Selected by David Baker, Green Revolver is the fifth annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize and the first published collection by Worthy Evans. These verses resulted from a spontaneous outpouring of poems, pent up during...
Interpersonal relations
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Dr. Eric Berne's classic study of the games underlying all our social interactions, from power games at the office to competitive games with friends.
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Laid off from his job, Damián Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antique market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the...
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In the early 1900s, a Kansas schoolteacher named Nellie Howard delighted in receiving postcards from her many friends. She cherished each one, preserving her collection in a jewelry box. The jewelry box, handed down through generations...
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Poet, anthologist and book artist Ingrid Goff-Maidoff made this keepsake tome on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Now it is available nationwide with the same attention to detail, complete with eloquently themed verses on the topic...
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Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, has a magic touch. His paintings are warm, inviting and inspiring masterpieces. In Friends for Life by Thomas Kinkade, the talented artist combines some of his most heartwarming works with thoughts...
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Love. It has forever inspired poets, and those touched by its power and grace still find new words to celebrate it. Nothing moves the spirit or the pen of the poet quite like love. Author June Cotner has long been fascinated by the...
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An estimated 82 million American mothers receive gifts each Mother's Day, Christmas and birthday — and most of those moms appreciate flowers. Flowers for Mom delivers the perfect floral-related keepsake book that will go straight...
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