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  • Deconstructing Dads

    Changing Images of Fathers in Popular Culture

    In the twenty-first century, fatherhood is shifting from simply being a sidekick in the parental team to taking center stage with new expectations of involvement and caretaking. The social expectations of fathers start even before the children are born. Mr. Mom is now displaced with fathers who don’t think of themselves as babysitting their own children, but as central decision makers, along with ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Of War and Men

    World War II in the Lives of Fathers and Their Families

    by Ralph LaRossa ...
    Fathers in the fifties tend to be portrayed as wise and genial pipe-smokers or distant, emotionless patriarchs. This common but limited stereotype obscures the remarkable diversity of their experiences and those of their children. To uncover the real story of fatherhood during this transformative era, Ralph LaRossa takes the long view—from the attack on Pearl Harbor up to the election of John F. ... Read more

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  • Stepcoupling

    Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family

    Love may be sweeter the second time around, but once the bliss of a newfound relationship wears off a little, the reality of being part of a stepfamily sets in. If you are one of the millions of remarried Americans facing the challenge of blending two existing families into one cohesive whole, you are part of a stepcouple—and you know all too well how hard it can be to make your marriage work in ... Read more

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  • Fire in the Belly

    On Being a Man

    by Sam Keen ...
    **“Sam Keen is one of the most creative, profound thinkers of our time. I personally have learned and benefited immensely from his books. He brings to the men's movement a new kind of practical wisdom that should help both men and women.”—John Bradshaw, author of HomecomingHow does one become a “real man”? By joining a fraternity? Getting a letter in football? Conquering a lot of women? Making a ... Read more

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  • How to Be a Good Wife - The Ultimate Guide to Keep Your Marriage and Your Man Happy

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    A Proven, Step-By-Step System To Becoming A Good Wife and Keeping a Happy HusbandToday only, get this bestseller for less than the price of a sandwich!Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or ebook device.Hello Friend,My name is Lily Austin and with the help of my husband Chris we are about to reveal to you our proven, step-by-step system that will help you to become a better wife, master ... Read more

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  • Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time

    The Fate of Romance over Time

    "A beautiful and brilliant reexamination of love and its perils."—Barbara Fisher, Boston GlobeCommon wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in long-term relationships—it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows that love can endure, if ... Read more

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  • What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us

    Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman

    Talk to women under forty today, and you will hear that in spite of the fact that they have achieved goals previous generations of women could only dream of, they nonetheless feel more confused and insecure than ever. What has gone wrong? What can be done to set it right?These are the questions Danielle Crittenden answers in What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us. She examines the foremost issues in ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Crossing Swords

    Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage

    A woman is running for US President! Socialism is gaining ground in America, and a campaign is underway to redefine marriage, causing a culture war between Christian leaders and feminists. The year is 1872, and Victoria Woodhull is leading the radical faction of the women's rights movement along with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On the other end of the women's rights spectrum, more ... Read more

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  • Raising America

    Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children

    by Ann Hulbert ...
    Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between two main approaches: a “child-centered” focus on warmly encouraging ... Read more

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  • Family Values

    The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships

    The family is hotly contested ideological terrain. Some defend the traditional two-parent heterosexual family while others welcome its demise. Opinions vary about how much control parents should have over their children's upbringing. Family Values provides a major new theoretical account of the morality and politics of the family, telling us why the family is valuable, who has the right to parent, ... Read more

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  • The Household

    Informal Order around the Hearth

    Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. The Household is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. Legal underpinnings, social considerations, and economic constraints all influence how household participants select their homemates and govern their interactions around the hearth. ... Read more

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  • Anne of France: <I>Lessons for my Daughter</I>

    Anne of France (1461-1522), daughter of Louis XI and sister of Charles VIII, was one of the most powerful women of the fifteenth century. She was referred to by her contemporaries as Madame la Grande, and remained an activeand influential figure in France throughout her life. As the fifteenth century drew to a close, Anne composed a series of enseignements, "lessons", for her daughter Suzanne of ... Read more

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