Titles in Marriage & Family

Brought to you by Penguin. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION What if you dared to want more – from love, from life, from yourself? Deepa Paul rises from her boyfriend’s bed in the early hours of dawn. She gets dressed, slips away with a kiss and cycles home, where she is...

Neue Väter, alte Rollenbilder? Wer sich mit »neuen Vätern« beschäftigt, kommt an Sebastian Tigges nicht vorbei. Der erfolgreiche Podcaster und Content-Creator wird medial immer wieder als Vorreiter in Sachen gleichberechtigter Elternschaft aufgegriffen. In seinem Buch sucht er Antworten auf die zentrale Frage: Was für ein Vater will ich sein? Tigges zeigt, warum dabei gute Absichten nicht ausreichen, und macht Männern Mut, Verantwortung aktiv zu übernehmen. Er teilt persönliche Erfahrungen und bietet Anregungen für den Alltag.

Ter ou não ter filhos? A pergunta parece simples, mas carrega dentro de si um mundo inteiro. Ruth Manus não oferece soluções milagrosas, e sim companhia. Para essa grande questão–que ocupa mesas de bares, sessões de terapia e madrugadas insones de tantas mulheres–não há respostas certas, mas há conversas que iluminam.

An adoptive parent and historian delves into the differences of families made by law, not biology-- and shows us the deep value of those differences Adoption touches on some of our most vexing social questions, about race and sexuality, abortion rights, economic inequality, even foreign policy...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by The New York Times A novelist once wrote, “There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them.” Jill Biden’s time to discuss her four years in the White House is now...

What are the questions you’d regret not asking when they’re gone? In Your Family Story, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique memories of your parents and grandparents and to create lasting connections with them in the process. By asking questions that make the...

Modern dating is exhausting. You are told to keep your options open, play it cool, avoid looking too interested, and never settle. So you swipe, analyze texts, navigate mixed signals, and wonder whether someone better is just around the corner. No wonder so many good people feel discouraged, guarded, and alone. It is easy to blame dating apps, ghosting, other people, or bad luck. Yet beneath the chaos of modern dating is a hidden driver: we are dating to be right rather than happy.

En este audiolibro la periodista, filológa y escritora Joana Bonet, nos ofrece una radiografía de los primeros años del siglo XXI, analizando el impacto del momento que vivimos en nuestra forma de pensar y de actuar, cuáles son los motores vitales por los que vale la pena luchar y qué...

Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activists perceive parental activism as working against the independence and dignity of people with disabilities. This thorny relationship is at the heart of the groundbreaking Allies and Obstacles. The authors chronicle parents' path-breaking advocacy in arenas such as the right to education and to liberty via deinstitutionalization as well as how they engaged in legal and political advocacy.

Despite the increasing visibility of trans and non-binary folx in media, political representation, and popular culture, their sexual lives and erotic embodiments are woefully under-attended—to in both scholarship and clinical practice. The aim of this book is to equip providers with both conceptual frameworks and concrete tools for better engaging their trans, non-binary, and gender expansive clients in pleasure-centered discussions of sexual health.

Por el hecho azaroso de nacer unos minutos antes que Adán, siete minutos para ser exactos, su gemelo, Alberto Urquidi Jr., fue siempre considerado el mayor de los dos. Y no sólo eso, sino el hermano más inteligente, sensato, desenvuelto, maduro y tenaz: todo lo que Malú, su madre, siempre...

Libro con alternativas para los problemas que generan las crisis de pareja: Los enemigos del matrimonio, comportamientos violentos, conductas inadecuadas de los hijos, tristeza, miedo, negación, soledad, conflictos de dinero, sobreprotección por culpa, las nuevas parejas...

Un inteligente análisis de uno de los males contemporáneos: aquel que sufre el Homo agitatus. Merecedor del XI Premio Málaga de Ensayo. En este audiolibro, Freire sostiene que, si la sociedad ha adoptado las hechuras de un carnaval perpetuo, detenerse a pensar es una buena forma de...

El llamado poliamor es un dispositivo de distracción muy efectivo para evadir, revisar y enfrentar la historia de crianza y el dolor que esto produce. La gente que recurre a tener relaciones sexuales y/o relaciones de pareja para distraerse, inconsciente de la soledad innata a la existencia...

A road map to free your kids from the harms of digital technology and to recover the beauty, wonder, and true purpose of childhood—by a leading tech policy expert It’s no secret that addictive digital technologies like smartphones and social media apps are harming a generation of kids...

Con ''Vientres de alquiler'' la abogada especializada en Derechos Humanos Núria González ofrece una respuesta jurídica, contundente, argumentada y feminista a la práctica de la gestación subrogada y expone lo que la ley establece al respecto. Para ello hace un recorrido por la diferente...

In this propulsive memoir, an award-winning journalist blends history, science, and cultural criticism to uncover whether motherhood outside of society’s rigid rules and expectations is possible—and whether she fits the mold for what a mother should be. “This tender, generous book does the...

Existe una ingente cantidad de datos históricos disponibles sobre la incorporación de la mujer al mercado laboral, pero nadie antes de Claudia Goldin se había detenido a analizarlos. Los resultados de esta investigación pionera, realizada durante décadas y basada en información que se remonta a hace más de un siglo, dan lugar a un nuevo relato, revelador y muy ameno, de nuestro viaje hacia la equidad y de los orígenes de la gran brecha que aún impide a muchas mujeres y madres bien formadas incorporarse al mercado laboral en igualdad de condiciones con respecto a los hombres.

Inmitten all der Herausforderungen und schwierigen Situationen, denen die junge Rosmarie im Leben begegnet, wird sie von einer besonderen Stimme begleitet. Diese Stimme wird zu ihrem treuesten Wegbegleiter und leitet sie durch die Wirren des Lebens. Doch woher stammt diese geheimnisvolle Stimme?

This amusing and thought-provoking book contains a huge collection of marriage quotes from Ann Landers, Dr. Suess, Zig Ziglar, Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Twain, Oprah Winfrey, and many more. It is intended for anyone looking for laughs or words of wisdom regarding their engagement, wedding, anniversary, or divorce. Words from comedians, religious leaders, celebrities, politicians, and the Bible make up this diverse assortment of 519 memorable, bite-sized quotations about weddings, divorce, and happily ever after.