books about: dispute

books about: dispute

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Dispute

Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
Thomas G. Andrews

Harvard University Press, 2008

On a spring morning in 1914, in the stark foothills of southern Colorado, members of the United Mine Workers of America clashed with guards employed by the Rockefeller family, and a state militia beholden to Colorado?s industrial barons. When the dust settled, nineteen men, women, and children among the miners? families lay dead. The strikers had ...

Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World

Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Utterly brilliant on the half the author's understand best
This is an utterly brilliant book that has held my attention all morning. Although the authors do not integrate the thinking in the ten books below, I am totally, deeply, impressed by their intelligence, knowledge, and good intention. They set out to develop ...

Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy

Walter Brueggemann

Fortress Press, 2005

Examining the evidence
This work by Walter Brueggemann is perhaps his most comprehensive view of the Old Testament to date. As the title implies, this is a Christian reading of the Old Testament scriptures (for scholars who approach the collection from a more objective standpoint prefer to ...

The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child

Lawrence M. Siegel

NOLO, 2007

Wonderful book
I just had my son's IEP meeting and the meeting went very smooth and I got everything I requested. This book will explain the process and also provides forms to keep you organized. Typically our meetings ran 3-4 hours, this time 2.5. The class visitation form & IEP ...

Fathers' Rights: Hard-Hitting & Fair Advice for Every Father Involved in a Custody Dispute

Jeffery Leving, Kenneth Dachman

Basic Books, 1998

Read FAMILY COURT HELL TOO!
'Fathers rights' is a 'must read' along with the other book available on Amazon called FAMILY COURT HELL. Family Court Hell is the story of the father who launched the Fathers 4 Justice campaign that not only spread around the world, but helped him resolve his own ...

The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict

Christopher W. Moore

Jossey-Bass, 2003

Great.
This book was great and exactly how it was described in the review. I received it at a fast pace. Thanks.

Uprising

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007

IN THE FACE OF DISASTER
Written for a teen-aged audience, Uprising by Margaret Haddix is an historically accurate and informative book that adults too will find captivating. Set in 1910-11 New York City it tells the story of three girls from various social strata's who are brought ...

The Art and Science of Negotiation

Howard Raiffa

Belknap Press, 2005

A must read for serious students or practitioners
Howard Raiffa is one of the few authors of negotiation related books who combines expertise in both theory and practice of negotiations. While a bit heavy-reading for the beginner, any serious student or practitioner in the art of negotiation will find this book both ...

Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes

Robert H. Mnookin, Scott R. Peppet, ...

Belknap Press, 2004

Must Have
This is a book that should be read by every lawyer. It offers practical, useful advice for an approach to negotiation that moves above and beyond the game playing and posturing that too often characterizes a negotiation. The book also offers a useful discussion of the ...

Germinal (Penguin Classics)

Émile Zola

Penguin Classics, 2004

Book Sales
The book came in GREAT condition and was shipped at the speed of light! I'll gladly buy here again.

How Arbitration Works: Elkouri & Elkouriorks

Alan Miles Ruben, Frank Elkouri, ...

BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs), 2003

The Penultimate Arbitration Manual
Elkouri is the penultimate arbitration manual. Having arbitrated, been an advocate, and taught arbitration, I feel confident in recommending this book for literally every area of arbitration. The book is, admittedly, geared toward labor law practice. However, the ...

Extreme Facilitation: Guiding Groups Through Controversy and Complexity

Suzanne Ghais

Jossey-Bass, 2005

On a Scale of 1-5, This Book is a 10
You don't generally think of books like this as "page-turners", but I could not put it down. In Extreme Facilitation, Suzanne Ghais has moved away from the cookbook (techniques-based) view of facilitation found in many other books and training materials, and has ...

The Little Book of Circle Processes : A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking (The Little Books of Justice and ...

Kay Pranis

Good Books, 1969

Big subject in a small package
The Little Book of Circle Processes takes on a most importanat strategy for dealing with conflict - whether in the family or in the community. And it does it very well in the limited space of this book.

Dispute Resolution: Beyond the Adversarial Model

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Lela P. Love, ...

Aspen Publishers, 2004

Surprisingly Enjoyable Casebook...
To litigate, negotiate, mediate, or arbitrate? That is the question. Unfortunately, unless you take advantage of a clinical program, law school does a pretty pathetic job of preparing you to litigate after graduation. However, whereas some attempt is actually made to ...

Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies

John Paul Lederach

United States Institute of Peace Press, 1998

Truly cutting-edge
Lederach's work stands at the forefront of the emergent field of conflict transformation study. A professor at Eastern Mennonnite University, he also has extensive field experience. In "Building Peace", he focuses upon the necessity of constructing relationships across ...