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 41 - 60 of 85  There are a total of 85 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "The life council"
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3.5 stars
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"Offering a path for a new way to think about friendships, The Life Council will inspire and equip you to be a better friend, make new friends, and appreciate how different types of friendships can bring a richness to your life like never before. You'd love to have a "ride or die" posse like you see on social media, but instead you have a host of really good . . . acquaintances. After all, trying to find a soul friend in the midst of dirty dishes,...
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Book cover for "Love after 50"
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"This ultimate, comprehensive, and intimate guide will help you find and keep love after 50"--
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"Love has the power to wound us...and the power to heal us. And modern love is complicated. Which is why the ability to cultivate healthy relationships is the key to joy, peace, and a meaningful life. In Love Every Day, relationship expert and best-selling author Dr. Alexandra Solomon offers 365 daily practices to cultivate a curious and compassionate approach to your relationships with others, as well as your relationship with yourself. Inspired...
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"Licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Tara Fields has spent more than twenty-eight years working with couples, and she has discovered that there are five common conflict loops that couples fall into--and three steps to getting past having the same fights over and over again and onward to building a relationship where each partner feels heard, understood, respected, and loved...Change comes with awareness. When you're present in the moment, conflict...
Book cover for "Love life"
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5 stars
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"The leading dating and confidence coach and New York Times bestselling author shares his wisdom and audience-tested advice on finding love through deep confidence, clear boundaries, and a love for life that leaves you fulfilled both within a relationship and before you've found one"--
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"The authors' decades of research have revealed that a great relationship is founded on the small stuff. [This book] distills the data they have gathered over the past fifty years on more than three thousand couples (everything from their body language to the way they converse to their heart rates and stress hormone levels) into a seven-day action plan to transform your relationship"--
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Shares advice for women on how to find meaningful relationships in a complicated, largely digital, romantic landscape, offering recommendations for recognizing and connecting with prospective quality partners who are capable of intimate, long-term commitments.
Book cover for "Love sense"
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5 stars
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In this book the author presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research. Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. This book presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. The author explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop...
Book cover for "Love unfu*ked"
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"No matter how much advice we get or how much work we do on our 'stuff,' nothing ever seems to make the difference. The truth of it is, you're woefully ill-equipped for one of the most life-defining things you will ever take on--being in a committed relationship. Whether you're currently in one, want to be in one, half in-half out, getting over one, married, single, separated, divorced, or just overwhelmed with the whole thing, let's cut through the...
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2.8 stars
Book cover for "Messy beautiful friendship"
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Popular blogger and author offers women a biblical and realistic picture of friendship and teaches them how to foster the relationships they crave.
Book cover for "The molecule of more"
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3.5 stars
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"Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfectly logical" to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference? Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times--and so good at figuring them out? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival...
Book cover for "The other significant others"
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4.5 stars
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""Rhaina Cohen's moving, intimate portraits of people in unusually devoted friendships upend our cultural narratives about which relationships matter . . . an arresting work of compassion and insight." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of Dear Therapists podcast Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet...
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3 stars
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"Dating is hard-but when you live with anxiety, OCD, and/or depression, dating can feel like a minefield. At last, a book that focuses solely on mental health and dating-an intersection that demands attention, given that one in five Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year. Overthinking About You is a memoir-driven self-help book that explores the complex connection between brain and heart, for an engaging, useful, and relatable...
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"With humor, self-awareness, and been-there perspective, Party of one delves into the insecurities and struggles of singleness and encourages you to find the good, the true, and the beautiful, to dive headfirst into the community , and to stop pressing pause on a life you never expected."--Back cover.
Book cover for "The path between us"
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3.3 stars
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"This book ... on the nine Enneagram types and how they behave and experience relationships will guide readers into deeper insights about themselves, their types, and others personalities so that they can have healthier, more life-giving relationships"--Amazon.com.
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5 stars
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"Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding "your people" in an ever-more-fragmented world?"--