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Do you lose hours of your life scrolling social media? Have too many group chats on your smartphone? Do you want to leave them, but don’t know how? Then this book is for you. How to Leave a Group Chat is a practical guide that will help you navigate the world of digital communication. Since the late eighties, communication has been developing at a speed that has greatly outpaced us and continues to do so.

If you’ve ever flipped off a driver who cut you off, typed a heated all-caps rant online, or spiraled into a meltdown over a minor annoyance, then this book might just be your new best friend. I wrote it out of frustration with my own primal impulses undermining work relationships, friendships, and inner peace. We are, after all, descendants of apes, and sometimes our ancient “monkey brain” goes bananas in the modern world.

Over half of new relationships start online these days, and OkCupid is one of the biggest players in the Internet dating game. But as any girl will tell you, size isn't always the most important thing, and a mass audience doesn't guarantee you are going to automatically pick up the girls on OKC. There is an art to cutting through the clutter of Internet dating and quickly finding the woman of your dreams (or just plenty of hot dates, if that is what you are looking for).

Supported by academic research focused on technology, Media Moms and Digital Dads breaks down complex issues in a friendly, accessible fashion, making it a highly useful and ultimately reassuring listen for anyone worried about the impact that media might be having on young minds. Dr. Uhls ends each chapter with a summary of the science, a bottom line for quick takeaway, and tips and guidance for parents.

Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from—and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards—standards rarely created by mothers themselves.

The Power of Body Language is your practical, personal playbook for getting what you desire from others—and zoning in on what others are saying to you without words. In an insightful and engaging narrative peppered with fascinating facts, nationally renowned body-language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates the hidden meaning behind specific gestures, facial cues, stances, and body movements, giving you a life-changing, career-saving, troubleshooting skill.

Do you want to become wilder? Do you want to unleash your wild side, but don't know exactly how to do so? Life is too short; learn to experience it to the fullest; listen to this audiobook to learn how to unleash your wild side and thus develop your full potential. Adult content (18+).

As a main type of freedom of speech, motivational speaking gives much to humanity, yet we ought not consume motivational speaking uncritically. Thus this work reflects upon the nature of motivational speaking so we may keep what rocks and leave behind what sucks. Hopefully, we shall achieve the best possible life in the process.

Against all evidence to the contrary, American men have come to believe that the world is tilted - economically, socially, politically - against them. A majority of men across the political spectrum feel that they face some amount of discrimination because of their sex. The authors of Gender Threat look at what reasoning lies behind their belief and how they respond to it.

American baby boomers are aging, and 15 million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in US history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals, as well as for society. This book is a passionate exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers". Author Sara Zeff Geber takes listeners on a journey, starting with the choice for childlessness and then suggests ways in which Solo Agers can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship-building and rigorous planning for their future.

To succeed in science and tech fields today, girls don't have to change who they are. A girl who combines her natural talents, interests, and dreams with STEM skills has a greater shot at a career she loves and a salary she deserves. The authors present compelling research in a conversational, accessible style and provide specific advice and takeaways for each stage of schooling from elementary school through college, followed by comprehensive STEM resources.

This powerful and haunting memoir details the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s. As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years - a book in the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth and Mary Karr's The Liars' Club.

Das Große 4 in 1 Hörbuch der Bestsellerautoren Sabine Altena, Ingo Hoppe und Patrick Lynen! Was ist das für eine magische Eigenschaft, die manche Menschen sofort beliebt und respektiert macht? Bei Veranstaltungen scharen sie andere um sie, jeder möchte mit ihnen ins Gespräch kommen sein und im Geschäft steigen sie schnell die Karriereleiter empor. Welche "Geheimwaffe" nutzen diese Menschen? Die Antwort lautet: Es ist ein besonderes Gespür für Beziehungen, ein geschickterer Umgang mit Menschen.

In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns has penned a succinct guide for navigating the human relationships critical to the success of practice-based science. Using interviews and personal anecdotes, as well as her own insights as a field scientist, Kearns walks listeners through the evolution of science communication and how emotional and high-stakes issues have shaped communication. The meat of the book lies in the middle chapters, where Kearns offers key tools for communicators.

Parenting has never been the easiest job in the world, but with all the parenting advice out there, it's hard not to become bewildered. Today everybody has a different method for dealing with the madness. And who's to say one method is better than another? How do you choose? The truth is that whatever drumbeat you march to, all parents would agree that we just want our kids to be happy. But in the face of all the many parenting theories out there, happiness feels like it has become incidental.

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.

Fearful of prison time - or lynching - for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's Black father and White mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo. Her mother simply vanished, evading an FBI and police search that ended with the declaration to her family that she was the victim of foul play, either dead or sold into white slavery.

Parenting for a Digital Future moves beyond the panicky headlines to offer a deeply researched exploration of what it means to parent in a period of significant social and technological change.

No frills! No formulas! Just fundamentals! It doesn’t matter if you are just starting out in sales or consider yourself an old pro; Meet More Make More has something for you! It is a no-nonsense guide to building an effective and productive network of loyal customers, strategic partners, and raving fans. The principles are simple to understand and easy to implement. Meet More Make More addresses key topics like effective communication; business party etiquette; social media best practices; and reputation management.

A collection of essays about father figures in popular culture, Dad Bod unpack the ideas that inform our collective image of fatherhood as it is found in movies, television shows, and video games. Follow a newly minted parent as he journeys to the heart of dadness to redefine what it means to be a father.