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1) Check & mate
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2023.
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When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwin adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
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Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers--characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. In "The White Cat's Divorce," an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which will become his heir. In "The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear,"...
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Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2023].
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xv, 200 pages ; 22 cm
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"Life is all about relationships and the quality of those connections, whether that's with family, partners, friends, colleagues or most importantly yourself. If you can get those relationships in balance, then the other tricky stuff that life throws your way becomes easier to manage. In this warm, practical and witty book, international bestselling psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows you how to approach life's biggest problems: How do you find and...
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"As David Brooks observes, 'There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.' And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out...
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
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244 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Twelve tales, twelve little masterpieces by an author at his literary best. Men and women just passing through, recently arrived in a new country or a new city. Travelers trapped in a supposedly idyllic cruise that turns into a nightmare. Couples that communicate less the more they speak. First time parents of a whiny baby. A group of women celebrating a birthday in which there is not much to celebrate... An entire cast of characters full of truth,...
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Les compétences relationnelles font l'objet d'une multitude de publications, mais rares sont les ouvrages qui en présentent les fondements. Véritable ressource d'autoformation sur la connaissance de soi, la gestion de ses émotions et l'écoute, ce guide dévoile des stratégies indispensables à l'élaboration de relations interpersonnelles saines et constructives. Alliant théorie et pratique, il offre une vision holistique des concepts de base,...
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Get the Summary of Richard C. Schwartz's Introduction to Internal Family Systems in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Introduction to Internal Family Systems" by Richard C. Schwartz presents the IFS Model, a therapeutic approach that views the mind as composed of multiple "parts" with distinct roles and emotions. These parts include managers, firefighters, and exiles, each carrying burdens from past traumas and shaping...
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Este es el primero de tres tomos de la colección Gridale que recogen temas de varias de las ponencias presentadas por académicos latinoamericanos y europeos en un Simposio organizado por el Gridale y el ielepi en la Universidad Alcalá de Henares, España, en octubre de 2022 para analizar los resultados de la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa realizada durante un año entre 2012 y 2022, con el objetivo de brindar oportunidades a la ciudadanía...
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When a family member dies, often the response of children is overlooked or underestimated. This very important book makes tangible the range of emotions felt but not completely understood by children for the loss of a parent or sibling. It offers welcome channels of response that can help survivors to not only understand their feelings but also come to grips with the loss and get on positively with their lives.
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El apego evitativo es un estilo de apego inseguro en el que una persona tiene miedo a ser lastimada o rechazada en las relaciones íntimas y, por lo tanto, evita el contacto emocional cercano y la intimidad. Estas personas pueden tener serias dificultades para confiar en los demás y puede sentir ansiedad en situaciones de compromiso. El libro 'Superando el apego evitativo: Aprende a amar sin temor' es una guía emocionante y transformadora para aquellos...
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¿Alguna vez has sentido que estás atrapada en el ciclo interminable de complacer a los demás, sin importar las consecuencias para ti misma? El síndrome de la niña buena es un patrón de comportamiento que afecta principalmente a las mujeres que han sido educadas bajo el principio de la obediencia, la sumisión y la búsqueda de la aprobación ajena. Estas mujeres suelen anteponer las necesidades y deseos de los demás a los suyos propios, y sienten...
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En la vida diaria es necesario saber tomar buenos habitos para que nuestra vida sea feliz, esto ayuda a las relaciones interpersonales. Si cada uno, en lo personal, está sano en su afectividad podrá dar un gran aporte a la sociedad toda. Este libro ayuda a entender cosas básicas con sencillez y a interpretar el paso del tiempo y cada circunstancia vivida desde una perspectiva nueva.Contiene 18 capítulos y en un total de 98 páginas que no tienen...
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¿Te sientes atrapado/a en un ciclo de ansiedad y dudas en tus relaciones? ¡Es hora de liberarte y descubrir cómo construir vínculos sólidos y saludables!Sumérgete en "Superando el apego ansioso" y desbloquea las claves para una vida amorosa plena y satisfactoria. Este cautivador libro explora las complejidades del estilo de apego ansioso, esa búsqueda incesante de afecto y validación que puede obstaculizar tus conexiones más preciadas.Con...
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Probably more people than you know spend the majority of their life and time working with others in an employment-related situation. And these people don’t get to pick who their co-workers are. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to get along with others. This can lead to all kinds of difficult situations, making it almost impossible to get through the day successfully.
Working well with others is crucial in any situation. It is even more important...
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How much do you earn?
Do you wipe your sweat off the machines at the gym?
Consider yourself a fix-it man at home?
Have you done "it" at work?
Ever cheat on your taxes?
Do you wax or pluck your eyebrows?
Have you ever snooped in someone's medicine cabinet?
When it comes to men, just what exactly is normal? How do you-or the man you love-behave compared to other guys? The fact is, men are both entirely predictable and utterly surprising. WHEN...
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Amber-Allen Publishing
Pub. Date
[1999]
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xii, 210 pages ; 18 cm.
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Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, he shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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While stuck in a dream, eighteen-year-old Zelda explores the far reaches of the dreamscape with a timid boy named Langston, but as they grow closer and closer, they discover truths neither of them wants to face.
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Usborne Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
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32 pages ; 30 cm.
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"What do families look like? Who's in your family? And how can families change? With delightful illustrations, this glorious celebration of family diversity talks about lone-parent families, adoptive, foster, divorced, remarried, and multi-racial families, and lots, lots more, showing little children that families come in all shapes and sizes."--Amazon.
19) Roar
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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x, 273 pages ; 22 cm
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Cecelia Ahern gives us thirty stories, all titled 'The Woman Who...', that capture the different facets of women's lives. Humorous, moving and poignant, the stories capture the moments the characters are overwhelmed by guilt, confusion, frustration, intimidation, exhaustion -- the private moments when they feel the need to roar.
20) The Therapist
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The Therapist by Kathlyn C. White, Marriage and Family Therapist, is a non-fiction account of the life of a therapist and the many interesting people she has seen over the years.
Kathlyn has been a practicing therapist for over thirty years. Kathlyn brings to life the stories of what patients go through who have psychosis, PTSD, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, alcoholism, traumatic brain injuries, violent tendencies, a history of abuse or domestic...
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