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The Marriage-Go-Round
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $25.95
From one of the nation’s leading experts on the American family, a book that explores the state of marriage in America today; its evolution culturally; and with regard to religion and the law, how and why the present state of marriage—a merry-go-round of partnerships—developed, and the implications for parents and children.
During... Read more >
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $25.95
From one of the nation’s leading experts on the American family, a book that explores the state of marriage in America today; its evolution culturally; and with regard to religion and the law, how and why the present state of marriage—a merry-go-round of partnerships—developed, and the implications for parents and children.
During... Read more >
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The Pecking Order
A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.00
We want to think of the family as a haven, a sheltered port from the maelstrom of social forces that rip through our lives. Within the family, we like to think, everyone starts out on equal footing. And yet we see around us evidence that siblings all too often diverge widely... Read more >
A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.00
We want to think of the family as a haven, a sheltered port from the maelstrom of social forces that rip through our lives. Within the family, we like to think, everyone starts out on equal footing. And yet we see around us evidence that siblings all too often diverge widely... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $18.95
Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $18.95
Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Against Love
A Polemic
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $14.00
“Will all the adulterers in the room please stand up?” So begins Laura Kipnis’s profoundly provocative and waggish inquiry into our never-ending quest for lasting love, and its attendant issues of fidelity and betrayal. In the tradition of social critiques such as Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism, Against Love keenly... Read more >
A Polemic
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $14.00
“Will all the adulterers in the room please stand up?” So begins Laura Kipnis’s profoundly provocative and waggish inquiry into our never-ending quest for lasting love, and its attendant issues of fidelity and betrayal. In the tradition of social critiques such as Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism, Against Love keenly... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Why There Are No Good Men Left
The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman
Written by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $15.00
A hard-hitting, groundbreaking exploration of the new mating conditions that are changing the face of love, commitment, and marriage as we know it.
A double revolution is at work in modern American love: A revolution in higher education has created the most professionally accomplished and independent generation of young women in history... Read more >
The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman
Written by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $15.00
A hard-hitting, groundbreaking exploration of the new mating conditions that are changing the face of love, commitment, and marriage as we know it.
A double revolution is at work in modern American love: A revolution in higher education has created the most professionally accomplished and independent generation of young women in history... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Read by L.J. Ganser and Anne Gartlan
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $28.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Read by L.J. Ganser and Anne Gartlan
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $28.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Read by L.J. Ganser and Anne Gartlan
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
Written by John Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman and Joan DeClaire
Read by L.J. Ganser and Anne Gartlan
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $14.00
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing... Read more >
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The Pecking Order
A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.00
The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton... Read more >
A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.00
The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Against Love
A Polemic
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00
Who would dream of being against love? No one.
Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and all-controlling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions.
But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion? Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be entertained... Read more >
A Polemic
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00
Who would dream of being against love? No one.
Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and all-controlling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions.
But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion? Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be entertained... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Raising America
Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children
Written by Ann Hulbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between... Read more >
Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children
Written by Ann Hulbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between... Read more >
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue & Why Men Don't Listen
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need Shoes
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are... Read more >
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need Shoes
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are... Read more >
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $18.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $18.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes
The Ultimate GUide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $8.95
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
The Ultimate GUide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $8.95
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $14.00
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Estate Planning for the Healthy, Wealthy Family
How to Promote Family Harmony, Affirm Your Values, and Protect Your Assets
Written by Stanley Neeleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2004
Price: $22.95
Filled with real-life case examples, Estate Planning for the Healthy, Wealthy Family combines a positive attitude, deep psychological insight, and “hard” financial know-how for passing on money between family members while keeping relationships and values intact. With competence and empathy, the authors discuss such important moral issues as the role money... Read more >
How to Promote Family Harmony, Affirm Your Values, and Protect Your Assets
Written by Stanley Neeleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2004
Price: $22.95
Filled with real-life case examples, Estate Planning for the Healthy, Wealthy Family combines a positive attitude, deep psychological insight, and “hard” financial know-how for passing on money between family members while keeping relationships and values intact. With competence and empathy, the authors discuss such important moral issues as the role money... Read more >
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Why There Are No Good Men Left
The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman
Written by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $15.00
A hard-hitting, groundbreaking exploration of the new mating conditions that are changing the face of love, commitment, and marriage as we know it.
A double revolution is at work in modern American love: A revolution in higher education has created the most professionally accomplished and independent generation of young women in history... Read more >
The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman
Written by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $15.00
A hard-hitting, groundbreaking exploration of the new mating conditions that are changing the face of love, commitment, and marriage as we know it.
A double revolution is at work in modern American love: A revolution in higher education has created the most professionally accomplished and independent generation of young women in history... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Lee Adams and Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 15, 2003
Price: $17.95
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
Written by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Read by Lee Adams and Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 15, 2003
Price: $17.95
Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as... Read more >
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The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony
Written by Pamela Paul
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $13.95
A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).
What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do... Read more >
Written by Pamela Paul
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $13.95
A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).
What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony
Written by Pamela Paul
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $13.95
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony is a pioneering study of first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, and of the changing face of matrimony in America.
According to the brilliant trend analyst and journalist Pamela Paul, “It’s easy to conclude that the starter marriage... Read more >
Written by Pamela Paul
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $13.95
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony is a pioneering study of first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, and of the changing face of matrimony in America.
According to the brilliant trend analyst and journalist Pamela Paul, “It’s easy to conclude that the starter marriage... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Case for Marriage
Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially
Written by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $15.95
Read more >
Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially
Written by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $15.95
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Case for Marriage
Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially
Written by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $15.95
Read more >
Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially
Written by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $15.95
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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