Friendship category: 929 books
Text Me When You Get Home
The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
**“Text Me has the thrills and laughs of a romantic comedy, but with an inverted message: ‘There just isn't only one love story in our lives,’ Schaefer writes. If you’re lucky, friends will be the protagonists in these multiple love stories. It’s high time that we start seeing it that way.”—NPR.org
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Dorothea Dix and Dr. Francis T. Stribling: an Intense Friendship
Letters: 1849-1874
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
This is primarily the story of the long-time friendship between Dorothea Dix and Dr. Stribling as told by them in their unedited letters. The letters are preceded by summaries of their life experiences at the time their friendship began. Dix was the most politically active and well-traveled woman...
I Know How You Feel
The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
An expert's rich exploration of the intense, complicated landscape of women's friendships.
“Do I have enough friends?” “Why did my friendship end?” and “What makes a good friendship work?"
These are questions that F. Diane Barth, a psychotherapist widely recognized for...
Toxic Friendships
Knowing the Rules and Dealing with the Friends Who Break Them
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Good friends and healthy friendships are crucial to women’s well-being at every stage of life. But what happens when a friendship turns toxic? When a friend becomes hurtful or mistreats another? When a friend abandons another in a time of need? Here, Suzanne Degges-White and Judy Pochel Van Tieghem...
by Dartanyan Terry
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
Can you hear it?
It’s the deafening sound of – loneliness. So many families seem fractured, lacking the strong bonds of affection and friendship that should naturally exist!
Let’s face it – most everyone needs a friend, right? In these times that we currently live in, our world...
Girls' Club
Cultivating Lasting Friendship in a Lonely World
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Discover the gift of friendship!
In a time when many women feel lonely and isolated, Girls’ Club calls us to embrace the delight and comfort that can be found in life-giving friendships with women— and to cultivate relationships that not only offer emotional affirmation and acceptance, but also...
The Friendship Factor
Helping Our Children Navigate Their Social World--and Why It Matters for Their Success and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Based on twenty-five years of research on friendship, Dr. Kenneth H. Rubin reveals the importance of children's social development to their emotional and intellectual growth—and future success. In The Friendship Factor he uses vivid case studies to differentiate normal development from potential...
by Cheri Fuller, Sandra P. Aldrich
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Women need to connect with other women in deep, meaningful ways—especially within the context of a mentoring relationship or spiritual friendship. Older women who have experienced the heartache of life's journey can offer encouragement and wisdom to younger women beginning their journey with God....
Friendfluence
The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Discover the unexpected ways friends influence our personalities, choices, emotions, and even physical health in this fun and compelling examination of friendship, based on the latest scientific research and ever-relatable anecdotes.
Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled and...
Friendship and Happiness
And the Connection Between the Two
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle’s three categories of friendship—friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations—casual friends, close friends, best friends—are described, along with the...
by No-To-Know Publication
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Do You Have "NO Friends"?Are you tired of not having any friend and being lonely all the time staying in with nothing to do and feel left out, jealous and envious to why you can't have that same thing other people have...Called "friends"?Making friends should be a breeze...
by Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Few things are harder to capture in words than the feeling of true friendship. But that certainly hasn't deterred people from trying. The Heart of Friendship shares what some of the most insightful writers have had to say about this inspiring subject. The sophisticated art of Mary Claire Smith illustrates this fresh new volume.
by Renee Ho
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Since 1985, the General Social Survey (GSS) studies have been revealing a decline in friendships. Twenty-seven years later since this study, our world is in even more need of unity with countries in conflict and our uncertain economy. This book is a crucial part in helping people with personal and...
Friendship Matters
Essential Roles Friends Play in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Without friendship, life would be completely meaningless and it would show the world that you are incapable of building relationships and loving others who are not your family members. The good thing about friendship is that it can be established even at a young age and it has the power to defy age...