Family & Relationships - General

This book explores a central issue in the study of close relationships: the reevaluation of traditional gender roles to take into account what is both functional and optimal for people in dual-career relationships.The author discusses how many women and men are attempting to negotiate...

What happens when you include the family in the delivery of primary care? Do patients rehabilitate faster? How are prevention, treatment, and diagnosis affected? In Family Health Care, an interdisciplinary group of scholars addresses these questions and provides insight into the awakening interest in...

This book . . . offers a critical review of literature on relationships and chronic illness. . . . This is a carefully constructed integration of a complex, multidisciplinary literature on the dynamic processes of relationships during long-term illness. It is essentially a scholarly...

Published in Cooperation with the Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University How do working parents balance their work and child care responsibilities? What if an employee has responsibilities for adult or elderly family members or friends?...

The individual nature of the transition from being a member of the workforce to being retired has been the focus of previous books on retirement. In contrast, this book explores the impact of retirement upon family relationships and functioning.Among the topics examined are: gender...

Although self-disclosure is not equivalent to and does not define the level of intimacy in a relationship, it is a major factor in the relationship′s development, maintenance, and deterioration. Conversely, the level of closeness between relationship partners (whether the individuals are acquaintances, friends, lovers,...

Clinical Practice with Families: Supporting Creativity and Competence presents the most important and useful contemporary ideas in family therapy in a clear, understandable framework. With in-depth case examples, this comprehensive volume offers insight and ideas for practicing family therapists in such essential areas as...

Author: Sandra L. EvansISBN-10: 0759639817ISBN-13: 9780759639812Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2001Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.32w x 0.55d

Author: Clyde R. Jr. ForsbergISBN-10: 0738841056ISBN-13: 9780738841052Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.56h x 5.54w x 0.49d

Raising Good Children explores the pressures and difficulties of bringing up children in the twenty first century, from babies and toddlers through to problematic teenagers. This is a guide which suggests ways in which the young can be given direction through love and security...

The phone rang. My baby was born, He died, My eyes saw, I did not see, I heard, I read, I forgot, I sent..... all things that can change your life in a second. Unforgettable Faces & Stories continue our mission of "YOUR story...

This is a story of one little girls life and battle with cancer. It provides a humanizing aspect to an ailing child and looks to instill hope in everyone who reads it. This full version contains an afterword by the author and provides additional...

This is a true account about love, lies and consequences. The pain and shock of a wife discovering that her husband has been cheating all through the marriage is a very traumatic experience. It often take years, if both people are willing, to effectively...

Four-year-old Joshua challenges his father to a game: Can he come downstairs before Joshua writes the word to? Rachel, two and a half, makes a series of wavy lines on a piece of paper and calls it a "thank-you letter to Grandma." In Early...

This book is designed for kids, to help them deal with the worries of the virus. So many people are checking the virus daily death toll regularly and this can cause anxiety amongst the family. Kids may see adults stockpiling groceries, panic buying toilet...

Why do we make commitments? Why do we break them? Why does it hurt so much more when others break their commitments to us than when we break our commitments to them? And why do we then make even more commitments-without any assurance that...

"This is a fast-paced coming-of-age tale that's as current as today's headlines. A young man from the city visits today's small-town America and meets the dark side, from the meth epidemic to the forces of nature. This isn't Mayberry. Everything he encounters ultimately forces...

This is one of those rare books that, in just a few minutes, will transform the way you see the world around you, beginning with the simplest, most ordinary, most overlooked of things: the spaces between your fingers. It's a parable about a grandfather...

Author LaQulia Shinn This book is based on the life of a, strong Black Single Mother, who endured, more than her, share of pain, heartache, tears, disappointments, failures, and of course Drama!... After drowning in past sorrows for almost 10 years, she has developed...

I barely knew my father when he died. As a foster child, I moved through many homes and families, only sharing a house with my father for a couple years. As an adult, my independent life provided virtually no contact with him. And with...

Every man alive is familiar with that crazy, whack-a-mole game women play with never-ending questions. Finally, here's a book that gives men the exact words they need! If you ever hope to have a relationship where sex is plentiful and slammed doors are few...

An American expatriate's primer for being pregnant overseas in an Embassy environment and the return to the U.S. for birth. Plus thoughts and ideas regarding raising your American child in a foreign environment, sometimes with unusual circumstances or situations (like visiting foreign diplomats). Hints...

Heavenly Angel Lay Lay goes into details not only on how a person gets a 'Hardened Heart', but also on how to 'Recover' from a Hardened heart as well. Everyone has a 'Hardened Heart' to one degree or another and most have never gotten...

As I have recalled my life in order to create this memoir, I've wondered what physical traits and abilities will be passed down to future generations of this family. I've also wondered if my love of the visual arts is a family inheritance I've...

Known for dynamic presentations and keynotes highlighting lessons learned, Kimi Ziemski found her best teachers in a life fully led. With a career in telecommunications and a BS in IT Management Kimi had built her project management and leadership consultancy with a concentration in...

The stock market and the economy are volatile, and it's difficult to know what moves to make to protect investments and savings. In The Family Man's Stock Market Volatility Survival Guide, author Donald F. Carpenter Jr. offers a guide geared toward men who are...

This book provides a professional and personal biography of George W. Mitchell compiled by Mary T. Mitchell, his wife of 32 years. George Mitchell was a Federal Reserve Governor from 1961 to 1976 and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1973 to...

Set in 2004, Theresa, the daughter of Irish parents, takes a memoir writing class to write about her brother and his struggles with alcoholism. She begins his story with her parents' early beginnings in Ireland. The memoir class members want to hear more details...

The 31st chapter of the Book of Proverbs changes the way we look at women in Old Testament times. The Proverbs 31 woman was not a second-class citizen. She was an equal partner to her loving husband, a cherished mother to her children, and...

This book consists of a series of letters written by a young man during WWII. He went from banker to bombardier. He underwent starvation, depravation and his moral conflict with killing the enemy to a fear of being able to do his duty. Dead...

Frank Westmoreland has lived most of his life in a small town in Alabama. He is a retired engineer who served in the Navy and who worked several years in the textile industry and over thirty years in the Department of Defense. His work...

Organizational expert, Robin Venturelli, along with her teenage daughter, London, have put together an easy-to-follow guide for Mothers and Daughters to becoming more organized, so that YOU can have fun! Begin by taking the initial "Organizational Assessment," and then skip ahead to the chapters...

Are you tired of only hearing one side of the story? Do you want to understand the big picture in your relationships? Drawn from observations, research, and life experiences, A Talk with Women, A Hint to Men tells the inside story on different situations...

In the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion and The Waltons, A Return to Grandpa's House celebrates the down-home American values of a simpler time: honesty, hard work, and family. Set in rural Minnesota in the 1970s, this heartwarming memoir shares the story of...

Just as Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz I have gleaned in the fields of my life. This is a collection of short thought provoking readings. Many are really worth remembering and thinking about. Such as: "Faith honors God, God honors faith." I...

"Highly entertaining as well as informative. A great read, whether you are behind the chair or in it."-Leigh Ann Cheek Confessions of a Surly Barber is an insightful look into the business of barbering, from a barber's perspective. Due to the creation of unisex...

Growing up in the Bronx, there was instilled in Norman Brodsky a sense of humor, which has allowed him to wryly narrate his life observations and experiences. His comical slant on everyday occurrences can be hysterical. He has a way of telling a story...

An endearing and captivating story, The Red Schwinn Bicycle: A Sentimental Journey, recounts the journey of one bike and the fun, selfishness, arguments, sadness, and fond memories that its presence creates for six boys. The first owner, "Red," receives the bike through a stroke...

Leola's Legacy is a memoir of an ordinary woman with an extraordinary story. Her story is a gift that will appreciate over time. Like the sea, it ebbs and flows with primal rhythms. It is lessons shared, tears dried, joys savored, and laughter that...

The highest level of love is Agape Love. This love is sacrificial and it does whatever must be done for the good, the betterment, the safety and well being of someone else at one's own expense, no matter what the cost or burden may...

Ever wonder why some marriages last, and some don't? Ever hoped for a happy, successful marriage, but haven't a clue how to get there? Ever lay awake at night, imagining marital bliss, only to be dogged by nightmares of divorce? "I Do"s (and Don'ts)...

A Magnificent Exchange is an extraordinary story of one American family's remarkable adventure in The Land of the Rising Sun. It's a colorful account of how a mother and her six year old son transitioned, adapted and eventually triumphed in a foreign country. This...

Eight Decades in New Mexico is a factual story of the life of a "native" New Mexican. It presents an exciting look at life in rural New Mexico from early twentieth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Those influences that govern the...

Against a Barren Sky, a collection of searing, lyrical poems by South African-born poet and actress Evelyn Frank, charts a journey of exile-- from self, from homeland, even childhood. A stage and screen performer during the height of the Apartheid regime, Ms. Frank has...

Love is a strong anchor a shelter of safety a place where you can rest and not be afraid Love Loves The power and greatness of genuine love is without question life-changing for those who allow love to touch their heart. This inspiring, motivating,...

An excerpt from Dirty Feet and Hungry Hearts- Why? This was the question my sister and I asked each other, over and over. Every time we started talking about our mother, it was always this unanswered question we were left with. Why was she...

So Close, Yet So Far Apart--Stopping the Abuse of Others is a book that shares the cardinal eight powerful, yet simple ways we can apply today to begin handling difficult challenges, such as tyrants' lust of power, religious gurus' destructive views, human idiosyncrasies, illiteracy,...

If you are trapped in a cycle of violence this book will help you recognize your patterns of abuse and free yourself. In her book, The Family--Where Violence Begins, Recognizing and Stopping It Rainee Winkler LCSW discusses: What constitutes emotional, physical and sexual abuse...

We have to be classified as 'Poor Dirt Farmers' during the great depression. I suppose we knew we were poor but we didn't know anyone who wasn't poor. I describe us as not having anything but not feeling deprived because we didn't know there...

This coming-of-age story gives the author's lighthearted viewpoint on growing up in the West Virginia countryside in the 1960's and 1970's. Readers will laugh along with the author as they discover that despite the situations in which we grow from children to adults, there...