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1) The case for falling in love: why we can't master the madness of love and why that's the best part
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Are you tired of reading book after book and playing game after game, trying to avoid heartbreak? It seems impossible, and maybe that's because you can't lock up your heart like that-not if you want the real thing. And maybe that's one of the best things about love. We've been thinking about it all wrong. Our culture's insistence that women need to learn how to catch and keep a man is actually doing much more harm than good. The more we try to manipulate...
2) Memories
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For fans of Lang Leav, this beautiful gift book is a must-have! Beloved pieces from Lullabies and Love & Misadventure are collected together in this illustrated treasury. In addition, 35 new poems that have not been published in any Lang Leav collection offer something new to discover. The author's original art is presented in lovely four-color illustrations. Lang Leav's evocative poetry in a gorgeous package with ribbon marker and cloth spine...
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"Atticus is inviting readers to take a look behind the mask as he embarks on a powerful journey inward in search of love, peace, and acceptance. Even if you’ve never heard his name, you’ve probably met someone with his words tattooed on their skin or heard them sung at a music concert....His fourth poetry collection, LVOE., is a study into himself. Using his instantly recognizable lyrical style, gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, and relatable...
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"Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now. 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...
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"Of course we love our partners--but do we love our partners well? According to attachment theory, we tend to experience and show love in predictable ways, some of which might have served us in the past but may now be undermining our relationships. So how do you know if a budding relationship is prone to struggle or success? How can you improve a long-term relationship that is stuck in a season of frustration? The strategies found in this book will...
7) Vita nuova
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"Part love story, part instruction manual, part spiritual journey, Dante’s 'little book,' the Vita Nuova, has had a profound and far-reaching influence on global culture and is considered by many to be the perfect expression of the medieval ideal of courtly love....Now Joseph Luzzi, celebrated author of books about Italian literature and culture and a lifelong lover and teacher of Dante’s poetry, gives us a version of the Vita Nuova that is fresh,...
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"Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other. Autumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around. That still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should...
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"Like Love is a...collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson’s brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson’s passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide—from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to Matthew Barney to Lhasa de Sela to Kara Walker—but certain themes recur: intergenerational exchange;...
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"Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different would we be? How different would our lives be? How different would our world be? If you ever struggle with your connection to God (or whether you even feel connected to a faith at all!), you're not alone. Especially in our modern world, with its relentless, never-ending news cycle, we can all grapple with such questions. Do we do that alone, with despair...
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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 Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt explain how to revive romance and remove negativity from daily interactions, to help you: Discover why you chose your mate; Resolve the power struggle that prevents greater intimacy; Learn to listen--really listen--to...
13) Sunkissed
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Betrayed by her best friend and dragged off to a remote family camp, seventeen-year-old Avery's dreams of a perfect summer seem over until a whirlwind romance leads to an unexpected journey of self-discovery.
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"M. J. Ryan reveals gratitude practices that create intimate relationships. Create the romantic relationship you desire by practicing gratitude! Gratitude starves relationship anxiety! With this gratitude book learn how to have a happier relationship with your partner. Get the answers to some of your most pressing relationship questions and use this as a guide to your own personal growth. Relationship goals made easy with gratitude. Enhance couple...
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"'The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,' writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness - not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided,...
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A girl with dangerous magic makes a risky bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous power in this young adult fantasy perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens and House of Salt and Sorrows. Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners are monsters. She has done everything possible to suppress her own magic, to disastrous consequences. Desperate to be free of it, Liska flees her small village and delves into the dangerous,...
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Todos creemos saber lo que es el amor. Nos lo dicen las canciones, las comedias ròmnticas, los relatos que nos han contado desde la infancia. Asociamos el amor con un anhelo desesperado, con rupturas y despecho. Aceptamos abrir el coraz̤n, siempre y cuando el otro cumpla nuestras condiciones. ¿̤Cmo superar los ̀hbitos de toda una vida y descubrir un amor ̀ms puro y generoso? Don Miguel Ruiz, uno de los ̕lderes espirituales ̀ms influyentes...
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"This I Believe, gave voice to the feelings and treasured beliefs of Americans around the country. Fifty years later, the popular update of the series, which now continues on Bob Edwards Weekend on public radio, explores the beliefs that people hold dear today. This book brings together essays on love from ordinary people far and wide whose sentiments and stories will surprise, inspire, and move you"--Provided by publisher.
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Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. They beat themselves up over their failures and, in the process, pull away from God because they subconsciously believe He tallies their defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition, now with full appendix, study questions, and the author's own epilogue, 'Ragamuffin Ten Years Later,' Brennan Manning reminds believers that nothing could be further from the truth....
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