Poulter, Stephan
Summary: "A looming health crisis faces men who find themselves stuck in today’s changing world. Slowly, more and more men are learning the positives that come from talking openly about their struggles with mental and physical health. In this incisive and insightful guide to male mental health, popular clinical psychologist Stephan B. Poulter, Ph.D., unpacks the various issues that stem from male shame,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot 2024
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Summary: In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 BANKB (Brookins)
Summary: "By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race. Even as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity of Black masculinity from a transgender perspective-the tropes, the presumptions-Pretty is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change. "I should be able to define myself, but I am...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KB (BROOKINS) KBFox, Megan
Summary: "These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I've spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men; my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins. My freedom lives in these pages, and I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what's been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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Summary: "A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 HARDe Becker, Gavin
Summary: Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust -- and act on -- our own intuitions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: "Butt-sniffing dogs. Terrified tarantulas. Canaries with invisible force fields? Yep--it turns out our pets experience the world in totally different ways than we do. Unlock some of your nonhuman family members' wildest behaviors in this hilarious (and sometimes shiver-worthy) illustrated guide to their secret lives, complete with exciting interviews with the scientists who research them. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.0887 SPILevings, Tia
Summary: "Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me." Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles--a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
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Summary: "Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: Justine Meade takes a cross-country journey to find her lost dog, and discover herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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Summary: In No More Narcissists!, psychologist Candace Love provides a road map for women to finally get the love they deserve. Using skills based in cognitive behavioral and schema therapy, you'll gain an understanding of why you're attracted to narcissistic men, how you can avoid being drawn in by a narcissist's initial charm and magnetism, and how to heal so you can finally move on to healthy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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Summary: "A new work by the author of "In Defense of Witches" that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice. As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it's finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: What if your nightmares weren't really nightmares at all? We spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep. But what really happens, and what are we capable of, when we sleep? Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive-and hasn't woken up since. Dubbed "Sleeping Beauty" by the tabloids,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BLAArango, Andrea Beatriz
Summary: Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space. So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ARAGodwin, Gail
Summary: "From New York Times-bestselling, three-time National Book Award finalist Gail Godwin, a consideration of what makes for a life well lived--for readers of Oliver Sacks's Gratitude and Deborah Levy's Cost of Living. Ingmar Bergman once said that an artist should always have one work between himself and death. When renowned author Gail Godwin tripped and broke her neck while watering the dogwood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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Summary: Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is the last thing that dating columnist Cleo wanted, but she is going on a solo retreat--at the insistence of her boss--in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she's booked is a far cry from London, but at least it's a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some quiet, solitary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SILGottman, John Mordechai
Summary: With more than a million copies sold worldwide, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman's unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make?and break?a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2015