"The Darkest Hour: Stories and Interviews from Death Row" by Nanon M. Williams emerged from a deep and dark despair in a place where the thought of suicide often holds more appeal than the thought of living. The hopeless ones live below the line but not Nanon Williams. Williams reached high beyond despair with outstretched hands and on tiptoes. He took a firm grip on the branch of hope and hoisted himself up above the line. While on Texas Death Row, Nanon was an inspirational voice. This work, now in its second edition, has expanded his inspirational influence beyond prison walls to men and women everywhere. His voice reaches others who measure their lives by an hourglass and do not see enough sand remaining to do anything of importance with their lives. We all learn from Nanon Williams that we can race against time and win.

The Darkest Hour: Stories and Interviews from Death Row

Biographies & Memoirs

Williams, Nanon McKewn

Memoirs

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Still Surviving

Politics & Social Sciences

Williams, Nanon M.

Social Sciences

From review - This story couldn't have opened with a more exhilarating and heart thumping first chapter. The story lines of the various characters are so deep and how their lives intertwine keeps the reader glued to each page.

Phoenix

Literature & Fiction

Packard, Kimberly

Literary

“… this book will inspire you to view all people through the lens of empathy and compassion …” ~ book foreword by Susan Sarandon “The Darkest Hour: Shedding Light on the Impact of Isolation and Death Row in Texas Prisons” by Dr. Betty Gilmore and Nanon M. Williams sheds light on the widespread impact of extreme isolation experienced by thousands of incarcerated individuals in Texas prisons — many of whom will be integrated back into society. This book presents an in-depth view of the Texas prison system with a specific focus on death row and solitary confinement. The impact of living in severely restrictive conditions is examined through a multi-disciplinary lens that incorporates scientific research and expert opinion and includes powerful narratives from men who have been incarcerated for 10 or more years and the people that surround them. Factors such as childhood history, attachment, biology, poverty, race and other social influences are explored in relation to the events that led up to incarceration and the subsequent ability to obtain fair treatment throughout the legal process. In-depth stories of trauma, survival and growth guides readers through the experiences of these men, and the efforts made to preserve their own dignity in the face of adversity.

The Darkest Hour: Shedding Light on the Impact of Isolation and Death Row in Texas Prisons

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gilmore, Betty

Psychology & Counseling

"The Ties that Bind Us" is a book of poetry mixed with free verse. The poems are written from the raw feelings Nanon Williams experienced while living in solitary confinement on Texas death row. Confined to a &ldquo;black out cell,&rdquo; Williams spent three years in total darkness with nothing but his memories and emotions to bring him solace. All of these poems describe the feelings that weighed heavy on his heart, mind and soul as he struggled to come to terms with the bleakness and despair of life in isolation. Written from a place few can imagine and even fewer will ever experience, the emotions expressed are innate to the human experience&mdash;a desire for love and human connection. Through his poetry, Williams demonstrates that there is a love that exists within us all. This love is in everything and everyone. If we choose to ignore it, the pain of separating from it remains a constant reminder of what we are missing. In the darkest, most removed prison cell in Texas&rsquo; Ellis Unit, Williams reconnected with this love. This book is that expression.

The Ties that Bind Us

Poetry

Title: The Dance of Opposites( Explorations in Mediation Dialogue and Conflict Resolution Systems) Binding: Paperback Author: KennethCloke Publisher: GoodmediaPress

The Dance of Opposites: Explorations in Mediation, Dialogue and Conflict Resolution Systems

Cloke, Kenneth

Rules & Procedures

Our most pressing problems are global in nature and cannot be solved using military force, litigation or adversarial power- and rights-based methods that pit people and nations against one another. Instead, we require interest-based methods that encourage communication, cooperation and help build a more peaceable and sustainable world. "Conflict Revolution: Designing Preventative Solutions for Chronic Social, Economic and Political Conflicts" invites us to consider how we might design social, economic and political systems that prevent chronic conflicts; transform the processes, relationships, organizations and cultures that aggravate and perpetuate them; and help resolve the chronic global conflicts they generate. It provides tools for crossing the defensive borders that divide us, building our capacity and improving our skills in creative problem-solving, community dialogue, collaborative negotiation, mediation and similar conflict resolution techniques. "Conflict Revolution" examines the sources of social inequality, economic inequity and political autocracy. It offers techniques for responding to prejudice and discrimination, exploitation and environmental devastation, hierarchy and bureaucracy. It investigates who is responsible for conflicts over crime, education and labor management relations. It offers alternatives to capitalist markets and considers ways of responding to evil, war, injustice and terrorism. And it introduces an algorithm that allows us to transform social, economic and political institutions and change the way we change.

Conflict Revolution: Designing Preventative Solutions for Chronic Social, Economic and Political Conflicts

Cloke, Dr. Kenneth

If you lead or manage people, processes or projects, you have experienced workplace conflict. After all, where there are people, there is conflict. And where there is conflict, there is a choice. In Peace in the Workplace: Transforming Conflict Into Collaboration, international speaker, peace-building trainer and mediator Robyn Short provides insight and guidance to help leaders and organizations understand that conflict does not equal inevitable negativity or disruption. Short explores the science behind conflict and human interaction to help leaders develop strategies to navigate disagreements, manage and celebrate differences and, ultimately, cultivate a working environment that encourages, enables and empowers employees to thrive and pursue a life of security, dignity and peace. This book will help you: <ul>
<li>Educate and transform your leadership team so they help bring forth the best in others</li> <li>Discover how to harness the benefits of workplace conflict</li> <li>Foster human-to-human connectivity by identifying and managing destructive behavior</li> <li>Optimize employee engagement by celebrating differences and ensuring every employee feels valued</li> </ul>
Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is navigating conflict nonviolently while preserving and respecting the dignity of employees. This book will illuminate pathways to peace in your workplace and inspire you to become an agent of positive change.

Peace in the Workplace: Transforming Conflict Into Collaboration

Business & Money

Short, Robyn

Business Culture

In the U. S. and around the world, we are mired in political conflicts that are filled with bitterness, hatred, prejudice and personal attacks, leading to increased stereotyping and discrimination, divisive language and antagonistic, hate-filled conversations that diminish our ability to work together to solve problems that increasingly impact all of us. 
The problem is, we haven't figured out yet how to discuss political ideas and beliefs in ways that lead to learning, collaboration, empathy, mutual understanding, and problem solving. Doing so raises difficult questions, such as: <ul>
<li>How do we discuss what we believe in without becoming biased and adversarial?</li> <li>How do we learn to talk to each other about difficult and dangerous topics?</li> <li>What makes politics so contentious, and how do we transform political conflicts?</li> <li>How do we design, organize, and facilitate dialogues about these contentious issues without degenerating into pointless diatribes?</li> <li>What higher order skills and capacities are required for democracy to succeed?</li> <li>What are the limits of democracy, and in what directions is it evolving?</li> <li>What can interest-based approaches to conflict teach us about how to engage in political conflicts constructively?</li> </ul>
Explore these questions and more in this profoundly necessary and timely book.

Politics, Dialogue and the Evolution of Democracy: How to Discuss Race, Abortion, Immigration, Gun Control, Climate Change, Same Sex Marriage and Other Hot Topics

Gathered by Kenneth Cloke and illustrated by Brad Heckman, this collection of interesting, insightful and inspiring quotes will excite and energize you, enrich your wisdom, and encourage you to use what you learn to improve your life and the lives of others. Some are simply beautiful, or elegant, or so profound they will take your breath away. What links them is their honesty and courage, their pursuit of what is true, and their ability to force us out of the rut of accepted, established beliefs that are too simple, too comfortable, too orthodox to match the complexity of our lives.

Words of Wisdom: Profound, Poignant and Provocative Quotes

Arts & Photography

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