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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through.Brian Burke is one of the biggest personalities in the media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure with the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life. He has been a player, an agent, a league executive, a scout, a Stanley Cup-winning GM, an Olympic GM, and a media analyst. He has worked with Pat Quinn, Gary Bettman, and an array of future Hall of Fame players. But there is more to Brian Burke than hockey. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and an accomplished businessman with hard-earned lessons that come from highly scrutinized decisions made at the helm of multi-million-dollar companies. And despite his brusque persona on camera and in the boardroom, he is nevertheless a father with a story to tell. He lost his youngest son in a car accident, and has had to grapple with that grief, even in the glare of the spotlight. Many Canadians and hockey fans knew Brendan Burke's name already, because his father had become one of the country's most outspoken gay-rights advocates when Brendan came out in 2009.From someone whose grandmother told him never to start a fight, but never to run from one either, Burke's Law is an unforgettable account of old beefs and old friendships, scores settled and differences forgiven, and many lessons learned the hard way.

It has been said that golf looks so easy, so why is it so hard? For years, I was just like so many golfer, struggling to develop my "feel" around the green. With a growing family and a military career, it left me with less and less time to practice. After designing the ZoneGolf123 system, I realized that I had "cracked the code" on the short game. I designed a system that was now as easy to execute as the game looked. I knew I changed the way the short game should be evaluated and executed. This change in paradigm replaces the "old" with the "new". From trying to manipulate the club to hit a spot on the green to knowing that you can hit close to that spot over and over again under any kind of pressure. By using a few Key Performance Indicators (KPI''s), I was not only able to execute shots around the green consistently, I was able to document how it happened. By discovering how far shots went in practice, I was able to trust it on the course. By following this easy to use formula you too can excel at the short game.

With 75% new material, the fully revised third edition of this clinical reference and text describes ways to integrate motivational interviewing (MI) into evidence-based psychotherapy and counseling. Readers learn how MI concepts and tools can enhance their foundational skills as helpers--and can be tailored for clients with depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other frequently encountered problems. Chapters are grounded in research on what works for particular disorders. Vivid case examples illustrate the role that MI can play in helping clients at any stage of treatment to resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for change.New to This EditionChapters on culturally responsive MI, trauma-informed practices, and MI in child welfare. Chapters on treating chronic pain and serious mental illness. Key developments in MI, as well as current psychological research. Extensive annotated sample dialogues throughout the chapters. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

With 75% new material, the fully revised third edition of this clinical reference and text describes ways to integrate motivational interviewing (MI) into evidence-based psychotherapy and counseling. Readers learn how MI concepts and tools can enhance their foundational skills as helpers--and can be tailored for clients with depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other frequently encountered problems. Chapters are grounded in research on what works for particular disorders. Vivid case examples illustrate the role that MI can play in helping clients at any stage of treatment to resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for change.New to This Edition*Chapters on culturally responsive MI, trauma-informed practices, and MI in child welfare.*Chapters on treating chronic pain and serious mental illness.*Key developments in MI, as well as current psychological research.*Extensive annotated sample dialogues throughout the chapters.This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

Set with traditional guidelines for the superhero genre but with a gay twist, this story introduces interesting homosexual and heterosexual characters with various agendas and different points of view making personal interaction and plot development intriguing for the reader. “This is a colorfully captivating tale of a hero whose personality is electric as his superhero abilities. Ryan Hunter AKA Edge Walker despite being anti-social is psychologically and physiologically ingrained to terminate the vicious acts of the good-for-nothing sociopaths. Edge experiences inky matters in his not so anti-social acts. I can only hope Edge sheds some darkness and look forward to his brighter future.”