Men and women seek different elements of intimacy. This book argues that a failure to understand the opposite gender's intimacy needs can contribute to relationship distress. Jane Ridley explores potentially critical periods and turning points in a couple's relationship, including sexuality, pregnancy, ageing, the impact of earlier separation and dealing with children from previous relationships.
Contents:
Part One: A Working Hypothesis
The Invisible Intimacy Screen
Critical Periods in the Life Cycle of Relationships and Intimacy
Life Events...
Men and women seek different elements of intimacy. This book argues that a failure to understand the opposite gender's intimacy needs can contribute t...
The biography of a witty, complex personality, a man who had little formal education and yet became the greatest English architect since Wren. Edwin Lutyens produced his most significant work in the heyday of the British Empire, the English weekend country house party and a vanished social world.
The biography of a witty, complex personality, a man who had little formal education and yet became the greatest English architect since Wren. Edwin L...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE
This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE
