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Boston: Beacon Press published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front Cover, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. He works, she works; their marriage works. An equation for the 1980s? BOOK NUMBER: BP 668 / 0395784. ALSO KNOWN AS: Portions of this book appeared in slightly different form in Family Journal. COVER DESIGN: Michael G. Cobb. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction 1. The setting 2. Egalitarian wives 3. Egalitarian husbands 4. Staying together 5. Housework 6. Child care 7. Resolving conflict 8. Support systems; Notes; Bibliography; Appendices - 1. Profiles of Couples Interviewed 2. A Comparison of Egalitarian and Traditional Couples' Biographies and Attitudes 3. A Comparison of Egalitarian and Traditional Couples' BEM SRI Scores 4. Studies of Division of Family Work Between Spouses 5. Three… Read More

Burlington: Welch Publishing Company Inc., 1987. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. A family counsellor's guide to marriage enrichment. CONTENTS: Preface; Why Marriage?; 1. Equality Rediscovered 2. Is There a Head of the House? 3. For Richer--For Poorer: Money and Marriage 4. Time-Out: Social Life in Marriage 5. Sex Is Not a Four-Letter Word 6. Coping With Conflict 7. Words and Feelings: Communication in Marriage 8. Marriage Can Work--If You Do; Appendix. SYNOPSIS: After the Honeymoon is based on the author's twenty years of experience as a professional marriage counsellor. Each chapter presents real-life questions and provides solid, practical, professional answers. Most importantly this book is based on timeless Biblical principles. Filled with numerous anecdotes from his counselling years (and enriched with frequent doses of humor) this book will be a favorite of many couples. Bob… Read More

Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D., Author of For Yourself. SUB-TITLE: Sharing Sexual Intimacy. BOOK NUMBER: 2349. CONTENTS: Introduction; SECTION I Basic Premises: Preparing for the Journey; Chapter 1 The Way We Are: Role Scripting and Female Sexual Problems; Chapter 2 Love is Not Enough: The Nature of Relationships; Chapter 3 Learning About Yourself: The Sexual Arousal Process; SECTION II The First Step: Starting the Journey; Chapter 4 Observation and Risk Taking; Chapter 5 Communication; SECTION III Lack of Orgasm; Chapter 6 Blocks to Orgasm; Chapter 7 Expanding Orgasmic Potential; Chapter 8 Orgasm with a Partner; Chapter 9 Modifying Lovemaking; SECTION IV Sexual Discomfort; Chapter 10 Painful Sex; SECTION V Sexual Interest; Chapter 11 What is Normal Sexual… Read More

Warner Books A Time Warner Company Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Title Page, Possible Other Pages of Front Matter Missing; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover; Light Creasing on Rear Cover, Spine; Front Cover Moderately Chipped; Rear Cover, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Real help for today's most significant sexual problem. CONTENTS: Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: What Is Normal--for You?; CHAPTER TWO: ISD; CHAPTER THREE: ISD and the Body; CHAPTER FOUR: ISD and the Mind; CHAPTER FIVE: ISD and Relationships; CHAPTER SIX: Setting the Stage for Change; CHAPTER SEVEN: Making Personal and Relationship Changes; CHAPTER EIGHT: Reigniting Sexual Desire: Sexual Enhancement Exercises for Individuals and Couples; APPENDIX: Body Basics: A Quick Biological Tour of Sexual Functioning; Suggested Reading; Index. SYNOPSIS: "Not Tonight." Maybe you or someone you love has said these words lately--or felt the rejection and disappointment they can inflict. At that… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1970. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Boards Moderately Soiled; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: How to Fight Fair in Love and Marriage. ALSO KNOWN AS: Excerpts from this book have appeared in the Ladies' Home Journal under the title, Marital Fighting. CONTENTS: 1. Why Intimates Must Fight 2. Fighting For (and Against) Intimacy 3. Training Lovers to be Fighters 4. Getting a Good Fight Started 5. When and Where to Fight 6. How to Fight a Fair Fight 7. Male and Female Fight Styles 8. Ending a Good Fight 9. Bad Fighters and How to Reform Them 10. When Words Fail: Fighting with Fists and Fingernails 11. The Language of Love: Communications Fights 12. Fighting By Mail and Telephone 13. Dirty and Sick Fighters and How to Stop Them 14. How to Score Intimate Fights 15. Fighting Over "Trivia" 16. The Dream: Courtship Fights 17. Fighting for… Read More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1995. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Reside (Non-Sticky); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. John Gray, Ph.D., Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. SUB-TITLE: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion. BOOK NUMBER: 0495N. DESIGNED BY: Alma Hochhauser Orenstein. JACKET DESIGN: Andy Newman. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction 1 Advanced Bedroom Skills for Great Sex 2 Sex and Passion 3 How to Drive a Woman Wild with Pleasure 4 Sexual Confidence 5 Women Are Like the Moon, Men Are Like the Sun 6 The Joy of Quickies 7 Why Couples Are Having Less Sex 8 How to Rekindle the Passion 9 Polarity Sex 10 Mechanical Sex Versus Spontaneous Sex 11 Passionate Monogamy 12 Sexual Anatomy and Oral Sex 13 Keeping the Magic of Romance Alive. SYNOPSIS: Can… Read More

London: Thorsons an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction 1. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 2. Mr. Fix-It and the Home-Improvement Committee 3. Men Go to Their Caves and Women Talk 4. How to Motivate the Opposite Sex 5. Speaking Different Languages 6. Men Ae Like Rubber Bands 7. Women Are Like Waves 8. Discovering Our Different Emotional Needs 9. How to Avoid Arguments 10. Scoring Points with the Opposite Sex 11. How to Communicate Difficult Feelings 12. How to Ask for Support and Get It 13. Keeping the Magic of Love Alive. SYNOPSIS: Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from… Read More

New York: HarperPerennial A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. Laminate Lightly Peeling at Edges; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; Spine Moderately Faded Due to Sun Exposure. THE MILLION-COPY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. As seen on "Oprah" and "Donahue". John Gray, Ph.D., Author of What Your Mother Couldn't Tell You & Your Father Didn't Know. DESIGNED BY: Andrew H. Blass. COVER DESIGN: Andrew Newman. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction 1. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 2. Mr. Fix-It and the Home-Improvement Committee 3. Men Go to Their Caves and Women Talk 4. How to Motivate the Opposite Sex 5. Speaking Different Languages 6. Men Ae Like Rubber Bands 7. Women Are Like Waves 8. Discovering Our Different Emotional Needs 9. How to Avoid Arguments 10. Scoring Points with the Opposite Sex 11. How to Communicate Difficult Feelings 12.… Read More

New York: A Fawcett Columbine Book Published by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1989. BOOK: Corners, Boards Bumped; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Chipped; Partially Lightly Faded Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Transform pain, loneliness, and anger into trust, intimacy, and love. Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., Author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. DESIGNED BY: Ann Gold. JACKET DESIGN BY: James R. Harris. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction - The Tell-Tale Signs; 1. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall 2. Anger: How Sweet It Is! 3. Damned If They Do and Damned If They Don't 4. How Do I Judge Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 5. Always Right . . But Never Happy 6. Why He'd Be Crazy to Open Up 7. But You Promised! 8. The Man Behind the Mask 9. Owning Our "Magnificence" 10. Give Me a Higher Love!; Appendix A Affirmations; Appendix B Quotes to Remember from Opening Our Hearts to Men; Notes; Books and Audio Tapes. SYNOPSIS: Are… Read More

New York: A Fireside Book Published by Simon & Schuster Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: 02991200. DESIGNED BY: Diane Hobbing of Snap-Haus Graphics. FRONT COVER - PHOTOGRAPHER: Adriana Mejia; MAKEUP ARTIST: Karina Del-Bel; STYLIST: Samantha Weston; MODEL ON LEFT: Jack Phillips; MODEL ON RIGHT: Phil Owens. BACK COVER - PHOTOGRAPHER: Robert Whitman; STYLIST: Liz Dillon; DRESS COURTESY OF: Onyx Nite. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction: How I Was "Discovered"...and How I Finally Discovered Myself; Chapter One: Why Men Love Big Beautiful Women; Chapter Two: So What Are You Doing Wrong?; Chapter Three: How to Feel as Special as You Are; Chapter Four: The Outer Shell: Doing It with Style; Chapter Five: The Approach; Chapter Six: "Yeah? Well, You're Ugly and Stupid and You Can't Diet That Away!"; Chapter Seven: Competing with Thin Women; Chapter Eight: Setups...Or, What's the Female Equivalent of a "Teddy Bear" Type?; Chapter… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1996. 2 cm Scrape on Front Cover; Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Discover hidden resources in your relationship; Solve disagreements without anger; Overcome destructive habits; Restore loving communication. TEXT DESIGN BY: Stanley S. Drate/Folio Graphics Co. Inc. COVER DESIGN BY: Brigid Pearson. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; I DEFINING YOUR MARITAL STRESS PROBLEMS 1 Stress and Marriage 2 How Stressful Is Your Marriage? II ANALYZING YOUR MARITAL STRESS PROBLEMS 3 Rules of Engagement 4 Stress Points and Fracture Lines 5 Matchmaker, Matchmaker 6 Make Love, Not War 7 Yours, Mine, and Ours 8 Making It Better III MAKING YOUR MARITAL STRESS ACTION PLANS 9 Fight, Flee, or Flow 10 Don't' Just Stand There 11 Calling It Quits 12 Staying the Course; Appendix I A Brief Relaxation Exercise; Appendix II Additional Readings;… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1996. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Discover hidden resources in your relationship; Solve disagreements without anger; Overcome destructive habits; Restore loving communication. TEXT DESIGN BY: Stanley S. Drate/Folio Graphics Co. Inc. COVER DESIGN BY: Brigid Pearson. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; I DEFINING YOUR MARITAL STRESS PROBLEMS 1 Stress and Marriage 2 How Stressful Is Your Marriage? II ANALYZING YOUR MARITAL STRESS PROBLEMS 3 Rules of Engagement 4 Stress Points and Fracture Lines 5 Matchmaker, Matchmaker 6 Make Love, Not War 7 Yours, Mine, and Ours 8 Making It Better III MAKING YOUR MARITAL STRESS ACTION PLANS 9 Fight, Flee, or Flow 10 Don't' Just Stand There 11 Calling It Quits 12 Staying the Course; Appendix I A Brief Relaxation Exercise; Appendix II Additional Readings; Index. SYNOPSIS: While writing their acclaimed The Stress… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc. BOOK: Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Finding Love Without Losing Your Self. JACKET DESIGN BY: T. M. Craan. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: TO THE CASTLE--PLAYING "TRUE ROMANCE" IN THE NAME OF LOVE 1. Once Upon a Time 2. The Prince 3. The Myth of Romantic Love 4. The Princess 5. The Dragon 6. Life in the Castle; PART TWO: EXIT THE CASTLE--TO AUTHENTIC PASSION 7. Love: Theory 8. Love: Groundwork 9. Love: Practice; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: Finally! A book about love that isn't going to tell you there's something wrong with you, your clothes, or the pressures of your job and/or family because your love life is something less than you would want. This book isn't interested in blaming women--or men, for that matter--for failures in love. Bonnie… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster BOOK: Remainder Mark; Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 05962050. DESIGNED BY: Levavi & Levavi. JACKET DESIGN BY: Evan Gaffney. CONTENTS: Introduction: Why a Book Life This? 1. Becoming A Real Woman 2. Getting Prepared 3. Getting the Man You Want 4. Finding Him 5. Playing His Game 6. Winning Techniques 7. Becoming a Sensuous Woman 8. Becoming a Sensuous Leader 9. Office Relationships 10. Single Women 11. Married Women 12. Taking Care of You 13. Making Time for You 14. Female Maintenance 15. Personal Appearance 16. Body Balance 17. Douching and Cleansing 18. Awakening Your Sexual Senses 19. Sexuality 20. Vagina 21. Discovering Your Clitoris 22. Penis 23. Great Balls of Fire 24. Anus 25. Sex: What's Normal 26. Sexual Intercourse 27. Oral Sex 28. Orgasms 29. Games You Can Play 30. Sadomasochism 31. Props and… Read More

New York/New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc. BOOK: Corner, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Dr. Connell Cowan & Dr. Melvyn Kinder, Authors of Smart Women/Foolish Choices. SUB-TITLE: Why Men Are Drawn to Women What Makes Them Want to Stay. BOOK NUMBER: 10830. JACKET DESIGN Lawrence Ratzkin. CONTENTS: PART ONE WOMEN MEN LEAVE - Chapter One: Why Love Seems So Elusive; Chapter Two: Women Who Unknowingly Fear Intimacy; Chapter Three: How Innocent Expectations Become Dangerous; Chapter Four: Women Who Secretly Feel Contempt for Men; Chapter Five: How the Need to Control Backfires; Chapter Six: Women Who Give Too Freely. PART TWO WOMEN MEN LOVE - Chapter Seven: The Path Toward Commitment; Chapter Eight: Giving Up the Prince and Finding the Man; Chapter Nine: Trusting a Man to Love Your Strength; Chapter Ten: Arousing a… Read More

Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers Previous Owner Markings (Lightly Underlined in Ink)/Ex-Library; Heavily Scuffed on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Light Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Heavily Chipped; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: Preface; 1 MARRIAGE: AN EVOLVING INSTITUTION -Introduction: the Man-Woman Relationship; Summary; References; 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL ATTITUDES - Unique Human Sexual Characteristics; Human Sexuality and Family Structure; The Development Stages; The American Dating Game: The Heterosexual Stage; References; 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PREMARITAL RELATIONS - Is There a Sexual Revolution?; Psychological Principals; Abortion; Venereal Disease; Summary; References; 4 BOY-GIRL, MAN-WOMAN: THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEXES - The Female; The Male; Summary; References; 5 THE YOUNG MARRIAGE OR COLLEGE EDUCATION WITH FAMILY - Elusive Maturity; The Altruistic-wife Syndrome; The… Read More

New York: Harmony Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. Member of the Crown Publishing Group, 1997. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. "What your mama wouldn't tell you & your boyfriend doesn't know." Thousands of women reveal their secrets, experiences, desires, and fantasies in the great American sex quiz, an intimate, provocative 200-question survey. ALSO KNOWN AS: Originally published, in different form, by Dowling Press, Inc., in 1996. DESIGN BY: Linda Kocur. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Chapter One Preferences; Chapter Two First Sexual Experiences; Chapter Three Your Sexual Profile; Chapter Four Methods; Chapter Five Memorable Experiences; Chapter Six Men; Chapter Seven Body Parts; Chapter Eight Masturbation; Chapter Nine Oral Sex; Chapter Ten Orgasm; Chapter Eleven Before and After Sex; Chapter Twelve Sex Talk; Chapter… Read More