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Challenges

a young man's journal for self-awareness and personal planning
1988
Contains advice and exercises for young men.

Competitiveness

1991
Examines the meaning of competitiveness, its importance in life, and how to handle it.

Between Barack and a hard place

racism and white denial in the age of Obama
2009
Explores the increasingly complex role race plays on the political and social landscape of the United States.

The blame game

are we a country of victims?
2002
Examines the apparent excesses of the "victims movement" and how the tendency to blame our misfortunes on anyone but ourselves affects public policy and the workplace. Three segments cover people seeking compensation for their troubles, unintended consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and some possible sources of African Americans' problems.

When divorce hits home

keeping yourself together when your family comes apart
1996
Provides advice for children of divorced parents to help them get through the tough times, with comments from over twenty-five people, ages sixteen through twenty-eight, who have lived through the experience, telling how they dealt with their feelings of anger, confusion, and pain.

Prisoners of our past

a critical look at self-defeating attitudes within the Black community
1993

Dangerous minds

1995
A former U.S. Marine and first-time teacher finds that conventional methods don't work with her tough inner-city students, so she breaks the rules to create her own curriculum.

Girl power

empowering young women with timely information
1999
Facilitators and girl club members discuss how timely information and a safe place to discuss critical personal issues can help teens through a tough period in their lives.

Attitude

commonsense defense for women
1986
Contains instructions for self-defense techniques for women.

The 50th law

2009
Rapper 50 Cent and author Robert Greene offer advice on achieving success by fearing nothing and combining the principles of the street with business strategies; and include personal stories of their experiences.

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