Lamott, Anne
Summary: ""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LAMSummary: Story of a young woman who like her friends is very concerned with men and love. A reserve army group comes into town and she falls in love with a pianist, who after swearing eternal love leaves for his home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LOVTenenbaum, Tamara
Summary: "Both an autobiography and a feminist manifesto about how we understand romantic love today, and how the contradictions of inherited traditions and technology affect the way we build relationships." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Compass 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this powerful collection, such YA authors as Gayle Forman, Adi Alsaid, and Mike Curato answer real letters from teens about the dark side of love: dating violence, break-ups, cheating, betrayals, and loneliness. Their responses are autobiographical, unflinching, and filled with love and hope for the anonymous teen writers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Power of loving-kindness / by Sharon Salzberg -- Heart sounds / by Deepak Chopra -- The heart is always open / by Stephen and Ondrea Levine -- Valuing love / by Nathaniel Branden -- The best-kept secret / by Barry Neil Kaufman -- To love and be loved / by Harold Kushner -- Heartwork / by Marianne Williamson -- The wellspring of the heart / by Jack Kornfield -- The basics of love / by Betty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.4 HANHooks, Bell
Summary: Presenting radical new ways to think about love, the author examines the role of love in our personal and professional lives and how it can be used to end struggles between individuals, communities, and societies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Lehrer, Jonah
Summary: Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, child-rearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites, Jonah Lehrer's A Book About Love plumbs the most mysterious, most formative, most important impulse governing our lives. Love confuses and compels us--and it can destroy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 LEHChapman, Gary D.
Summary: Dr. Chapman explains how people communicate love in different ways, and shares the wonderful things that happen when men and women learn to speak each other's language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 CHAChapman, Gary D.
Summary: "Marriage is hard enough for the everyday civilian. But imagine marriage when you're separated by thousands of miles. when one of you daily faces the dangers of combat. while the other shoulders all the burden of homefront duties. Add to that unpredictable schedules, frequent moves, and the challenge of reintegration, and it's no wonder military marriages are under stress. Husbands and wives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Pub 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CHASummary: Collects articles, interviews, poems, and stories on romance, friendship, and self-care from the online magazine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ROOHendrix, Harville
Summary: The New York Times bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, now fully revised with a new forward and a brand new chapter. Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy couples around the world. Dr. Harville...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Griffin 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.81 HENChapman, Gary D.
Summary: Outlines five expressions of love--quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch--and explains how to identify and communicate effectively in a spouse's "love language."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 CHAGottman, John Mordechai.
Summary: "One of the foremost relationship experts at work today applies the insights of science toward understanding the real meaning of trust between a couple. He decodes the "why" behind betrayal and shows how partners can avoid or recover from unfaithfulness and maintain a loving relationship. Dr. John Gottman, the country's pre-eminent researcher on marriage, is famous for his Love Lab at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Chapman, Gary D.
Summary: "Over 400,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The Five Love Languages of Teeneagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity. In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Five Love Languages
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent ChapmanWalden, Tillie
Summary: "In her first collection of short comics stories, Tillie Walden opens windows into strange new worlds with works such as 'The End of Summer,' 'I Love This Part,' 'A City Inside,' and never-before collected sketches, webcomics, and short comics for magazines"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Hill Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WALSummary: The Color of Always is a collection of personal stories, testimonies, heirlooms, evocations, and evangelisms for queer creators and readers that celebrates feeling good about who you are, and coming into your own at last.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Wave Blue World 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 COLBoyle, Sherianna
Summary: Are you ready to see love in a whole new light, let go of your deepest fears and everyday stresses, and experience real joy and abundance? "Choosing Love" redefines the way you perceive love and teaches you how to connect with yourself--and others--in ways you've never imagined. Using her years of expertise as a psychologist, professor, and energy healer, Sherianna Boyle guides you through each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 BOYSummary: Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2007
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2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE LOVBright, Rachel
Summary: Googly-eyed Monster looks high and low for someone to love him, and then in the blink of an eye love finds him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE BRIJohnson, Sophie Lucido
Summary: "Sophie Lucido Johnson gets a lot of questions when she tells people that she's polyamorous. Many Love is an intimate look at this often misunderstood practice: its history, its misconceptions, and Sophie's personal transformation from serial monogamist to proud polyamorist. After trying for years to emulate her boomer parents' forty-year and still-going-strong marriage, Sophie realized that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHSummary: "Haphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes!) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels. Featuring stories and art from SINA GRACE, NED BARNETT, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE, NICK ROBLES,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Wave Blue World, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOUTaddeo, Lisa
Summary: "Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TADSolomon, Alexandra H.
Summary: Many people enter into romantic relationships full of expectation and hope, only to be sorely disappointed by the realization that the partner they've selected is a flawed human being with their own neuroses, history, and desires. Most relationships end because one or both people haven't done the internal work necessary to develop self-awareness and take responsibility for their own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 SOLCacciatore, Joanne
Summary: When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable, especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, 'NO!' with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. This book is a companion for life and most difficult times, revealing how grief can open...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Publications 2017