The authors reveal the clues they have used to master their marriage and grow happier and more in love each year...a major achievement given their prior history. The authors were emotionally challenged when they met 27 years ago and were unlikely candidates for a successful marriage. Without undergoing an extreme makeover in personality or appearance, they improved their relationship skills virtually overnight by implementing suggestions given them by virtual strangers. This book shares this advice along with tips and techniques they discovered and intentionally developed during their 25 year marriage. Easy to read, understand and implement. This practical, straight-forward and powerful advice works. If you want to be more happily married every year, read this book.

Presents guidelines for embracing the trials, tribulations, and successes in a Christian marriage by comparing marriage to extreme sports.

How do you get from "I do" to "happily ever after"?It can be done, even in today's divorce-torn society. But marriage is no fairy tale--it takes unselfish love, total commitment, a realistic attitude, and a lot of hard work. In a conversational style, with exercises and examples from movies and life, the V. Rev. Constantine Nasr, a 38-year veteran of both marriage and marital counseling, shows you how to master the art of marriage and create a lastingly joyful home and family.

“The most credible and interesting marital self-help book of all time.”—Newsweek Editor of The Washington Post's Wellness Department and former New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope is one of the most popular and e-mailed journalists in the nation. In this eye-opening—and ultimately optimistic—look at marriage today, Parker-Pope reveals the heart behind the statistics to bust the myths and share the true secrets to marital happiness. Among her surprising findings: • most marriages today are succeeding • newlywed couples who don't fight are at a higher risk for divorce than those who do • how couples divide household chores influences how often they have sex Whatever their stage of life or marital status, readers will be fascinated and buoyed by this classic in the making.

“A luminous, Marquez-esque tale” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel’s salvation is their maid Adelle’s belief in her strengths, and her deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle’s daughter. But Rachel’s life is not her own. She is married off to a widower with three children to save her father’s business. When her older husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frédérick, arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of her family, including her favorite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France. “A work of art” (Dallas Morning News), The Marriage of Opposites showcases the beloved, bestselling Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. “Her lush, seductive prose, and heart-pounding subject…make this latest skinny-dip in enchanted realism…the Platonic ideal of the beach read” (Slate.com). Once forgotten to history, the marriage of Rachel and Frédérick “will only renew your commitment to Hoffman’s astonishing storytelling” (USA TODAY).

Marriage is a journey, one that is filled with joy, love, and companionship, but it also has its challenges. In "Mastering the Art of Marriage: The Ultimate Guide to a Blissful Marriage," author Ranjot Singh Chahal provides essential tips and strategies for building a strong, fulfilling, and happy marriage that lasts a lifetime. Drawing from his own experiences as well as research on successful relationships, Chahal delves into the key components of a successful marriage, including communication, intimacy, trust, and forgiveness. He also explores the different stages of marriage, from the early years to grandparenthood, and offers practical advice for navigating each stage with grace and ease. Filled with practical tips, insightful advice, and real-life examples, "Mastering the Art of Marriage" is the ultimate guide for couples who want to strengthen their bond, deepen their love, and create a lifetime of happiness together. Whether you're a newlywed or have been married for decades, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to master the art of marriage and build a fulfilling and joyous life with their partner.

Marriage is a continuum comprising of three inter-linked stages: pre-marriage, wedding, and post-marriage. All the three stages throw many issues on daily basis which are so arcane that it is difficult to understand and deal with them. If due care is taken in the first two stages; success of third stage, known as married life, increases. This book embodies ideas, tips and suggestions in 14 chapters on spouse selection, dealing with in-laws, understanding concepts of husband, wife, individuality, woman, family, domestic violence and divorce. How to deal with issues and problems has been discussed exhaustively. American Architect Ludwig Mies Rohe said that “God is in details” meaning thereby that when attention is paid to the small things it can have the biggest rewards. Exhaustive work has made this book a laser torch to throw light on complex marital issues to make the married life full of joy, success and contribution to national development. Hence it is A to Z guide for mastering the art of marriage.