Signing: Ned Tillman

Author Signing: Gajanan Sabnis

Author Signing: Maurice Hicks

Author Signing: Rashad Vance

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia celebrates SILVER NITRATE #BNMiddayMystery

Ann Napolitano discusses WITHIN ARM'S REACH, our Monthly Fiction Pick for May!

Rachel Khong discusses REAL AMERICANS, our #bnbookclub May Book Club Selection!

Ivy Pochoda celebrates SING HER DOWN with Danielle Trussoni #BNMiddayMystery

Craig DiLouie and Paul Tremblay discuss HOW TO MAKE A HORROR MOVIE AND SURVIVE and HORROR MOVIE with Gabino Iglesias #BNMIddayMystery

Colin Walsh celebrates KALA #BNMiddayMystery

Karin and David are here to bring us some excellent phrases for the workplace, and how to deal effectively with conflict in the workplace.Description taken from B&amp;N.com:An essential guide to master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and impatient for change, steady advances in technology that can feel threatening to job security, or people reexamining priorities and quietly quitting. Take the increase in anxiety, stress, and depression, mix in the loss of human relationships, and you get less tolerance and understanding leading, ultimately, to more unresolved workplace conflict.Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict&nbsp;is an essential resource for all employees (and their managers) who are looking for help on how to navigate frequent workplace conflicts, including with their boss and other difficult people, so they can rebuild trust, collaboration, and ultimately enjoy more influence at work.Leadership and workplace culture experts Karin Hurt and David Dye share practical and easy-to-follow tactics such as:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;">Over 300 actual phrases you can use to deescalate common workplace conflict situations, build trust, and make better decisions.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;">Clear examples and explanations of how phrasing will improve interactions.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;">Critical communication tools to ensure workplace issues are addressed before they fester and become more difficult to manage.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;">Findings, real-world cases, and inspiring stories from the World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey of 5000+ people in more than 45 countries conducted by the authors.</li></ul>

Signing: Karin Hurt & David Dye

Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict: What to Say Next to De-stress the Workday, Build Collaboration, and Calm Difficult Customers

May the 4th be with you!Barnes and Noble is partnering with LEGO once again to bring you another Mini Build! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Phantom Menace movie, we will be doing a build event for an X-Wing Fighter!&nbsp; Sit down with a passionate Bookseller who loves the Star Wars world, and build yourself the iconic star fighter associated with the Republic.&nbsp;You will receive the Mini Build (to be built here or at home, it is your choice!) And a certificate of completion once you finish the build!&nbsp; We look forward to seeing everyone here, building the hope of the republic with our booksellers.

Lego Star Wars Mini Build

Description from BN.com:&nbsp;Howard University, an educational institution and HBCU where students, staff, and faculty call, &lsquo;The Mecca&rsquo; has been an essential and integral part of their lives that they had no qualms in sharing their own personal experiences that brought them here. It was interesting to learn how one place made such an impact on their lives and it still does even today. My Howard Experience is a compilation of stories, anecdotes, and experiences that have made all of us who have contributed feel like a family because we are all connected to one place that we will always treasure, cherish, and never forget.

My Howard Experience

Rashad Vance brings us his debut book titled Goal Setter: How to win at college, where he shows us just how to get ahead and win at college.Summary from B&amp;N.com:Looking back, my life at school wasn't quite easy for me. Sometimes I hated school, but I was so determined to wrestle at the division I level, that I worked as hard as I could in order to accomplish that goal. I hardly ever focused on my problems; For the most part, I focused on exerting myself in ways that set me aside and away from the rest. Upon earning my masters and doctoral degree, I had to work just as hard, if not, way harder than I had before. During this process, I had an epiphany. If I put forth the effort into excelling and keeping my mind focused on achieving my goals, then I could and would accomplish anything I've ever dreamt of.This book talks about how wrestling at the division 1 level prepared me to earn my doctorate degree and equipped me for success despite having to face many ongoing challenges. Today, I am an educator for the Baltimore City Public Schools System (BCPSS) and a mixed martial arts champion. Furthermore, I run multiple small businesses while I teach fitness and mixed martial arts lessons in my community; In addition to performing sports administration duties for Baltimore City Recreation and Parks. Early in life, I developed a work ethic and learned discipline coupled with delayed gratification. This has prepared me to get through school as a collegiate athlete and to also make hard sacrifices which allowed me to earn my doctorate degree.

Goal Setter: How to Win at College

Storytime is back!&nbsp; Join us every Saturday at noon as we read new and old favorites!

Ned Tillman is bringing us Three of his works, based around the history of Maryland and the Chesapeake, as well as a book on how climate change will affect all of us in our lifetime. Join us in welcoming him and sharing in his works!

Good Endeavour: A Maryland Family's Turbulent History 1695-2002

Chesapeake Watershed: A Sense of Place and a Call to Action

The Big Melt

Join us in welcoming back author Maurice Hicks, a retired police Lieutenant and leader of an FBI Taskforce! Maurice tells us of his stories on the force and reveals some shocking things that have happened in our own back yard!Summary from B&amp;N.com:&nbsp;An incredible true story of extraordinary courage and grit! Working undercover, conducting covert operations in the shadows, leading an FBI Homicide Task Force, and investigating drug smugglers, drug kingpins, murderers, and serial rapists would be the last thing you would expect from an introvert.. But, as destiny would have it, Maurice was that guy. Maurice had spent his entire life trying to avoid trouble. However, life changed dramatically when Maurice joined the PD. Maurice faced the most dangerous and horrific close encounters imaginable while patrolling Baltimore City and Prince George's County.During Maurice's 20-year career, he memorialized his cinematic transformation from a rookie patrolman to a relentless, battle-hardened police veteran. While mastering the art of "Looking for Trouble," Maurice soared through the ranks and was promoted to Lieutenant. The police veteran graphically describes his action-packed career. Maurice was forced to examine and reconcile his upbringing as he operated in the shadows immersing himself in a lifestyle that he spent his entire life trying to avoid. While battling some of the most dangerous criminals in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area, another battle emerged and expanded beyond the streets.Some of his fiercest battles extended to the halls of the Criminal Investigations Division and the Narcotics Enforcement Division. Life began to lose its luster, and Maurice believed his career was in free fall. However, a crisis shook the community. Against the odds, Maurice emerged as the lead investigator of an FBI Safe Streets Homicide Task Force, creating the biggest challenge of his career. Maurice was confronted with the same drug dealer whom he clashed with while a patrol officer. The drug dealer ascended to become a Kingpin while Maurice became a detective. Maurice worked frantically to stop the killings, trying to nab the most dangerous and elusive Drug Kingpin in county history, suspected of 12 murders.The book reveals the incredible psychological complexities of police work and the emotional devastation that crime has on members of our community.

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