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How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life

Heather Havrilesky · Doubleday
Pages: 258
Format: Print book

A collection of original, impassioned, and inspiring letters by the author of the popular advice column Ask PollyShould you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys? Should you put off having...
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The Secrets of Lost Cats: One Woman, Twenty Posters, and a New Understanding of Love

Dr. Nancy Davidson · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

You've seen them. Hanging on telephone poles and posted on supermarket bulletin boards.But have you ever wondered about the stories behind them?When her orange tabby, Zak, disappeared, Nancy Davidson did what countless people before her had done. She made a lost cat poster. And after...
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Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are

Carlin Flora · Doubleday; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Discover the unexpected ways friends influence our personalities, choices, emotions, and even physical health in this fun and compelling examination of friendship, based on the latest scientific research and ever-relatable anecdotes.Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled...
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30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage

Karl Pillemer Ph.D. · Hudson Street Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the beloved 30 Lessons for LivingKarl Pillemer's 30 Lessons for Living first became a hit and then became a classic. Readers loved the sage advice and great stories from extraordinary older Americans who shared what they wish they had known when they were starting...
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Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge

Henry Cloud · HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

In Boundaries for Leaders, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and business leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations--with their teams and with themselves--to improve...
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The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

Meghan Daum · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction"Daum is her generation's Joan Didion." --NylonNearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal...
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Buddhism for Couples: A Calm Approach to Relationships

Sarah Napthali · Tarcher
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Learn Buddhist principles that can help enrich your romantic life, your life in general, and the lives of those around you.Surely a happy marriage for a normally adjusted couple is a simple matter of give-and-take - some patience, tolerance, and just trying to be cheerful as often as possible....
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Stop the Fight!: An Illustrated Guide for Couples: How to Break Free from the 12 Most Common Arguments and Build a Relationship That Lasts

Michelle Brody, (Clinical psychologist). · The Experiment
Pages: 303
Format: Print book

The first of its kind, this cleverly illustrated relationship guide helps couples literally see their way out of hurtful, repetitive argumentsRelationship woes can be an inexhaustible, complex subject. But in her work with couples, clinical psychologist Michelle Brody found a pattern: The same...
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8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools

Signe Whitson · W W Norton
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback

Tackling an all-too-prevalent problem among kids with 8 smart, practical strategies. Groundbreaking books have peered into the psychology of bullying and the cultural climate that -- seemingly now more than ever -- gives rise to such cruelty and aggression. But few have been able to synthesize...
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How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick

Letty Cottin Pogrebin · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows someone who’s sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope.Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends’ and family’s diverse reactions...
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