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LJDC Book Recommendation – Nov 21

By admin Posted on November 6, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack, VP DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS:  How To Discuss What Matters Mostby Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila HeenPenguin Books; Illustrated edition (November 2, 2010) 352 pages  In all of our personal and professional lives, “sticky” situations …

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LJDC Monthly Book Recommendations – October ’21

By admin Posted on October 1, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Reviews by Marcia Bookstein War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaningby Chris HedgesAnchor; Reprint edition (June 10, 2003) 224 Pages The end of the Afghanistan war made me think of Chris Hedges’ book, War Is a Force …

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LJDC Book Recommendations – September

By admin Posted on September 1, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack, VP The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religionby Jonathan Haidt‎ Vintage; Illustrated edition (February 12, 2013) 528 Pages “Politics and religion are both expressions of our underlying moral psychology, …

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LJDC Book Recommendation – August

By admin Posted on July 30, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack, VP After The Fallby Ben RhodesRandom House (June 1, 2021)384 Pages Dear fellow members,I absolutely LOVED this book! For those of us who have been struggling to comprehend what is happening in America, Ben …

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LJDC Book Recommendations – July

By admin Posted on July 3, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack, VP High Conflictby Amanda RipleySimon & Schuster (April 6, 2021) 368 pages Many of us are feeling bewildered and powerless by the extreme polarization which has gripped our nation’s citizens as political differences have …

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LJDC Book Recommendation – June

By admin Posted on May 28, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack, VP BLINDSPOT,  Hidden Biases of Good Peopleby Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. GreenwaldBantam; Reprint edition (August 16, 2016) 272 pages  Part of the extreme polarization that we Americans are experiencing today comes from …

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This Month’s Book Recommendations – May 2021

By admin Posted on May 2, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendations 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everythingby Mark Z. JacobsonCambridge University Press; 1st edition (October 1, 1920) 450 pagesNumerous laws – including the Green New Deal – have been proposed or passed in cities, states, …

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LJDC Book Recommendation -4/21

By admin Posted on March 31, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

Ten Lessons For A Post-Pandemic Worldby Fareed ZakariaW. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (October 6, 2020) 320 Pages Fareed Zakaria, noted columnist, author and CNN host, has applied his considerable intellect to examining the “emerging post-pandemic world”. His ability to …

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LJDC Book Recommendations – 3/21

By admin Posted on March 3, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendations Parable of the Sowerby Octavia E. ButlerGrand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (April 30, 2019) 368 pagesWhen global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from …

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LJDC Book Recommendation – 2/21

By admin Posted on February 2, 2021 Posted in 2021 Newsletters, Book Recommendations

This Month’s Book Recommendations Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economistby Kate RaworthChelsea Green Publishing (March 22, 2017) 320 PagesEconomics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, …

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