A Man's Guide To Surviving Marriage In The 21st Century.


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Marriage in the 21st century seems at first glance to be a road paved with sharp and painful stones, for men at least. And in many ways this is so. This small book aims to change that, by giving men knowledge that can serve as a strong foundation for navigating marriage in the 21st century. Topics that are covered: The general arrangement of marriage laws. What makes marriage in many cases disadvantageous for men. What women look for in a man that they wish to marry. Why the state, not women, is to blame for why marriage is the way that it is for men.How a man can best get out of a disadvantageous marriage. How a man should live his life if he cannot find an advantageous marriage to enter.




Surviving Marriage In The 21st Century


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Surviving Marriage Tips is more than a book of general rhetoric. It is a book of relatable experiences written from the viewpoint of a man and woman, in their own humorous way, who committed to the institution of marriage at the young age of 21.




21St Century Stepford Wife


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There are instructions on how to put together everything, from electronics to furniture. Wouldnt it be great if marriage and relationships came with such a manual? What if you had instructions on how to troubleshoot or reboot a relationship drive? What if a manual told you what to do when a relationship freezes or stops working? In Twenty-First-Century Stepford Wife, author Celia Whitehead presents a relationship/marriage survival guide. It offers insight into why some relationships survive while others fail. It teaches you to effectively communicate with your partner, and it discusses the information and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of relationships. Using an innovative analogy of the Stepford wives, Whitehead revisits some of the traditional values that have been abandoned in the twenty-first century and applies them to modern-day relationships. Touching on key principles to a happy and healthy relationship in each chapter, Twenty-First-Century Stepford Wife helps you simplify your relationship through tools, advice, and exercises gleaned from Whiteheads almost forty years of married life. This marriage know-how arsenal provides the keys to help couples avoid the pitfalls of divorce.




The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide


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Do you know how to fight off an alligator? Throw a four-seam fastball? Mix the perfect martini? How about Ben Franklin’s 13 Rules of Improvement? Learn all this and more in the new expanded paperback edition of Frank Miniter’s New York Times bestseller The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide. Broken into seven sections—survivor, provider, athlete, hero,romantic, cultured man, and philosopher—Miniter teaches guys the skills,attitudes, and philosophies they need to be the ultimate man.




Foreverland


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A Recommended Read from: Good Morning America • Good Housekeeping • Esquire • Shondaland • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • The Week • Lit Hub • Publishers Weekly An illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still chain ourselves to one human being for life? In Foreverland, Heather Havrilesky illustrates the delights, aggravations, and sublime calamities of her marriage over the span of fifteen years, charting an unpredictable course from meeting her one true love to slowly learning just how much energy is required to keep that love aflame. This refreshingly honest portrait of a marriage reveals that our relationships are not simply “happy” or “unhappy,” but something much murkier—at once unsavory, taxing, and deeply satisfying. With tales of fumbled proposals, harrowing suburban migrations, external temptations, and the bewildering insults of growing older, Foreverland is a work of rare candor and insight. Havrilesky traces a path from daydreaming about forever for the first time to understanding what a tedious, glorious drag forever can be.




Nora Webster


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From one of contemporary literature’s bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a “luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—“heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin). Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín’s magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be sucked back into it. Wounded, selfish, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning insight and empathy, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven—herself. Nora Webster “may actually be a perfect work of fiction” (Los Angeles Times), by a “beautiful and daring” writer (The New York Times Book Review) at the zenith of his career, able to “sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). “Miraculous...Tóibín portrays Nora with tremendous sympathy and understanding” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).




Surviving Parenting In The 21st Century


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The second release by Rufus and Jenny Triplett, Ebony Magazine's Couple of the Year 2012, is a parenting playbook that deals with the comedy and lessons of raising kids. Included are stories about bullying, driving, cellphones, sibling bickering, peer pressure, teenage pregnancy and so much more. It is full of tips to help guide parents through this crazy matrix of parenting. The Triplett's have raised three boys, with no baby daddies. It's an easy page turner and great read for Teens, Preteens and Tweens. Find more great parenting philosophies - www.rufusandjennytriplett.com




This Is How We Survive


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In This Is How We Survive: Revolutionary Mothering, War, and Exile in the 21st Century, Mai’a Williams shares her experiences working in conflict zones and with liberatory resistance communities as a journalist, human rights worker, and midwife in Palestine, Egypt, Chiapas, Berlin, and the U.S., while mothering her young daughter Aza. She first went to Palestine in 2003 during the Second Intifada to support Palestinians resisting the Israeli occupation. In 2006, she became pregnant in Bethlehem, West Bank. By the time her daughter was three years old, they had already celebrated with Zapatista women in southern Mexico and survived Israeli detention, and during the 2011 Arab Spring they were in the streets of Cairo protesting the Mubarak dictatorship. She watched the Egyptian revolution fall apart and escaped the violence, like many of her Arab comrades, by moving to Europe. Three years later, she and Aza were camping at Standing Rock in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline and co-creating revolutionary mothering communities once again. This is a story about mothers who are doing the work of deep social transformation by creating the networks of care that sustain movements and revolutions. By centering mothers in our organizing work, we center those who have the skills and the experience of creating and sustaining life on this planet. This Is How We Survive illuminates how mothering is a practice essential to the work of revolution. It explores the heartbreak of revolutionary movements falling apart and revolutionaries scattering across the globe into exile. And most importantly, how mamas create, no matter the conditions, the resilience to continue doing revolutionary work.




A Three Dog Life


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Author Abigail Thomas shares the story of how she started a new life after an accident left her husband brain damaged and institutionalized.




The Art of Manliness


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Man up and discover the practical and inspirational information all men should know! While it’s definitely more than just monster trucks, grilling, and six-pack abs, true manliness is hard to define. The words macho and manly are not synonymous. Taking lessons from classic gentlemen such as Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, authors Brett and Kate McKay have created a collection of the most useful advice every man needs to know to live life to its full potential. This book contains a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to social skills to advice on how to improve your character. Whether you are braving the wilds with your friends, courting your girlfriend, or raising a family, inside you’ll find practical information and inspiration for every area of life. You’ll learn the basics all modern men should know, including how to: -Shave like your grandpa -Be a perfect houseguest -Fight like a gentleman using the art of bartitsu -Help a friend with a problem -Give a man hug -Perform a fireman’s carry -Ask for a woman’s hand in marriage -Raise resilient kids -Predict the weather like a frontiersman -Start a fire without matches -Give a dynamic speech -Live a well-balanced life So jump in today and gain the skills and knowledge you need to be a real man in the 21st century.