Modern Relationships

Marriage rates may be on the decline, but that doesn’t mean marriage is disappearing from society. In fact, as modern relationship norms and structures continue to evolve, the public discourse about marriage has never been louder—or more conflicted. Divorce rates, the appeal of cohabitation, seemingly infinite options for future partners, the patriarchal roots of marriage and gender roles, and economic uncertainty are just a few factors that leave a new generation of single and dating adults wondering.

Classic Philosophy for the Modern Man is unlike any other philosophy book you may have come across. It is inspired by a single concept: that, to thrive in the world, we need ready access to the practical wisdom of our forebears. Classic Philosophy for the Modern Man answers that need by introducing for the general listener the most powerful and enduringly relevant works of great thinkers from around the world.

Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt's capitol city of Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima's servitude - but her journey to true freedom was far from over.

Written for novices and seasoned listeners alike, The Creative Tarot is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process. Jessa Crispin guides you through the intuitive world of the tarot to get those creative juices flowing again. Thought to be esoteric and mystical, tarot cards are approachable and endlessly helpful to overcoming creative blocks.

The Modern Man's Dating Guide is a book dedicated to helping men everywhere talk to, attract, and seduce the woman of their dreams. Rest assured, there are essential skills involved that must be learned and must be developed. But any man is capable of doing this, and once you know what these skills are, your chances of getting women you previously thought were out of your league will be exponentially increased.

Modern Loss is all about eradicating the stigma and awkwardness around grief while also focusing on our capacity for resilience and finding meaning. In this interactive guide, Modern Loss cofounder Rebecca Soffer offers candid, practical, and witty advice for confronting a future without your person, honoring their memory, dealing with trigger days, managing your professional life, and navigating new and existing relationships.

Sei alla ricerca di una vita caratterizzata da abbondanza, relazioni profonde e autentica realizzazione? "The Modern Shaman" offre una prospettiva rivoluzionaria per chi desidera esplorare il potenziale nascosto all'interno di sé e trasformare la propria vita in un'opera d'arte. Questo libro non è semplicemente una guida; è un invito a intraprendere un viaggio di trasformazione personale attraverso l'applicazione di "codici" – esercizi potenti e pratici disegnati per sbloccare il tuo potenziale infinito.

The modern dating system is bankrupt. It does not train young people to form a relationship but rather to form a series of relationships, hardening themselves to all but the current one. Recreational dating encourages emotional attachments without covenantal fences and makes a joke of a father's authority. The disrespect children have for their fathers in this area is an echo of the disrespect fathers have for their own office.

Through excellent parenting tactics, study skills, diet, exercise, sleep, and more, Dr. Churchill will guide you on a highly practical journey to capitalize on the particular characteristics of ADHD. Boys can have an optimistic outlook on their ADHD with the help of the appropriate resources. This ADHD guide for boys is packed with simple activities to help your child with the many aspects of ADHD, such as self-control and organization, getting jobs done, and making friends, so that they can thrive in all aspects of their life.

In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: To cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease.

Have you ever felt manipulated or taken advantage of? Have you ever fallen victim to someone's charisma only to realize later that you had been scammed or ripped off? People are manipulated every single day, and the crazy thing is that most of the time they aren’t even aware of it. Subliminal messages, hypnotic trance inductions, and mass psychological brainwashing are just some of the techniques that are ceaselessly employed to the advantage of these manipulators. Learn to use the powerful psychological knowledge to your advantage, and stop being manipulated by others.

The mind-expanding wisdom of the Emerald Tablet, simplified! The Emerald Tablet is an ancient Egyptian work written by Hermes Trismegistus that is believed to represent a step-by-step instruction manual for the alchemical process of turning ordinary metals like lead into something much more valuable, like gold. The manual consists of 14 cryptic, symbolic statements that many have tried to decipher over the course of thousands of years. I believe the 14 statements of the Emerald Tablet to be a symbolic guide to a far greater treasure than the conversion of lead into gold.

An illuminating biography of the man who taught Americans "how to win friends and influence people."

Before Stephen Covey, Oprah Winfrey, and Malcolm Gladwell there was Dale Carnegie. His book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, became a best seller worldwide, and Lifemagazine named him one of the "most important Americans of the twentieth century." This is the first full-scale biography of this influential figure.

Who doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay "On the Shortness of Life"—a work that has more to teach us today than ever before.

In this new novel, beloved best-selling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames - recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her - is beginning to depend far too much on her 27-year-old daughter, Tessa, and is meddling in her life, offering unsolicited and unwelcome advice. Helen’s problems are compounded by her shocking discovery that her mild-mannered and loyal husband was apparently leading a double life.

Funny, fast-paced, and full of solid and practical ideas and advice, Welcome to Fatherhood dives right into the challenges that many modern dads-to-be face as they try to partner up with their pregnant significant others. Not just another take on the “be helpful and supportive” mantra most books preach, this book gets right to the point and gives dozens of specific and detailed tips, tricks, tools, and techniques to help you meet and exceed all of today’s expectations.

Learn how to quickly be able to handle any situation, always know what to say, be assertive and charismatic, and build the life you have always wanted. By addressing every conceivable situation in which you may lack confidence, these books will start to create the building blocks of lasting assertiveness and self-assurance throughout the various areas of your life. As women, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the women of the future to take back our power, own our space in the world, and start building our self-confidence.

This collection of Marianne Williamson audio recordings includes her popular lectures on handling fear.

Dr. Michel Cohen, named by the New York Post as the hip, "must-have" pediatrician, has an important message for parents: Don't worry so much. In an easy-reference alphabetical format, The New Basics clearly lays out the concerns you may face as a parent and explains how to solve them - without fuss, without stress, and without harming your child by using unnecessary medicines or interventions.

Want to clear out the noise and fuzz regarding Christian dating? Want to ensure finding the right one? Want to put God first before anything else? Christian dating has become so weird in the last couple of years, totally understandable. The world is getting worse, and finding the right partner seems like an impossible mission. There are so many misconceptions, rules, and lies that have made dating difficult for Christians when it shouldn't be hard at all.