdom. With Farnsworth as your guide, the ideas of Socrates are easier to understand than ever and accessible to anyone.As Farnsworth achieved with The Practicing Stoic and the Farnsworth’s Classical English series, ideas of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did—as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it—and for anyone who wants to know what he said about doing that better. Read more

JUST RELEASED: THE SECOND, EXPANDED EDITION OF "PEOPLE GAMES"!"Man is free the moment he wishes to be". -Voltaire In dealing and communicating with other people, we often fall prey to their power plays and mind games. Realize this: We are constantly under siege by the manipulations and machinations of other people. We must learn to see the world as it is rather than how we would like it to if we want to be "free". PEOPLE GAMES is a non-technical, easy-to-read guide (yes, easier than "Games People Play") to help you recognize when you are being manipulated by others in your social, family, business, or work interactions. We can be free from other people's power plays and mind games if we wish to be, and if we train ourselves to RECOGNIZE them. A “power play” is a maneuver, usually verbal, that is used by a person to (i) manipulate another person to do something or (ii) avoid giving the other person what they want.This book will teach you how to RECOGNIZE such power plays being used against you, especially the most commonly used ones by other people, and also how to RESPOND to and DEFLECT such power plays.You will learn how to extricate yourself from secret ploys, unclear motives, and shady maneuvers used by other people, and structure your interactions so that they are no longer clouded by such undesirable things.In doing so, you will be able to protect your personal boundaries, move towards more open and honest communication with other people, and protect your own best interests.Some of the power plays and mind games covered in People Games are: -Dominance/Submission -Emotional Blackmail -You Owe Me -Playing the Victim ...and more!NEVER BE MANIPULATED BY OTHER PEOPLE AGAIN! ***LIMITED TIME ONLY: SPECIAL BONUS CONTENT ("THE NEXT TEN MOST COMMON MIND GAMES AND POWER PLAYS PEOPLE PLAY") INCLUDED!! Read more

This book introduces Coming to the Table’s approach to a continuously evolving set of purposeful theories, ideas, experiments, guidelines, and intentions, all dedicated to facilitating racial healing and transformation.People of color, relative to white people, fall on the negative side of virtually all measurable social indicators. The “living wound” is seen in the significant disparities in average household wealth, unemployment and poverty rates, infant mortality rates, access to healthcare and life expectancy, education, housing, and treatment within, and by, the criminal justice system.Coming to the Table (CTTT) was born in 2006 when two dozen descendants from both sides of the system of enslavement gathered together at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), in collaboration with the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding (CJP). Stories were shared and friendships began. The participants began to envision a more connected and truthful world that would address the unresolved and persistent effects of the historic institution of slavery. This Little Book shares Coming to the Table’s vision for the United States—a vision of a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past. Readers will learn practical skills for better listening; discover tips for building authentic, accountable relationships; and will find specific and varied ideas for taking action. The table of contents includes:Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Trauma Awareness and ResilienceChapter 3: Restorative JusticeChapter 4: Uncovering HistoryChapter 5: Making ConnectionsChapter 6: Circles, Touchstones, and ValuesChapter 7: Working Toward HealingChapter 8: Taking ActionChapter 9: Liberation and TransformationAnd subject include Unresolved Trauma, Brown v. Board of Education, Lynching, Connecting with Your Own Story, Wht Healing Looks Like, Engage Your Community, and much more. Read more

People with high conflict personalities (HCPs) clog our courts as plaintiffs with inappropriate claims against their personal "targets of blame," and as defendants who have harmed others and need to be stopped. Everybody knows someone with a High Conflict Personality. "How can he be so unreasonable?" "Why does she keep fighting? Can't she see how destructive she is?" "Can you believe they're going to court over ______?" Some HCPs are more difficult than others, but they tend to share a similar preoccupation with blame that drives them into one dispute after another—and keeps everyone perplexed about how to deal with them. Using case examples and an analysis of the general litigation and negotiation behaviors of HCPs, this book helps make sense of the fears that drive people to file lawsuits and complaints. It provides insight for containing their behavior while managing and/or resolving their disputes. Characteristics of the five "high-conflict" personality disorders are explored: Borderline Narcissistic Histrionic Paranoid Antisocial Bill Eddy is a lawyer, therapist, mediator, and President of the High Conflict Institute. He developed the "High Conflict Personality" theory and is an international expert on the subject. He is a Certified Family Law Specialist and Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center. He has taught at the University of San Diego School of Law, is on the part-time faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and the National Judicial College, and lectures at Monash University in Australia. Read more

Can you actually fall in love again with the same person? Choosing to stay with your spouse can be one of the hardest choices you’ll encounter in marriage. Why? Because even though you’re committed to the relationship, life happens. Arguments crop up, your body changes, your desires change, kids come and kids go. You want to reconnect to your passion and to the person lying beside you, but still find yourself daydreaming about exit strategies. If you’ve been to the brink in your marriage and have made the decision to stay—there’s hope. You can bring back the loving relationship you once had—and make it even stronger! Belinda Zylberman, bestselling author, family mediator, and relationship coach, shows you how to celebrate your choice to stay and experience the rewards for years to come. With her experience, wisdom, and proven tools, she takes you on a 6-step “relationship discovery tour” where you will: Learn why little leaps of faith are the secret to renewed love Understand how to rebuild with a clean slate—no matter what you’ve been through Discover how to stop fighting about the same old stuff Create a shared vision that will keep you from needing an exit strategy Realize that loving the one you’re with is not only an option, it’s your salvation If you’ve made the decision to stay together, Love the One You're With will lead you to the renewed peace of mind, passion, and trust you’ve been yearning for. Read more

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Are you struggling to communicate effectively with your partner?Do conflicts and misunderstandings dominate your relationship?You're not alone. Communication for couples is never easy! Communication can be a beautiful bridge between two people… but it can also be one of the most challenging areas of a relationship.Conflict can feel overwhelming, and it's easy to get stuck and start fighting and blaming each other.But if we address issues with understanding and compassion—rather than trying to "win" or point fingers—then we stand a much better chance of finding solutions that work for everyone.Every relationship is unique, and the principles and strategies outlined in this book are designed to apply to a wide range of relationship dynamics. Whether you're starting a new relationship, finding your way back from headaches and heartaches, or just want to deepen your connection, THIS BOOK will help equip and empower you.Take the first step in transforming your relationship. Here you'll find helpful and empowering tips that will help you cultivate a stronger connection with your partner.With strategies for understanding yourself and taking responsibility for how you show up, these valuable lessons will lead to an even better bond between you and your partner.Here's what you'll discover inside this insightful guide:The importance of taking personal responsibility for emotions and behaviors in relationships.Practical tips and strategies for improving communication with your partner—without resorting to fighting and blaming.Guidance on how to resolve conflicts healthily and productively.Discover your communication style and adapt it for more effective communication with your partner.The value of empathy in building strong relationships and simple techniques for mastering it.The benefits of communicating with emotional intelligence and effective listening skills (and how to Level Up your skills in both).Foolproof strategies for building trust and safety in communication, managing expectations, and maintaining long-term, blame-free communication in your relationship.And much more.Communication isn't just about talking… It's about listening, understanding, and deepening your connection.Even if your partner isn't on the same page regarding communication improvement, you can set an example and show them how to join you in working towards a more fulfilling and healthy relationship.Your schedule may be busy, but reading a chapter each day can greatly improve your relationship satisfaction! And the practical tips and strategies provided in this book can be easily implemented into your daily life without any extra requirements on your time.Begin your journey toward healthy communication and start building a strong connection with your partner today: Scroll up, and click 'add to cart' right now. Read more

A practical guide to listening well in restorative justice programs and any relationship.The Little Book of Listening is an introduction to and practical guide for listening as an emergent strategy for creating a transformed world. It presents radical listening as an essential macro-skill, one that is essential in forming “right relationships” with ourselves and others that are the necessary prerequisite to all lasting forms of social change. This is a collaborative book, constructed from the contributions of twenty-six listeners from a wide variety of backgrounds who have shared their strategies, experiences, inspiration, and hopes for a transformed world through listening justly and equitably. One of the primary goals of the book is to offer practical tools for readers to develop the skills to listen to themselves and others more effectively, drawing attention to the barriers and filters that so often distract us from listening. Another goal is to inspire readers through the personal stories of how just listening has impacted the authors and invite readers to adopt these approaches themselves. Finally, we aim for this text to be a resource for practitioners in the fields of justicebuilding and peacebuilding. Conversations are how humans explore new ideas and reach new understandings: paradigms shift and the world is changed by our communication with each other. Whatever processes are used, it is imperative that facilitators and participants listen deeply, humbly, and attentively, without ego or agenda, to themselves and to one another.  Read more

Conflict is inevitable, in both deals and disputes. Yet when clients call in the lawyers to haggle over who gets how much of the pie, traditional hard-bargaining tactics can lead to ruin. Too often, deals blow up, cases don’t settle, relationships fall apart, justice is delayed. Beyond Winning charts a way out of our current crisis of confidence in the legal system. It offers a fresh look at negotiation, aimed at helping lawyers turn disputes into deals, and deals into better deals, through practical, tough-minded problem-solving techniques.In this step-by-step guide to conflict resolution, the authors describe the many obstacles that can derail a legal negotiation, both behind the bargaining table with one’s own client and across the table with the other side. They offer clear, candid advice about ways lawyers can search for beneficial trades, enlarge the scope of interests, improve communication, minimize transaction costs, and leave both sides better off than before. But lawyers cannot do the job alone. People who hire lawyers must help change the game from conflict to collaboration. The entrepreneur structuring a joint venture, the plaintiff embroiled in a civil suit, the CEO negotiating an employment contract, the real estate developer concerned with environmental hazards, the parent considering a custody battle—clients who understand the pressures and incentives a lawyer faces can work more effectively within the legal system to promote their own best interests. Attorneys exhausted by the trench warfare of cases that drag on for years will find here a positive, proven approach to revitalizing their profession. Read more

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"Building a more inclusive and accessible world takes patience, partnership and persistence, and a copy of this book! Lainey is the expert on how to work collaboratively to create long term societal inclusion.” — Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft“This fantastic guide to structured negotiations provides valuable insights for anyone interested in becoming a better advocate. I really enjoyed reading this book and appreciate all the lessons within.” — Haben Girma, Human rights lawyer and author of the best seller, Haben, the Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.———Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits shares stories and strategies from 25 years of successful collaborations between the disability community and some of the largest public and private organizations in the United States. Born at the intersection of accessibility, technology, disability, and dispute resolution, the pioneering strategy described in this book has been instrumental in creating a more inclusive digital world for a quarter century.First published by the American Bar Association, the Second Edition includes new Structured Negotiation win-wins, other new content, and Forewords by Haben Girma, author of the best-selling Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law and by Susana Sucunza, Basque Country Spain collaborative lawyer and president of the Basque Country Collaborative Law Association.Not just for lawyers, the book offers an effective and path-breaking method to resolve disputes without lawsuits, and to lessen the conflict and expense of filed cases. Lawsuits play an important role in moving society forward. But the legal profession ― and the public it serves ― deserve less costly, less stressful, and more cooperative and ethical alternatives. Clients need a forum where stories matter. Would-be defendants need a process that allows them to do the right thing without having to prove there is no problem to begin with. Read more

When conflicts become ingrained in communities, people lose hope. Dialogue is necessary but never sufficient, and often actions prove inadequate to produce substantial change. Even worse, chosen actions create more conflict because people have different lived experiences, priorities, and approaches to transformation. So what’s the story?In The Little Book of Transformative Community Conferencing, David Anderson Hooker offers a hopeful, accessible approach to dialogue that:Integrates several practice approaches including restorative justice, peacebuilding, and artsCreates welcoming, non-divisive spaces for dialogueNames and maps complex conflicts, such as racial tensions, religious divisions, environmental issues, and community development as it narrates simple storiesBuilds relationships and foundations for trust needed to support long-term community transformation projectsAnd results in the crafting of hopeful, future-oriented visions of community that can transform relationships, resource allocation, and structures in service of communities’ preferred narratives.The Little Book Transformative Community Conferencing will prove valuable and timely to mediators, restorative justice practitioners, community organizers, as well as leaders of peacebuilding and change efforts. It presents an important, stand-alone process, an excellent addition to the study and practice of strategic peacebuilding, restorative justice, conflict transformation, trauma healing, and community organizing.This book recognizes the complexity of conflict, choosing long-term solutions over inadequate quick fixes. The Transformative Community Conferencing model emerges from the author’s thirty years of practice in contexts as diverse as South Sudan; Mississippi; Greensboro, North Carolina; Oakland, California; and Nassau, Bahamas. Read more

This book explores one of the most basic skills employed by lawyers on a regular basis: negotiation. They negotiate with their colleagues, clients, and on behalf of clients with other parties. It is a book that can be used as the primary text in a negotiations class or as one of several books. It explores the six distinct stages of bargaining interactions and various negotiating tactics attorneys might use. It covers various psychological factors likely to influence bargaining interactions, plus the possible impact of ethnicity and gender on such endeavors. It has separate chapters covering plea bargaining, transnational interactions, human rights negotiations, and multi-party dealings. It also covers important ethical issues negotiators are likely to encounter. Negotiating exercises are included at the end of chapters to demonstrate the specific areas covered in those chapters. PowerPoint slides and videos, as well as other teaching materials, are available upon adoption of this book. If you are a professor using this book for a class, please contact Rachael Meier at [email protected] to request your materials. Read more

Negotiating Business Transactions, Third Edition, by Daniel D. Bradlow and Jay Gary Finkelstein, is designed for simulated transactional negotiations courses in Transactional Law, Negotiations, and International Business Law.Negotiating Business Transactions: An Extended Simulation Course, Third Edition—targeted to upper-level courses in Transactional Law, Negotiations, and International Business Law—is designed for a unique, simulated transactional negotiations course involving two groups of students (in the same law school or different law schools) representing either a multinational corporation or an agricultural producer in negotiating a complex business transaction. With ample instructional materials and a simulation exercise that includes individual negotiating instructions for each party, this complete teaching package offers students the opportunity to “learn by doing” and to experience how to negotiate and structure a complicated business transaction. Students learn to strategize, negotiate, and draft, all within the context of a simulated business negotiation that brings the deal inside the classroom where its multiple aspects—legal, business, social, and political—can be studied. In addition to the substantive materials focused on the business and legal issues raised by the simulation exercise, authors Daniel D. Bradlow and Jay Gary Finkelstein address the ethical, social, and professional issues that can arise in transactional legal practice.New to the Third Edition:New Chapter 13 addressing transactional contract drafting issuesNew materials on the growing use of negotiations via computer platforms which enabled negotiations to continue during COVID restrictions and which will continue to impact and evolve for conducting negotiations even as COVID recedesUpdates to content throughout the textProfessors and students will benefit from:Complete simulation materials—facts and context, negotiating instructions, and background readings on all aspects of the transactionBalanced coverage of negotiation skills and substantive issues relevant to business transactionsOpportunity for students to apply negotiation and business concepts in analyzing the transaction, preparing and strategizing for negotiation, and structuring legal relationships and documents to achieve client objectivesProfessional responsibility issues in the context of a negotiationPractical coverage: The real-time challenges of negotiating a business dealWhere business and law intersect when negotiating a business dealHow to structure a complex business dealHow to use their knowledge of law to find solutions in business transactionsCreative problem solving to achieve a mutually acceptable outcomeHow to work collaboratively to implement a strategyHow to document a business transactionIntroduction to the relevance of psychology in negotiationIntroduction to financial aspects of a transactionMaterials on Ethics and NegotiationFull sample transactional documentsMeeting of all ABA requirements under ABA Standard 303 for experiential, practical skills classOnline companion materialsTeaching materials include:Teacher’s Manual, including simulation negotiating instructionsSample syllabusAlternative class formatsKey issuesLecture outlinesPowerPoint presentations Read more

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High conflict mediation requires a paradigm shift from traditional mediation—high conflict experts Bill Eddy and Michael Lomax show you how.Over the past twelve years, the authors have been developing and practicing tips for managing high conflict clients in mediation, which is now a fully developed new method called New Ways for Mediation®. Mediating High Conflict Disputes gives all of the little tips which any mediator can use, as well as the step-by-step structure of the New Ways for Mediation method for those who want to have better control of the process in high conflict cases—or any cases. This book is divided into three parts: Part 1 provides a thorough explanation of the thinking and behavior of parties with high conflict personalities, with an emphasis on what does not work and should be avoided.Part 2 provides a detailed description of the New Ways for Mediation method, including several paradigm shifts in each step of the process for greater success. Its similarities and differences with interest-based negotiations and transformative mediation methods are explained. Part 3 includes numerous examples describing cases with special issues in several settings, including family, workplace, and disputes involving government agencies. Read more

HOW DO YOU NEGOTIATE with Wal-Mart? With America’s President over going to war? A pay raise from an intimidating boss? More money for a struggling start-up? Sweeping social change? Your own survival when you’re taken hostage by an armed killer? In this award-winning bestseller, you will travel across time through riveting, real-life David & Goliath stories⎯uncovering the secrets and strategies of successful smaller players so you, too, can get what you want against the odds.The chapter headers clearly outline stategies and tactics while making it easy to refer back to in the future, such as: • Apply the Right Habits• Execute the Right Strategies• Preserve Your Reputation• Shield Your Core Activities• Change How the Game Is Played • Plan to Walk Away • Use Shared Interests to Create Value"Very valuable...What you need to know to get a good deal on just about anything." -- CNN News, Issue #1"Whereas Getting to Yes provided the broad strokes of negotiation strategy, Mr. Johnston uses a finer brush to fill in an important corner of the canvas...Fans of Robert Greene's use of historical anecdotes in his best-selling 48 Laws of Power will recognize and enjoy a similarly informative and engaging storytelling style in Negotiating with Giants." --Jeff Davis, Embassy Magazine"If you feel like David looking up at Goliath, this insightful and entertaining book is now your best weapon--for individuals, entrepreneurs, smaller organizations and smaller nations." -- Mark Edwards, Founder and President, Spectrum Limited Read more

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