Best Selling Books by John Townsend

Improve your relationship with your spouse and gain life-changing insights.

Looks at the physical characteristics and behavior of various unusual birds.

Describes the history of those people responsible for upholding the law, from the first juries in ancient Greece to modern-day police officers.

In this six-session small group bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), bestselling author Dr. John Townsend helps you discover a simple path to regain the intimacy and fulfilling closeness that every person needs. Difficult relationships can damage our ability to trust, causing us to shut down. But God designed us to experience freedom and love. To live this way, we all eventually need to take a risk. After six books on Boundaries, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend realized that, though people who experienced tough relationships may put up an emotional all to protect themselves, they often have no idea how to reconnect – either with the person who has damaged their trust, or with new relationships. Sessions include: Understanding the Problem (18:00) Knowing When You’re Ready, Part 1(16:00) Knowing When You’re Ready, Part 2 (15:00) Knowing When the Other Person is Ready (17:00) Moving into Relationship, Part 1 (17:00) Moving into Relationship, Part 2 (18:00) Designed for use with the Beyond Boundaries Video Study 97801310684480 (sold separately).

Describes how specific animals are designed to handle extreme weather, including camels, frogs, geese, penguins, and polar bears.

The author helps reders explore and identify the hiding patterns they have developed--and guides them toward the healing grace and truth that God has built into safe, connected relationships with Himself and others.

Put healthy, responsible boundaries into daily practice. An essential companion to the bestselling book, Boundaries Workbook provides practical guidance and tools for setting boundaries in the home, workplace, and digital spaces. Following the latest edition of Boundaries chapter-by-chapter, this official workbook''s interactive exercises are designed to help you further develop healthy boundaries, resolve conflicts, and log your thoughts, progress, and successes along the way. Additional readings, examples, and situations. Reflection and discussion questions. Journaling prompts. Biblical wisdom with verse references and prayers. Further reading resources. Boundaries Workbook gives you the support and the Scripture you need to help others respect your boundaries—whether you want to improve your work-life balance or you''re practicing saying no when someone asks you to volunteer for one more activity. Discover firsthand that having good, biblical boundaries gives you the freedom to live as the loving, generous, fulfilled person God created you to be.

Truly Foul & Cheesy is a bestselling series of hilarious, fact-packed information books that will have young readers laughing as they’re learning. Quirky illustrations and bite-sized text provide an accessible and entertaining introduction to genius. Find out about eccentric scientists, ingenious inventors and the thin line between genius and madness. Hold onto your sides and dive in!

This series examines weird and unexlained phenomena including aliens and ghosts. Each title ends with an open question and leads the reader to make up his or her own mind.

Read this history of surgery to find out how scalpels, stitches and scars were a part of medical history. Learn why barbers tried to make people bleed and which group of people used giant ants to seal up wounds. Discover how people in ancient times fixed wounds. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how surgery and medical treatment has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.

Take a look at weird and wacky stories of "mad" scientists, how not to do science, and crazy experiments that went wrong (as well as some wild ideas that turned out to be absolutely correct). These accessible and fun titles have strong links to the process of the scientific method including fact boxes that explain how the scientists forumlated their ideas. Graphs, tables, and charts allow students to become familiar with a variety of ways data can be presented.

In this best-selling, award-winning book, Drs. Cloud and Townsend introduce eight persuasive principles that demonstrate how God enters both the heart-breaking situation and the life looking for more. Life is difficult. Life for every person on earth is a challenging journey – with or without God. Those who invite God to join them on this adventure believe that when bad things happen they can trust God to be present and work on their behalf. But just exactly how does He go about the business of helping us when we don’t know what to do? Henry Cloud and John Townsend believe God has given us instructions on how He makes a way for us when we call on Him. If you follow God’s eight principles in this book, you can thrive relationally, emotionally, and spiritually. As clinical psychologists, the authors deal daily with real people facing real problems, so this book is not just psychological or biblical theory. It is a life system that captures God’s wisdom for coping with our most difficult problems.

When to say yes, when to say no, to help your children gain control of their lives.

Insights for romance to help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage. How do you set smart limits on your physical relationship? How much do you get involved financially? And how do you know if you''ve found your future spouse? Dating can be fun, but it''s not always easy to navigate the questions and intricacies along the way. In Boundaries in Dating, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, counselors and authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, share their practical advice for adding healthy boundaries to your dating life. Full of insightful, real-life examples, this book will give you the tools you need to: Recognize and choose quality over perfection in a dating partner. Prioritize friendship within your relationship. Preserve friendships by separating between platonic relationships and romantic interest. Move past denial to handle real relational problems in a realistic and hopeful way. Enjoy this season of life. Boundaries in Dating unfolds a wise, biblical path to developing self-control, freedom, and intimacy. Let Drs. Cloud and Townsend help you get to know yourself, solve problems, and enjoy the journey of dating and finding your life partner.

Describes the different ways con artists use fraud to get money, including stealing identities, copying paintings, and counterfeiting money, and how they are caught.

A look at the crimes committed by children and teenagers throughout history and the punishments they received for their digressions.

A look at the world of the criminal, from ancient civilizations right up to modern times, focusing on the nature of prisons and prisoners.

The co-hosts of the "New Life" radio program show how parenting is not just intellectual work--it also demands emotional maturity and spiritual wisdom.

Full of practical tips and how-tos, this book will help you make your relationships better, deepen your intimacy with people you care for, and cultivate more love, understanding, and respect between you and others. Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important problems. They have discovered that uncomfortable situations can be avoided or resolved through direct conversation. But most of us don''t know how to have difficult conversations, and we see confrontation as scary or adversarial. Authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend take the principles from their award-winning and bestselling book, Boundaries, and apply them to a variety of the most common difficult situations and relationships in order to: Show how healthy confrontation can improve relationships Present the essentials of a good boundary-setting conversation Provide tips on preparing for the conversation Show how to tell people what you want, stop bad behavior, and deal with counterattack Give actual examples of conversations to have with your spouse, your date, your kids, your coworker, your parents, and more! This book is a practical handbook on positive confrontation that will help you finally have that difficult conversation you''ve been avoiding. Includes a discussion guide.

Discusses how kidnappers and assassins operate, how leaders are oftenthe targets, and how police catch them.

Explore the amazing world of amphibians with this unprecedented exploration of the incredible creatures in the world around us. The series is divided according to animal classifications in order to establish a firm scientific basis for each title. The titles also include predatory behavior, but not as the main thrust of the book. A variety of text types such as newspaper reports are used to represent real life stories about the creatures covered. A conservation angle is also included to demonstrate how animals are in danger from humans and our activities and to stress what needs to be done to protect them and their environments.

In Our Mothers, Ourselves, Henry Cloud and John Townsend show how understanding how our mothers have profoundly influenced our lives can set us on a path toward wholeness and growth. No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image - your life. Our Mothers, Ourselves can help you identify areas that need reshaping, to make positive choices for personal change, and to establish a mature relationship with Mom today. The Phantom Mom The China Doll Mom The Controlling Mom The Trophy Mom The Still-the-Boss Mom The American Express Mom You''ll learn how your mom affected you as a child and may still be affecting you today. Our Mothers, Ourselves is a biblical, realistic, and empowering route to wholeness and growth, to deeper and more satisfying bonds with your family, friends, and spouse - and to a new, healthier way of relating to your mother. This book was previously titled The Mom Factor.

A 6 session curriculum on creating character in children.

Explains the history of the treatment of diseases and medicine.

This is a companion workbook to Boundaries in Marriage that is filled with self-tests, questions, and applications.

From the very beginning, you relied on her for things no one else could give you. How she met those needs -- or didn''t meet them -- affected you daily as a child. And still affects you profoundly as an adult. For every son or daughter who wonders if things should have been different . . . for every man or woman who wonders if they still couldn''t be . . . here''s a life-changing look at The Mom Factor. She shaped you in ways that would surprise you both. No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image -- your life. How can you identify areas that need reshaping, make positive choices for personal change, and establish a balanced, mature relationship with Mom today? In The Mom Factor, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend steer you down a path of discovery and growth beyond the effects of six common mothering styles: -The Phantom Mom -The China-Doll Mom -The Controlling Mom -The Trophy Mom -The Still-the-Boss Mom -The American-Express Mom -- Cloud and Townsend show you how your mom affected you as a child and may still be affecting you today. You’ll find a hopeful, realistic, and empowering approach to identifying your unmet mothering needs and filling them in healthy, life-changing ways through other people. This encouraging book doesn’t just help you understand areas in your life that need change and strengthening -- it helps you apply your discoveries to attain new freedom and joy in living, and an increased ability to give and receive love. The Mom Factor is a biblical, highly practical route to wholeness and growth, deeper and more satisfying bonds with your family, friends, and spouse -- and a new, healthier way of relating to your mother today.

Looks at the physical characteristics and behavior of various unusual insects.

Discusses mysterious urban legends with codes as to their truthfulness. Includes a page-by-page glossary of words and phrases.

Looks at the physical characteristics and behavior of various unusual mammals.

Truly Foul & Cheesy is a bestselling series of hilarious, fact-packed information books that will have young readers laughing as they’re learning. Quirky illustrations and bite-sized text provide an accessible and entertaining introduction to William Shakespeare, including a biography of the playwright, context about the world in which he lived and worked, and outlines of the key plays. Hold onto your sides and dive in!

This series examines weird and unexlained phenomena including aliens and ghosts. Each title ends with an open question and leads the reader to make up his or her own mind.

Describes biological theories that have been proposed throughout history, some of which have proven true, others false, and a few of which are just strange.

Describes how chemists throughout history have risked their lives with poisonous gases, lethal liquids, and dangerous reactions.

"Level M Life Science"--P. [4] of cover.

Truly Foul & Cheesy is a bestselling series of hilarious, fact-packed information books that will have young readers laughing as they’re learning. Quirky illustrations and bite-sized text provide an accessible and entertaining introduction to the gross and gruesome aspects of mummified humans. Find out about cursed mummies, rotting pharaohs and tombs filled with treasure. Hold onto your sides and dive in!

Not everything believed as biblical truth is truly biblical. The co-directors of the Minirth Meier New Life Clinics West debunk 12 commonly accepted beliefs that cause bondage rather than liberty. They explain how nuggets of truth become cornerstones for error when wrongly understood, and they help build solid scriptural foundations that produce emotional freedom.