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Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
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Why You're Not Married . . . Yet
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $15.00
This paperback edition includes an exclusive conversation between Bill and Giuliana Rancic, hosts of NBC’s Ready for Love, and Tracy McMillan, one of its expert matchmakers. This new relationship show features three of America’s most eligible guys searching for their soul mates.
If you’re looking to get married and you’re... Read more >
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $15.00
This paperback edition includes an exclusive conversation between Bill and Giuliana Rancic, hosts of NBC’s Ready for Love, and Tracy McMillan, one of its expert matchmakers. This new relationship show features three of America’s most eligible guys searching for their soul mates.
If you’re looking to get married and you’re... Read more >
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I Do and I Don't
A History of Marriage in the Movies
Written by Jeanine Basinger
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $30.00
A History of Marriage in the Movies
Written by Jeanine Basinger
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $30.00
From one of our leading film historians and interpreters: a brilliantly researched, irresistibly witty, delightfully illustrated examination of “the marriage movie”; what it is (or isn’t) and what it has to tell us about the movies—and ourselves.
As long as there have been feature movies there have been marriage movies, and yet...
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I Do and I Don't
A History of Marriage in the Movies
Written by Jeanine Basinger
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $15.99
A History of Marriage in the Movies
Written by Jeanine Basinger
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $15.99
From one of our leading film historians and interpreters: a brilliantly researched, irresistibly witty, delightfully illustrated examination of “the marriage movie”; what it is (or isn’t) and what it has to tell us about the movies—and ourselves.
As long as there have been feature movies there have been marriage movies, and yet...
Also available as a
hardcover.
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My Teenage Dream Ended
Written by Farrah Abraham
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $19.95
“I got off the phone and I tried to calm down, but my mind was racing. Derek was the father of the baby I was carrying inside me. He was my first love, my only true love. We hadn’t spoken in more than two months, but crazily I had still hoped... Read more >
Written by Farrah Abraham
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $19.95
“I got off the phone and I tried to calm down, but my mind was racing. Derek was the father of the baby I was carrying inside me. He was my first love, my only true love. We hadn’t spoken in more than two months, but crazily I had still hoped... Read more >
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Why You're Not Married . . . Yet
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Read by Tracy McMillan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $17.50
If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Not that you’re a bad person—you’re certainly not! It’s just that you haven’t yet become the woman you need to be in order to have the partnership you want. So how you can grow... Read more >
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Read by Tracy McMillan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $17.50
If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Not that you’re a bad person—you’re certainly not! It’s just that you haven’t yet become the woman you need to be in order to have the partnership you want. So how you can grow... Read more >
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Why You're Not Married . . . Yet
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $11.99
This paperback edition includes an exclusive conversation between Bill and Giuliana Rancic, hosts of NBC’s Ready for Love, and Tracy McMillan, one of its expert matchmakers. This new relationship show features three of America’s most eligible guys searching for their soul mates.
If you’re looking to get married and you’re... Read more >
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $11.99
This paperback edition includes an exclusive conversation between Bill and Giuliana Rancic, hosts of NBC’s Ready for Love, and Tracy McMillan, one of its expert matchmakers. This new relationship show features three of America’s most eligible guys searching for their soul mates.
If you’re looking to get married and you’re... Read more >
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Why You're Not Married . . . Yet
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $25.00
If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Not that you’re a bad person—you’re certainly not! It’s just that you haven’t yet become the woman you need to be in order to have the partnership you want. So how you can grow... Read more >
The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve
Written by Tracy McMillan
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $25.00
If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Not that you’re a bad person—you’re certainly not! It’s just that you haven’t yet become the woman you need to be in order to have the partnership you want. So how you can grow... Read more >
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Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.95
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.95
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.95
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.95
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A History of Marriage
Written by Elizabeth Abbott
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $24.95
What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged... Read more >
Written by Elizabeth Abbott
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $24.95
What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Raising America
Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children
Written by Ann Hulbert
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $11.99
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: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $11.99
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
A History of Marriage
Written by Elizabeth Abbott
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged... Read more >
Written by Elizabeth Abbott
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Marriage-Go-Round
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $14.99
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 him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn’t in other... Read more >
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $14.99
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 him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn’t in other... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Lifestyle
A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers
Written by Terry Gould
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 18, 2010
Price: $14.99
CAN OPEN EROTICISM between more than two consenting adults be considered natural sexual behaviour? Is it possible to experience sex with other partners while happily ensconced in an emotionally monogamous marriage? Didn't this type of sexual "swinging" disappear with the 1960s and '70s? What are millions of middle-class couples getting up... Read more >
A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers
Written by Terry Gould
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 18, 2010
Price: $14.99
CAN OPEN EROTICISM between more than two consenting adults be considered natural sexual behaviour? Is it possible to experience sex with other partners while happily ensconced in an emotionally monogamous marriage? Didn't this type of sexual "swinging" disappear with the 1960s and '70s? What are millions of middle-class couples getting up... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Marriage-Go-Round
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $16.95
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 him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn’t in other... Read more >
The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $16.95
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 him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn’t in other... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Courting Equality
A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages
Written by Karen Kahn and Patricia A. Gozemba
Photographed by Marilyn Humphries
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
Through engaging storytelling and powerful photographs, Courting Equality takes readers through the volatile public debate following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts-from the court cases to the protests and, finally, the weddings! Read more >
A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages
Written by Karen Kahn and Patricia A. Gozemba
Photographed by Marilyn Humphries
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
Through engaging storytelling and powerful photographs, Courting Equality takes readers through the volatile public debate following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts-from the court cases to the protests and, finally, the weddings! 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: $13.99
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: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $13.99
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 >
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $14.99
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
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $14.99
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.
Against Love
A Polemic
Written by Laura Kipnis
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.99
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: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.99
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 a
trade paperback.
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage
Valuing All Families under the Law
Written by Nancy D. Polikoff and Michael Bronski
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2009
Price: $18.00
Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations. Nancy D... Read more >
Valuing All Families under the Law
Written by Nancy D. Polikoff and Michael Bronski
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2009
Price: $18.00
Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended biological family units, and myriad other familial configurations. Nancy D... Read more >
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eBook.
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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: $13.99
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: $13.99
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 >
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trade paperback.
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The Family on Beartown Road
A Memoir of Love and Courage
Written by Elizabeth Cohen
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
A New York Times Notable Book
The Family on Beartown Road is Elizabeth Cohen’s true and moving portrait of love and courage.
Elizabeth, a member of the “sandwich generation”—those caught in the middle, simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents—is the mother of baby Ava and the daughter of... Read more >
A Memoir of Love and Courage
Written by Elizabeth Cohen
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
A New York Times Notable Book
The Family on Beartown Road is Elizabeth Cohen’s true and moving portrait of love and courage.
Elizabeth, a member of the “sandwich generation”—those caught in the middle, simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents—is the mother of baby Ava and the daughter of... Read more >
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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: $15.00
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: $15.00
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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