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"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In...
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El apego evitativo es un estilo de apego inseguro en el que una persona tiene miedo a ser lastimada o rechazada en las relaciones íntimas y, por lo tanto, evita el contacto emocional cercano y la intimidad. Estas personas pueden tener serias dificultades para confiar en los demás y puede sentir ansiedad en situaciones de compromiso. El libro 'Superando el apego evitativo: Aprende a amar sin temor' es una guía emocionante y transformadora para aquellos...
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How much do you earn?
Do you wipe your sweat off the machines at the gym?
Consider yourself a fix-it man at home?
Have you done "it" at work?
Ever cheat on your taxes?
Do you wax or pluck your eyebrows?
Have you ever snooped in someone's medicine cabinet?
When it comes to men, just what exactly is normal? How do you-or the man you love-behave compared to other guys? The fact is, men are both entirely predictable and utterly surprising. WHEN...
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When a family member dies, often the response of children is overlooked or underestimated. This very important book makes tangible the range of emotions felt but not completely understood by children for the loss of a parent or sibling. It offers welcome channels of response that can help survivors to not only understand their feelings but also come to grips with the loss and get on positively with their lives.
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Our eminent founding father Ben Franklin once famously compared guests to stinking fish. While this assessment may seem a trifle harsh, the truth remains that social intercourse is a most risky endeavor. Who better to address this concern than the inimitable pundit Russell Lynes-a man renowned for his unparalleled expertise on the social graces and the many personality types who regularly abuse them? In this classic guide to "guesting," Lynes provides...
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"Mika, you sit at our feet all these hours and days, hearing us tell our tales. You have all these stories inside you: all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write 'em in your books and show everyone who we are.' So begins DéLana R.A. Dameron's stunning novel-in-stories, Redwood Court. The baby of the family, Mika Mosby spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to their...
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One of the most valuable survival guides for men or women recovering from a partner's affair.
In this landmark book, Peggy Vaughan helps us to understand the stages of suspicion, confrontation, and the healing process necessary to recover, including rebuilding self-esteem, the marriage/divorce dilemma, and seeking professional help. Packed with practical, time-tested advice and successful strategies, this authoritative guide reveals: You are not...
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"Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built. When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of...
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Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience, and from the worlds of theatre, history, and education, to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. He helps listeners become more understanding and considerate towards others, and find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way he offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility,...
10) All About Me
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Why some men cannot love, why we still love them, and what we can do about it. What do you do if you are in love with an emotional vampire? Can he actually control his behaviour? Why does he behave the way he does? Since the ancient Greeks told the story of Narcissus, we have recognized that some people are simply self-obsessed. But there is now evidence to suggest that narcissism is shaping our times, and most of all, our relationships. Today narcissism...
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Dr. Jeanne Safer has dedicated much of her decades' long career in psychotherapy to exploring taboo subjects that we all think about in private but seldom discuss in public. From conflicted sibling relationships to the choice not to have children, Safer's work has always been unflinching in its aim to dive deep into topics that make most of us blush, but which are present in all of our lives. In The Golden Condom, Safer turns her sharp and fearless...
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What binds people together in marriage? The Marital Knot examines the differences between arranges marriages and love marriage and explores the ties that bind. It shares the story of one of Dr. Shabnamzehra Bhojani's patients, Sarah, who enters into an arranged marriage after arriving in the US. Using Sarah's story and her own experience with an arranged marriage as a catatlyst, Dr. Bhojani compares arranged marriages to love marriages. She presents...
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¿Amas a alguien con trastorno límite de la personalidad y estás luchando por mantener una relación saludable? Este libro está diseñado para ayudarte a nutrir y proteger tu relación a través de una comprensión más profunda de la condición. Aunque el libro aborda los síntomas y tratamientos, lo más valioso es la inclusión de experiencias reales, pensamientos y sentimientos de personas que viven con el trastorno límite de la personalidad....
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In Feeling Strong, noted psychoanalyst Ethel S. Person redefines the notion of power. Power is often narrowly understood as the force exerted by the politicians and business leaders who seem to be in charge and by the rich and famous who monopolize our headlines. The whiff of evil we often catch when the subject of power is in the air comes from this one conception of power-- the drive for dominance over other people, or, in its most extreme form,...
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El fin de las relaciones amorosas es algo normal y frecuente. Hoy en día es raro tener una única relación para siempre; y de hecho lo más habitual es tener varias parejas a lo largo de la vida. Pero por otro lado, la experiencia emocional negativa que sufrimos al romper con la persona con la que teníamos una relación sentimental puede pesarnos mucho. Y a veces eso nos impide incluso disfrutar de nuevas relaciones tras la ruptura. Sin duda es...
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"El libro de Míriam Tirado que nos permitirá entender y acoger las propias emociones, pero también acompañar las de los demás. La mayoría de nosotros no hemos recibido ni educación emocional, ni herramientas o recursos para saber qué hacer con el que sentimos. Aun así, nos toca acompañar las emociones de nuestros niños, familiares o amigos. ¿Cómo lo podemos conseguir si ni siquiera sabemos qué hacer con las nuestras? Míriam Tirado,...
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They say you never forget your first love. What they don't say though, is that sometimes your first love won't forget you. Angela Petitjean sits in a cold, dull room. The police have been interrogating her for hours, asking about Saskia Parker. She's the wife of Angela's high school sweetheart, HP, and the mother of his child. She has vanished. Homicide Detective J. Novak believes Angela knows what happened to Saskia. He wants the truth, and he wants...
18) Why am I me?
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In a poetic, philosophical exchange, two children of different races ask themselves why they are who and what they are, and speculate on how they could be different.
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From the Economist Edge Series, an essential new guide on giving, soliciting and receiving feedback.
We are surrounded by feedback, whether we're being asked to like, rate, or otherwise comment on products, services, or even people. At work, the right kind of feedback delivered at the right time and in the right way can help us all to learn and improve. In reality, though, that's easier said than done.
Help is at hand. Margaret Cheng's six golden...
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