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Mars and Venus in the Bedroom

John Gray

In his #1 INew York Times bestseller IMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray helped men and women develop better communication skills by recognizing that they have different emotional needs. Now he takes them to communicat...

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Published: Mar 1999

The Second Shift: Working Families an...

Arlie Hochschild

An updated edition of a standard in its field that remains relevant more than twenty years after its original publication.More than twenty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Arlie Hochschild set...

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Published: Jan 2012

Happy Wife - Happy Life: A Survival G...

Robert Lawrence

This book was written for married couples, recently separated couples, and men and women considering marriage. I guarantee that women who read this book will finally understand men. Men who read this book can learn how to keep the wom...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2018

Love Warrior: A Memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton

#1 New York Times BestsellerOprah's Book Club 2016 SelectionA memoir of marriage and self-discovery by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are all born to be warriors: st...

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Published: Sep 2017

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Mo...

Jennifer Senior

[Read by the author -- Jennifer Senior]Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: What are the effects of children on their parents? -- In All Joy and ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2014

Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age ...

Kim Brooks

"It might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read." ―Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World"Brooks's own personal experience provides the narrative...

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Published: Aug 2019

Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Sh...

Christia Spears Brown

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER — PARENTING & FAMILY • 2022 IPPY AWARDS GOLD MEDALIST —PARENTING “Timely, informative, thought-provoking, inspirationally motivating.” —Midwest Book Review ...

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Published: Nov 2021

How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Me...

Mandy Len Catron

"A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir" (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," ...

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Published: Jun 2018

The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of M...

Andrew J. Cherlin

The Marriage-Go-Round illuminates the shifting nature of America's most cherished social institution and explains its striking differences from marriage in other Western countries. Andrew J. Cherlin's three decades of study have shown...

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Published: Apr 2010

Regretting Motherhood: A Study

Orna Donath

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Dr...

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Published: Jul 2017

Mummy Jojo Uncut: Time for a Mojo Inj...

Jojo Fraser

Mummy Jojo UNCUT, time for a mojo injection, is a refreshingly honest, heart-warmingly funny, take of the highs and lows of relationships, parenthood, work and family life. Set in the stunning city of Edinburgh, Scotland, join Mummy J...

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Published: Aug 2018

Modern Families: Stories of Extraordi...

Joshua Gamson

A personal, intimate account of the extraordinary ways that today's families are being created. From adoption and assisted reproduction, to gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families, the stories in Moder...

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Published: Mar 2017

What Is Marriage?: The Unavoidable Qu...

Sherif Girgis

Until yesterday, no society had seen marriage as anything other than a conjugal partner­ship: a male-female union. What Is Marriage? identifies and defends the reasons for this historic consensus and shows why redefining civil marria...

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Published: Feb 2012

The Outsourced Self: What Happens Whe...

Arlie Russell Hochschild

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearFrom the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit worldThe family has long been a haven in...

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Published: Apr 2013

Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answ...

Kate Kaufmann

A savvy and validating guide to what might be in store for growing numbers of childfree and childless adults worldwide, Do You Have Kids? Life When the Answer is No takes on topics from the shifting meaning of family to what we leave ...

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Published: Apr 2019

Parenting for Success: Raise Joyful, ...

Daniel Kingston

Parenting for Success shows parents how to raise a family of any size with sanity and joy! Parents put so much effort into trying to raise happy and effective children, yet often end up stressed and frustrated. At Family Success Insti...

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Published: Nov 2019

What to Expect When No One's Expectin...

Jonathan V. Last

Look around you and think for a minute: Is America too crowded?For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation: people jostling for space on a planet that's busting at the seams and running out of oil and foo...

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Published: Jun 2014

Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Affo...

Alissa Quart

One of TIME's Best New Books to Read This Summer"Brilliant—a keen, elegantly written, and scorching account of the American family today. Through vivid stories, sharp analysis and wit, Quart anatomizes the middle class's fall w...

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Published: Jun 2019

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution f...

Eve Rodsky

AN INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way... It started with th...

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Published: Jan 2021

Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and P...

Brigid Schulte

"[Schulte's] a detective in a murder mystery: Who killed America's leisure time, and how do we get it back?"—Lev Grossman, TimeWhen award-winning journalist Brigid Schulte, a harried mother of two, realized she was living ...

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Published: Mar 2015

Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape t...

Meredith F. Small

To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Our Babies, Oursel...

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Published: Oct 2002

Saving Babies?: The Consequences of N...

Stefan Timmermans

It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born...

Paperback
Published: May 2015

Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for C...

Sophie Lewis

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Published: Oct 2022
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