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Leaving: How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage Leaving: How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage
by Kanchan Moudgil

Raised by two loving parents in New Delhi, India, Kanchan Bhaskar has always been taught that marriage means companionship, tenderness, and mutual respect—so when she enters into an arranged marriage, this is the kind of partnership she anticipates with her new, seemingly wonderful, husband. But after they marry, she quickly discovers that his warmth is deceptive—that the man beneath the bright, charming façade is actually a narcissistic, alcoholic, and violent man.



The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother
by Judith Ruskay Rabinor

Can a mother be both loving and selfish? Caring and thoughtless? Deceitful and devoted? These are the questions that fuel psychologist Dr. Judy Rabinor’s quest to understand her ambivalence toward her mother.
 



The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance-13 Days The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance-13 Days
by Barron Steffen

If you could leave your true love one final gift, what would it be? This intense, moment-by-moment chronicle begins with the officer's words, "She is deceased." For the next thirteen days following the fatal automobile accident of his wife, renowned thought-leader Dr. Seana Lowe Steffen, the author draws on nearly forty years of study and training with gurus and meditation teachers to discover ecstatic love, save fractured relationships, and glimpse a greater arc and purpose for being alive.



Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
by Lan Cao

A dual first-person memoir by the acclaimed Vietnamese-American novelist and her thoroughly American teenage daughter--exploring their complicated relationship and touching on war and past tragedy, culture clash and bullying, and growing up both as individuals and as a family. After more than forty years in the United States, Lan Cao still feels tentative about her place in her adoptive country, one which she came to as a thirteen-year old refugee. And after sixteen years of being a mother, she still ventures through motherhood as if it is a foreign landscape. In this lyrical memoir, Lan explores these two defining experiences of her life with the help of her fierce, independently-minded daughter, Harlan Margaret Van Cao.



What Could Go Wrong? My Mostly Comedic Journey through Marriage, Parenting and Depression What Could Go Wrong? My Mostly Comedic Journey through Marriage, Parenting and Depression
by Brett Grayson

There comes a time when couples decide to create and raise tiny helpless human beings, hoping they one day become non-tiny and less helpless. This is one family's journey through ten months of pregnancy (isn't it supposed to be nine months?), the first years of parental cluelessness, the terrible twos, threenagers, and the few years that follow when they begin to learn about a world that's even crazier than they are.



Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication
by Oren Jay Sofer

We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to get defensive or go on the attack? In this groundbreaking synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and Nonviolent Communication, Oren Jay Sofer offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating.



Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship
by Stephen Snyder, M.D.

Dr. Stephen Snyder's unique approach has helped over 1,500 individuals and couples master the erotic challenges of long-term relationships. Integrating the latest research on human sexuality with compelling stories from his 30 years of experience working with over 1,500 individuals and couples, Love Worth Making will help people of all ages and backgrounds master the erotic challenges of long-term relationships.



30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage 30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage
by Karl Pillemer Ph.D.

Based on the most detailed survey of long-married people ever conducted, 30 Lessons for Loving shows the way to lifelong, fulfilling relationships. The author, an internationally renowned gerontologist at Cornell University, offers sage advice from the oldest and wisest Americans on everything from finding a partner, to deciding to commit, to growing old together.



I Hate You, Kelly Donahue: DO NOT OPEN! Nothing to See Here, Just Boring Stuff or Empty Pages I Hate You, Kelly Donahue: DO NOT OPEN! Nothing to See Here, Just Boring Stuff or Empty Pages
by Mark Svartz

As a little kid, a boy would pinch the girl he liked. As grown-up, Mark Svartz plans her ultimate demise through a number of twisted murder plots that involve lead pipes, escape routes, and David Hasselhoff. Some guys never grow up.



Get Married This Year: 365 Days to Get Married This Year: 365 Days to "I Do"
by Janet Blair Page, PhD

Forget waiting for Mr. Right! You can go out and find "The One" yourself when you follow this plan. Celebrated relationship expert Dr. Janet Blair Page has distilled the very best of her acclaimed dating class at Emory University into this one-of-a-kind book. She's helped bring thousands of singles true love and now it's your turn!



The Little Black Book of Big Red Flags: Relationship Warning Signs You Totally Spotted . . . But Chose to Ignore The Little Black Book of Big Red Flags: Relationship Warning Signs You Totally Spotted . . . But Chose to Ignore
by Natasha Burton, Julie Fishman, and Meagan McCrary

Don't beat yourself up. In the search for love, we've all either blatantly ignored or completely missed red flags. Instead, smarten up. It's time to figure out what you missed and learn how to avoid similar flagtastic fiascos in the future.



Falling Apart In One Piece: One Optimist's Journey Through the Hell of Divorce Falling Apart In One Piece: One Optimist's Journey Through the Hell of Divorce
by Stacy Morrison

The emotionally charged story of a divorce that brought the surprising gift of grace
Just when Stacy Morrison thought everything in her life had come together, her husband of ten years announced that he wanted a divorce.