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FRIENDSHIFTS®: THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOW IT SHAPES OUR LIVES, 2nd edition (Trade paperback, $22.95, ISBN 1-889262-29-3 and $31.95 hardcover retail list price, ISBN 1-889262-39-0; 287 pages including references, resources, illustrations, index) Hannacroix Creek Books, 1999 (1st ed.1997); Vergara [Spanish language edition], 1998; Jaico [India], 1998); Taiwan edition, 1999; Chinese edition (Xinhua); Japanese edition (in preparation).  A comprehensive exploration of casual, close, and best friendship based on 15+ years of original research.Covers everything from how friendships begin and are maintained; the best predictors of longevity in a friendship; children and friendship; teens and adult singls and friends; friends at work; how to recognize, and cope with, a destructive friendship; the great philosophers and writers on friendship, such as Aristotle, Cicero, Thoreau, and Emerson, how friendship can help your other intimate relationships, such as getting along with your parents, children, and siblings; how your spouse or romantic partner can be your best friend; are men, or women, better friends? are opposite-sex platonic friendships possible or preferable? Illustrated with cartoons, references, resources, index.

CREATIVE TIME MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM ($19.95 trade paperback; 182 pages including resources, references, index; ISBN 1-889262-20-X; hardcover $28.95 ISBN 1-889262-15-3) Work and personal time management including finding time for friends, getting organized, setting goals, and overcoming common time wasters including procrastination and fear of success; work sheets, exercises, and references.

"Time Management: How to stop postponing your life." Working Woman, 5/85; edited and revised July 1998)

“Vacation:Working on Peace of Mind,” Newsday, 31/88 (rev. July 1998)

“Shaping Up to Avoid Shipping Out of Job,” Newsday, 1/12/92

"Finding Time to Do It All." Secretary magazine, 1/96

“Working From Home: How to Make It Work,” Women & Co., 12/88

"The Five Essential Steps to Becoming More Productive." Boardroom Reports, 10/15/93

“How Well Do You Handle Change?” Seventeen, 8/80

“Ten Questions to Ask Yourself to Improve Your Time Management,” 1984 Convention Daily.

“Dual Career Couples,” Modern Bride, 10/89

"Is Someone Trying to Block Your Advancement at Work?" National Business Employment Weekly, 12/11/94

"Working Smart in Your First Job." National Business Employment Weekly, Spring 1992.

"Personal Crisis Versus the Job" Los Angeles Times, 9/18/80

"Office Communications: Getting the Message Across." Newsday, 4/4/88

"The Power of No!" National Business Employment Weekly, Fall 1988.

"Crisis Time Management." New York Times syndication release, 1/89.

"Writing Winning Thank-you Notes," Modern Bride, 2/87.

“Two Ways to Complain: Share With or Scare Off.” Independent News alliance, 1/9/81

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