Richo, David
Summary: ""Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships that focuses not on finding an ideal mate but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Here, he explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2021
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 RICLamott, 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 Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LAMSolomon, Alexandra H.
Summary: "Love has the power to wound us...and the power to heal us. And modern love is complicated. Which is why the ability to cultivate healthy relationships is the key to joy, peace, and a meaningful life. In Love Every Day, relationship expert and best-selling author Dr. Alexandra Solomon offers 365 daily practices to cultivate a curious and compassionate approach to your relationships with others,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PESI Publishing, Inc. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Daisy Kenyon is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men-- one she loves but cannot have and one whose love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O'Mara, who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning Army sergeant Peter Lapham-- a decent and gentle man who instantly falls in love with her. Although she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAISummary: Three separate stories about love in Puerto Rico: a man accidentally reveals his brother's extra-marital affair to his sister-in-law when he mistakes her grief over the death of her grandmother for distress about the infidelity. The next story revolves around a man whose love for a bus driver drives him to take her and the bus passengers hostage until she consents to marriage. In the final...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MALTorrent, Lair
Summary: "The Practice of Love brings together concepts and tools to help couples heal for the long haul"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 TORMadison, Megan
Summary: "This book begins the conversation on love with a supportive approach that considers both the child and the adult"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152.4 MADBoyle, 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 BOYBuscaglia, Leo F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faucett 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 BUSOrtega, Jenna
Summary: "A book of affirmations and honest stories about relationships, career, and faith"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 177 ORTHogan, Eve Eschner
Summary: "The Eros Equation outlines a unique approach to creating happy and long-lasting relationships. Rather than focusing on the other person or situations over which the reader has no control, this book offers readers a tool to discover new and creative responses to the situation. This is challenging but also empowering. The rewards are a greater ability to resolve issues, deeper self-knowledge,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hunter House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 HOGWright, Jennifer
Summary: "A humorous, well-researched pop history of the disastrous love lives of prominent historical figures, from Lord Byron to Elizabeth TaylorIf you are lying in bed right now, a pint of ice cream in one hand, a bottle of scotch in the other, and this book clenched between your teeth (one tooth is missing from last night's bar fight), with tears streaming down your face over how much you loved,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WRIGottman, John Mordechai
Summary: "The authors' decades of research have revealed that a great relationship is founded on the small stuff. The Love Prescription distills the data they have gathered over the past fifty years on more than three thousand couples (everything from their body language to the way they converse to their heart rates and stress hormone levels) into a seven-day action plan to transform your relationship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Simmons, Joseph
Summary: Old School Love is a book to help you find the kind of soul-filling love you desire, written by a couple who has built a strong and joyful relationship amid the pressures, pitfalls, and temptations of the entertainment industry. Rev Run and his wife, Justine, have been blessed with a devoted partnership that has inspired others. In this homage to classic courtship, Rev and Justine reveal the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SIMContents: 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 HANCarter, Steven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.734 CARChapman, 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 CHAFox, Alan C.
Summary: Love is the answer and you are the key to unlocking its potential. From the popular New York Times best-selling author of the People Tools series comes People Tools for Love and Relationships. With 49 easy to use tools, Alan Fox’s latest installment will teach you how to create and maintain great relationships with immediate results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SelectBooks, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 FOXHanover, Donna
Summary: The former First Lady of New York writes of her reunion and subsequent marriage to her high school sweetheart, more than thirty years after their breakup, and chronicles dozens of similar reunions among couples nationwide in what experts call a 21st-century relationship trend. Whether it's Googling an ex-boyfriend or attending a class reunion, this book combines advice and anecdotes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.77 HANStosny, Steven
Summary: "Ever wonder why your self-control, rationality, and compassion seem to go out the window when dealing with your partner? Couples therapist and psychiatrist Steven Stosny explains it all in this revelatory book about the divide between our adult and our toddler brains. Too often, conflict in our intimate relationships reactivates our least-regulated "toddler" side, bringing out an instinctive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ixia Press 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 STOTashiro, Ty.
Summary: Tashiro, a relationship expert for Discovery's Fit & Health channel, considers how employing scientific principles in a search for a mate could yield success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 TASShetty, Jay
Summary: "Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before. He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don't break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 SHECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation ShettyHanover, Donna
Summary: The story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Harper who, more than thirty years after their breakup at Stanford, reconnected, rekindled their love, and married.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listen & Live Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 646.77 HANJohnson, Susan M
Summary: A clinical psychologist and expert in couples therapy offers scientific proof of human monogamy and explains how developing and honing the "love sense" will help develop, nourish, and sustain long-lasting, secure relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013