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Author
Publisher
Northfield Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The secret to love that lasts! How do we meet each others deep emotional need to feel loved? If we can learn that and choose to do it, then the love we share will be exciting beyond anything we ever felt when we were infatuated. Dr. Gary Chapman. Dr. Gary Chapmans international bestseller has brought back or intensified the love in millions of marriages by revealing the five distinct languages we all use to express love: Words of Affirmation,Quality...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Uncommon Marriage, Tony and Lauren Dungy share the secrets that hold them together, revealing what they've learned so far about being a good husband or wife; getting through times of loss, grief, or change; staying connected despite busy schedules; supporting each other's dreams and goals; and helping each other grow spiritually. (Tony is the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl.)
Author
Publisher
Zondevan
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
More than a million couples can't be wrong! And with this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before.
This is more than a book-it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you'll ever have.
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, in more than 15 languages, is...
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"David Blankenhorn offers a new argument in the debate over same-sex marriage: that it would essentially deny all children, not just the children of same-sex couples, their birthright to their own mother and father. If we change marriage, we change parenthood - for all families. Altering marriage to accommodate same-sex couples would mean weakening in culture and eliminating in law the idea that children need both their mother and their father." "The...
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Citing the challenges posed by parenthood on otherwise strong marriages, a reference based on the advice of hundreds of families makes recommendations for such topics as the division of labor, sexual frustration, and grandparent management.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they yearn for in marriage.
Women want to be in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Yet disrespect for men and disregard for the value, feelings, and needs of husbands has fast become the standard for male-female relations in America. Those two attitudes clash in unfortunate...
9) Saving your second marriage before it starts: nine questions to ask before (and after) you remarry
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Publishing House
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Remarriage is nearly as common in our culture as first marriages, yet more than 60 percent of remarriages end in divorce. Second marriages with children are twice as likely to end in divorce as remarriages without. Many couples conclude within the first months or years that their living experiment is failing, when studies have shown that it takes two to seven years to adapt to being a stepfamily. Using the same structure as the very successful Saving...
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Perfect Remedy for Cold Feet!
More than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar. Why? Leading experts believe it's because couples fail to really get to know their potential mate before getting engaged. Relationship expert and noted couples counselor Norm Wright steers potential brides and grooms through a series of soul-searching questions to discern if they've really met "the One."
Couples will be much...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"'...One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing'--Entertainment Weekly; A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the...
14) Love warrior
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the author's journey of self-discovery after the dissolution of her marriage, revealing how she found healing by rejecting gender standards and refusing to settle for a "good-enough" life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity, but also never to get legally married. The U.S. government gave them a choice: either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackles her fears of marriage.
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