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Methods of Persuasion: How to Use Psychology to Influence Human Behavior by Nick Kolenda 9780615815657
RRP: $29.30$26.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615815657Author Nick KolendaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Kolenda Entertainment, LLCPublisher Kolenda Entertainment, LLCWeight(grams)... -
Making Kin not Population - Reconceiving Generations Adele Clarke 9780996635561
RRP: $21.00$18.90As the planet's human numbers grow and environmental concerns proliferate, natural scientists, economists, and policy-makers are increasingly turning to new and old questions about families and kinship as matters of concern. From government programs... -
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill 9781787383685
RRP: $52.50$47.10Every year in England and Wales alone, one in twenty adults suffer domestic abuse, two thirds of them women. Every week, two men kill a woman they were intimate with. And still we ask the wrong question: Why didn't she leave? Instead, we should ask: Why... -
How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children by Rachel Chrastil 9780190918620
RRP: $81.88$67.79In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face... -
The The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
RRP: $25.18$20.37In this provocative and now-classic work, Friedrich Engels explores the interrelated development of the family and the state from ancient society to the Victorian era. Drawing on new anthropological theories of his time, Engels argued that matriarchal... -
Counselling Couples in Relationships: An Introduction to the RELATE Approach Christopher Butler 9780471977780
RRP: $115.40$100.15RELATE (originally the National Marriage Guidance Council) is probably the largest and most successful service of its kind in the world. For over 50 years, helping many hundreds of thousands of couples and individuals, it has developed an approach to... -
Home-School Work in Britain: Review, Reflection, and Development John Bastiani 9781853463952
RRP: $52.48$45.80First Published in 1996. This book forms part of a series that brings together wide-ranging contributions which: are written from both professional and parental viewpoints; offer an assessment of what has been achieved; explore a number of problematic... -
Passing On: Kinship and Inheritance in England Janet Finch 9781857282771
RRP: $100.78$88.64Inheritance, once the preserve of the propertied upper classes, has become a much more common experience. Many more people now than in the past have something of material value to bequeath when they die, mainly because of the spread of home ownership... -
The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life by Vanessa Patrick 9781728251523
RRP: $44.08$27.72Stop saying yes. Start saying no. Change your life!You have probably said "yes" to bosses, partners, family, friends, and even strangers, when you actually want to say "no." Maybe you wish you could say no more often, but you're not sure how or if it's... -
The All-or-nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work by Eli J. Finkel
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101984345Author Eli J. FinkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun
RRP: $18.88$12.77When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were... -
Raising Parents: Attachment, Representation, and Treatment by Patricia McKinsey Crittenden
RRP: $100.78$88.64Helping troubled parents to raise their children adequately is of crucial importance for parents, their children and society at large. Distressed parents have themselves often been endangered and, as a consequence, sometimes endanger their children... -
The I'm Grand Mamual by PJ Kirby 9780717198870
RRP: $29.38$20.48PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey are two mammy's boys from Cork who are always up for a skit. The I'm Grand Mamual is Kevin and PJ's hilarious and heart-warming ode to their mammies, Phil and Nuala. Taking a different well-worn saying - such as 'We... -
Flying Solo by Julia Wise 9781905664009
RRP: $20.90$14.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905664009Author Julia WiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams) 160g -
The Bedroom: An Intimate History by Michelle Perrot
RRP: $47.25$40.64An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many... -
Growing Up With A Schizophrenic Mother by Margaret J. Brown 9780786408207
RRP: $31.48$26.36An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the... -
Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation Eva Illouz (The Hebrew University of Jersalem) 9780745671079
RRP: $27.28$25.07Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely... -
The Feel The Fear Guide To... Lasting Love: How to create a superb relationship for life by Susan Jeffers
RRP: $27.28$19.09Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway has sold a million copies round the world since 1987, and is still one of the top ten bestsellers in the category of personal development. In this book, Susan Jeffers takes the approach and practical strategies that made... -
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood Jennifer Senior 9780349005539
RRP: $23.08$15.54Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle the issue of the effects of children on their parents, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits,... -
My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb Pool
RRP: $20.98$13.69A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time.What a story. So vivid, honest and moving' Andrea Levy, author of Small Island'When I stepped off... -
Don't Take It Personally: The Art of Dealing with Rejection by Elayne Savage 9781504036238
RRP: $25.10$18.90Who hasn't felt the sting of rejection? It doesn't take much for your feelings to get hurt-a look or a tone of voice or certain words can set you ruminating for hours on what that person meant. An unreturned phone call or a disappointing setback can... -
100 Years of Identity Crisis: Culture War Over Socialisation Frank Furedi 9783110705577
RRP: $59.85$45.38The concept of Identity Crisis came into usage in the 1940s and it has continued to dominate the cultural zeitgeist ever since. In his exploration of the historical origins of this development, Frank Furedi argues that the principal driver of the 'crisis... -
Manipulation: The Little-Known Secrets People High in Dark Triad Traits Know About Persuasion, Human Psychology, Analyzing Body Language, and Mind by Neil Morton 9781952559891
RRP: $52.48$36.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952559891Author Neil MortonFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint PrimastaPublisher PrimastaWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Our Adoption Journey by Jayne Lilley 9781910039427
RRP: $20.90$14.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039427Author Jayne LilleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CoramBAAFPublisher CoramBAAF -
Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying by Christine Longaker 9780385483322
$29.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385483322Author Christine LongakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Tenacity in Children: Nurturing the Seven Instincts for Lifetime Success by Sam Goldstein 9783030650889
RRP: $41.98$31.29Tenacity in Children examines how multiple generations of parents and caregivers raised children to become successful adults. Until relatively recent times in human history, there were no schools or organized institutions, nor were there parenting books... -
The Scarlet Sisters: My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames by Helen Batten
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Oh my goodness - another girl Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke and she screamed, 'No! That's not the bloody deal!'And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey... -
Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage by Ed MD Wheat
RRP: $31.48$23.56God gave humankind the gift of sex. But many couples don't experience the kind of joy and fulfillment God intended. If you've ever been frustrated with a lack of intimacy in your marriage, or if you just want to know more about how you can get the most... -
Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds by Erica Chito Childs 9780813535869
RRP: $65.10$47.90Is love color-blind, or at least becoming increasingly so? Today's popular rhetoric and evidence of more interracial couples than ever might suggest that it is. But is it the idea of racially mixed relationships that we are growing to accept or is it the... -
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man by Sam Keen 9780553351378
RRP: $29.38$19.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553351378Author Sam KeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 228mm *... -
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads by Gary Greenberg 9780743251549
$23.73A parenting guide for new dads likens fatherhood to a wilderness expedition and offers survival advice for such challenges as making an emergency diaper, warming a baby bottle on top of a car engine, and assembling a breast pump.Book InformationISBN... -
Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child by Lynn Berger
RRP: $23.08$15.54While every parent knows more of what to expect the next time round, the birth of a second child is no less momentous. Family relationships multiply, birth-order myths hover and sibling rivalry and parental exhaustion threaten. Yet the potential for joy... -
The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships by Kathy Labriola 9780937609637
RRP: $39.88$27.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937609637Author Kathy LabriolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Greenery PressPublisher Greenery PressWeight(grams) 640g -
The School of Life: On Being Nice - a guide to friendship and connection by The School of Life
RRP: $20.98$14.97A guide to rediscovering niceness as one of the highest of all human achievements. Many books seek to make us richer or thinner. This book wants to help us to be nicer: less irritable, more patient, readier to listen, warmer and less prickly. Niceness... -
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
RRP: $31.48$20.81The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound... -
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
RRP: $42.00$26.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036678Author Stephanie CoontzFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Family and Kinship in East London by Michael Young
RRP: $20.98$14.93Although housing in Bethnal Green was often appalling, a complex network of relatives - families of three generations held together by the powerful mother-daughter bond at the centre - was always available to provide mutual aid and a sense of community. ... -
Sad Dad: An Exploration of Postnatal Depression in Fathers by Olivia Spencer 9781853432309
$30.83What happens to men when they become fathers? Why do some men get depressed, and how can we identify those who are? What does this mean for their children and their relationships? What can we do about it? Taking in many different perspectives, this... -
The Little Book of Narcissism: The Essential Guide to Stop Wasting Time and Energy on the Narcissist in Your Life by Sharon Kelly 9781735012315
RRP: $20.98$16.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735012315Author Sharon KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Dr. Sharon KellyPublisher Dr. Sharon KellyWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
New Families, Old Scripts: A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families by Caroline Archer
RRP: $52.48$49.94Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. New Families, Old Scripts is an accessible introduction to understanding these...