New Self Help Books Archive
December, 2006
We've added exciting new titles to the Guide for December, 2006! We're also adding DVD titles now.
Check the sections below to see what's new -- or just scroll down to browse through all the new books.
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New Listings in Gay and Lesbian Issues
After Stonewall (DVD)The companion film to Before Stonewall, this documentary explores gay history in the US from the 1970's through the 1990's. Perhaps the most significan contribution of the film is its mapping of a gay presence within popular media. DVD Release Date: 2005; Studio: First Run Features
The Celluloid Closet (DVD)Lilly Tomlin narrates this superb documentary about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters in the 20th century. There are clips from more than 100 mainstream features making a persuasive case for patterns of sexual mythology in Hollywood. The film includes great interviews with screen writers, film makers, actors, and others. DVD Release Date: May 29, 2001; Studio: Sony Pictures
The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community: Before Stonewall (DVD)
This documentary covers the evolution of gay culture in the US from the early 1920's to the Stonewall riot of 1969. Including archival footage and photography, the film features the gay underground of the '20s and '30s, the rise of gay service in the military and workforce during WWII, the persecution of gays by Senator McCarthy, and the growth of the first grassroots political organizations for gay men and lesbians in the '50s. DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004; Studio: First Run Features
Out of the Past: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights in America (DVD)
This solid documentary on the gay community is part history lesson, including profiles of obscure gay and lesbian historical figures, and part smart reporting, covering the story of a young lesbian's attempts to form a Gay-Straight-Alliance club in Salt Lake City. The film is a dialogue between past and present, and an emotionally textured treatise on alienation and marginalization. DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005; Studio: Allumination
Southern Comfort (DVD)This award-winning film was a breakout hit and winner at nearly 20 major film festivals including the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. This remarkable documentary chronicles the last year of Robert Eads' life, a female-to-male transsexual dying of cancer. The film's title comes from an annual gathering that Robert describes as "the cotillion of the trans community, the coming-out party" - an event part convention, part high school prom. DVD Release Date: March 25, 2003; Studio: New Video Group
10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love
This book tells you not only what to look for in Mr. Right, but how to become Mr. Right. It is not just about finding him, it is what you do after you find him. This new book is a practical guide to set gay men on the path to true love today. 2003, Alyson Publications
The Times of Harvey Milk (DVD)
This emotionally compelling documentary charts the political rise and brutal slaying of the first openly gay city official in the Uniited State, Harvey Milk. The Times of Harvey Milk captures not only Milk himself, but also the political and social landscape in which these events took place. DVD Release Date: June 8, 2004; Studio: New Yorker Video
New Listings in Intimate Relationships: Relationship Advice
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
Focusing on "erotic intelligence", psychotherapist Perel asserts that languishing desire in a relationship actually results from all the factors people look for in love and marriage: grounding, meaning, continuity. She recommends several proposals for rekindling eroticism: cultivating separateness (autonomy) in a relationship rather than closeness (entrapment); exploring dynamics of power and control (i.e., submission, spanking); and learning to surrender to a "sexual ruthlessness" that liberates us from shame and guilt. Perel sanctions fantasy and play and offers the estranged modern couple a unique richness of experience. 2006, HarperCollins
New Listings in OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Overcoming Compulsive Checking: Free Your Mind from OCD
This book applies the proven-effective techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy specifically to overcome checking. Its engaging exercises teach you how to face, embrace, and erase your fears. 2004, New Harbinger
Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop
This book, the first ever written for savers and their families, provides an overview of compulsive hoarding and how it relates to OCD. Skill-building exercises help readers determine how to beat the hoarding problem by addressing issues that often underlie compulsive saving. 2004, New Harbinger
Overcoming Compulsive Washing: Free Your Mind from OCD
From this third book in New Harbinger's series on specific OCD behaviors, readers who feel a compulsion to wash and clean will learn powerful, effective strategies to control these behaviors. The book includes ways to trouble shoot particularly difficult situations and educate the family and loved ones of OCD sufferers to support their loved ones' recovery. 2005, New Harbinger
