Family & Relationships - General

In the latest installment of the acclaimed School of Life series, learn how to make peace with your down time--and even benefit from it. Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing, but in the modern world the pendulum has swung far in the other...

Morale: First Line Of Defense? is a book written by Edward L. Bernays in 1941. The book explores the importance of morale in times of war, specifically during World War II. Bernays argues that morale is the first line of defense in any war...

During the past decade, a remarkable transference of responsibility to Indigenous children's organisation has taken place in many parts of Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand. It has been influenced by Indigenous peoples' human rights advocacy at national and international levels, by claims...

First published to wide critical acclaim in 1987, Family Fortunes has become a seminal text in class and gender history, and its influence in the field continues to be extensive today. The book explores the middle-class family and its place in the development of...

In Quest of the Mythical Mate presents a valuable and fertile developmental model for diagnosing and treating couples that is flexible enough to incorporate a wide variety of intervention strategies, yet purposeful enough to give a clear sense of direction to couples in distress....

This lively and engaging book conducts a thorough review of the current research literature in developmental psychology and socialisation, and then clearly links theory to practical applications in both clinical and everyday situations. Life's first important lessons on how to handle emotions often emerge...

Dukes of Hazzard fans. Best in the world and James Royster is one of them. Cheryl Lockett Alexander continues to honor Duke fans in yet another Edition of her MY HERO IS A DUKE...OF HAZZARD COLLECTION. Here's your opportunity to step into the lives...

Although much is written about contemporary families, the focus is typically limited to marriage and parenting. In this path-breaking assessment of families, sociologist Robert M. Milardo demonstrates how aunts and uncles contribute to the daily lives of parents and their children. Aunts and uncles...

Updating family therapy with dream and body work, Arnold Mindell applies Process Oriented Psychology to relationship work. He explores hologram theory, the collective unconscious, and the discoveries of modern physics and biology, to show how each individual's awareness affects the whole.Author: Arnold MindellISBN-10: 109876420XISBN-13:...

NEWEST/UPDATED VERSION You are bombarded with mental clutter every day-countless distractions, endless options, the perpetual to-do list-and it's holding you back. In this book, organizing expert and best-selling author Jennifer Ford Berry shows you how to quickly cut out the clutter so you can...

Mother's uniquely face challenges and changes that no one else does or perhaps even understands, which is why mums of all ages can suffer from anxiety. Adult Mental Health issues specifically in Mothers whether new or not, around the world are growing rapidly, we...

In Help Me A Psychotherapist's Tried-and-True Techniques for a Happier Relationship with Yourself and the People You Love, Dr. Richard Joelson, a respected psychotherapist with a loyal and long-time counseling practice, presents real-life challenges and the practical solutions that have worked for his patients....

Step back in time to a simpler life as you read this captivating memoir of growing up in the 1950s on the small island of Prudence along the New England coast. A story of reconnecting to long-forgotten childhood bonds and memories, Debbie Kaiman Tillinghast's...

Here is the help you have been waiting for. Ray W. Lincoln has once again hit a home run in his teen parenting book, I'm Still a Keeper. Understand your teen as never before. Reduce those conflicts and fights to a minimum by parenting...

This is Australia's quiet best-selling book and practical guide to self-discovery and personal growth. In it you will discover: - Your own personality style and the style of those you live and work with - How to see yourself as others see you -...

The secret to success and high performance is based on strong relationships--both at work and at home--and, for Dr. Jacqueline Peters, helping people build effective teams and relationships is her life's work. Based on over 20 years of experience and research, High Performance Relationships:...

On a balmy Tuesday during the summer before ninth grade, a car accident on a rain-slicked highway flipped Janna's safe and happy world upside down, and her adolescence dissolved into a summer of restraining belts, feeding tubes, therapy schedules, and chicken salad sandwiches from...

Stories My Parents Told Me: Tales of Growing Up in Wartime Malta is a collection of seven short stories based on actual events during World War II on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The stories describe a difficult time for children and their...

You only live once... Do you really want to look back on your life and say I wish I'd had more sex? You can get laid... Tonight... If you follow the tips on this book. You will learn: - The ONE secret that seperates...

The art of listening has been lost. Most people think that to listen to someone else means that you agree with what they are saying. This is neither true nor necessary. We have forgotten that listening promotes a sense of belonging and is a...

This fascinating book on the trials and tribulations of the life of Khaliyq (Ka-leek) Nazaire will take you along for a journey of compassion. Khaliyq is not your average young adult. His mix of genius and struggle with mental dis-ease leads him on an...

This publication provides practical guidance for the novice on how to conduct a family oral history interview and avoid common mistakes.Author: Linda BarnickelISBN-10: 0984594701ISBN-13: 9780984594702Publisher: Oral History AssociationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2010Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.16d

Short stories about the men a grandma wants her grandson to know provide lessons learned from life experiences. The book details over 30 men and how they can contribute in teaching life long lessons for any young man.This book is a great guide for...

This true and exciting story collection concerns a little known area of south Georgia, in Telfair County. The town of Milan (locally pronounced My-lan) and the countryside present a series of family dramas dating back to the early 1800's. Addie Garrison Briggs, the author,...

Who Cares: Ways YOU Can Reach Out: A lonely neighbor, a colleague in distress, a friend in difficulty. In situations like these we want to reach out and help, yet so often we feel unsure about our response. What to do? What to say?...

Do you or someone you love have trouble saying no when the urge to spend strikes? Are you always living on the edge financially, because your intention to save money is never as strong as your compulsion to spend it?For more than 25 years,...

What can someone who has been married over 50 years to the same woman tell you about how to be a happy husband? As it turns out--a lot! In this wise and charming book illustrated by the author, Lee Evers draws from his personal...

While You Were Away: Absence Journal for Teens is a resources designed to assist teens in dealing with the extended absence of one or both of their parents, as occurs during a military deployment. It provides exercises and tips for identifying, understanding and managing...

"While You Were Away: Absence Journal for Teens" is a resources designed to assist teens in dealing with the extended absence of one or both of their parents, as occurs during a military deployment. It provides exercises and tips for identifying, understanding and managing...

"I'm Having Twins" is an inspirational children's book about a 3-year-old girl named Paris who comes to terms with her parents adding twin siblings to their family mix. The story begins as Paris learns that she will soon have twin siblings and ends as...

Health care policy traditionally views lay people as health care consumers. This groundbreaking book offers evidence of a new perspective: lay people are the primary providers of health care. The family, organized religion, voluntary associations, neighborhoods, and ethnic and racial groups act as a...

A comprehensive, practical, user-friendly guide to homeopathic care for women. Homeopathy is a safe, effective, natural alternative to drugs, hormones and surgery. This book helps a woman treat herself effectively for a wide range of common women's health conditions, while directing her to seek...

Revised and expanded, this edition offers the latest findings on chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and overlapping diseases such as Gulf War Syndrome. It includes new information on the interaction of the brain, emotions, and immune system as well.Author: Katrina BerneISBN-10: 0897932803ISBN-13: 9780897932806Publisher: Hunter House PublishersLanguage:...

The transformation of a house into a home has been in our culture a traditional task of women. The articles examine this process as they reflected the role of American middle-class women as homemakers in the years 1840-1940.Author: Marilyn F. MotzISBN-10: 087972434XISBN-13: 9780879724344Publisher: University...

How do children learn? How are they taught? These are two fundamental questions in education. Caleb Gattegno provides a direct and lucid analysis, and concludes that much current teaching, far from feeding and developing the learning process, actually stifles it. Memory, for instance, the...

David Seybold, editor of the anthologies Seasons of the Angler and Boats, once again brings together some of the best writers of our time in this collection of essays, poems, and stories that examine the mysterious yet eternal relationship between father and son. At...

Product information not available.Author: Che Rawick, Jules RawickISBN-10: 0837163145ISBN-13: 9780837163147Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/1972Pages: 1Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d

How can I lead others with authority and kindness? How can I strengthen my self-control? How can I balance work and family? How can I get along with difficult coworkers? How can I best relate to people in need? Enter the Talmudic study house...

An interdisciplinary effort of scholars from history, women's studies, and family and consumer sciences, Remaking Home Economics covers the field's history of opening career opportunities for women and responding to domestic and social issues. Calls to "bring back home economics" miss the point that...

"Provocative. . . . [Ruether's] impressive scholarship, interweaving social history with religious history, puts the family in a fascinating historical context." -Marilyn Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor How did a religion whose founding proponents advocated a shocking disregard of earthly ties come to extol...

This is the Enlarged Second Edition of the classic book that explains everything there is to know about kinship. This edition included a unique chapter on the role of same-sex marriage as it impacts genealogy and family history, placing same-sex marriage in the context...

In France as elsewhere in recent years, legislative debates over single-parent households, same-sex unions, new reproductive technologies, transsexuality, and other challenges to long-held assumptions about the structure of family and kinship relations have been deeply divisive. What strikes many as uniquely French, however, is...

Discover the latest treatment strategies from the leading experts in the field of trauma!This unique book, by the authors of the classic Handbook of Post-Traumatic Therapy, provides the "how to" of clinical practice techniques in a variety of settings with a variety of clients....

Magnets heal. For centuries doctors worldwide have been prescribing them. Modern athletes swear by them. Patients attest to amazing therapeutic results. Even skeptics acknowledge their potential. And leading health expert Gary Null, host of the top-rated Gary Null Show, knows why and how magnets...

A longer life. A happier life. A healthier life. Above all, a life that matters--so that when you leave this world, you'll have changed it for the better. If science said you could have all this just by altering one behavior, would you? Dr....

The Handbook of World Families provides a cross-cultural perspective on the family by examining family life in 25 countries worldwide. The countries included in this volume are organized by six world regions including Africa, Asia/South Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North...

Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised in the last decade with the increasing availability of online resources, and it is now easier than...

"Mom, Dad, we have to talk..." For all the times you're confronted with a complex or painful situation with someone close to you, here's the book that tells you exactly what to say and how to say it. And it will help you navigate...

DO YOU EXPERIENCE FREQUENT STOMACHACHES OR EXCESSIVE GAS AFTER EATING? DOES EATING A SIMPLE MEAL LEAVE YOU WITH A FEELING OF HEARTBURN? DO CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHEA PLAGUE YOUR LIFE? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be suffering from a...

The body reflexology techniques have helped close to a million people live happy, healthy lives, gloriously free of pain and discomfort. Simple, safe, and effective, these time-tested methods of rubbing, pressing, stroking, and massaging away illness provide relief from more than 50 distressful health...