Product Description: Most mediators feel that helping people end conflicts is special work, and, they're sustained by rewards beyond money, praise, or fame. But with no obvious career path and no prescribed courses to take or degrees to earn, how does one become a mediator? Whatever your background-whether in law, social work, teaching, psychology, business, homemaking, or parenting-you can become a mediator and find a satisfying career says Peter Lovenheim...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes the advantages of the mediation process, tells how to decide if it is right for a dispute, and covers preparation, understanding the other side, and drafting a written agreement

Presents an explanation of the mediation process, including choosing a mediator, preparing a case, negotiating, and writing a binding agreement.

A journalist takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the beef and dairy industry as he describes how he purchased a pair of calves whose lives he planned to follow from adorable babies to slaughter.

A journalist takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the beef and dairy industry, from livestock auctions to milk production to the slaughterhouse, as he describes how he purchased a pair of calves whose lives he planned to follow from adorable babies to slaughter and reflects on the ethical and social issues surrounding the American diet. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)