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Start: 7:30 pm
Polite and respectful behavior is vanishing from our world today. Bullying, hostile and polarizing political interactions, tasteless and tactless comments delivered without discretion, everyone talking at once but nobody listening we are treating one another badly in our day-to-day lives and our relationships are fragmenting and deteriorating as a result.It doesn't have to be this way. Sara Hacala, a certified etiquette and protocol consultant, offers guidance that goes beyond the hollow or artificial display of proper manners and good conduct. She presents civility as a mind-set that encompasses values and attitudes that help us embrace our shared humanity and society. She taps the wisdom of ancient spiritual luminaries as well as the latest social science research to provide fifty-two practical ways we can reverse the course of incivility and create a more enriching, pleasant place to live.Whether in our interpersonal lives, the workplace, our schools, or the world at large
Start: 8:00 pm
Adored and nurtured by his adoptive parents
in California, Asher Stone has moved effortlessly through a nearly
perfect life. He is on the verge of a professional soccer career-when a
car accident throws his future into doubt. Suddenly, Asher begins to
wonder about his past, and about the girl who gave him up for adoption
in Colombia two decades ago. And so begins his search for a woman named
Rita Ortiz.
From the teeming streets of Bogata to a tiny orphanage tucked into a
hillside, Asher untangles the mystery of Rita's identity, her abrupt
disappearance from her home, and the winding journey that followed. But
as Asher comes closer to finding Rita, his own parents are faced with
fears and doubts. And Rita must soon make her own momentous choice: stay
hidden in her hard-earned new life, or meet the secret son who will
bring painful memories-or the promise of a new beginning . . . Discover what happens in The Second Time We Met (Grand Central, $13.99) by Leila Cobo.
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