29 Best fiction books for couples to read together
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100 Promises to My Baby
- By: Mallika Chopra
- Narrator: Mallika Chopra
- Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 29, 2005
- Language: English
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3.84(92 ratings)
3.84(92 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDA lyrical ode to maternal love — and a universal expression of every mother’s hopes and dreams for her child I promise to love you with no conditions. I promise to try to teach you through example, not words. I promise to help youA lyrical ode to maternal love — and a universal expression of every mother’s hopes and dreams for her child
I promise to love you with no conditions. I promise to try to teach you through example, not words. I promise to help you develop a love for your culture and heritage. I promise to show you that there are infinite possibilities in every moment. I promise to help you see and develop your unique talents. As she eagerly awaited the birth of her first child, Mallika Chopra began to craft a unique gift that would express her profound loving commitment to the baby growing inside of her.
100 Promises to My Baby is that gift — a covenant with her child that reflected her own deepening awareness of the sacred responsibilities of parenthood. Here the author shares the vows she made to help her child grow up feeling cherished and secure, look at the world with wonder and curiosity, and learn spiritual values that would enrich her own life and contribute to making the world a better place. This audio will inspire listeners to think about their own lives, values, and beliefs, and what they would like to pass on to their children.
Foreword written and read by Deepak Chopra
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition
- By: Steve Harvey
- Narrator: Mike Hodge
- Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 12, 2015
- Language: English
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3.79(1112 ratings)
3.79(1112 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming that unruly beast.”—Philadelphia Inquirer “Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve“Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming that unruly beast.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer“Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve Harvey dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men.”
–Aretha FranklinThe #1 New York Times bestseller from the new guru of relationship advice, Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is an invaluable self-help book that can empower women everywhere to take control of their relationships. The host of a top-rated radio show listened to by millions daily–and of cable TV’s The Steve Harvey Project–Harvey knows what men really think about love, intimacy, and commitment. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the author, media personality, and stand-up comedian gets serious, sharing his wealth of knowledge, insight, and no-nonsense advice for every good woman who wants to find a good man or make her current love last.
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Ask Wendy
- By: Wendy Williams
- Narrator: Wendy Williams
- Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 07, 2013
- Language: English
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3.44(253 ratings)
3.44(253 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDGo ahead . . . ask her anything Over the radio and now on her popular TV talk show, Wendy Williams has always been approached for her blunt, in-your-face words of advice. How’s she doin’? “Ask Wendy” has become more than justGo ahead . . . ask her anything
Over the radio and now on her popular TV talk show, Wendy Williams has always been approached for her blunt, in-your-face words of advice. How’s she doin’? “Ask Wendy” has become more than just a fan-favorite TV segment; it’s her calling card. Wendy has helped her viewers cope with everything from backstabbing girlfriends and deadbeat boyfriends to crazy mothers-in-law and jealous coworkers. Fans trust Wendy, even when her advice is tough to hear. She’s earned her reputation as “the friend in your head.”
On TV Wendy only has a few minutes to respond to each audience member, but in Ask Wendy she goes deeper, answering questions sourced from viewers across the country. No question is off-limits and no situation is too outrageous for her to take on. Wendy shoots straight from those womanly hips of hers to help you manage all the crazy that comes into your life– keepin’ it real by drawing on the personal experiences that have shaped her unique perspective. Wendy reveals never-before shared intimate secrets about struggling with weight, navigating rough times in her marriage, and learning to accept herself. Along with the usual girlfriend, boyfriend, and family drama, Wendy straight-talks on topics like style, body image, and office etiquette, and of course she tackles your wildest sex questions. If you’ve dealt with it, Wendy has a solution for it.
Filled with fun personality quizzes, Wendy’s laugh-out-loud anecdotes, and tons of spot-on advice, Ask Wendy will help readers to end the drama in their lives.
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Bloom
- By: Kelle Hampton
- Narrator: Kelle Hampton
- Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 16, 2013
- Language: English
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3.87(2468 ratings)
3.87(2468 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDThere is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky . . . From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. WhenThere is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky . . .
From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. When she learned she was pregnant with their second child, they were ecstatic. But when their new daughter was placed in her arms in the delivery room, Kelle knew instantly that something was wrong. Nella looked different than her sister, Lainey, had at birth. As her friends and family celebrated, a terrified Kelle was certain that Nella had Down syndrome–a fear her pediatrician soon confirmed. Yet gradually Kelle embraced the realization that she had been chosen to experience an extraordinary and special gift.
With lyrical prose and gorgeous photography, Bloom takes readers on a wondrous journey through Nella’s first year of life–a gripping, hilarious, and intensely poignant trip of transformation in which a mother learns that perfection comes in all different shapes.
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Children are from Heaven
- By: John Gray
- Narrator: John (Reader) Gray
- Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 19, 2005
- Language: English
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3.88(737 ratings)
3.88(737 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDIn his travels, lectures, and seminars, the book John Gray has been most often asked to write is a parenting book. After years of serious thought, workshops, and practical applications, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effectiveIn his travels, lectures, and seminars, the book John Gray has been most often asked to write is a parenting book. After years of serious thought, workshops, and practical applications, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effective system that he calls positive parenting, for children of all ages, from birth though the teenage years. Completing the notion that Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, he adds. . .and Children Are from Heaven.
John Gray has discovered that children today do not need to be motivated by fear of punishment. Instead, they can easily be motivated by reward and the natural, healthy desire to please their parents.
Children Are from Heaven covers the different skills of positive parenting to help improve communication, increase cooperation, and motivate your children. Central to this new approach to parenting are the five positive messages your children need to learn again and again:
- It’s okay to be different
- It’s okay to make mistakes
- It’s okay to express negative emotions
- It’s okay to want more
- It’s okay to say no, but remember mom and dad are the bosses
When these messages are put into practice–and John Gray shows you how–your children will develop the necessary skills for successful living: forgiveness of others and themselves, sharing, delayed gratification, self-esteem, patience, persistence respect for others and themselves, cooperation compassion, confidence, and the ability to be happy. With this new approach, you will be allowing your children to develop fully during each stage of their growth.
John Gray’s reassuring message is that children are from heaven and they already have within themselves what they need to grow. Your job as a parent is to support that process. By applying the five messages and different skills of positive parenting, your children will receive what they need to become more cooperative, confident, and compassionate.
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Driving Miss Norma
- By: Tim Bauerschmidt
- Narrator: Christopher Grove
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 02, 2017
- Language: English
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4.21(2468 ratings)
4.21(2468 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDWhen Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma–newly widowed after nearly sevenWhen Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma–newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage–rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, “I’m ninety years old. I’m hitting the road.”
Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with three professional nomads–her retired son Tim, his wife Ramie, and their Standard Poodle Ringo–in a thirty-six-foot RV. Driving Miss Norma is the charming, infectiously joyous chronicle of their experiences on the road–a transformative journey of living life on your own terms that shows us that it is never too late to begin an adventure, inspire hope, or become a trailblazer.
As this once timid woman says “yes” to living in the face of death, she tries regional foods for the first time, zip-lines through a former stranger’s yard, and reaches for the clouds in a hot air balloon. With each passing mile (and one educational visit to a cannabis dispensary), Miss Norma’s health improves and conversations that had once been taboo begin to unfold. Norma, Tim, and Ramie bond in ways they had never done before, and their definitions of home, family, and friendship expand. Stop by stop, state by state, they meet countless people from all walks of life– strangers who become fast friends and welcome them with kindness and open hearts.
Infused with this irrepressible nonagenarian’s wisdom, courage, and generous spirit, Driving Miss Norma reminds us that life is beautiful and precious, and that family, fun, and self-discovery can happen at any age.
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Etched in Sand
- By: Regina Calcaterra
- Narrator: Regina Calcaterra
- Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 05, 2013
- Language: English
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4.3(13833 ratings)
4.3(13833 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USD#1 International Bestseller Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope. Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, former New York State official, and foster youth#1 International Bestseller
Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.
Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, former New York State official, and foster youth activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons.
A true-life rags-to-riches story, Etched in Sand chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together through it all.
Beautifully written, with heartbreaking honesty, Etched in Sand is an unforgettable reminder that regardless of social status, the American Dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.
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First Comes Love, Then Comes Money
- By: Bethany Palmer
- Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 10, 2009
- Language: English
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3.58(40 ratings)
3.58(40 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDHappy Couples Know How to Talk About Money The number one cause for divorce is financial infidelity. Now “The Money Couple” reveals the missing ingredient needed before any financial program or plan can work: healthy financialHappy Couples Know How to Talk About Money
The number one cause for divorce is financial infidelity. Now “The Money Couple” reveals the missing ingredient needed before any financial program or plan can work: healthy financial communication. This book tells you how to:
- Diagnose your level of financial infidelity
- Identify your individual Money Personality
- Master the Money Huddle and the Money Dump
- Achieve financial goals once and for all
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Girl Unbroken
- By: Regina Calcaterra
- Narrator: Rosie Maloney
- Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 18, 2016
- Language: English
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4.49(1892 ratings)
4.49(1892 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDIn the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister Rosie to tell Rosie’s harrowing, yet ultimately triumphant, story of childhood abuse and survival. They wereIn the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister Rosie to tell Rosie’s harrowing, yet ultimately triumphant, story of childhood abuse and survival.
They were five kids with five different fathers and an alcoholic mother who left them to fend for themselves for weeks at a time. Yet through it all they had each other. Rosie, the youngest, is fawned over and shielded by her older sister, Regina. Their mother, Cookie, blows in and out of their lives “like a hurricane, blind and uncaring to everything in her path.”
But when Regina emancipates herself as a minor and escapes, her siblings are separated. And as Rosie discovers after Cookie kidnaps her from foster care, the one thing worse than being abandoned by her mother is living in Cookie’s presence. Beaten physically, abused emotionally, and forced to labor at the farm where Cookie settles in Idaho, Rosie refuses to give in. Like her sister Regina, Rosie has an unfathomable strength in the face of unimaginable hardship–enough to propel her out of Idaho and out of a nightmare.
Filled with maturity and grace, Rosie’s memoir continues the compelling story begun in Etched in Sand–a shocking yet profoundly moving testament to sisterhood and indomitable courage.
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Home Sweet Maison
- By: Danielle Postel-Vinay
- Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 13, 2018
- Language: English
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3.59(699 ratings)
3.59(699 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDFrench Women Don’t Get Fat meets The Little Book of Hygge in this lively, sophisticated, and practical illustrated lifestyle guide that shows how to enjoy la belle vie–to live like the French every day–transforming your house intoFrench Women Don’t Get Fat meets The Little Book of Hygge in this lively, sophisticated, and practical illustrated lifestyle guide that shows how to enjoy la belle vie–to live like the French every day–transforming your house into a home defined by beauty, family, and accessible elegance.
How do the French create the elusive and alluring sanctuaries they call home? This question long intrigued Danielle Postel-Vinay. Thanks to a chance encounter with a French expat in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and years of immersive research, she embarked on a quest to discover the secrets of the French home aesthetic.
Experiencing first-hand la belle vie–the beautiful life–Postel-Vinay now shows everyone how to create their own French sanctuary, a home sweet maison, no matter where they live. Providing more than just interior decorating and design tips, Postel-Vinay teaches you how to foster the warmth, beauty, and rituals inherent in the French home and create an environment better suited to living a rich, full, connected life. At the center of the book is the idea that your house should be a reflection of you, your hobbies, your family history, your rituals, all the things that make your life unique. A happy home is a home that expresses your rituals and your taste, not one that relies on prefab decor from a mass retailer.
Home Sweet Maison encapsulates the very heart of the French way of seeing the world: set the table formally, adhere to all the conventions of ritual and tradition, then take pleasure in indulgence. It’s about using French concepts and routines to change our homes, our relationships, and our lives for the better.
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How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will
- By: Adele Faber
- Narrator: Adele Faber
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 23, 2005
- Language: English
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4.01(1791 ratings)
4.01(1791 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with theirThe renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence.
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. Now, they return with this essential guide that tackles the tough issues teens and parents face today.
Filled with straightforward advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this all-new volume offers both innovative, easy-to-implement suggestions and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. From curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents the tools to help their children safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.
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I Heart My Little A-Holes
- By: Karen Alpert
- Narrator: Karen Alpert
- Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 08, 2014
- Language: English
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3.71(3105 ratings)
3.71(3105 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDFollowing the success of Go the F**k to Sleep, Confessions of a Scary Mommy, and Ketchup Is a Vegetable, a collection of funny, warm, and charmingly profane tales from the frontlines of parenthood by the author of the popular Baby SideburnsFollowing the success of Go the F**k to Sleep, Confessions of a Scary Mommy, and Ketchup Is a Vegetable, a collection of funny, warm, and charmingly profane tales from the frontlines of parenthood by the author of the popular Baby Sideburns blog.
Once upon a time you and your partner had a perfect life: dinners out, weekend mornings cuddling in bed, brunch with friends. Then you gave birth to a poop machine (or two). Now, it’s all about the pediatrician, breast pumps, princess dresses, and minivans. And discovering that your pride and joy is actually a little A-hole.
When your son wakes you up at 3:00 A.M. because he wants to watch Caillou, he’s an a-hole. When your daughter outlines every corner of your living room with a purple crayon, she’s an a-hole. When your rug rats purposely paint the kitchen ceiling with their smoothies, they’re a-holes. At times like these, it’s only natural to want to kill them (or yourself). But it’s against the law (and there’s the suicide hotline). Plus, there’s that whole loving them more than anything in the whole world thing.
In I Heart My Little A-Holes, Karen Alpert shares hilarious stories, lists, and deep thoughts on the joys and horrors of raising children. Accompanied by cheery illustrations and photos I Heart My Little A-Holes will make you laugh so hard you’ll wish you were wearing a diaper.
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I Want My Epidural Back
- By: Karen Alpert
- Narrator: Karen Alpert
- Length: 4 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 05, 2016
- Language: English
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3.7(1296 ratings)
3.7(1296 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDNow that I’m a mom, I know the most painful part isn’t getting something giant through your hooha. It’s having a real live child. If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo’s organic quinoa into reproductions of theNow that I’m a mom, I know the most painful part isn’t getting something giant through your hooha. It’s having a real live child.
If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo’s organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create posters for your PTO presidential campaign, do not read this book. If you look down your nose at parents who have Domino’s pizza on speed dial, do not read this book.
But if you are the kind of parent who accidentally goes ballistic on your rugrats every morning because they won’t put their shoes on and then you feel super guilty about it all day so you take them to McDonalds for a special treat but really it’s because you opened up your freezer and panicked because you forgot to buy more frozen pizzas, then absolutely read this book.
I WANT MY EPIDURAL BACK is a celebration of mediocre parents and how awesome they are and how their kids love them just as much as children with perfect parents. Karen Alpert’s honest but hilarious observations, stories, quips and pictures will have you nodding your head and peeing in your pants. Or on the toilet if you’re smart and read it there.
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The Secrets of Happy Families
- By: Bruce Feiler
- Narrator: Bruce Feiler
- Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 19, 2013
- Language: English
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3.97(4488 ratings)
3.97(4488 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDBestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler found himself squeezed between caring for aging parents and raising his children. So he set out on a three-year journey to find the smartest solutions and the most cutting-edgeBestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler found himself squeezed between caring for aging parents and raising his children. So he set out on a three-year journey to find the smartest solutions and the most cutting-edge research about families. Instead of the usual family ‘experts,’ he sought out the most creative minds – from Silicon Valley to the set of Modern Family, from the country’s top negotiators to the Green Berets – and asked them what team-building exercises and problem-solving techniques they use with their families. Feiler then tested these ideas with his wife and kids. The result is a fun, original look at how families can draw closer together, complete with two hundred never-before-seen best practices. Feiler’s life-changing discoveries include a radical plan to reshape your family in twenty minutes a week, Warren Buffett’s guide for setting an allowance, and the Harvard handbook for resolving conflict. The Secrets of Happy Families is a timely, counterintuitive book th
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In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms
- By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Narrator: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Length: 4 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 07, 2009
- Language: English
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3.81(1550 ratings)
3.81(1550 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDNew York Times Bestseller The internationally syndicated radio host celebrates a group of critically important yet usually overlooked women–stay-at-home moms–and offers them words of inspiration and wisdom. “I’m scared out ofNew York Times Bestseller
The internationally syndicated radio host celebrates a group of critically important yet usually overlooked women–stay-at-home moms–and offers them words of inspiration and wisdom.
“I’m scared out of my mind.”
Dr. Laura hears this frequently from women who know that staying home to raise their children is the right thing for their family. Building on the principles developed during her long career as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Laura provides a wealth of advice and support as well as compassion and inspiration to help them attain this goal. She pays special attention to the outrageous fact that stay-at-home moms are actually controversial! Dr. Laura offers a profound and unique understanding of how important it is for many mothers to raise their own children, and how stay-at-home moms benefit society.
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Life Beyond Measure
- By: Sidney Poitier
- Narrator: Sidney Poitier
- Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 29, 2008
- Language: English
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3.81(586 ratings)
3.81(586 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDSidney Poitier was one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He overcame enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on hisSidney Poitier was one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He overcame enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter.
Writing for all who admire his example and who search for wisdom only a man of great experience can offer, this American icon shares his thoughts on love, faith, courage, and the future.
Poitier draws upon the perspective and wisdom gained from his memories as a poor boy in the Bahamas, his experience of racism coming to the United States, falling in love and raising a family, breaking the race barrier in theater and film during the civil rights era, achieving stardom and success in Hollywood, and being a diplomat and humanitarian. He reflects on the deepest questions and the significant passages of his life, the virtues that helped him through tough times, and the sense of purpose and history that strengthened him.
He emphasizes the importance of the role of faith in a technological age, as well as our responsibility to the earth and future generations. Throughout, Poitier shares stories about the people of courage he has met along the way and the meaning of life in the face of immense obstacles.
Life Beyond Measure will inspire listeners to live the fullest life with integrity.
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Love in the Time of Colic
- By: Ian Kerner
- Narrator: Ian Kerner
- Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 27, 2009
- Language: English
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3.39(57 ratings)
3.39(57 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSex. After. Baby. These three words are spoken in hushed voices over playdates and at playgrounds. But while we may whisper them to our closest girlfriends, or joke about them after one too many beers with the guys, when it comes to talking withSex. After. Baby.
These three words are spoken in hushed voices over playdates and at playgrounds. But while we may whisper them to our closest girlfriends, or joke about them after one too many beers with the guys, when it comes to talking with our partners about what’s really going on (or not going on, as the case may be) in our child-proofed bedrooms, more and more of us find ourselves tongue-tied and tiptoeing. Are you part of the “sleepless, sexless” club?
You just might be, if
- You’d rather just go to bed than go to bed with your partner.
- The mind-blowing sex you once had now just blows.
- The TV is turned on more than you are.
- A playdate sounds better to you than yet another bad date night.
- The baby gets more kisses and cuddles than you do.
- You’re beaten down from always having to initiate sex.
- Foreplay has become chore-play.
- “Let’s get it on” are now fighting words.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. According to bestselling author Ian Kerner, Ph.D., and “naughty mommy” Heidi Raykeil, it really is possible to do the hokey pokey and keep up the hanky panky. Ian and Heidi often bring very different perspectives, but they agree that sex matters . . . a lot. It’s the glue that holds couples together and keeps lovers from becoming simply roommates or co-parents. Funny and frank, Love in the Time of Colic will help parents take the charge out of this once-taboo subject, and put it back where it belongs–in the bedroom.
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Mars and Venus in the Bedroom
- By: John Gray
- Narrator: George Guidall
- Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 21, 2016
- Language: English
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3.82(1507 ratings)
3.82(1507 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDCan you keep the fires of passion burning? Men and women have very different physical needs. But Dr. John Gray explains how both can make small but important adjustments in their attitudes, schedules, and techniques so that their partners are happyCan you keep the fires of passion burning?
Men and women have very different physical needs. But Dr. John Gray explains how both can make small but important adjustments in their attitudes, schedules, and techniques so that their partners are happy in the bedroom–and outside of it.
Written with the understanding and unique insight that can come only from Dr. Gray, Mars and Venus in the Bedroom educates men and women on:
- Advanced bedroom skills for great sex
- The joys of quickies
- Why couples are having less sex
- Passionate monogamy
- Sexual anatomy and oral sex
- How to keep the magic of romance alive
And much more
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Power of Love, The: A Dr. Laura Audio Collection
- By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Narrator: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Length: 6 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 03, 2004
- Language: English
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3.28(39 ratings)
3.28(39 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThree of Dr. Laura’s Ten Stupid Things audios, all on CD and in one box. Three of Dr. Laura’s very popular backlist titles available for the first time on CD in a box set, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr.Three of Dr. Laura’s Ten Stupid Things audios, all on CD and in one box.
Three of Dr. Laura’s very popular backlist titles available for the first time on CD in a box set, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura uses real-world examples to take a clear-eyed look at self-damaging behavior and helps you move to a quality existence.
Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura speaks her mind on: Stupid Chivalry; Stupid Independence; Stupid Ambition; Stupid Strength; Stupid Sex; Stupid Matrimony; Stupid Husbanding; Stupid Parenting; Stupid Boyishness; Stupid Machismo.
Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships: addresses the problems men and women face in finding peace, joy and self-fulfillment in relationships. This audio offers the sort of hard-nosed advice that made Dr. Laura a star.
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Raising Ryland
- By: Hillary Whittington
- Narrator: Hillary Whittington
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 23, 2016
- Language: English
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4.2(858 ratings)
4.2(858 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThis powerful, moving story–which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the Whittington family–is a mother’s first-hand account of her emotional choice to embrace her transgender child. WhenThis powerful, moving story–which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the Whittington family–is a mother’s first-hand account of her emotional choice to embrace her transgender child.
When Hillary and Jeff Whittington posted a YouTube video chronicling their five-year-old son Ryland’s transition from girl to boy, they didn’t expect it to be greeted with such fervor. Beautiful and moving, the video documenting Hillary’s and Jeff’s love for their child instantly went viral and has been seen by more than seven million viewers since its posting in May 2014.
Now for the first time, they tell their story in full, offering an emotional and moving account of their journey alongside their exceptional child. After they discovered their daughter Ryland was deaf at age one and needed cochlear implants, the Whittingtons spent nearly four years successfully teaching Ryland to speak. But once Ryland gained the power of speech, it was time for them to listen as Ryland insisted, “I am a boy!” And listen they did. After learning that forty-one percent of people who identify as transgender attempt to take their own lives, Hillary and her husband Jeff made it their mission to support their child–no matter what.
From the earliest stages of deciphering Ryland through clothing choices to examining the difficult conversations that have marked every stage of Ryland’s transition, Hillary Whittington shares her experiences as a mother through it all, demonstrating both the resistance and support that their family has encountered as they try to erase the stigma surrounding the word “transgender.” In telling her family’s story, she hopes she can assist the world in accepting that even children as young as five, can have profound and impactful things to say and share. What emerges is a powerful story of unconditional love, accepting others for who they are, and doing what’s right, regardless of whether those around you understand it.
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Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition
- By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Narrator: Abby Craden
- Length: 13 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 15, 2016
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDIncluding real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller–voted one of the top twenty parenting books–provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practicalIncluding real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller–voted one of the top twenty parenting books–provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children.
Do you ever wonder why your child acts the way he or she does? Are you at a loss regarding your child’s emotional intelligence and how to prevent meltdowns? Do you find yourself getting frustrated and feeling like you’re at the end of your rope?
You are not alone! Many parents are dealing with the same challenges.
In Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition, parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D, offers ALL parents a glimpse into what makes their children behave the way they do. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, this invaluable guide offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling the toughest times. Dr. Kurcinka has devised a plan for success with a simple, four-step program that will help you discover the power of positive–rather than negative–labels, understand your child’s and your own temperamental traits, cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur, develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school, and many other situations.
In this third revised edition, you will find:
- More practical strategies to help you manage your own intensity (keep your cool)
- Effective discipline tips–including how to win cooperation and establish clear expectations and limits
- New strategies for managing the meltdowns–including how to prevent them in the future
- Revised tips for helping your spirited child fall asleep and stay asleep
- Revised tips for finding the school that “fits” your child
- Ideas for working with your child when he or she does not want to talk about emotions
- Steps to teaching your child how to be “problem solvers,” work well with others, and be more flexible
- … and more!
Including charts and quick tips for today’s time-challenged parents, this newly updated edition of Raising Your Spirited Child will help you foster a supportive, encouraging, and loving environment for your children.
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Sexual Intelligence
- By: Marty Klein
- Narrator: Alan Winter
- Length: 7 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 18, 2013
- Language: English
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3.93(928 ratings)
3.93(928 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDEnjoyable sex: it’s not about technique or a perfect body or being hopelessly, passionately in love. It’s about Sexual Intelligence. In his three decades of working with couples and individuals as a sex therapist and marriage counselor,Enjoyable sex: it’s not about technique or a perfect body or being hopelessly, passionately in love. It’s about Sexual Intelligence.
In his three decades of working with couples and individuals as a sex therapist and marriage counselor, Dr. Marty Klein has continually seen that although most people say what they want from sex is pleasure and closeness, that’s not what they focus on during sex. Instead, we’re preoccupied with how we look, what our partner is thinking, how we’re performing, and whether we’re “normal.” We do more thinking, worrying, and judging than experiencing. Sex like that can’t thrill us, can’t create intimacy, and can’t, well, feel sexy.
In Sexual Intelligence, Klein shows how to stop observing ourselves during sex, ending our obsession with sexual performance and sexual normality. “I don’t help people ‘function’ better during sex,” he says. “I teach people how to relax and enjoy sex with the body they have, the partner they have, in the situation they have.” Now that’s something we all want: fulfilling, exciting sex at every stage of our lives.
In Sexual Intelligence, Klein challenges our understanding of sex, love, intimacy, romance, and satisfaction. After all, sex isn’t just an activity. Change the way you think about sex, and you can change your sex life–forever.
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Straight Talk, No Chaser
- By: Steve Harvey
- Narrator: Steve Harvey
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 07, 2010
- Language: English
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3.92(3021 ratings)
3.92(3021 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSteve Harvey;intimacy;love;commitment;intimacy;harmony;how to please husband;husband;wife;unity;future;build a home;happiness;humourgrowth;success;positivity;guide;memoir;anecdotal;humourous;celebrity;purpose;Family Feud;Celebrity FamilySteve Harvey;intimacy;love;commitment;intimacy;harmony;how to please husband;husband;wife;unity;future;build a home;happiness;humourgrowth;success;positivity;guide;memoir;anecdotal;humourous;celebrity;purpose;Family Feud;Celebrity Family Feud;gift;faith;God;passion;peace;abundance;adversity;journey;advice;realistic;wisdom;Denene Miller;spirit;spiritual;religion;devotion;elevate;principles;teachings;lessons;life advice;personal advice;NAACP;The Steve Harvey Show;Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man;Think Like a Success;Jump;The Original Kings of Comedy; Steve Harvey Morning Show; Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation;comedy;humor;stand up;African American;nonfiction;black authors;authors of color;sociology;self help
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Ten Stupid Things Couples Do To Mess Up Their Relationships
- By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Narrator: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 02, 2004
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDOne of America’s top radio hosts gives her inimitable take on intimate relationships. In Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura addresses the problems men and women face in finding peace, joy and single andOne of America’s top radio hosts gives her inimitable take on intimate relationships.
In Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura addresses the problems men and women face in finding peace, joy and single and married fulfillment in relationships. She identifies the ten most common mistakes people make that mess up their relationships, including:
1. Stupid Secrets: Withholding information for fear of rejection.
2. Stupid Egotism: Asking not what you can do for the relationship but only what the relationship can do for you.
3. Stupid Pettiness: Making a big deal out of the small stuff.
4. Stupid Power: The need to always be in control.
5. Stupid Priorities: Consuming all your time and energies with work, hobbies, errands, and chores instead of focusing on your relationship.
Dr. Laura has been solving people’s problems on the air for 25 years. Filled with letters and phone-in situations from her show, this book offers the sort of no-nonsense expertise that made her a star.
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The Bitch in the House
- By: Cathi Hanauer
- Narrator: Cathi Hanauer
- Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 20, 2004
- Language: English
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3.52(3001 ratings)
3.52(3001 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDDespite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry — that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choicesDespite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry — that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choices they’ve made — about sex, children, love and work — and explore what’s working and what is not. Their essays — always provocative, honest, witty and wise — are the culmination of the lessons of the past two decades, the ‘me’ years and the therapy years, the years that have taught women to express themselves and acknowledge their needs. As celebratory as they are critical, these brilliant essays reflect the truth about life.
Audio contains the following essays, written and read by the contributors:
Introduction — Cathi Hanauer
Getting the Milk for Free — Veronica Chambers
Crossing to Safety — Jen Marshall
Moving In. Moving Out. Moving On. — Sarah Miller
Papa Don’t Preach — Kerry Herlihy
I Do. Not.: Why I Won’t Marry — Catherine Newman
Killing the Puritan Within — Kate Christensen
My Mother’s Ring: Caught Between Two Families — Helen Schulman
Attila the Honey I’m Home — Kristin van Ogtrop
The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How It Was. — Hope Edelman
Daddy Dearest: What Happens When He Does More Than His Half? — Laurie Abraham
Crossing the Line in the Sand: How Mad Can Mother Get? — Elissa Schappell
Married at 46: The Agony and the Ecstacy — Nancy Wartik
The Fat Lady Sings — Natalie Kusz
What Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude.The Pleasure of
Self-Knowledge. — Vivian Gornick
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The Council of Dads
- By: Bruce Feiler
- Narrator: Bruce Feiler
- Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 27, 2010
- Language: English
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3.84(1604 ratings)
3.84(1604 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDNow a major NBC primetime drama The uplifting story that touched the world and inspired families everywhere to rethink what matters most in their lives As a young dad, Bruce Feiler, New York Times bestselling author and television host, receivedNow a major NBC primetime drama
The uplifting story that touched the world and inspired families everywhere to rethink what matters most in their lives
As a young dad, Bruce Feiler, New York Times bestselling author and television host, received shattering news. A rare form of cancer was threatening not only his life but his family’s future as well. A singular question emerged: Who would be there for his wife and daughters if he were gone?
Feiler reached out to six extraordinary men who helped shape him and asked them to be present in the lives of his daughters. The Council of Dads is the unforgettable portrait of these men, who offer wisdom, humor, and guidance on how to live, how to love, how to question, how to dream.
The source for NBC’s blockbuster series, here is a singular story that offers lessons for us all–helping us draw closer to the ones we love, appreciate what’s most precious, and celebrate the power of community.
This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Bruce Feiler about The Council of Dads.
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The Dance of Intimacy
- By: Harriet Lerner
- Narrator: Harriet Lerner
- Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 11, 2004
- Language: English
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4.02(9065 ratings)
4.02(9065 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDThe Dance of Intimacy takes a careful look at relationships where intimacy is most challenged by too much emotional distance, too much intensity, or simply too much pain. In clear, direct and dramatic terms, Dr. Lerner illustrates how we can moveThe Dance of Intimacy takes a careful look at relationships where intimacy is most challenged by too much emotional distance, too much intensity, or simply too much pain. In clear, direct and dramatic terms, Dr. Lerner illustrates how we can move differently in these relationships — be they with a distant or unfaithful spouse, a depressed sister, a difficult mother, an alcoholic father, an uncommitted lover, a dying parent, or an estranged family member.And she teaches us about “the differences that make a difference” — the changes we can make in one or two significant relationships that will affect our capacity for intimacy and selfhood for a lifetime.
The Dance of Intimacy offers no “quick fix” for the human dilemma that we all confront. Instead, Dr. Lerner offers us the most solid, respectful, and helpful insights on intimate relationships that both men and women may ever encounter. Picking up where the best-selling The Dance of Anger left off, Dr. Lerner redefines the meaning of intimacy for today, and shows how good relationships can be strengthened and difficult ones healed.
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The Gift of Failure
- By: Jessica Lahey
- Narrator: Jessica Lahey
- Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 11, 2015
- Language: English
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4.13(4881 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow theirNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life’s inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults.
Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children’s friendships, and interfere on the playing field. As teacher and writer Jessica Lahey explains, even though these parents see themselves as being highly responsive to their children’s well being, they aren’t giving them the chance to experience failure–or the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.
Overparenting has the potential to ruin a child’s confidence and undermine their education, Lahey reminds us. Teachers don’t just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. They teach responsibility, organization, manners, restraint, and foresight–important life skills children carry with them long after they leave the classroom.
Providing a path toward solutions, Lahey lays out a blueprint with targeted advice for handling homework, report cards, social dynamics, and sports. Most importantly, she sets forth a plan to help parents learn to step back and embrace their children’s failures. Hard-hitting yet warm and wise, The Gift of Failure is essential reading for parents, educators, and psychologists nationwide who want to help children succeed.
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