Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> General

If you are trapped in a cycle of violence this book will help you recognize your patterns of abuse and free yourself. In her book, "The Family--Where Violence Begins, Recognizing and Stopping It" Rainee Winkler LCSW discusses:

• What constitutes emotional, physical and sexual abuse
• How to break the cycle of abuse
• Why abuse leads to violence
• How childhood experiences affect relationships and perceptions
• Where to find community resources
• How patterns of violence are intergenerational and how to avoid handing them down to the next generation
• How social denial has...

Using her 10 years of psychology experience, Author Bree Allinson helps others through the constant challenges that arise when an overbearing and controlling mother-in-law is intimately involved in a couple's life. Without the use of intimidating "psychobabble" Allinson points out some common issues couple's face, as well as combining polls, personal interviews, and encouraging professional advice for those constantly at odds with their mother-in-law

Have you ever wondered if you are the only sane person in your family? Fear not Matt Koven's "Real Men Raise Their Kids"travels beyond typical childhood memoir accounts. This humorous collection of boyhood experiences will prove that your family is not the most dysfunctional. Journey from the West Indies to Europe running throughout America's heartland and back covering the entire Deep South, in a non-stop account of a passionate and loving father's attempt to raise his family.

In modern American society, it still remains unusual for fathers to spend large amounts of time with their...

"Love Hoped For" is a moving memoir of an unloved child's triumphant struggle to find acceptance, enlightenment and love. She paints a picture of a bucolic community in Ohio, its country doctor, her gifted, but undemonstrative father and her well-intentioned but inept mother. Her journey of almost 90 years led her through: The early days of the Scientific Division of the CIA Sixteen years in the Gurdjieff Work Thirty years as a member of an order of Dervishes A liberating study of Energetic Healing She ends her Memoir with these words: "Questions, problems with my family, painful memories...

Love is
a strong anchor
a shelter of safety
a place where you can rest
and not be afraid
Love Loves

The power and greatness of genuine love is without question life-changing for those who allow love to touch their heart.

This inspiring, motivating, and encouraging message of love is for every person who desires to strengthen family and friend relationships.

Included throughout the pages herein are numerous relationship care exercises as well as questions for discussion.

"Family Illustrated" is a humorous look at family life from writer J. Michael Krivyanski. It contains his most popular columns that provide a funny and entertaining view of having children. Parents who read this book may see their own families being illustrated.

DATING

"My daughter would not be allowed to date until she reached the reasonable age of about forty-seven. Then only if she has her black belt in karate, kung fu and has won a few matches in professional wrestling."

BIRTHDAY PARTIES

"During a child's early years birthday parties are very popular social events that exist...

There are several thousand, if not millions of married men who are in the closet today. For the majority of these men, dating, marriage, family and careers have kept them there. Fears of separation from family, loss of friends, and loss of job are those things which cause them to hide behind the mask of heterosexual male. These men had little if no opportunity to explore this after adolescence. Many lived in small towns across the country. They have lived with fear, anxiety and guilt. Many successfully hid it from their wives. Some did not.

The evolution of the Internet opened many doors...

Sprinkled with humor and optimistic philosophy, "Pooped Doggy" covers a year in the life of the Graves family. Find out how life in quiet Peru, NY has been touched by Montreal, the Kentucky Derby, Machiavelli, Taoism, the Boston Marathon, Inukshuks, and so much more!Whether it's the sighting of a wild animal, participating in a triathlon, or detailing the birth of his daughter Nora, Arthur Graves uses life experiences as a platform to build on themes such as family, love, personal reflection, and dedication. What started as a hobby to improve his writing has developed into a collection of...

"Otto" is the entertaining and humorous story that spans one man's life from childhood in Germany to adulthood in Australia. Named by his grandfather (referred to as "Opa" in German), Otto conjures up a great deal of trouble and chaos along his journey. Otto's early days seem to be made in heaven--as soon as he is able to talk and walk, his mischievous behavior is both applauded and protected by his grandfather, Opa. Otto's childhood antics include skipping school and lazily relieving himself in a gap between the wall and the bed--instead of going to the toilet. His parents become so...

"Home" is the story of growing and growing up in a place where human beings made a hard land home, a place of profound trust and security, space, and responsibility. It celebrates family, the family of father and mother, the extended family of uncles and aunts and grandparents, the larger family of community, molded by the land and weather and time, yet never reduced by necessity into confusing making a living with making a life. "Home" is about living in an agrarian world of the 30's and 40's, with all the usual uncertainties connected with crops and animal husbandry, and all the certainties...

This is a story of how a small group of people made a transformation from Jew to Jewish American to American Jews. It is not unlike the transformation and Americanization of other peoples. How it differs is from the very fact that a religion, a set of beliefs transformed into a nationality.

It is about a period of time in one woman's life, my mother who was a blend of Europe and America. She was a mixture of ethnicity, culture, religion and Americanized traditions; a potpourri of ideas and actions unlike most and yet common to us all. This is also my story as well as hers. It is about our...

It takes "firm roots and strong limbs" to live through war, accidents, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and the death of loved ones and still have a positive outlook on life. From the 1020s to the present, "Firm Roots--Strong Limbs" takes us through one family's love of God, family and country, and how they deal with the joys as well as the hardships in their lives. Most readers can identify with the universal themes of Alzheimer's disease and death, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and bone cancer. Experience the pride of serving country and the joys of teaching troubled youth.

"In Cool Mom on the Hot Seat, " Virginia Boyle Traver offers an entertaining account of raising a family today. Along with poignant and humorous descriptions, spontaneous dialogue provides a continuous momentum to this series of slice-of-life sketches. As the children grow beyond their home and neighborhood, the author moves from being on top of it all to wondering what will happen next.

"Cool Mom on the Hot Seat" shows what one family found that worked: time alone together at home where one-on-one chats in the kitchen are daily events, and time in the outdoors around a campfire, far away...

Authors Ted & Florence Dyer have combined their extraordinary gifts into a five part dynamic series of novels. In "A Mother's Cry " both authors share their heartbreaking real life pain of coping with changing teenagers. Through Ted's unique poetic artistry and Flo's exceptional writing skills, each of the novels details the Dyer's real life story. The novels are specifically designed for mothers dealing with teens, making the transition to becoming an adult. All five novels are twenty chapters including twenty inspirational poems, all written by award winning poet and author Ted Alan Dyer....

It doesn't matter what age a woman reaches the desire to be daddy's little girl never seems to die; maybe it's because in every woman that little girl will always be alive. This book is an open letter written by a little girl that grew up without her daddy in her life. Now as a woman she's crying out to him with so many questions that she believes only her daddy can answer, answers that she believes hold the key to discovering who she is and the purpose that her life will serve.

Whether young or old, male or female there is a message on one of theses pages for everyone reading this open...

"Always a Blessing in the End" is a two-fold exploration of the African American experience in the United States within the genre of a family history. After addressing the development of the African slave trade, it highlights the attitudes and accomplishments in the arenas of slavery and equality for black Americans during each presidential administration from Washington to Carter. Paulette Ivy Harris then presents her genealogies of four lineages, namely the Ivys, the Baileys, Goldsons, and the Thompsons. She takes the reader on an empathetic sojourn through the lives of the ancestors she...

Do you find yourself constantly at odds with your significant other? Are you frustrated by the lack of communication with your friends?

Our relationships impact our lives in a variety of ways, and it is imperative to learn how to spot potential problems before they lead to disputes. Let renowned relationship management expert Saha Nathan show you how to improve your relationships at work, at home, and with your friends.

In "The Art of Making Relationships," author Saha Nathan explains:

The importance of relationships How to plan and cultivate healthy relationships How to discover...

Author KoKo brings over fifteen years experience of the Street Life into a testimony that God will save anyone, no matter how defeated one feels.

The author openly speaks of child abuse, life experiences during drug addictions, prostitution, prison, and shattered relationships.

"I Just Can't Tell It All" is a useful resource for those looking for hope, love, and true peace in today's world.

"Did I Care Enough" is an honest, clear-eyed story of devotion to a loved one who is very ill. It tells the whole story of the caretaker's experience--including fear and anger and even unexpected humor. Strother has lived this book and shares her wisdom with a lively, generous, and open heart." -Brenda Peterson, author "Animal Heart and Build me an Ark"

"We suffered with you, laughed with you and felt your anger at the cancer. It is honest, forthright, and demonstrates the love of a husband and wife completely enmeshed in the love of God." Mr. and Mrs. John A. Montgomery, Capt. U.S. Navy...

If you want to climb the ladder of success in business. Or enter the world of high society without intimidation. Or if you have fallen in love with someone who happens to be Rich-you and don't want to lose. This book was written for you! Ginie Sayles shows you how to meet, mix, and mingle with the wealthy as you learn: 6 Key Profiles of the Rich-Where they live; How they work; what they want & what they look for in you The 14 Layers of Class; and how to get them Power Dressing