{"product_id":"in-search-of-common-ground-bastian-berbner-9781615198948","title":"In Search of Common Ground: Inspiring True Stories of Overcoming Hate in a Divided World","description":"\u003ci\u003eIs there nothing we can do?\u003c\/i\u003e This is the question that inspired award-winning journalist Bastian Berbner to embark on this book as he surveyed the political arenas in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere across Europe, compelled by what he describes as \"something akin to political fear.\" What he found in the course of his reporting are people who, despite significant differences in their worldviews and ideas, were able to trust, listen to, and be open with one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Common Ground\u003c\/i\u003e takes us around the world: to Arizona, where a former neo-Nazi befriends his Black parole officer; to Germany, where an older couple dread the arrival of their new Roma neighbors--but are moved upon meeting them to offer help, becoming their friends and champions; to Ireland, where we see one friendship change the world when a gay-rights activist overturns a conservative mailman's homophobia--and together, they help sway public opinion to legalize gay marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Berbner's intensively reported and compelling accounts are interwoven with expert insight from Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, psychologist Peter Coleman of Columbia University, and others. This uplifting book vividly shows that we \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e overcome prejudice and find common ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bastian Berbner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1615198946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615198948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 5.20w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Silver Medal Winner","brand":"Bastian Berbner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052754465023,"sku":"9781615198948","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11a78197-3d79-4980-9f30-04595e49e9cd.jpg?v=1685020563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-search-of-common-ground-bastian-berbner-9781615198948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}