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Dirty little secrets; breaking the silence on teenage girls and promiscuity.

In Loose Girls: A Memoir of Promiscuity, a Portland, Oregon psychotherapist who focuses on such issues in her practice wrote of experiences that are shared by many and continue to affect adult relationships. Cohen attributes such culturally- and family-shaped behavior to defining self-worth in terms of sexual relationships, and discusses what she means by true sex education. The book includes first-hand accounts, discussion questions for school counselors and parents, behavior assessments, and resources for teens and parents about sex and relationships. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The new science of love; how understanding your brain's wiring can help rekindle your relationship.

To paraphrase Tina Turner's song about love, what's the brain got to do with it? Praver, a clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in Long Island, New York, draws on neuroscience research on brain plasticity and mirror neurons to explain how the neural basis of communication and empathy offers hope for fostering good relationships. With case examples, she discusses tools and resolutions for relationship issues. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Surviving the shadows; a journey of hope into post-traumatic stress.

Retired NBA referee Delaney, who speaks with and counsels members of law enforcement, the military, and others who have dealt with psychological trauma, developed post-traumatic stress disorder when he was a New Jersey state trooper in the 1970s after a three-year investigation of the Genovese and Bruno crime families. He shares his own experiences dealing with the condition and collects first-person stories from members of the military, law enforcement, emergency services, and civilians who have dealt with PTSD and how they have coped. He integrates the advice of doctors and counselors who explain the physiological and psychological responses that occur, and recommends a method of peer-to-peer therapy. No index has been provided. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Titanic; one newspaper, seven days, and the truth that shocked the world.

Over a dozen films and hundreds of books have told the tragic tale of Titanic's sinking, but coming up on the 100 year anniversary of its icy demise, Hines offers this from the headlines account of the events as they unfolded in the week that followed. No tweets, twitters or cell phone messages in 1912, so news traveled slowly. The first accounts reported that Titanic sunk but everyone survived. The truth emerged bit by bit while the world followed. This book puts the reader in the audience to experience those same emotions. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)