Social Conflict

The Wills and the Won’ts can’t seem to agree on anything, so they build a wall to keep the other out. Until a hopeful young May realizes that perhaps they can find some common ground, if only they work together. A fantastically timely and timeless read-aloud with the bouncing rhyme of Dr. Seuss and a message that will resonate with listeners of all ages: Tolerance and togetherness put us all on the same side.

Afghanistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, has improbably been at the center of international geopolitics for four decades. After the Soviet Union invaded in 1980, Afghanistan descended into an unending conflict that featured at various points most of the world's major powers. In Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know, leading scholar Barnett R. Rubin provides an overview of this complicated nation. After providing a concise history of Afghanistan, he explores the various peoples and cultures of the country and its relations with neighbors like Pakistan and Iran.

The Spanish-American War really only lasted about ten weeks (the buildup and decision to go to war took longer than the war itself), but a peace treaty was not signed until December of 1898. This was an event that was the tipping point for the end of the Spanish Empire and the rise of the US as a formidable player on the world stage. Not all Americans were happy with the change, with famous Americans like Mark Twain speaking out about the US occupation of the lands that it was meant to save.

Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super" or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than 60 political, military, and scientific figures who were involved in the decision.

Personality disorder is a mental condition that makes it difficult for a person to control their emotions and reactions to day-to-day life events and challenges. It is a condition that is typified by alarming and unexpected changes in mood, instability of behavior and others. Manage Personality Disorder contains steps and strategies to manage personality disorder and takes a practical approach to reduce conflict and manage the condition on a daily basis. It examines conditions to manage intense emotions and provides tools for doing so.

The Greco-Persian Wars are often portrayed as a battle between good and evil. This is simultaneously an exaggeration and an oversimplification, but there is no doubt that this war, or series of wars, fought between some of the most powerful civilizations of the ancient era helped to plot the course of human history that we have been following up until this very day. 

The Hundred Years' War changed language, national identity, weaponry, and even the way people think about war. It is part of the greater narrative of human history and gives a snapshot of how human nature can behave when pressed by the extremity of such a conflict - sometimes with unspeakable honor and courage and other times with cowardice, selfishness, and arrogance.

This audiobook will make you become a master communicator in a very short period of time, so long as you take what you learn and apply it. 

This audiobook examines the concept of freedom in American culture, which, ironically, has led to conflict in American society. 

This landmark study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area, offers a human, balanced, penetrating account of war. Two new forewords by Robert K. Brigham of Vassar College and Jeffrey Record of the Air War College explore the book's enduring influence. A new end chapter offers previously unpublished scholarship on the conflict.

Most Americans consider détente, the reduction of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, to be among the Nixon administration's most significant foreign policy successes. The diplomatic back channel that national security advisor Henry Kissinger established with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, became the most important method of achieving this thaw in the Cold War. Kissinger praised back channels for preventing leaks.

Striking the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching tasks facing women today. In Torn, 46 women examine the conflict between the need to nurture and the need to work, and reveal creative solutions for having the best of both worlds. The stories in the collection offer hope and inspiration, but they also reveal the messy realities of modern motherhood and life's inevitable crises, both small and large.

You're about to discover how to finally win any negotiation you enter with skills, techniques, and strategies that you can practice in every interaction you come across until you become a true pro. If you are like many people who are getting taken advantage of and are not getting, earning, or securing what they deserve in life, this audiobook is for you.

Las guerras napoleónicas, que tuvieron lugar entre 1803 y 1815, fueron encabezadas por el mejor táctico y estratega militar de Francia, el general Napoleón Bonaparte. Sus tácticas y estrategias fueron tan sólidas que sirvieron de base para muchas campañas y maniobras de guerra importantes, tanto durante su vida como después de su fallecimiento. Incluso el enemigo jurado de Francia durante la mayor parte de la era medieval, los británicos, reconocieron su ingenio a pesar de su derrota definitiva a manos del ejército británico al final de su vida.

En las relaciones interpersonales y laborales el conflicto es algo normal y común. Surge incluso con aquellos con los que mejor nos llevamos, con los que compartimos intereses o con las personas que más queremos. Esto es completamente natural, ya que el ser humano es un animal social que necesita, para su supervivencia y autorrealización, pertenecer a un colectivo formado por otros seres humanos.

Are you looking for a solution to your relationship anxiety? Do you want to live a life free of concerns and uncertainties in your romantic relationship? It's time to lay your fear down if you're weary of living in continuous dread, sick of analyzing everything your spouse does to see if they're going to leave, and fatigued from carrying the weight of a relationship's worth of worries on your shoulders. You are entitled to a loving, fulfilling, and anxiety-free relationship.

In addition to providing very realistic and down-to-earth answers to the challenges most married couples face, The Marriage Riddle: Presents several insights and practices, such as the four steps to communicate without arguing, how to stop controlling, how to see with the heart, and the art of letting, listening, and understanding to name a few, describes how to navigate the social and emotional dynamics of marital conflict without allowing our emotions to take the driver's seat, and much more.

For many women, creeps are a serious, ubiquitous, pervasive problem. They seem to be everywhere. Not only do they pester us in public, but some are capable of worming their way into our social life, poisoning our experiences. For many men, creeps are like unicorns: They hear about them a lot, but they never actually see one. Even when they do, they don’t understand what the fuss is all about. This books aims to bridge that gap by explaining the nature of creeps, how and why they manage to infiltrate our social circles, and how we can best deal with them in a safe and timely manner. 

Wir sagen gemeine Dinge, wenn wir wütend sind, vor allem, wenn uns ein bestimmter Punkt sehr am Herzen liegt oder wenn wir generell eine dickköpfige Ader haben. Manchmal sagen wir sogar Dinge, die wir nicht so meinen, nur um es später zu bereuen, wenn die Person, mit der wir uns streiten, sich wirklich verletzt fühlt. Dieser Leitfaden wird Ihnen helfen, Ihre Emotionen zu beherrschen, Ihre impulsiven Reaktionen zu kontrollieren und Ihnen beibringen, wie Sie Konflikte auf ruhige, friedliche Weise lösen können, sei es am Arbeitsplatz, in der Ehe im Familien.

This book is an effort to lift up the Restoration's distinctive principles that invite us to renounce violence and proclaim Christ's good news of love and peace to a world that desperately needs it. Proclaim Peace seeks not to promote any particular ideology, but to invite listeners, especially the rising generation, to reflect on the interpersonal, ethical, and social dimensions of Christian discipleship.