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We've added exciting new titles to the Guide for February, 2007! We're also adding DVD titles now. |
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Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier This accessible guide helps new and current dog owners better understand the needs of their beloved pets. Cesar Millan explains that dogs are not complicated, just different from humans. They rely on three key elements in their lives: exercise, discipline, and affection (in that order). The book teaches owners how to change their pet's unwanted behavior by better understanding their "best friends." 2006, Harmony |
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Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan - Aggression (DVD) Cesar Millan Cesar Millan has an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes. This DVD focuses on particular techniques for handling aggressive behavior in your pet. DVD Release Date: 2006 Universal Studios |
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Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan - The Complete First Season (DVD) Cesar Millan This successful National Geographic channel series focuses on Cesar Millan as he makes house calls to deal with anxious, obsessive, aggressive, and just plain neurotic dogs. Millan's basic message is reinforced in virtually every case: don't treat your dog like a human; treat him like a dog, and be the alpha dog of your own household/pack. DVD Release Date: 2006 Universal Studios |
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People Training for Dogs: The Dog Whisperer (DVD) Cesar Millan Cesar Millan presents a common sense guide to understanding the basics of dog behavior. This DVD is a must-have for anyone who loves dogs and wants to learn how Cesar's methods have been so successful at rehabilitating even seemingly impossible-to-correct dog behaviors. Studio: Cesar Millan, Inc. |
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Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior Nancy L. Segal This elegantly written study cogently distills and makes available to the general reader a wealth of research from the fields of behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, and social science. The author contends that studies of twins demonstrate that genetic influence affects virtually every human characteristic including IQ, personality, longevity, sociability, math skills, and athletic prowess. 2000, Plume |
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Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage Stephanie Coontz When considered in the light of history, "traditional marriage" is not so traditional at all. Author Coontz argues that marriage has always been in flux, and "almost every marital and sexual arrangement we have seen in recent years, however startling it may appear, has been tried somewhere before." Coontz's fascinating study places current concepts of marriage in broad historical context. 2005, Viking Adult |
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The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Stephanie Coontz Coontz writes that the "traditional family" of the 1950's was a qualitatively new phenomenon. In this decade the birth rate rose dramatically; social problems such as gangs, drugs, and violence weren't even on the horizon. Affluence was assumed to be a right of citizenship as the middle class was growing. This well-researched, clearly- written book provides an eye-opening perspective on the family. 2000, Basic Books, reprint edition |
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The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms With America's Changing Families Stephanie Coontz This thoughtful, somber - and realistic study reviews the evolution of today's family from the immediate post-World War II period. The fifties are often idealized as a time when family life seemed easier to shape and hold. Coontz provides a wide ranging and detailed discussion of all the forms of family life today. 1998, Basic Books, reprint edition |
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How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together Susan Page Susan Page's ground-breaking approach to relationships gives readers the tools and encouragement they need to bring positive changes to their relationship, even when their partners are unwilling to do the work. Step-by-step Page demonstrates that with tangible goals, and new ways of thinking, one partner can bring new levels of harmony and love to a relationship. 1998, Broadway, reprint edition |
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Introvert & Extrovert in Love: Making It Work When Opposites Attract Marti Olsen Laney, Michael Laney The (introvert) best-selling author of The Introvert Advantage teams up with her (extrovert) husband to offer this warm and witty collection of tips for making the most of differing social needs, conflict styles, and personal priorities that are common to these kinds of "mixed" relationships. The key to introvert/extrovert bliss lies in understanding what makes the other person tick and using your differences to help balance and enrich the relationship. 2007, New Harbinger |
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Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage Stephanie Coontz When considered in the light of history, "traditional marriage" is not so traditional at all. Author Coontz argues that marriage has always been in flux, and "almost every marital and sexual arrangement we have seen in recent years, however startling it may appear, has been tried somewhere before." Coontz's fascinating study places current concepts of marriage in broad historical context. 2005, Viking Adult |
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Why Talking Is Not Enough: 8 Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage Susan Page Susan Page presents a novel relationship strategy based on subtle, powerful changes in your own actions. Her pioneering 8-step program invites you to give up problem solving and move directly to a warmer, more loving and fun relationship, based on universal spiritual principles. 2006, Jossey-Bass |
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Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior Nancy L. Segal This elegantly written study cogently distills and makes available to the general reader a wealth of research from the fields of behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, and social science. The author contends that studies of twins demonstrate that genetic influence affects virtually every human characteristic including IQ, personality, longevity, sociability, math skills, and athletic prowess. 2000, Plume |
