"The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness" is another book I recommend after attending a lecture by it's author Marc Ian Barasch at the NAPGCM conference in Seattle. The following is an excerpt from his website www.compassionatelife.com:
With a keen balance of hope and skepticism, Marc Barasch sets out on a journey to the heart of compassion, discovering its power to change who we are and the society we have become. ... With unfailing curiosity, Barasch poses vital questions: What can we learn from exceptionally empathetic people? Can we increase our compassion quotient with practice? ... What if the great driving force of our evolution were actually "survival of the kindest"?