If it's not broke, don't fix it. Eighty percent of success is in showing up. Don't look back; something might be gaining on you. No legislature ever enacted these laws, yet they continue to shape human affairs. Hugh Rawson documents more than 500 rules, strategies, and ironic insights into the way the world really works.

Unwritten Laws is a wonderfully entertaining treasury ofmore than 500 rules, axioms and insights, each associatedwith a particular individual. None of the laws appears onthe Statute Book, yet they shape human affairs moreprofoundly than any Act of Parliament or by-law. AsCatt's Law states: No written law has ever been morebinding than ......

Originally published posthumously in 1954, this book presents a study of the unwritten law of the Albanian mountain tribes by the renowned Scottish anthropologist, classical scholar and ethnographer Margaret Hasluck (1885-1948). In recording the legal aspects of tribal life, Hasluck also provides detailed information on the everyday existence of the tribes. Four chapters are given to the vendetta system, describing minutely the obligations of vengeance, the manner of conducting a feud, the degrees of expiation and the ways of ending. Other chapters give information about the daily life of the household; the laws governing the division of property; the administrative hierarchy; oaths, verdicts and penalties; theft and murder. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Hasluck, anthropology and the Albanian mountain tribes.

The authors share what they have learned about social relationships over the course of years struggling with the effects of autism, identifying Ten Unwritten Rules as general guidelines for handling social situations.

An annotated collection of over 500 quotations that provide strategies for life from a variety of authors.

A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.