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Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it. Along the way, she discovers an artist who designed a frozen tear-shooting gun and a moth that feeds on the tears of other animals. She researches tear-collecting devices (lachrymatories) and explores the role white women’s tears play in racist violence.

Are you using social media, or is social media using you? The world is on fire, and social media is fanning the flames. If information is power, the internet is a neutron bomb. We get most of our information from social media, and what do we have to show for it? No civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, and mistruth. We are going to spend 2020 relating to each other through social media.

Eine Revolution hat die Welt der Kommunikation verändert. Social Media wird einmal als die Überschrift für ein neues Zeitalter in die Geschichte eingehen...

Army Wives goes beyond the sound bites and photo ops of military life to bring listeners into the hearts and homes of today's military wives. Biank tells the story of four typical Army wives who, in a flash, find themselves in extraordinary circumstances that ultimately force them to redefine who they are as women and wives.

The Effective Communication bundle is a collection of 202 short stories, essays, and insights that discuss public speaking, creative writing, social skills, and much more. We are living in an interconnected world. Therefore, it's very important to be able to communicate with others. In the Effective Communication 2 in 1 bundle, you will be delivered entertaining short stories that allow you to understand crucial communication principles in a simple digestible way.

We’ve all come across a person who could successfully steer and handle any conversation topic, even with no knowledge of it. It makes you wonder, “Where’d they learn that?” Most people revert to the default and assume that others are just born with better communication skills. But they’re wrong. Anyone can master their communication skills with the right materials. Take your personal and work life to the next level by mastering any form of conversation with this book that will make sure you’re a master of the art within seven days.

What really drives success and failure? Can I trust you? It's the question that strikes at the heart of human existence. Whether we're talking about business partnerships, romantic relationships, child-parent bonds, or the brave new world of virtual interaction, trust, when correctly placed, is what makes our world spin and lives flourish. Renowned psychologist David DeSteno brings together the latest research from diverse fields, including psychology, economics, biology, and robotics, to create a compelling narrative about the forces that have shaped the human mind's propensities to trust.

Eine Revolution hat die Welt der Kommunikation verändert. Social Media wird einmal als die Überschrift für ein neues Zeitalter in die Geschichte eingehen...

The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldman's inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world. In Bullied, she gives us a guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance she's learned about how to stop bullying before it starts. It is a book born from Goldman's post about the ridicule her daughter suffered from bringing a Star Wars thermos to school.

The Accidental Business Nomad is an unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization.

Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone - social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most of us almost unbearably uncomfortable. But here's the funny thing: even though we hate to ask for help, most people are wired to be helpful. And that's a good thing, because every day in the modern, uber-collaborative workplace, we all need to know when and how to call in the cavalry.

Melding the long-term history of technology with the latest headlines and findings of computer science and social science, The Efficiency Paradox questions our ingrained assumptions about efficiency, persuasively showing how relying on the algorithms of digital platforms can in fact lead to wasted efforts, missed opportunities, and above all an inability to break out of established patterns. Edward Tenner offers a smarter way of thinking about efficiency, revealing what we and our institutions can learn from the random and unexpected.

This book will help you to enjoy the ins and outs of social media in a safe and precautious way. You will learn about etiquette and rules to guide your safe journey. We will discuss social media influencers and social media as an outlet for self-expression.

Unfiltered: How to Be as Happy as You Look on Social Media is for anyone who needs to be reminded that we're all a work in progress, no matter what judgments we make when measuring our lives against what others share online. In her debut book, award-winning journalist and sought-after speaker Jessica Abo addresses the relationship between our psychology and technology and how we can take back our happiness IRL (in real life) without falling into the compare-and-despair trap.

Nev Schulman is the host of the wildly popular TV series Catfish which investigates online relationships to determine whether they are based on truth or fiction (spoiler: it's almost always fiction).

Whether you're a leader looking to connect with your workforce; a member of a small team, hungry to make a difference; or at the helm of a global organization, with an eye on the horizon - this is a how-to for forward thinkers like you.

Maddie doesn't believe in luck. She's all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night she buys a lottery ticket on a whim, and, to her astonishment, she wins! In a flash Maddie's life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships - nope, now she's suddenly talking about renting a yacht and basking in the spotlight at school! But then rumors start flying, and random people begin asking her for loans. Suddenly Maddie finds that she isn't sure whom she can trust.

This book tells you everything that you need to know in order to hugely increase your chances of being successful with online dating. With the huge surge in popularity of online dating in the last few years, it has never been a better time to learn the secrets that can help you be successful with online dating. The online world is highly competitive; that is why it is so important for you to know all the things that you should do and should not do in order to be successful.

InstaGrateful is a refreshing perspective on how you can turn within to connect with authenticity, stay focused on what really matters, strengthen your inner self to know what you want, stand in your power to get it, and be a beacon of light and love that inspires others to transform their lives in today's hyper-busy, highly distracted social media world.

On an ordinary January afternoon, a disturbing revelation about his wife hurls one man into a maelstrom of public humiliation and heartbreak, and eventually on a spree of run-ins with lawyers, judges, therapists, and law enforcement. Land of July tells the true story of a teacher/student sex scandal that not only shocked an entire school and small suburban community, but made national news. It’s a story filled with countless anecdotes about marriage, trust, infidelity, grief, and the desperate search for hope and family in the face of ruin.