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GARY D. CHAPMAN
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Edited by Elizabeth Cody Newenhuyse
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Cover design: Faceout Studio
Cover photo: Boone Rodriguez (boonerodriguez.com)
Author photo: P. S. Photography
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chapman, Gary D.
The five love languages : the secret to love that lasts / Gary Chapman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8024-1270-6
1. Marriage. 2. Communication in marriage. 3. Love. I. Title.
HQ734.C4665 2010
646.7’8—dc22
2009037112
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8024-9240-1
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Contents
1. What Happens to Love After the Wedding?
4. Love Language #1: Words of Affirmation
5. Love Language #2: Quality Time
6. Love Language #3: Receiving Gifts
7. Love Language #4: Acts of Service
8. Love Language #5: Physical Touch
9. Discovering Your Primary Love Language
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Introduction
BY DRS. LES & LESLIE PARROTT
We’ve known Gary Chapman for over 25 years—not long after The 5 Love Languages first came out in 1992. We were fresh out of graduate school: a new psychologist (Les), and a new marriage and family therapist (Leslie). We were also authors of a new book, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. In fact, that’s what brought us together with Gary.
From time to time, we found ourselves on the same talk shows and ...
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About The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that LastsOver 20 million copies sold! A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade! Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today. The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work. Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one. |
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