Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships

This is a set of Seven Books by John Gray, five are hardcover and two are paperback. They are all by Harper and Row and were published around 1999, give or take 5 years. They collection includes: MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS, CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN, MARS AND VENUS IN TOUCH, PRACTICAL MIRACLES FOR MARS AND VENUS, MARS AND VENUS STARTING OVER, HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AND WANT WHAT YOU HAVE, and MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE. The last two are paperback, the rest are hardcover. My favorite is still the first one, MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS which focuses on communication tools and goes into some important differences in male and female communication styles. While it might not solve every problem that happens in a relationship, it highlights how communication can get in the way and be misunderstood and what we can do about, then communication has a chance to be helpful. MARS AND VENUS IN TOUCH is an excellent summary of the how males and females differ and what can be done practically to bridge the gap. PRACTICAL MIRACLES and HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AND WANT WHAT YOU HAVE are more general and give a basic life philosophy and practical information that is similar for both males and females. MARS AND VENUS STARTING OVER and MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE are more specific to different life phases. One is about how to continue after a divorce or death of a spouse, and the other is about the unique challenges of simply dating. As always, John Gray focuses on some practical communication skills both from male to female and female to male perspectives, and a general overview, and emphasizes "what you can feel, you can heal", getting in touch with how you feel and moving through the phases of emotional depth, anger, fear, sadness, remorse and responsibility, and then love and how to let a partner communicate through these phases to reach the feeling of love again.