cover image Bullies: From the Playground to the Boardroom

Bullies: From the Playground to the Boardroom

Jane Middelton-Moz, Mary Lee Zawadski. Health Communications, $12.95 (300pp) ISBN 978-1-55874-986-3

The kid who steals lunch money, the overdemanding spouse, the boss who publicly berates an employee: no matter the age or the environment, if the cruelty they express is ""frequent and systematic,"" they're bullies, say Jane Middelton-Moz and Mary Lee Zawadski. In Bullies: From the Playground to the Boardroom, the authors present interviews with the bullies and with the people they've abused; strategies to cope with (and avoid altogether) bullying situations; and analysis of playground, relationship and workplace bullies. ( Feb.)