Category: Book Reviews

If I ever had to choose a woman to accompany me in a dark, scary alley with only one apparent...

I read an interesting book lately called Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields recently and it has changed the way I think...

When faced with complex problems, we typically respond in one of three ways. Often, our initial reaction is to feel...

“How Leading Lawyers Think” by Randall Kiser is a rare inside look at decision making, mediation, negotiation and case evaluation...

Mediators are uniquely capable of seeing contradictory versions of the same story and valuing at least two perspectives in a...

The co-publication late last year by the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation...

From the blog of Nancy Hudgins I came across the following attributes of a successful mediator, authored by Victoria Pynchon,...

In honor of the second week of my East Coast Book Tour, I give you the second edition of The...

Discernment (Lantern Books), the title of Buddhist nun Venerable Yifa’s new book, provides the mediator and other ADR practitioners a...

Only a fearless writer would title her book " A is for Asshole."  I know Vickie Pynchon mainly as a...

I began to blog on ADR topics in 2006 when I stumbled over local mediator Jeff Krivis’ blog (thanks Jeff!) I’ve...

International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives By Nadja Alexander What marks this book out as exceptional, valuable, inspiring and even...

Abramson, Harold I. Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem Solver (In Any Culture or Country). 2nd ed. Louisville, Colo.: National...

I found J. Kim Wright (lawyer and author) the way people find people these days, by Googling something I was...

Published by the American Bar Association in April, 2010, Lawyers as Peacemakers was named an ABA Flagship Book and is...

Published by the American Bar Association in April, 2010, Lawyers as Peacemakers was named an ABA Flagship Book and is...

Title: Mediation Representation: Advocating As A Problem-Solver In Any Country Or Culture Author: Harold I. Abramson ISBN: 9781601561084 Publisher: NITA...

I’ve got four business books on my reading pile for March. Here’s what I’m reading and why: Switch: How to...

"We had to learn ourselves, and furthermore we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not matter what...

I want to acknowledge Ken Reed for letting me see his bibliography when I was starting this project; Woody Mosten,...

Steve Mehta, already an accomplished mediator and ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) blogger, has decided to take on the title of...

Challenging Conflict, Mediation Through Understanding By Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein 2008, American Bar Association Reviewed by Adam J. Berner,...

After attending a breakout session at the 2009 ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Spring Meeting titled  “What Do Litigators Want...

“But we’ve always done it this way” all too often stifles fresh thinking or bars the way to needed change....

Bernard Mayer, Staying with Conflict: A Strategic Approach to Ongoing Disputes (Jossey-Bass 2009)In his newest book, Staying with Conflict, Bernie...

Gold, Lois. The Healthy Divorce: Keys to Ending your Marriage While Preserving your Emotional Well-Being. Sphinx Publishing, 2009. Reviewed by...

I thank the editorial assistance of Angel Diaz the biologist and Merri Hanson the mediator. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82) has...

Cross-border Internet Dispute Book Review Publisher's summary [here] Interested in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)? A new book is out on...

What? What does a bridge, no less a 'golden' one, have to do with mediation and negotiation? Well, the term...

From the Mediator Tech blog of Tammy Lenski.February in New England is a time for crackling fires in the hearth,...