Download or read book Couples written by John Updike and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Trapped in their cozy catacombs, the couples have made sex by turns their toy, their glue, their trauma, their therapy, their hope, their frustration, their revenge, their narcotic, their main line of communication and their sole and pitiable shield against the awareness of death.”—Time One of the signature novels of the American 1960s, Couples is a book that, when it debuted, scandalized the public with prose pictures of the way people live, and that today provides an engrossing epitaph to the short, happy life of the “post-Pill paradise.” It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete with ritualistic games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema). As with most American utopias, this one’s existence is brief and unsustainable, but the “imaginative quest” that inspires its creation is eternal. Praise for Couples “Couples [is] John Updike’s tour de force of extramarital wanderlust.”—The New York Times Book Review “Ingenious . . . If this is a dirty book, I don’t see how sex can be written about at all.”—Wilfrid Sheed, The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The 5 Love Languages written by Gary Chapman and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 20 million copies sold! A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade! Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today. The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work. Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.

Download or read book Seasons Coloring Book written by and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth coloring book collection from Sweden’s coloring book sensation. Introducing the newest addition to Hanna Karlzon’s beloved coloring book collection: Seasons. This hardbound volume boasts 96 pages of Karlzon’s intricate designs, season by season. Dripping icicles segue to blossoming gardens; summer nights give way to strawberries, mushrooms, and playful frogs, waterside. Autumn winds bring fall fog, pumpkins and rain. Lanterns, evergreens, and beautiful ornaments bring us ‘round to winter once again.

Download or read book A Book for Couples written by Hugh Prather and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a practical, positive, and inspirational approach to overcoming the problems that may interfere with a lasting relationship

Download or read book Book for Couples written by Hugh Prather and published by M J F Books. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Love Book for Couples Building a Healthy Relationship written by Ph D Michael Lillibridge and published by Green Dragon Books. This book was released on 1984-05 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single or married, this engaging book of case studies and their analyses will help you achieve the satisfying love relationship you want. Dr. Lillibridge discusses various problems affecting love relationships and presents clear, successful strategies for rebuilding intimacy, achieving sexual compatibility, altering neurotic roles, and improving communication. Learn to recognize and improve self-defeating relationships while enhancing your own self-image. What others are saying about this book: I highly recommend The Love Book for Couples. If you are interested in learning more about your relationship with your spouse, or looking for ways to improve your self-image and self-esteem, Dr. Lillibridge's book is likely to be the most helpful reading you do - Marriage Encounter Magazine

Download or read book The 7 Best Things Happy Couples Do plus one written by John Friel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologists and best-selling authors John and Linda Friel have written an enormously readable and infinitely practical book that delves into what makes a relationship enduringly successful. Wherever readers are in their own relationships, this book can improve those relationships dramatically, bringing them immediate and lasting benefits. In the tradition of their bestseller, The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do, the authors examine the behaviors that happy, effective couples display continually. After careful investigation, the Friels synthesized years of clinical work into a manageable list of the most significant patterns of behavior couples must address and embrace if they want to become truly great couples. Recognizing that other patterns and behaviors certainly do exist, when patients come the Friels for help, the core issues illustrated in this book are discussed as the couples move boldly toward improving their relationships—with consistently outstanding results. The authors found that they had not seven, but eight, key items to identify. Here are a few: Be Sexual Be Willing To Divorce Manage Your Fear, Hurt, Shame, And Loneliness Own Your Part (be responsible for creating a great relationship)

Download or read book Back to Us written by Raphael Cushnir and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every great couple knows that a lasting relationship doesn't just happen by chance--it takes work, honesty, and courage. But in the heat of the moment and the stress of our day-to-day lives, where does one begin? Back to Us is designed to take couples on a journey that will lead them to a more fulfilling relationship, whether they have been together for five years or fifty. In this elegant and easy-to-use journal, best-selling author and wellness expert Raphael Cushnir brings his signature perspective to a variety of quizzes and introspective journaling prompts. As simple as it is engaging, the process will help couples avoid common relationship pitfalls and provide new ways to explore the great mysteries and truths that are the foundation of any loving relationship.

Download or read book Getting the Love You Want written by Harville Hendrix and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know of no better guide for couples who genuinely desire a maturing relationship.M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled A remarkable bookthe most incisive and persuasive I have ever read on the knotty problems of marriage relationships. Ann Roberts, former president, Rockefeller Family Fund

Download or read book The Love Book for Couples written by E. Michael Lillibridge and published by . This book was released on 1984-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Couple Checkup written by David H. Olson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2008-06-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book and online profile that identifies a couple's strengths to help them build a more vital relationship. Based on an unprecedented national survey of 50,000 marriages, The Couple Checkup presents the principles for creating a successful couple relationship. The free online profile includes fifteen to twenty categories that are customized based on the relationship stage-whether dating, engaged, or married-the age, and whether or not children are involved. The book also includes the SCOPE Personality Profile and the Couple and Family Map of the relationship. Each chapter of the book matches a category in the free individual profile. While the book stands on its own, using the Couple Checkup with the book provides the maximum benefit. In addition, each chapter contains couple exercises to help build couple strengths in a variety of areas.

Download or read book The Mindful Couple written by Craig Lambert and published by Hawk Press. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Couples therapists Craig and Debbie Lambert offer 52 strategies-one for each week of the year-for a happier, healthier relationship. Backed by the Lamberts' combined decades of experience, The Mindful Couple provides heartfelt advice for creating better dynamics and bringing more kindness, responsibility, and pleasure into your partnership.

Download or read book Marriage God s Way written by Willie Mintah Essibrah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers in-depth and practical teaching on marriage from before proposal and well through marriage life as God intends it to be.

Download or read book A Book of Prayers for Couples written by Stormie Omartian and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three books of prayer in this beautiful compilation, based on The Power of a Praying® Wife, The Power of a Praying® Husband, and The Power of Prayer™ to Change Your Marriage, have inspired hundreds of thousands of women and men to strive for a deeper faith and prayer life. These heartfelt prayers, accompanied by Scripture verses and lines to jot a note, lead readers straight to the One who can make a difference in their lives and most important relationships. When a husband or wife prays for their spouse, both receive the blessing. Their marriage is strengthened, their commitment renewed, and difficult places made smooth. A Book of Prayers for Couples is the perfect gift for those looking for encouragement, healing, renewal, fruitfulness, and hope in their journey.

Download or read book Loving Greatly written by Winsome Campbell-Green and published by CG Writing Services. This book was released on 2013-10-26 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loving Greatly: A Couple's Guide To Igniting Love And Happiness In Their Relationship, the 7th book written by prolific writer Winsome Campbell-Green, is a book that seeks to help couples who have the desire to work together to make their marriage or relationship work. It's not often you come across a book that is gripping, poignant and riveting, and offers practical solutions to issues couples are facing. Honest, inspiring and written from the heart, Winsome Campbell-Green shares personal experiences of her own marital journey. The book teaches you how to: -Escape co-dependency and discover your voice -Love authentically within a relationship or marriage -Defy expectations and learning how to respect the differences in relationships -Avoid relationship mistakes and learn how to meet your needs -How to ignite the sparks of friendship, passion and romance in your marriage -How to be the best version of yourself by adapting a healthy lifestyle to bring you closer as a couple -Invest in each other emotionally, physically and spiritually in order to shine together and -How to love yourself from within and boost your self-esteem. Throughout this book, Winsome Campbell-Green offers useful and practical solutions as wife after God and a true woman of purpose. Her hope is that this book will help couples to enjoy and experience a more meaningful relationship and marriage. You can read this book as many times as you want to fire up the love, passion, romance and happiness in your relationship and marriage!

Download or read book Handbook of Couples Therapy written by Michele Harway and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to successful couples therapy at every stage of the lifecycle A variety of therapeutic interventions can help couples develop the tools for a successful relationship. Yet many practitioners begin seeing couples without extensive training in couples work. To fill this gap in their therapeutic repertoires, noted couples therapist Michele Harway brings together other well-known experts in marriage and family therapy to offer the Handbook of Couples Therapy, a comprehensive guide to the study and practice of couples therapy. The book's chapters provide a variety of perspectives along developmental, theoretical, and situational lines. Recognizing the need for clinically proven, evidence-based approaches, chapters provide detailed coverage of the most effective treatment modes. Couples at different stages of the lifecycle feature prominently in the text, as do relevant special issues and treatment approaches for each stage. Subjects covered include: Premarital counseling from the PAIRS perspective (an extensive curriculum of interventions for premarital couples) The first years of marital commitment Couples with young children Couples with adolescents Therapy with older couples Same sex couples A variety of theoretical approaches, including Cognitive-Behavioral, Object Relational, Narrative, Integrative, and Feminist and Contextual Special issues and situations, including serious illness, physical aggression, addiction, infidelity, and religious/spiritual commitments or conflicts Providing a diverse set of treatment approaches suited to working with a wide range of adult populations, the Handbook of Couples Therapy is an essential resource for mental health professionals working with couples.

Download or read book Growing As a Couple written by Cornelius D Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing as a Couple is a book written by a real therapist to help couples with effective skill building techniques. These skills reinforce the foundation that healthy relationships should be built on. You'll learn to explore and apply new ways to improve communication, express your feelings, negotiate in your relationship, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love. Each chapter teaches you an essential skill that supports greater relationship satisfaction and deeper intimacy. Couple's are encouraged to work together throughout this book. Each mate will learn how to demonstrate respect and love through listening and using clean communication to enhance the relationship.