Breaking Bad News: 12 Essential Crisis Communication Tools

Based on 30 years of experience in public relations and crafting crisis communication strategies, Jeff Hahn presents a survival guide for brands facing emergencies. Hahn brings his experience in navigating both the events and people involved in effectively, plus quickly, responding to unexpected disasters. Hahn provides entertaining and informative reading positing a proven set of tools for developing communication plans for providing a life boat when a brand’s reputation is at stake.

Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

During the height of the Great Depression, nine working-class college students on the University of Washington varsity crew team set off to do the impossible: defeat the German rowing team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It’s one of those stories that I intentionally slowed my reading pace to savor every minute of it! (And, if you aren’t knowledgeable about rowing, that’s OK. But, I was surprised to find a new interest in the sport after reading this.) It is a compelling account of how these all-American underdogs beat the odds and found hope in the most desperate of times.

Blindness

How would people react if everyone went blind almost simultaneously? What would these reactions tell us about the human spirit? About our strengths and weaknesses of character? A Nobel Prize-winning author, Portugal’s José Saramago explores these issues in Blindness.

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

This best-selling memoir depicts a family’s experience with addiction and covers a substantial portion of the author’s son Nic’s life and the struggles to live with, help, and understand the person with a substance use disorder. This book was #1 on New York Times best seller list, Entertainment Weekly named it the #1 Best Nonfiction Book the year it was published, Amazon named it “Best Book” in 2008, and it won the Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers Award” for nonfiction as well. 

A Thirsty Land: The Fight for Water in Texas

As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux?

A Technique for Producing Ideas

Join the legions of poets, scientists, politicians, and others who have learned to think at the invitation of James Webb Young’s A Technique for Producing Ideas. This brief but powerful book guides you through the process of innovation and learning in a way that makes creativity accessible to anyone willing to work for it. While the author’s background is in advertising, his ideas apply in every facet of life and are increasingly relevant in the world’s knowledge-based economy.

A Coffin for Dimitrios

The mystery writer Charles Latimer meets a Turkish police colonel, who believes that Latimer would be interested in the life of the recently deceased criminal Dimitrios. Latimer is very interested and eventually begins to dig deeper into Dimitrios’s life and criminal career. But things very soon spiral out of control and Latimer is in very deep trouble. This 1939 work is a classic of the thriller genre.

Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the and the Social Deter

The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide disparities persist between social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. In this revised edition of Health Disparities in the United States, Donald A. Barr provides extensive new data about the ways low socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact to create and perpetuate these health disparities.

¡Ándale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family.

A tribute to the author’s fierce grandmother blossoms into a family saga brimming with heartache and love. In the first part, Ramírez introduces readers to the resilient women who loomed large in her childhood in El Paso, Texas: her maternal great-grandmother, Máma Lupe; her hardworking mother, Leticia; and, above all, her fiery maternal grandmother, Ita.

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