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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"This photographic celebration of queer love and excellence gathers fourteen LGBTQ+ power couples, offering a glimpse into the journeys that led to their meaningful relationships and thriving careers. From designer Debbie Millman's ardent courtship of writer Roxane Gay (which resulted in their marriage in 2020) to the romantic and creative relationship forged between Perfume Genius bandmates Mike Hadreas and Alan Wyffels on stage during their first...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all. Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort ... until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to "Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours." At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless--but why would anyone do that? Jane...
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English
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"Adventurous and open-minded, newlyweds Bridget and Roman are determined to keep their relationship exciting. So, when they meet married swingers Corinne and Patrick, they're instantly drawn to their carefree glamour and warm promise of friendship. And after swapping spouses for one passionate, exhilarating night, Bridget and Roman feel fulfilled and closer together than ever... Until Corinne and Patrick start turning possessive, wanting more of them...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance. Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn't come at a worse time--threatening Emma's promotion and Jo's new movie. As the gossip spreads, it starts to affect all areas of their...
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English
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"A husband’s disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina’s friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see...
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Series
Christiansen family novels volume 4
Language
English
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An empty nest has Ingrid Christiansen dreading the upcoming holidays, but her husband, John, could not be more excited about this new season of life.
Author
Publisher
Gedisa Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Cantamos, escribimos y hablamos sobre el amor, vivimos por él y morimos por él y, sin embargo, el amor no informa la forma en la que estructuramos nuestra sociedad. Hemos logrado conectar digitalmente todo el planeta, pero aún no hemos logrado comprender cómo funcionan nuestras relaciones. En esta nueva e innovadora síntesis de teoría psicológica, Dimitra Doumpioti pone de relieve uno de los vínculos más centrales en la vida del ser humano:...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
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"Think about the last time you had sex. Who initiated? When and where did it happen? What was off-limits and why? In the end, did the sex leave you motivated to have more? Over the years, nationally recognized sex therapist and author of the category killer SHE COMES FIRST Ian Kerner has perfected the art of the "sex script analysis" - a way of looking at your sex life in action, moment by moment. In those details, an entire world is revealed. When...
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Language
English
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Keisha Taylor lived a quiet life with her wife, Alice, until the day that Alice disappeared. After months of searching, presuming she was dead, Keisha held a funeral, mourned, and gradually tried to get on with her life. But that was before Keisha started to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isn't dead, and she is showing up at every major tragedy and accident in the country. Following a...
14) In each other's care: a guide to the most common relationship conflicts and how to work through them
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With In Each Other's Care, renowned psychotherapist Dr. Stan Tatkin explores all of the common complaints and conflicts we encounter in our relationships-money, time, chores, sex, kids, betrayal, decision-making, and more-providing practical tools, case studies, sample scripts, and key insights on how to navigate even the most contentious topics with understanding and respect. Leaning on his Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT), Tatkin...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book is for couples with worrisome -- even painful -- issues, who are willing to work to change. The authors suggest relationship 'prescriptions' for everything from teensy to terrible relationship issues, to return struggling relationships back to health"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It's just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty...
17) Miss you
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of ONE DAY, a wryly romantic debut story about two strangers who meet briefly as teens in Florence and whose paths cross again many times over the course of the next sixteen years, until they're finally brought back together"--
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Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Because they are the product of failed marriages and watch so many of their peers divorce, most couples don't have many successful long-term relationship role models. Parenting and communication issues are perennial while some challenges - like increasingly 24/7 work lives and economic hardships - mark the current decade. Despite all this, psychotherapist and clinical social worker Marcia Naomi Berger asserts that most couples can make love last,...
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Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"How do two well-meaning people who genuinely care about each other end up in a damaged, unsatisfying relationship? Every couple faces conflict and often the root of the problem is how we're not getting our needs met. Initially, we will try to remedy it with reasonable requests -- or hints -- and a kind tone. But when that fails, we feel disempowered, which leads to sighs, eye rolls, silences, subtle put-downs, insults, and even threats. These are...
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Language
English
Description
"The Golden Couple is the next electrifying novel from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind You Are Not Alone, An Anonymous Girl, and The Wife Between Us. If Avery Chambers can't fix you in 10 sessions, she won't take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal--she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault--and almost absorb the emptiness she sometimes feels since...
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