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by Bella DePaulo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 25, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 25, 2017
Este reciente libro de la renombrada experta Bella DePaulo incluye nuevos escritos así como artículos anteriormente publicados en la revista Time, Quartz y una publicación académica: 1. Bienvenidos a maneras más amplias e inclusivas de pensar sobre la familia 2. Cómo nuestras familias...
Untangling the Knot
Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Untangling the Knot: Marriage, Relationships & Identity, an anthology of essays and creative nonfiction, delves past the mainstream focus on marriage equality—beyond the knot—to examine the broad scope of issues facing members of the LGBTQ community. The collection sheds light on what marriage...
The Truth About Children and Divorce
Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce—and whether our children suffer or...
Queering Teen Culture
All-American Boys and Same-Sex Desire in Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Why did Fonzie hang around with all those high school boys?
Is the overwhelming boy-meets-girl content of popular teen movies, music, books, and TV just a cover for an undercurrent of same-sex desire? From the 1950s to the present, popular culture has involved teenage boys falling for, longing...
What Should I Write? 101 Father’s Day Wishes for Greeting Cards
What Should I Write On This Card?
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words, especially when you’re writing out a Father’s Day card. You want to express yourself in a way that’s heartfelt without being too sappy. Or maybe you just want to make your cool dad laugh. Either way, you can put a smile on his face with words that...
I Love You from the Edges
Lessons from Raising Grandchildren
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
What Readers are Saying
An amazing captivating story.Itgivesgrandparents raising kids the comfort of knowing, youare not alone.
-Bill Trammell, a single grandfather from Wisconsin, raising his adopted grandson.
Karen is honest and vulnerable and takes even the worst of what happened...
by Tari White
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
An inspirational story of a young girl who is not so common. She can communicate with plants, animals and beings that not everyone can see. She helps others to feel good about themselves by sharing her abilities. With her heart full of compassion, she shows us that we are all connected to one another,...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, 2nd Edition
Straightforward Advice to Guide You Through Every Stage of the Adoption Process
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2005
"A beacon through the often tangled and varied paths to parenting through adoption" - William Pierce, President, National Council for Adoption
Hailed as "an extremely valuable resource" by Jann Heffner, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this...
No Happy Endings
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The author of It’s Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking—interviews that are “a gift to be able to listen [to]” (New York Times)—returns with more hilarious meditations on her messy, wonderful, bittersweet, and unconventional life.
Life has a million...
by Richard Tuch
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Many single woman–married man relationships are characterized by such recognizable, even stereotypic, interactions and run such a predictable course as to constitute a genuine syndrome. Documenting the existence of this syndrome with case histories from inside and outside clinical practice, Dr....
Life Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted
Using Diverse Techniques in a Coordinated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
This new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children who are fostered and adopted, and how best to carry this out.
This book will help social work professionals, foster carers and adopters to understand the many aspects of life...
Assure Her
Assured Distraction, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Chandler Chatam, fresh out of Juilliard, finds herself temporarily playing with the four hot rockers of Assured Distraction, an up-and-coming band out on their first big tour. She's lead a sheltered life of luxury and is determined to make the most of this tour as part of the band until her world...
Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them
Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Domestic violence in gay male relationships is the third largest health problem for gay men in America today. Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them breaks the silence surrounding gay male domestic violence and exposes this hidden yet prevalent and destructive problem. The authors paint a vivid picture...
by Sam Steward
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
This book is a serious study of male hustlers using experiential dialogue to introduce the reader to real-life concepts and experiences that otherwise could not be effectively conveyed. An intriguing attempt to get into the mind and personality of the male hustler through a largely imagined series...