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How to Have Impossible Conversations

Author : Peter Boghossian
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 073828534X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book How to Have Impossible Conversations written by Peter Boghossian and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert. In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall—or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative—dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming, blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger. In How to Have Impossible Conversations, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward, practical, conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation—whether the issue is climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy. "This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one, I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." —Richard Dawkins, author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God

Schiaparelli & Prada

Author : Andrew Bolton
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588394549
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Schiaparelli & Prada written by Andrew Bolton and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition features orchestrated conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work. Iconic ensembles will be presented with videos of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how both women explore similar themes in their work through very different approaches."--MMA website.

Strange Glow

Author : Timothy J. Jorgensen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400880521
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Strange Glow written by Timothy J. Jorgensen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating science and history of radiation More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as mammograms, and submit to full-body security scans at airports. We worry and debate about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the safety of nuclear power plants. But how much do we really know about radiation? And what are its actual dangers? An accessible blend of narrative history and science, Strange Glow describes mankind's extraordinary, thorny relationship with radiation, including the hard-won lessons of how radiation helps and harms our health. Timothy Jorgensen explores how our knowledge of and experiences with radiation in the last century can lead us to smarter personal decisions about radiation exposures today. Jorgensen introduces key figures in the story of radiation—from Wilhelm Roentgen, the discoverer of x-rays, and pioneering radioactivity researchers Marie and Pierre Curie, to Thomas Edison and the victims of the recent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Tracing the most important events in the evolution of radiation, Jorgensen explains exactly what radiation is, how it produces certain health consequences, and how we can protect ourselves from harm. He also considers a range of practical scenarios such as the risks of radon in our basements, radiation levels in the fish we eat, questions about cell-phone use, and radiation's link to cancer. Jorgensen empowers us to make informed choices while offering a clearer understanding of broader societal issues. Investigating radiation's benefits and risks, Strange Glow takes a remarkable look at how, for better or worse, radiation has transformed our society.

Everybody Is Wrong About God

Author : James A. Lindsay
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1634310381
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (343 download)

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Book Synopsis Everybody Is Wrong About God by : James A. Lindsay

Download or read book Everybody Is Wrong About God written by James A. Lindsay and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call to action to address people's psychological and social motives for a belief in God, rather than debate the existence of God With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. Thus, engaging in interminable debate with religious believers about the existence of God has become exactly the wrong way for nonbelievers to try to deal with misguided—and often dangerous—belief in a higher power. The key, author James Lindsay argues, is to stop that particular conversation. He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in "God," they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action. Once nonbelievers understand this simple point, and drop the very label of atheist, will they be able to change the way we all think about, talk about, and act upon the troublesome notion called "God."

The Power of Paradox: Impossible Conversations

Author : Markus Locker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004398244
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Paradox: Impossible Conversations written by Markus Locker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Markus Locker demonstrates that the paradox behind each truth claim opens a channel of communication of truths.

Conversations with God for Teens

Author : Neale Donald Walsch
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612831168
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with God for Teens written by Neale Donald Walsch and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suppose you could ask God any question and get an answer. What would it be? Young people all over the world have been asking those questions. So Neale Donald Walsch, author of the internationally bestselling Conversations with God series had another conversation. Conversations with God for Teens is a simple, clear, straight-to-the-point dialogue that answers teens questions about God, money, sex, love, and more. Conversations with God for Teens reads like a rap session at a church youth group, where teenagers discuss everything they ever wanted to know about life but were too afraid to ask God. Walsch acts as the verbal conduit, showing teenagers how easy it is to converse with the divine. When Claudia, age 16, from Perth, Australia, asks, "Why can't I just have sex with everybody? What's the big deal?", the answer God offers her is: "Nothing you do will ever be okay with everybody. 'Everybody' is a large word. The real question is can you have sex and have it be okay with you?" There's no doubt that the casual question-and-answer format will help make God feel welcoming and accessible to teens. Conversations with God for Teens is the perfect gift purchase for parents, grandparents, and anyone else who wants to provide accessible spiritual content for the teen(s) in their lives.

Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated)

Author : Susan Scott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425193372
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated) written by Susan Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated—the national bestselling communication skills guide that will help you achieve personal and professional success one conversation at a time. The master teacher of positive change through powerful communication, Susan Scott wants you to succeed. To do that, she explains, you must transform everyday conversations at work and at home with effective ways to get your message across—and get what you want. In this guide, which includes a workbook and The Seven Principles of Fierce Conversations, Scott teaches you how to: • Overcome barriers to meaningful communication • Expand and enrich relationships with colleagues, friends, and family • Increase clarity and improve understanding • Handle strong emotions—on both sides of the table • Connect with colleagues, customers and family at a deep level Includes a Foreword by Ken Blanchard, the bestselling co-author of The One Minute Manager

An Impossible Marriage

Author : Laurie Krieg
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830847944
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book An Impossible Marriage written by Laurie Krieg and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurie and Matt Krieg are in a mixed-orientation marriage: Laurie is primarily attracted to women—and so is Matt. With vulnerability and wisdom, they tell the story of how they met and got married, the challenges and breakthroughs of their journey, and what they've learned about how marriage is meant to point us to the love and grace of Jesus.

A Manual for Creating Atheists

Author : Peter Boghossian
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1939578159
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (395 download)

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Book Synopsis A Manual for Creating Atheists by : Peter Boghossian

Download or read book A Manual for Creating Atheists written by Peter Boghossian and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, the faithful have honed proselytizing strategies and talked people into believing the truth of one holy book or another. Indeed, the faithful often view converting others as an obligation of their faith—and are trained from an early age to spread their unique brand of religion. The result is a world broken in large part by unquestioned faith. As an urgently needed counter to this tried-and-true tradition of religious evangelism, A Manual for Creating Atheists offers the first-ever guide not for talking people into faith—but for talking them out of it. Peter Boghossian draws on the tools he has developed and used for more than 20 years as a philosopher and educator to teach how to engage the faithful in conversations that will help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their religious beliefs, mistrust their faith, abandon superstition and irrationality, and ultimately embrace reason.

How to Have Impossible Conversations

Author : Peter Boghossian
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 : 073828534X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Have Impossible Conversations by : Peter Boghossian

Download or read book How to Have Impossible Conversations written by Peter Boghossian and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one, I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." -- Richard Dawkins, author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming, blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger. In How to Have Impossible Conversations, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward, practical, conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation -- whether the issue is climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy.

Conversations with Friends

Author : Sally Rooney
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0451499050
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Friends written by Sally Rooney and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People . . . “[A] cult-hit . . . [a] sharply realistic comedy of adultery and friendship.”—Entertainment Weekly SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE TIME 100 NEXT LIST • WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK) YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD • ONE OF BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vogue, Slate • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Elle Frances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, they meet a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into her world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman’s sophisticated home and handsome husband, Nick. But however amusing Frances and Nick’s flirtation seems at first, it begins to give way to a strange—and then painful—intimacy. Written with gemlike precision and marked by a sly sense of humor, Conversations with Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth, and the messy edges of female friendship. SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD “Sharp, funny, thought-provoking . . . a really great portrait of two young women as they’re figuring out how to be adults.”—Celeste Ng, Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast “The dialogue is superb, as are the insights about communicating in the age of electronic devices. Rooney has a magical ability to write scenes of such verisimilitude that even when little happens they’re suspenseful.”—Curtis Sittenfeld, The Week “Rooney has the gift of imbuing everyday life with a sense of high stakes . . . a novel of delicious frictions.”—New York “A writer of rare confidence, with a lucid, exacting style . . . One wonderful aspect of Rooney’s consistently wonderful novel is the fierce clarity with which she examines the self-delusion that so often festers alongside presumed self-knowledge. . . . But Rooney’s natural power is as a psychological portraitist. She is acute and sophisticated about the workings of innocence; the protagonist of this novel about growing up has no idea just how much of it she has left to do.”—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker “This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I’m not alone.”—Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)

Workbook & Summary - How To Have Impossible Conversations - Based On The Book By Peter Boghossian And James Lindsay

Author : Sapiens Quick Books
Publisher : Sapiens Quick Books
ISBN 13 : 1304193268
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Workbook & Summary - How To Have Impossible Conversations - Based On The Book By Peter Boghossian And James Lindsay written by Sapiens Quick Books and published by Sapiens Quick Books. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a summary.This publication is not the complete book.This publication is a condensed summary of the most important concepts and ideas based on the original book.-WORKBOOK & SUMMARY: HOW TO HAVE IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS - BASED ON THE BOOK BY PETER BOGHOSSIAN AND JAMES LINDSAYAre you ready to boost your knowledge about HOW TO HAVE IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS? Do you want to quickly and concisely learn the key lessons of this book?Are you ready to process the information of an entire book in just one reading of approximately 30 minutes?Would you like to have a deeper understanding of the original book?Then this book is for you!CONTENT:Understanding Conversation BreakdownsEngaging In Effective DialogueStructuring Meaningful ConversationsBasic Conversation TechniquesIntermediate Dialogue StrategiesAdvanced Communication MethodsExpert-Level Conversational SkillsMastering Difficult DiscussionsResponding To OppositionNavigating Faith-Based ConversationsEnding Unproductive DialoguesRedirecting Conversations Smoothly

The Impossible Conversation

Author : Dean Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692900017
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impossible Conversation written by Dean Walker and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impossible Conversation is that we carry those data and projectionsinto our hearts and discover how to keep our hearts open even when weconsider the most challenging aspects of our present and near future.In The Impossible Conversation we are invited to intimately reconnect:with our own inner wisdom, with the miracle that is every other human and with our magnificent, magnanimous Earth. I urge you to take this bookinto your heart and allow it to become part of your blood and bones.Carolyn Baker. PhD., author of Collapsing Consciously: TransformativeTruths for Turbulent Times and Dark Gold: The Human Shadow and the Global Crisis. Craig K. Comstock, Huffington Post. In Walker's book, what a relief to see the situation defined not as a "problem" that can be "solved," but as a "predicament" that we must live with. The kinds of "reconnection" described by Walker (reconnection with: deeper self, others and Earth) would be attractive even if the situation were normal. Given our situation, they are necessary.Some of the climate scientists quoted by Walker suggest it's too late to prevent disaster. From now on, we can only grieve what we have inadvertently done: grieve, and live intensely; behave well as we witness the gathering storm. Very few people want to accept this, and prefer to persist as if our way of life could continue. Besides, as someone always says just before the attempted conversation dribbles away, "what can one person do?"Walker has some answers, which go less to preventing disaster, than to living with the knowledge of what's happening. Walker praises reconnection with the deeper self, with other people, and with nature.The (workshop and coaching) project announced by Walker and Carolyn Baker (in The Impossible Conversation) is based on the practice of psychotherapy, a knowledge of history, and experience in organizational consulting. For readers, their books offer some of the very best ideas for the enlargement of a community that can make the "conversation" more possible.In The Impossible Conversation, Dean Walker recounts his transformational journey from his first contact with the shocking data and projections of Abrupt Climate Change - to the mind blowing awareness of the full scope of the global problems and predicaments we all must face. As we engage in The Impossible Conversation we begin to grapple with questions that really matter: "How did we get ourselves and our planet-home into these predicaments?" and "What are the inner skills and capacities that are called for as we confront our global problems and predicaments?" and "How does my life change as I witness the collapse of our environmental and human systems?" and "How can we come together to regain our long lost sense of agency in life?" and "What are the qualities of presence and relationship I can bring to my family, community, workplace, local environment, as I stand with new purpose in the face of our predicaments.'"The Impossible Conversation is not another feel-good guide to our quick return to a thriving economy and business as usual. It is a sober look at how our business as usual paradigm is, in fact, what has driven us to the brink. The Impossible Conversation is deeply committed to keeping it real as we explore together, how to contact the immense power of human beings who are willing to intentionally break open their hearts and profoundly reconnect with their deeper selves, the people around them, and the miraculous web of life on this glorious planet-home, Earth.

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

Author : Ayelet Waldman
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307279804
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Love and Other Impossible Pursuits written by Ayelet Waldman and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson – and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman has created a novel rich with humor and truth, perfectly characterizing one woman’s search for answers in a crazily uncertain world.

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition

Author : Joseph Grenny
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 1260474194
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition written by Joseph Grenny and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep your cool and get the results you want when faced with crucial conversations. This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever. The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today’s workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation—especially difficult ones—leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, the book teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person. This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You’ll learn how to: Respond when someone initiates a crucial conversation with you Identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it Communicate more effectively across digital mediums When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results. Whether they take place at work or at home, with your coworkers or your spouse, crucial conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a crucial conversation again.

Conversations with Scorsese

Author : Richard Schickel
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307388794
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Scorsese written by Richard Schickel and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Richard Schickel as the canny and intelligent guide, these conversations take us deep into Scorsese's life and work. He reveals which films are most autobiographical, and what he was trying to explore and accomplish in other films.

I Never Thought of It That Way

Author : Mónica Guzmán
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1637740328
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book I Never Thought of It That Way written by Mónica Guzmán and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PORCHLIGHT BOOKS JUNE 2022 NONFICTION BESTSELLER “I can see this book helping estranged parties who are equally invested in bridging a gap—it could be assigned reading for fractured families aspiring to a harmonious Thanksgiving dinner.” —New York Times “Like all skills, these techniques take practice. But anyone who sincerely wants to bridge the gaps in understanding will appreciate this book. Guzmán is emphatic about making an effort to work on difficult conversations.” —Manhattan Book Review We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own built-in curiosity. Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society. In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt—broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours. Drawing from cross-partisan conversations she’s had, organized, or witnessed everywhere from the echo chambers on social media to the wheat fields in Oregon to raw, unfiltered fights with her own family on election night, Mónica shows how you can put your natural sense of wonder to work for you immediately, finding the answers you need by talking with people—rather than about them—and asking the questions you want, curiously. In these pages, you’ll learn: How to ask what you really want to know (even if you’re afraid to) How to grow smarter from even the most tense interactions, online or off How to cross boundaries and find common ground—with anyone Whether you’re left, right, center, or not a fan of labels: If you’re ready to fight back against the confusion, heartbreak, and madness of our dangerously divided times—in your own life, at least—Mónica’s got the tools and fresh, surprising insights to prove that seeing where people are coming from isn’t just possible. It’s easier than you think.