‘Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe...a big international thriller that grabs your gut – and your heart – and doesn’t let go’Jeffery Deaver An anguished mother desperate to find her child.

The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he ran home to grab his video camera on November 22, 1963 that this single spontaneous decision would change his family's life for generations to come. Originally intended as a home movie of President Kennedy's motorcade, Zapruder's film of the JFK assassination is now shown in every American history class, included in Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit questions, and referenced in novels and films. It is the most famous example of citizen journalism, a precursor to the iconic images of our time, such as the Challenger explosion, the Rodney King beating, and the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers. But few know the complicated legacy of the film itself. Now Abraham's granddaughter, Alexandra Zapruder, is ready to tell the complete story for the first time. With the help of the Zapruder family's exclusive records, memories, and documents, Zapruder tracks the film's torturous journey through history, all while American society undergoes its own transformation, and a new media-driven consumer culture challenges traditional ideas of privacy, ownership, journalism, and knowledge. Part biography, part family history, and part historical narrative, Zapruder demonstrates how one man's unwitting moment in the spotlight shifted the way politics, culture, and media intersect, bringing about the larger social questions that define our age.

Within the rings of Saturn, an object thought to be a small moon may actually be an ancient spacecraft. Adrian Tarn and R.J. Smith are persuaded to escort two scientists to a landing there to investigate. What they find has unexpected consequences for Earth and every person on it. Join Adrian Tarn, R.J. Smith, and Danica Donoro as they fight to close Pandora's box before Earth becomes a new asteroid belt.

Self-Science is a curriculum and a process for teaching social and emotional skills. It is a flexible framework where students do activities, or experiments, that lead to discussion and learning. The students' own experiences, concerns, and questions drive the content, so the process works with people from all kinds of backgrounds, all ages, an all levels. Self-Science fuses cognitive and affective learning: students build feeling and thinking skills at the same time.Rather than telling children what not to do, Self-Science provides multiple options of what to do. It helps children become more aware of themselves and make more conscious decisions about the ways they think, feel, and act independently and interdependently. Nationally and internationally, parents and teachers are increasingly concerned about school culture and emotional intelligence competencies. Issues of exclusion, violence, depression, and under achievement are all addressed within this preventative, comprehensive program.Self-Science -- so named because emotional intelligence grows from the study of ourselves and our relationships -- is one of the few comprehensive, developmental, and research-based curricula for creating a school-wide culture of emotional intelligence. The Self-Science program creates a fundamental shift in the structure of the school toward collaboration, inclusion, and humanism.Part of the power of Self-Science is its flexibility. Once a facilitator understands how a lesson flows, she or he can easily adapt any current topics, other exercises, and even academic subject matter into the lessons. In addition, Self-Science can be taught as a "stand-alone" class or folded into existing programs such as class meetings, advisory, life-skills, or community service.

Given the critical importance of emotional health, happiness, and overall wellbeing, emotional intelligence (EQ) is viewed as one of the most valuable personal resources. There is a growing body of research showing the skills of EQ can help people achieve productive results, be and feel better, improve decision-making, and form stronger relationships. Know. Choose. Give. A Practical Guide for Personal & Professional Success using the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Framework delivers 35 key skills. The program is driven by the Six Seconds model of EQ-in-Action that includes three important pursuits:Know Yourself: Clearly seeing what you feel and do. Emotions are data, and these competencies allow you to accurately collect that information.Choose Yourself: Doing what you mean to do. Instead of reacting "on autopilot," these competencies allow you to proactively respond.Give Yourself: Doing it for a reason. These competencies help you put your vision and mission into action so you lead on purpose and with full integrity. The facilitator's guide includes a code for one EQ self-assessment, a companion website for additional resources, a hands-on tool to practice EQ entitled Think, Feel, and Act (TFA) cards, and a suggested Six Seconds training and certification model designed to enhance facilitation skills and implementation of this curriculum. These easy-to-use lessons include a check-in, various interactive activities, discussion topics, and reflective worksheets. The program helps participants learn, understand, and actively develop the core skills necessary to be successful in making sustained and positive change. Tested with university students, the workbook provides an implementation plan that can be adaptable for use as an academic course offering as a general education or major requirement and integrated across the institution. Ideal for higher education, Know. Choose. Give. A Practical Guide for Personal & Professional Success using the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Framework also works in various organizational settings. The program opens the opportunity to actively participate in the Six Seconds' community that works in 174 countries and supports over five million people practicing EQ. Together we can practice EQ to create more peace and wellbeing in ourselves and in the world.

Where other books tell you about emotional intelligence, this book provides the roadmap to put it in action. Includes case for EQ, background, and detailed explanation of the Six Seconds EQ Model and how to use it to improve leadership -- and a free code to test your EQ strengths online.There are a handful of people in the world who have proven experience raising organizational performance with emotional intelligence. Freedman is one of the leaders.Using stories and data from his work around the world with organizations such as the US Marine Corps, Schlumberger, and FedEx, Freedman provides a practical guide to this critical topic.At the Heart of Leadership delivers a compelling case for leaders to attend to their own and their people's emotions as a critical asset for optimal performance. Then it shows you how.You'll learn the Six Seconds EQ Model, a practical three-step process to become more effective with emotions -- plus use the code in the back of the book for a free assessment of your EQ strengths.This book will show you how to lead more effectively by engaging your own and your people's emotions.