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The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts Paperback – 1 Dec. 2009

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Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse’s primary love language—quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch.

By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with specific, simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together.

Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program Building Relationships with Gary Chapman, which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com.

The Five Love Languages is a consistent new York Times bestseller - with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running!

Includes a promotional code to gain exclusive online access to the new comprehensive love languages assessment.

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208 pages
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English
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Moody Press
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1 Dec. 2009
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15.24 x 0.99 x 22.86 cm
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9780802473158
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978-0802473158
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About the Author

Married more than 45 years to Karolyn, Dr. Gary Chapman is just the man to turn to for help on improving or healing our most important relationships. His own life experiences, plus over thirty-five years of pastoring and marriage counseling, led him to publish his first book in the Love Language series, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Millions of readers credit this continual New York Times bestseller with saving their marriages by showing them simple and practical ways to communicate their love to their partner.

Since the success of his first book, Dr. Chapman has expanded his Five Love Languages series to specifically reach out to teens, singles, men, and children.

He is the author of numerous other books published by Moody Publishers/Northfield Publishing, including, Anger, The Family You’ve Always Wanted, The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, Desperate Marriages, God Speaks Your Love Language (Jan 09), Parenting Your Adult Child, and Hope for the Separated. He co-authored The Five Languages of Apology with Dr. Jennifer Thomas.

Chapman speaks to thousands of couples nationwide through his weekend marriage conferences. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, Love Language Minute, and a Saturday morning program, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, that air on more than 100 stations. Dr. Chapman also serves as senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University.

Dr. Chapman and his wife have two adult children and two grandchildren, and currently live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0802473156
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moody Press; First Edition (1 Dec. 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780802473158
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802473158
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 0.99 x 22.86 cm

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Gary Chapman—author, speaker, and counselor—has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages® series and the director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary Travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations.

For more information, visit 5lovelanguages.com or connect with Gary on his social platforms:

Twitter @DrGaryChapman

Facebook /5lovelanguages

Instagram /5lovelanguages

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A game changer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 May 2023

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Excellent condition, clean pages, great content, very useful tool to better understand business & personal relationships. Thank you.

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Andy Evans

Every bookshelf should have one

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We bought a few and have given them as presents to friends

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 March 2013

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Wow! I read this little marvel with great interest and found it fascinating. Quite simply Gary explains that we all have primary and secondary languages of love. We show our love for people in many ways, but we each have a language of love which is demonstrated more frequently than others. More often than not, the language of love we display the most, is also the one which makes us feel loved and secure when we are in receipt of it. In order to keep a loving relationship alive after the honeymoon period subsides, we need to match our partner's primary and secondary languages. We each have a 'love tank' which is empty when relationships fail - we don't feel loved. In order to fill it again, our partner needs to display our language of love to us, and ensure they are consistently doing so.

The five languages of love are: Words of affirmation (expressing love verbally, giving praise, complimenting, etc.), receiving gifts, quality time, acts of service (doing things to please), physical touch (whether it be sex or just hugs, cuddles, a reassuring touch of the arm, etc.).

Gary uses case studies from his long career in marriage counselling to evidence how effective this method of staying together and loving forever actually is. It is reassuring to see that even relationships which would otherwise be considered not worth pursuing and past the point of return, can effectively be rescued and restored to a greater and more rewarding level of love than you could ever imagine.

I have learnt what my primary and secondary languages of love are and have also figured out my partner's. It has really opened my eyes. There is a great little on line interactive tool on the 5 Languages website which is fun to use and helps you to figure out which of the five languages of love are your top two. It confirmed I had assessed myself correctly.

I'd recommend this book wholeheartedly. If you are about to give up on someone, don't! Certainly not before you have read this little book and put its simple instructions in to practice.

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Sim

Good condition -like new

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 September 2020

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An unusualy good book far overreaching my expectations. It is full of practical usefulness, nothing odd, nothing weird and talks about Touch in a very useful way without too much of the overdone hyperfocussing around sex we often see in some relationship self help books. It is not a sex therapy book. A real common sense book , wriitten by an American but very accessibkle to this unconstructed Englishman and plainly punches across cultural boundaries and speaks to orfdinary thoughtful people.It feels to me that it is helping already and will continue to do so across all relationships and especially in a couple.

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Mr. P. N. C. Jay

A necessary book

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Very powerful stuff. Once you've read this, it's a lot easier to understand why some kids and parents feel that the other doesn't really love them. It also helps when you're scratching your head about what to do for that loved one.

There are basic qualities to each of the love languages. These are:
1) Words of affirmation
2) Acts of service
3) Quality time
4) Gifts
5) Touch

Interestingly, as we grow up, sometimes we are given the impression that some of these are not acts of affection, but selfish. If you are not a huggy or kissy type, someone who needs to be held may seem too clingy, and it's easy to feel that someone who always wants gifts is greedy. But if you read this book, you can see how those people feel without putting negative labels on them, or on any of these types.

I would encourage anyone to read this book. It will give new insight on your family, friends, and every relationship you have. Please read it!

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Una

Love Linguist

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Ever since I discovered the concept of 5 Love Languages, I have been passionate about the topic. I talk about it on a regular basis. Why? Because I see the relevance in my life and especially because it opened my eyes to recognise the signs of love from my nearest and dearest that I previously missed. I got the book to find out more and support what I think is an invaluable contribution to every library and life. It has changed the way I relate to others for the better, as I endeavour to appreciate the love I'm shown and show love in a way others can truly appreciate it. Not only is this great for building romantic and familial ties, but it can help you interact better with everyone you come into contact with. That, to me, is the beauty of learning to speak languages.

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Thyatira (Mr and Mrs)

Single? Married? Divorced/ing?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 23 February 2014

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If you never read another book, you have to read this one. I am not a fan of reading but I am so glad I opened this book. It has totally changed the way I view my marriage and all other relationships. Basically, unless you live on a desert island, you are going to receive significant help and revelation from this book.

And while virtually everyone you meet has a book they think you should read or a magic pill they think you should try - this author explains things that are so simple and yet without our understanding of them our lives are so incredibly complicated and we so often are offended or hurt by others.

You need to know what these 5 love languages are and you need to understand what it looks like to act on them or understand other human beings. And while this focuses on marriage, I'd recommend any human, to read it. The cross over is huge.

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J. L. Threadgold

A good read- and application of it can seriously improve your relationships

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 April 2014

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This is a good, easy read with loads of examples. His basic idea is that we receive and offer love in 5 different ways, so that two people can be in a relationship, both be offering love in the way that they want to be loved, and neither is feeling loved. By learning our own love languages, and those of our partner, children or friends, we can improve our relationships. The basic ideas have proved very helpful both in my own life and also as a therapist helping my clients. Of course it is not quite that simple. Some people have real problems with the idea that they are lovable, and have problems receiving and offering love. But for many people who do not have that issue that ideas can be put into practise and can help improve relationships.

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