Book Club
Richard E. Panzer, Ph.D, Mary Anne Mosack
To be informed is to be empowered. In The War on Intimacy, Richard A. Panzer and Mary Anne Mosack inform and empower readers to fight the sex education industry. In chapter after amply documented chapter, they calmly but devastatingly expose the propaganda of Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, SIECUS, and their ilk for what it is propaganda. As Panzer and Mosack show, this propaganda is anything but harmless. Its consequences are measured in wounded relationships, broken hearts, and, often, ruined lives. -Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University.
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The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially
Linda Waite, Maggie Gallagher
Waite and Gallagher debunk a number of myths about marriage, including the one that says men get a better deal. Acknowledging that there may have been some truth to this in the past, better equity in modern marriages means that women make out just as well as men, though in different ways. Divorce-not marriage-is especially bad for women’s health; parenting young children-not marriage-is the usual source of depression seen in mothers; and battering is significantly more common in cohabitating couples.
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Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes
Paula Szuchman, Jenny Anderson
A clear-eyed, rational route to demystifying disagreements and improving relationships by thinking like an economist and focusing on resource allocation. How do we—as partners in a society, a business, or a marriage—spend our limited time, money, and energy? How do we allocate these resources most efficiently? Classic economic concepts – loss averersion, cost-benefit analysis, incentives, supply and demand – are creatively applied to the domestic front: to sex, disagreements, decision making, being “too busy”, in-laws, etc.
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
John Gray
This all time best seller identifies the differences between men and women-men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, after all- and offers a series of simple solutions that help couples acknowledge and accept the differences and develop happier relationships.
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The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
Michelle Weiner-Davis
In the United States, half of all marriages do not end in divorce-despite the interference of hell-bent lawyers, biased therapists, the media, and even well-meaning friends. The Divorce Remedy aims to increase this percentage by offering seven clear steps that couples-or even one hopeful spouse-can implement privately.
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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman
Unhappiness in marriage often has a simple root cause: we speak different love languages. Chapman identifies five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch and explains how you can discover your spouse’s - and your own - love language and use that info to create lasting love.
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Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age
Kay Hymowitz
Recipient of the 2007 Smart Marriages Impact Award
“Marriage and Caste in America is the best single book on the damage being done to our nation by the explosion of divorce and non-marital births. Beginning with the widely ignored fact that it is minorities and the poor who are disproportionately affected by family breakdown, this provocative book presents a disturbing tale of cultural meltdown. Reading it is like reading a cultural obituary.” - Ron Haskins
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Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, Susan Blumberg
Since 1994, this best-selling classic has been the go-to reference for couples that want to enhance their marriage and prevent divorce. This thoroughly revised and updated 3rd edition (which contains a new instructional DVD for couples) is based on the widely acclaimed PREP approach. Groundbreaking studies have found that couples who use the strategies of this proven approach are able to handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up.
