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Influence : the psychology of persuasion : Robert B. Cialdini.

Robert B Cialdini - Harper Business
Format: Paperback

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes" - and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based...
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There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love

Emily Mcdowell - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The creator of the viral hit "Empathy Cards" teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain.When...
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Skin Deep: Women on Skin Care, Makeup, and Looking Their Best

Bee Shapiro - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

In this collection of more than 40 columns, New York Times beauty writer Bee Shapiro gets the world's most photographed people to share their most intimate rituals: daily skin care regimens, opinions on makeup, hair care, diet and exercise, and the way beauty has evolved for each...
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Knots: The Complete Visual Guide

DK - DK; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

Knots! The Complete Visual Guide is the essential guide to knowing and tying knots for every purpose. From figure-eights to reef knots and highwayman's hitches to monkey's fists, this book includes every knot you ever thought you needed to tie--and more! Covering more than 100 knots...
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Excessive Use of Force: One Mother's Struggle Against Police Brutality and Misconduct

Loretta P Prater - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there have been incidents in which this was not the case. Police brutality and misconduct has been under the microscope...
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Beyond Beautiful: A Practical Guide to Being Happy, Confident, and You in a Looks-Obsessed World

Anuschka Rees - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A prescriptive, empowering, and psychology-driven guide to building confidence in your body, clothes, beauty, and life in the era of toxic social media-driven beauty standards. Between picture-perfect Instagram celebrities, ultra-lean fitness gurus, and effortlessly chic fashion influencers,...
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Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up

Shelly Fisher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

Real stories and real feedback on what should be said, what should be kept to yourself, and what can be done when trying to support someone you care about as they navigate loss. Breaking Sad helps us start conversations through its pages of personal stories and suggestions from everyday...
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Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home

Charlie Warzel
Format: Hardcover

If you think you're working from home during the pandemic, Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen are here to tell you otherwise. What we're doing right now is something else, a jury-rigged compromise made under the duress of a national crisis that's satisfactory for neither...
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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

CELESTE HEADLEE - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

"WE NEED TO TALK."They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four words in the English language. But in her timely, insightful, and wonderfully practical book, We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee - who earns a living by talking on the airwaves of National Public Radio - makes the case that...
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Steady, Calm, and Brave: 25 Practices of Resilience and Wisdom in a Crisis

Kimberly Brown - Publishing with Heart
Format: Paperback

Practical teachings to take care of yourself and others in uncertain and unsettling times. Steady, Calm, and Brave offers simple and accessible ways to help readers during a pandemic and beyond. With short, stand-alone readings designed to help you through difficult circumstances, it offers...
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