Resources
BreakBread has many teachers!
There are so many thinkers, artists, innovators, organizations, and everyday people coming to the same conclusion. We need to talk. We need better conversations, face-to-face, in real-time with no other purpose than to better know ourselves and each other through connecting.
We offer the following ever-growing list as a resource for you in your journey of going deeper.
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Book by Priya Parker
https://www.priyaparker.com/thebook
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
Book by Celeste Headlee
https://celesteheadlee.com/we-need-to-talk/
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Book by Sherry Turkle
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313732/reclaiming-conversation-by-sherry-turkle/
The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair
Book by Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin
http://www.thecircleway.net/books
The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
Book by Charles Vogl
https://www.charlesvogl.com/books
Community: The Structure of Belonging
Book by Peter Block
https://www.peterblock.com/books/community-the-structure-of-belonging-2nd-edition/
The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
Book by Dacher Keltner
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312367/the-power-paradox-by-dacher-keltner/
Braiding Sweetgrass
Book by Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass
On Dialogue
Book by David Bohm
https://www.routledge.com/On-Dialogue/Bohm/p/book/9780415336413
Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
Book by Zoketsu Norman Fischer
https://www.normanfischer.org/books-zen/taking-our-places
Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives
Book by Theodore Zeldin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296875.Conversation
Suggestions?
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Note on books!!
Support your local library and local bookstore! They are invaluable community resources. They need you and will love you for it!
If you do buy online, try to source books from sites that actually support small independent retailers. Some are listed below.
AbeBooks: https://www.abebooks.com/
Alibris: https://www.alibris.com/
Better World Books: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/