Best Marriage Books

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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her Why now Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her prof...

In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you?ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman?s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner?starting ...

A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.One of the world?s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of ...

Provides an illuminating explanation of the origins and meaning of romantic love and shows how a proper understanding of its psychological dynamics can revitalize our most important relationships....

Coupling up is complicatedDr. Harriet Lerners marriage rules are not. This marriage book provides couples therapy in a unique format perfect for todays world. The renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives readers more than one hundred rules that cover all the hot spots in longterm relationships.Marriage Rules offers new relationship advice to ag...

Now a New York Times Bestseller!As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she ag...

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fearbased beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and store the spirit of playf...

The New York Times bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, now fully revised with a new forward and a brand new chapter.Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy...

"A very illuminating exploration of how we’re attracted to people who have the negative qualities of our primary caretakers." - Whitney Cummings

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for loveMost people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, selfknowledge, and courage. As with every ar...

"After years of debate and inquiry, the key to a great marriage remained shrouded in mystery. Until now..."Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessEli J. Finkel's insightful and groundbreaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today are better than the best marriages of earlier eras. Indeed, the...

Upon its first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigatve reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's w...

Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. As a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over the ...

Iconic couples? therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns to paperback with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity.An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. What ar...

"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." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationshipsone that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, How to B...

A New York Times bestselling marriage book with more than one million copies sold!Based on over three decades of counseling, as well as scientific and biblical research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs and his wife, Sarah, have already taken the Love & Respect message across America and are changing the way couples talk to, think about, and treat each other...

Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson...

"[The author] realized that romantic relationships were largely driven by unconscious emotions and desires." - Mark Manson

This celebrated, unforgettable first novel, shortlisted for the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction and set in Nigeria, gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriageand the forces that threaten to tear it apart.Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expected A...

Love takes work, but, when it comes to relationships, it pays to work smarter. Couple Skills, Second Edition, revised and updated from the therapistrecommended classic, will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and...

How to connect or reconnect with your spouse, grow together and strengthen your marriage EVEN if you don't know where to start.Do you feel something is missing in your marriage Do you feel like roommates Are you worried about drifting apartDo you ever miss the connection you once had Do you want to fall "in love" again so you can rekindle int...

A classic for thirty years, Intended for Pleasure is an easytoread reference book that combines biblical teaching on love and marriage with the latest medical information on sex and sexuality. This popular resource gently encourages married couples to make their sexual relationship the fulfilling experience it was meant to be. This is a complete ...

Discover the secrets behind deeper relational bonds and more consistent happinessHealthy relationships regularly produce joy, and joy keeps the relationship healthy. But this kind of happiness and health in marriage isn?t just for the lucky few who stumble upon it. It turns out, certain relational skills boost your happiness. Marcus Warner and Chri...

This is a book about men. Not all men, just emotionally unhealthy men. The ones who make you question, ?Is it him or is it me Am I making too big a deal out of this I try to tell him how I feel, but he says I?m overreacting or needy or it's all my fault.?Relationships are hard work, but how hard should they be When do you know you are struggling...

Everyone tells you marriage is hard, but no one tells you what to do about it.At age thirtyfour, Jo Piazza got her romanticcomedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galpagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long, Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world wher...

Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan?American families, while each dates on the side. It?s not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, shedrinks a bit, she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Lucky?s grandmother has a ...

Bring the spark back into your bedroom and your marriage with gutsy and effective advice from bestselling author Michele WeinerDavis.It is estimated that one of every three married couples struggles with problems associated with mismatched sexual desire. Do you If you want to stop fighting about sex and revitalize your intimate connection with yo...

A New York Times Bestseller!One woman undertakes a worldwide search to learn the secrets of a great marriage?and finds one foundational truth that could change everything.Fawn Weaver was a happily married woman running a successful business?and then something happened. Maybe it was divorce rate reports on the evening news, The Real Housewives of Or...

No More Fighting offers 20minute communication strategies to find resolution now and build a stronger relationship longterm.All couples fight it?s coming to a resolution that matters. No More Fighting offers couples fast and effective strategies to overcome common relationship problems and build lasting love together.In just 20 minutes per week, ...

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With exercises and examples from reallife marriage counseling sessions?The Marriage Counseling Workbook will reconstruct how you and your spouse think about, communicate with, and show love for one another. Many people want stronger marriages?but few know how to create them. This dilemma is at the crux of Dr. Emily Cook?s marriage counseling work....

One of the greatest and bestloved spokesmen for the Catholic Faith here sets out the Church's beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching reallife stories of people whose lives were transformed thr...

Is Marriage Worth itMany couples say "I do" with a combination of high hopes and fairy tale fantasies?but there's a difference between the expectations of marriage and the reality of what marriage holds. Whether you're married, single, or dating, now is the time to ask yourself: What steps can I take today to build an incredible marriage for tomor...

Change the relationship you have into the one you want. Welcome to the Relationship Revolution! "Making Marriage Simple "is the accessible, essential road map to building a strong marriage in the modern world. Bestselling authors Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt distill into ten essential truths what they've learned about how to create a suc...

California?s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she m...

Renowned pastor of New York?s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timothy Keller with his wife of 36 years, delivers The Meaning of Marriage, an extraordinarily insightful look at the keys to happiness in marriage that will inspire Christians, skeptics, singles, longtime married couples, and those about to be engaged.Mod...

A few days after an ordinary Valentine?s Day, Cindy Beall?s life changed forever. She listened with disbelief to her husband, Chris, a respected pastor, confess to pornography addiction, numerous affairs, and the startling news that a woman was pregnant with his child.With raw honesty and intimate knowledge of pain and of God?s power to resurrect s...

?Edward Sri is a gifted teacher and an equally talented writer. This book shows why. He breaks open Karol Wojtyla's great text, Love and Responsibility, in a way that's clear, engaging and very practical for the challenges of daily life.? ? Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Archbishop of Philadelphia. This updated and expanded edition of Edward Sri?s clas...

Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn?t have to stay that way.The Love Dare, the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies and was major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is...

"Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame." (Genesis 2:25)Imagine a marriage with complete intimacy, vulnerability, transparency and trust. Imagine a marriage rooted in faith, friendship and mutual fulfillment. Imagine a marriage with amazing sex, but where great sex is only the icing on the cake. This might all sound too go...

What to do when the honeymoon is over. This remarkable book shows couples how to transform stumbling blocks in their marriage into stepping stones of love. It reveals the beauty and importance of high ideals and offers practical tips to help couples live up to those ideals daily....

Here is a powerful new program that can clear away the unconscious agreements patterns that undermine even your best intentions. Through their own marriage and through twenty years' experience counseling more than one thousand couples, therapists Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks have developed precise strategies to help you create a vital partnership and ...

The author, a diocesan director of marriage and family life, answers the questions about human sexuality and marriage that he always encounters in the numerous Adult, audiences he addresses. He provides thoughtful responses that present Catholic Church teaching in a fresh, thoroughly appealing, and convincing manner. Foreword by Charles J. Chaput. T...

Common wisdom portrays sex and church to be at odds, yet studies show that Catholics have better sex, and more often. This witty, frank, and refreshingly orthodox book draws from the beautiful truths of Catholic teaching to show people of all faiths about rich and satisfying sexuality. Hailed by Christians across the spectrum from Christopher West ...

Drawing on decades of counseling experience, Jim Newheiser explores forty crucial questions relating to the complexities of marriage, divorce, and remarriage?unpacking the answers given in God?s Word. This useful reference work for pastors, counselors, and personal study can also be read straight through for a scriptural overview of the topic or as...

Happy is good. Holy is better.Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. It is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply. What if God s primary intent for your marriage isn t to make you happy . . . but holySacred Marriage doesn't just offer techniques to make...

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying series (more than 23 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a stillgrowing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.Stormie joyfully inspires you to develop a deeper relationship with your husband by utilizing the amazin...

The chasm between the biblical vision of marriage and the common human conception isand has always beengargantuan. Reflecting on over forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples to keep their covenant as a display of Christ's covenantkeeping love for the church. He aims to li...

Learn when to say yes and when to say no to your spouse to make the most of your marriage.Only when you and your mate know and respect each other's needs, choices, and freedom can you give yourselves freely and lovingly to one another.Boundaries are the "property lines" that define and protect husbands and wives as individuals. Once they are in pla...

Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight lifechanging conversations?on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust?from two of the world?s leading marriage researchers and clinicians. Navigating the challenges of longterm commitment takes effort?and it just got simpler, with this empowering, stepbystep guide t...

In this revised bestselling book, Peter Scazzero outlines a roadmap for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. He unveils what's wrong with our current definition of "spiritual growth" and offers not only a model of spirituality that actually works, but seven steps to change that will help you experience authentic faith and hung...

What if making one tweak to your daytoday conversations could immediately improve every relationship in your life In this 3hour, conversational read, you'll discover the whats, whys, and hows of one of the most valuable (yet surprisingly littleknown) communication skillsvalidation.Whether you're looking to improve your relationship with your ...

Hardhitting divorce lawyer James Sexton shares his insights and wisdom from the front lines of divorce to keep you out of his office and improve your relationship.If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late. James Sexton knows this. After dealing with more than a thousand clients whose marriages have dissolved over everything from an illadvised...

Many couples begin marital counseling with Dr. David Schnarch with their sex lives in shambles, wondering what's wrong with them, considering divorce. One partner will complain that the other doesn't desire him, the other complains that she's married to a sex maniac. During his 30 years in practice as a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Schnarch h...

Gianna Beretta was over 30 years old when she met Pietro Molla, and their relationship quickly moved from acquaintance to friendship to passionate commitment. During their brief engagement and marriage, Gianna and Pietro's professional lives, family and parenthood were tightly wound together by a tremendous trust in each other and in God. Touchi...

A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will or How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Impressions, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc.Hyperspiritual approaches to finding God's will don't work. It's time to try something new: Give up. Pastor and author Kevin DeYoung counsels Chri...

Based upon Ephesians 5:33 and extensive biblical and psychological research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs reveals the power of unconditional love and unconditional respect and how husbands and wives can reap the benefits of marriage that God intended....

Winner, Nautilus Gold Book Award for Relationships and Communication.Can sex survive monogamy Yes, once you understand how sexual emotions really work.This awardwinning, paradigmshifting guide turns traditional sex therapy insideout to reveal the hidden rules for great sex. Gentle, compassionate, and filled with compelling stories from Dr. Step...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Leadership and Self Deception, The Arbinger Institute's first book, The Anatomy of Peace has become a worldwide phenomenon not because of a media blitz, movie tie in, or celebrity endorsement, but because readers have enthusiastically recommended it to colleagues, relatives, and friends. The Anatomy of Peace a...

Why Talking Is Not Enough, written by Susan Page, author of the acclaimed bestseller If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single presents a novel relationship strategy based on subtle, powerful changes in your own actions. This method shows you the magic of "Keep your mouth out of it!" Page's pioneering eightstep program invites you to give up pro...

"What the heck is my partner thinking" is a common refrain in romantic relationships, and with good reason. Every person is wired for love differently, with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people's minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and rituals, making it possible...

Marriage is great, but it's not forever. It's until death do us part. Then come eternal rewards or regrets depending on how we spent our lives. In his latest book, Francis Chan joins together with his wife Lisa to address the question many couples wonder at the altar: How do I have a healthy marriage Setting aside typical topics on marriage, Franc...

The acclaimed author of The Book of the Dun Cow moves from his role as master storyteller to that of counselor and husband in this extraordinary look at the makings of a happy, successful marriage....

Finally. You Can Understand Her! Women: complicated and impossible to understand Do you love and want to please the woman in your life, but just can't seem to figure her...

Discover the Truth He Wants You to Know The man in your life carries important feelings so deep inside he barely knows they?re there, much less how to talk about them. Yet your man genuinely wants you to ?get? him?to understand his inner life, to know his fears and needs, to hear what he wishes he could tell you. In her landmark bestseller, For Wom...

In the classic bestseller His Needs, Her Needs, Willard F. Harley, Jr., identifies the ten most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to satisfy those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems that oft...

A guide to restoring trust in broken relationships from a renowed couple's therapist. Is my relationship worth savingWill the trust ever come backHow can things be good between us againWhether broken trust is due to daily dishonesties, a monumental betrayal, or even a history of hurts from the past, it can put a relationship at risk. This is the...

Passionate Marriage is recognized as the pioneering book on intimate human relationships. With a new preface by the author, this updated edition explores the ways we can keep passion alive and even reach the height of sexual and emotional fulfillment later in life. David Schnarch accompanies his inspirational message of attaining longterm happines...

With his characteristic warmth and humor, Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical guide to sex according to God's plan. This frank and practical book is a perfect resource for married and engaged couples. Dr. Leman addresses a wide spectrum of people, from those with no sexual experiences to those with past sexual problems or even abuse. Using frank des...

In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto? made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict?with more than 90 percent accuracy?whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing marriage into a successfu...

You hear and read a lot about ways to improve your relationship. But if you've tried these without much success, you're not alone. Many highly reactive couples?pairs that are quick to argue, anger, and blame?need more than just the runofthemill relationship advice to solve their problems in love. When destructive emotions are at the heart of pro...

George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Longburied resentment and rage are unleashed as George and Martha turn their rapiersharp wits agai...

Psychologist John Gottman has spent twenty years studying what makes a marriage last. Now you can use his tested methods to evaluate, strengthen, and maintain your own longterm relationship.This breakthrough book guides you through a series of selftests designed to help you determine what kind of marriage you have, where your strengths and weakne...

Strengthen your marriage in just 20 minutes a week selfguided counseling for couples Relationships take work, but they?re worth it. Easy Marriage Counseling is packed with 52 engaging activities for busy people who want to strengthen their partnerships. Whether you?re going through a rough patch or simply want to strengthen your bond, there?s a re...

"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life" we are told at the outset of Alain de Botton's On Love, a hip, charming, and devastatingly witty rumination on the thrills and pitfalls of romantic love. The narrator is smitten by Chloe on a ParisLondon flight, and by the time they've reached the luggage carousel, he knows ...

Has your romantic partner called you clingy, insecure, desperate, or jealous No one wants to admit that they possess these qualities; but if you find yourself constantly on the alert, anxious, or worried when it comes to your significant other, you may suffer from anxious attachment, a fear of abandonment that is often rooted in early childhood ex...

What to do when you feel like giving upWhen you said, ?I do,? you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy.You never intended it to be miserable.Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn?t have to end there. Dr. Gary Chapman writes, ?I believe that in every troubled marriage, one or...

Feel disconnected from your spouse or partner Struggle to keep your relationship fresh Worried that everything will end in heartbreak It's easy to fall in love. The challenging part is keeping that spark alive while you and your partner deal with "the real world." Your relationship can often seem less urgent than the daytoday emergencies that ...

More than a million couples can?t be wrong! And with this updated edition of their awardwinning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before.This is more than a book?it?s an experience. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you?ll ever have.Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, in more than 15 lan...

This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh informative edge to an already definitive book. New sections discuss "sex after sixty" and five reasons why God created sex, all supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and Sociology,. For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start . . . For c...

A groundbreaking, practical program for transforming troubled relationships into positive ones?This is the best book on relationships I have ever read. . . . John Gottman has decoded the subtle secrets that can either enrich or destroy the quality of our ties with others.? Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D., author of After the Fight: Using Your Disagreements t...

If you think sexual and spiritual bliss can'­t be found in today'­s fastpaced world, you haven'­t experienced Urban Tantra. With a juicy mix of erotic howto and pleasurecentered spiritual wisdom, acclaimed sex educator Barbara Carrellas radically updates the ancient practice of Tantra for modern sexual explorers desiring to push past their edge ...