Richard Shapiro: 17 books
by Richard Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Tobacco Brown is the story of a man whose mind is fragmenting into wildly disparate pieces, each breaking off in its own conception—psychological drama, brutal reality, mordant satire—but each incorporating shadows and shards of the others, and each hero of them driven by the same awful curse: a need to search out the nature of reality.
Something to Live For
Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Drawing on ancient and contemporary wisdom, as well as modern research, Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide insightful ways of thinking and being that help us find meaning and purpose in the second half of life. This deeply reflective book uses a safari, (referencing a trip the authors took to...
Work Reimagined
Uncover Your Calling
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
**DISCOVER WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO
It's the end of work as we know it. Career paths look nothing like they did in the days before phones got smart. We work more hours at more jobs for more years than ever before. So it's vital that we know how to find work that allows us to remain true to who...
Repacking Your Bags
Lighten Your Load for the Good Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
“Living in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.” This is how Richard Leider and David Shapiro define “the good life.” Technological advances, economic shifts, and longer life spans mean most of us will need to repeatedly reimagine our lives. In...
Claiming Your Place at the Fire
Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2004
Richard Leider and David Shapiro helped hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people discover the true purpose of their lives with their classic bestseller Repacking Your Bags. Now they focus their attention on the second half of life, showing readers how to claim their rightful place as new elders,...
Whistle While You Work
Heeding Your Life's Calling
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Calling is natural. We all possess it. It needs only to uncovered, not
discovered. *Whistle While You Work makes the uncovering process inspiring and fun. Featuring a unique “Calling Card” exercise—a powerful way to put the whistle in your work—it is a liberating and practical guide that will...
New Earth Politics
Essays from the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Prominent scholars and practitioners consider the role of global environmental politics in the face of increasing environmental stress.
Humanity's collective impact on the Earth is vast. The rate and scale of human-driven environmental destruction is quickly outstripping our political and social...
Secure Your Legacy
Estate Planning and Elder Law for Today’S American Family
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Imagine building a new home without a set of blueprintssounds absurd, doesnt it?
Its no different than creating an estate plan without establishing planning goals, but far too often people engage in estate planning without thinking about what they want to accomplish.
In Secure Your Legacy,...
Antidemocracy in America
Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
Ending Poverty in America
How to Restore the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly).
Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...
A Nietzschean Bestiary
Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
Inspired by the ancient and medieval genre, A Nietzschean Bestiary gathers essays treating the most vivid and lively animal images in one of the philosophic tradition's greatest bodies of work. Leading scholars treat specific animals—such as the prowling beast of prey, Zarathustra's laughing lions,...
by Richard J. Leider, David Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2002
People everywhere feel overwhelmed today-weighed down by countless responsibilities and buffeted by never-ending changes in their personal and professional lives. Repacking Your Bags shows readers how to climb out from under these burdens and find the fulfillment that is missing in their lives. With...
by Richard Ray Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The Welcomer Edge is a business book that unlocks the secrets to repeat sales. Its principles are appropriate for all sales and service environments. It's about four distinct categories of service professionals -- the people that will make any customer service function or department a success. The author...
Violence
Humans in Dark Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
There are a number of anthologies on violence, but none exist as presented in this conversational interview format, which provides a meaningful and sophisticated introduction into the most cutting-edge thinking on the problem of violence in the contemporary world.
The market for this book includes...
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