Valentine's Day

I made a list of NonFic titles for a February display. The titles are related to the science behind love and connection, how to nurture self-love and platonic love (friendship), love for seniors/retirees, dating/marriage advice for all human experiences. LGBTQIA+ friendly. Note: will add more titles

Showing 1 - 20 of 51  There are a total of 85 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "121 first dates"
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"Newman has made every imaginable dating mistake--so you don't have to. Part guidebook, part personal tell-all, [her book] chronicles [her] funny, real-life dating misadventures and the practical wisdom she gained from them ... Just when you're about to submit to a lifetime at home with a pint of ice cream and TV reruns, Wendy will inspire you to keep stepping out. Learn how to avoid the most common dating mistakes; online-date like a true pro; date...
Book cover for "The 5 apology languages"
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"Whether fractured by major incident or minor irritation, the emotions provoked can often feel insurmountable, preventing a relationship from moving forward and the offended from moving on. Discover why certain apologies clear the path for emotional healing, reconciliation, and freedom, while others fall desperately short"--
Book cover for "The 5 love languages for men"
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Presents advice for men on how the five expressions of love--quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch--can be adapted to an individual marriage and used to enhance the quality of that relationship.
Book cover for "The ADHD effect on marriage"
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Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this discussion offers advice from the author's personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages--such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues--through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD struggles and solutions.
Book cover for "The alpha woman meets her match"
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Book cover for "Anatomy of love"
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Book cover for "Breakup bootcamp"
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"A self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone--single or married, divorced or dating--to transforming heartbreak into healing by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp"--
Book cover for "Dateable"
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"Disabled people date, have casual sex, marry, and parent. Yet, our romantic lives of are conspicuously absent from the media and cultural conversation. Sexual education does not typically address the specific information needed by disabled teens. Mainstream dating apps fail to include disability as an aspect of one's identity alongside race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. The few underutilized disability-focused apps are paternalistic...
Book cover for "F*ck love"
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"Instead of helping readers find true love, ... Dr. Michael Bennett and his comedy-writing daughter Sarah [examine] the ... criteria for good partnerships that will allow real love to develop, even after the romance has died down or been buried completely. [They believe that] finding a good partner involves losing preconceived notions about who your dream date might be, so the Bennetts ... appraise the pros and cons of eight traits people most commonly...
Book cover for "First love"
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"When Lilly Dancyger was twenty-three years old, her best friend and cousin, Sabina, was violently raped and murdered. In the face of devastating loss, Dancyger stayed sane and whole by the magic and the medicine of her female friends. Each essay in First Love examines a different female friendship in her life, beginning with her first love-Sabina-whose loss becomes the springboard for Dancyger's examinations of her fierce and passionate relationships...
Book cover for "Friendship for grown-ups"
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Book cover for "Friendship"
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"The bonds of friendship are universal and elemental. In Friendship, journalist Lydia Denworth visits the front lines of the science of friendship in search of its biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations. Finding it to be as old as life on the African savannas, she also discovers that friendship is reflected in our brain waves, detectable in our genomes, and capable of strengthening our cardiovascular and immune systems. Its opposite,...
Book cover for "Friendshipping"
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"With eight billion people in the world, why is it so hard to meet and make new friends? Making friends as an adult is not easy. Keeping friends isn't easy, either. There are legitimate obstacles in our way: we're busy, we're anxious, and too often, we're far away. Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano, hosts of the feel-good podcast Friendshipping, know this better than anyone, and they've distilled the heart of their show into this must-have book for anyone...
Book cover for "Gray love"
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"Gray Love narrates stories about the most common themes - searching for and (perhaps) finding love. Forty-five men and women between ages 60 and 94 from diverse backgrounds talk about dating, starting or ending a relationship, embracing life alone or enjoying a partnered one. The longing for connection as old age encroaches is palpable here, with more and more senior singles searching online. Those who find new partners explore issues that most relationships...
Book cover for "Help for high-conflict couples"
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Based in the revolutionary science of attachment theory and evidence-based emotionally focused therapy (EFT), this book offers an effective, research-based road map for helping high-conflict couples break free from the painful and destructive habits that drive them apart."--
Book cover for "Here for it (the good, the bad, and the queso)"
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"We all long to do life together with people who really "get" us. Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, bestselling authors and founders of the wildly popular "Sister, I Am with You" online community, simplify some of the trickier aspects of friendship and give readers practical ways to deepen the friendships they already have"--
Book cover for "How to not die alone"
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"A lasting, loving relationship doesn't just happen. It's the result of a series of decisions: when to date, who to date, who to settle down with, if you should break up, and everything in between. Very often, we don't understand why we're making certain decisions, and that causes us to make mistakes. And our current dating environment--with its overwhelming [number] of options and constant pressure to make the right choice--only makes those decisions...
Book cover for "How trust works"
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"From the world's leading expert on trust repair, a guide to understanding the most essential foundation of our relationships and communities. When our trust is broken, and when our own trustworthiness is called into question, many of us are left wondering what to do. We barely know how trust works. How could we possibly repair it? Dr. Peter H. Kim, the world's leading expert in the rapidly growing field of trust repair, has conducted over two decades...
Book cover for "How we show up"
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"A provocative, essential guide to showing up for each other and cultivating community, from activist, community organizer and thought leader whose viral TED talk has been viewed more than 1.8 million times"--
Book cover for "I didn't know I needed this"
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"From TikTok star Eli Rallo, an irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and searingly honest take on modern dating and romance with tips, tricks, and survival-guide style rules. I Didn't Know I Needed This is the dose of confidence every girl needs to live their life on their own terms. Eli Rallo is a social media superstar, a Carrie Bradshaw for the TikTok age, a true romantic at heart, and the best friend every young woman wishes she had. As someone who...