Katz, Rachelle
Summary: "Designed to help couples with children from prior relationships navigate the challenges of stepfamily life, The Happy Stepcouple is an indispensable self-help guide that instructs couples how to establish realistic stepfamily expectations, communicate effectively, and handle stepfamily problems in ways that strengthen their emotional connection"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 KATPatterson, Kerry.
Summary: Offers techniques for communicating effectively in difficult and important situations to achieve positive results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation PattersonBorba, Michele
Summary: "Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood--and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in thefuture. In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BOR1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 BOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BORBrody, Michelle
Summary: Conflict within relationships is complex and challenging to overcome, but Brody has identified the most common causes. She helps couples unlock the destructive cycles that drive their battles, and helps them create lifelong change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment, LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 BROCurry, Ann
Summary: Follows the reunions of people whose lives crossed at pivotal moments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WE'LHouellebecq, Michel.
Summary: Jed Martin, acclaimed photographer, emerges from a ten-year hiatus, with a new exhibition -- the exhibition guide is to be written by French novelist Michel Houellebecq -- a self-referential feature that plays with the format of the novel, which seeks to entertain as well as impress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions j'ai lu 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 HOU FRENCHTurkle, Sherry.
Summary: In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 TURWeiner-Davis, Michele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 WEIMontaigne, Michel de
Contents: On friendship -- That it is madness to judge the true and the false from our own capacities -- On the art of conversation -- On idleness -- On the affection of fathers for their children -- On moderation -- That we should not be deemed happy till after our death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.62 MONSummary: Inside this Instaread of Crucial Conversations: ʺ Overview of the book ʺ Important People ʺ Key Takeaways ʺ Analysis of Key Takeaways
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Publisher / Publication Date: iDreamBooks Inc 2016
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Reina, Dennis S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.7 REISummary: Professor Leary brings to the forefront of recent studies in self-presentation. After more than 40 years of experience in psychology and neuroscience, and with wry humor and a talent for distilling difficult concepts into manageable parts, he makes this fascinating topic accessible to audiences everywhere. Step up to a thought-provoking journey into the workings of the human social mind filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Join Ann Curry for a new series featuring dramatic reunions of people whose lives crossed at pivotal moments. View history through their eyes and hear stories of heroism, hope, and the forging of unbreakable bonds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019