AAA

• Abrahms, Janis & Spring, Michael (1997) After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful.
• Adams, James. L. (1986). Concpetual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas, Third Edition. Stanford, CA: The Portable Stanford.
• Ambrose, Stephen E. & Friedman, Jon (1999). Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals.
• Axelrod, Alan, & Holtje, Jim (1997). 201 Ways to deal with difficult people.
• Axelrod, Robert (1985). The Evolution of Cooperation.
• Axline, Virginia (1990). Dibs: In Search of Self, 2nd edition.

BBB

• Bazerman, Max & Neale, Margaret (1993). Negotiating Rationally.
• Beck, Aaron (1989). Love Is Never Enough: How couples can overcome misunderstandings, resolve conflicts, and solve relationship problems through cognitive therapy.
• Berne, Eric (19??). What Do You Say After You Said Hello (this book is out-of-print, but is widely available as a used book or in libraries).
• Bolton, Robert (1986). People Skills.
• Bramson, Robert M. (1981). Coping with difficult people.
• Brinkman, Rick, & Kirschner, Rick (1994). Dealing with people you can’t stand.
• Buscaglia, Leo (1983). Living, Loving, and Learning.

CCC

• Carnegie, Dale, et al. (1937, 1994). How to Win Friends and Influence People (updated edition)
• Covey, S. R. (1989). The seven habits of highly effective people.

DDD

• Donohue, W. A. & Kolt, R. (1992). Managing interpersonal conflict.

EEE

• Ekman, Paul (1992). Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage.
• Evans, Patrica (1996). The Verbally Abusive Relationship : How to Recognize It and How to Respond.

FFF

• Fisher, Roger & William Ury (1991). Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in.
• Frankl, Viktor (1963) Man's Search For Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy.
• Fromm, Erich (1992). Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

GGG

• Goldschneider, Gary, & Elffers, Joost (1997). The Secret Language of Relationships: Your Complete Personology Guide to Any Relationship With Anyone.
• Goleman, Daniel (1995). Emotional intelligence.
• Grimshaw, Allen D. (ed.) (1990). Conflict Talk; Sociolinguistic Investigations of Arguments in Conversations.

HHH

• Hall, Edward T. (1969). The Hidden Dimension.
• Hall, Edward T. (1984). The Dance of Time
• Hall, Edward T. (1959). The Silent Language.
• Hendricks, Gay & Hendricks, Kathlyn (1992). Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment
• Hendricks, Kathlyn & Hendricks, Gay (1999). The Conscious Heart : Seven Soul-Choices That Inspire Creative Partnership.
• Hendrix, Harville (1990). Getting the Love You Want : A Guide for Couples.

JJJ

• Jandt, F.E. (1985). Win-win negotiating: Turning conflict into agreement.

LLL

• Laing, R. D. (1967). The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise.
• Laing, R.D. (1969). Self and Others, 2nd edition.
• Lair, Jess (1974). I Ain't Much, Baby, But I'm All I've Got
• Langer, Ellen J. (1990). Mindfulness.
• Langer, Ellen J. (1998). The Power of Mindful Learning.
• Lax, David A, & Sebinius, James K. (1986). The Manager As Negotiator: Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain.
• LeCompte, Andrew (1999). Creating Harmonious Relationships: A Practical Guide to the Power of True Empathy.
• Lerner, Harriet (1997). The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships.
• Littauer, Florence (1992). Personality Plus: How to Understand Others by Understanding Yourself.
• Loftus, E. & Ketcham, K. (1991). Memory: Surprising new insights into how we remember and why we forget.
• Loftus, E. & Ketcham, K. (1994). The myth of repressed memory: False memories and allegations of sexual abuse.

MMM

NNN

• Nyberg, David (1993). The Varnished Truth: Truth Telling and Deceiving in Ordinary Life.

OOO

• Ornish, Dean (1998). Love & Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy.

PPP

• Ponton, L. E. (1997). The romance of risk: Why teenagers do the things they do.
• Powell, John (1995). Fully Human, Fully Alive: A New Live through a New Vision.
• Powell, John (1996). Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am: Insight into Personal Growth.
• Prather, Hugh (1977) Notes to Myself: My Struggle To Become A Person.
• Prather, Hugh & Prather, Gayle (1995) I Will Never Leave You: How Couples Can Achieve the Power of Lasting Love.
• Prochaska, J., Norcross, J. and DiClemente, C. (1992). Changing for Good.

RRR

• Rabin, Susan (1997). 101 Ways to Flirt: How to Get More Dates and Meet Your Mate.
• Rabin, Susan & Lagowski, Barbara (1993). How to Attract Anyone, Anytime, Anyplace : The Smart Guide to Flirting.
• Reilly, Lee (1996). Women Living Single.
• Ricchiuto, Jack (1996). Collaborative Creativity: Unleashing the Power of Shared Thinking. Greensboro, NC: Oakhill Press.
• Robinson, Jonathan (1997). Communication Miracles for Couples: Easy and Effective Tools to Create More Love and Less Conflict.

• Ross, Marc Howard (1993). The Culture of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective.

SSS

• Schwarz, Roger M. (1994). The Skilled Facilitator: Practical Wisdom for Developing Effective Groups.
• Shattuck, Roger (1994) The Forbidden Experiment: The Story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron
• Sheehy, Gail (1984) Passages.
• Singer, Linda R. (1994). Settling Disputes: Conflict Resolution in Business, Families, and the Legal System
• Smith, M. J. (1975). When I say no, I feel guilty: How to cope using the skills of systematic assertive therapy.
• Stone, Douglas, et al. (1999). Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most.

TTT

• Tannen, Deborah (1986). That's Not What I Mean!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships.
• Tannen, Deborah (1990). You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.
• Tannen, Deborah (1995). Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men in the Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power.
• Tannen, Deborah (1998). The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue. New York: Random House.

UUU

• Ury, William (1999). Getting to Peace: Turning Conflict into Cooperation at Home, Work & in the World.

• Ury, William (1993). Getting Past No : Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation.

• Ury, William, Brett, Jeanne M. & Goldberg, Jeanne M. (1993). Getting Disputes Resolved : Designing Systems to Cut the Costs of Conflict.

VVV

• Vyse, Stuart A. (1997). Believing in magic: The Psychology of Superstition.

WWW

• White, Ben (1998). The 100 Best Ways to Meet People : Simple Truths, Surprising Insights into What Keeps People Apart, and What Gets People Together.

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• Arnett, R. C., & Arneson, P. (1999). Dialogic Civility in a Cynical Age: Community, Hope, and Interpersonal Relationships.

• Brown, P., & Levinson, S. (1987). Politeness: Universals in language usage. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

• Fussell, S.R. & Kreuz, R.J. (Eds.) (1998), Social and Cognitive Approaches to Interpersonal Communication. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. See review by Annalisa Baicchi

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