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Love and Relationships
Falling in LoveFalling in Love by Ayala Malach Pines
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Daft cover art is complimented by daft swishy typeset presentation but this is a searching and very engaging look at the psychology of love relationships, appendixes of research findings
The Rules of Love: A Personal Code for Happier, More Fulfilling Relationships (The Rules Series)The Rules of Love: A Personal Code for Happier, More Fulfilling Relationships (The Rules Series) by Richard Templar
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Some sound advice, I dont recommend the rules series but this is a good book, considers a number of love relationships, including finding love, parting and even family
A General Theory of Love (Vintage)A General Theory of Love (Vintage) by Thomas Lewis
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Excellent theorising about love and love relationships, with great attention to humans as centred upon the satisfaction of emotional needs and drives
The Art of Loving (P.S.)The Art of Loving (P.S.) by Erich Fromm
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A much more sophisticated book on the topic of love than is immediately apparent, the PS is the best with additional information on the author, devastating critique of obsessive "love"
To Have or to Be?To Have or to Be? by Erich Fromm
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Not one of Fromm's best as he attempts to elucidate his characterology but a great chapter on "having" lovers versus "being" in love
The Machiavellian's Guide to WomanisingThe Machiavellian's Guide to Womanising by Nick Casanova
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A look at the devious means men use to seduce women indeed, a humourous title not as unsettling reading as a lot of more recent titles like "The Game"
Seven Types of AmbiguitySeven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman
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A novel about a lot of human relationships, brilliant in its portrayal of obssessive unrequited love in one of its narrators
The Nation's Favourite Love Poems (Poetry)The Nation's Favourite Love Poems (Poetry)
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Waxing poetical about love, this is a great collection, even if you're not that interested in poetry
Simply Irresistible: The Psychology of Seduction - How to Catch and Keep Your Perfect PartnerSimply Irresistible: The Psychology of Seduction - How to Catch and Keep Your Perfect Partner by Raj Persaud
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This book can be a little journalistic but its got a lot of information gathered and presented in the one place, lots of research and statistics along the way
Emotions and Needs (Core Concepts in Therapy)Emotions and Needs (Core Concepts in Therapy) by Dawn Freshwater
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Not an easy read by any stretch, no doubt intended for an audience of academics and therapists but a good protracted study of its subject matter, important to anyone reflecting on love relationships
Our Friends From Frolix 8 (Gollancz S.F.)Our Friends From Frolix 8 (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick
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Dick's brilliantly rendered story of an obsessive tragic love triangle in a future police state where mankind is threatened with comfortable but complete annihilation, maybe
Cures for Love (Penguin Great Loves)Cures for Love (Penguin Great Loves) by Stendhal
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A great condensced read of Stendhal's literary tour de force on the topic of romantic love
Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests (Penguin Great Loves)Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests (Penguin Great Loves) by Giacomo Casanova
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And the same treatment for Casanova's sometimes rambling self-story
Love Poems (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature): "Amores", "Ars Amatoria", "Remedia Amoris" (Wordsworth World Literature)Love Poems (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature): "Amores", "Ars Amatoria", "Remedia Amoris" (Wordsworth World Literature) by Ovid
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By turns mocking and advisory poetical and literary attention to the topic of romantic love
Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Popular Classics)Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Popular Classics) by William Shakespeare
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One of the literary first authorities on love and relationships presents a brilliant dramatisation of love between two blood fueding families
The Truth About Love: Facts, Superstitions, Merriment and MythsThe Truth About Love: Facts, Superstitions, Merriment and Myths by Philip Ardagh
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A childrens book but interesting none the less, a reminder of this "great big magic idea"
Lost In Translation/Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind [DVD] [2003]Lost In Translation/Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind [DVD] [2003]
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Magnificent double of misfiring quirky love, all the highs and lows
The Lovers' Book: For the Lover Who's Best at EverythingThe Lovers' Book: For the Lover Who's Best at Everything by Kate Gribble
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Great praise for this literary/pop companion to the topic, going to review it shortly, sort of thing I suspect which is popular with smug couples during valentines or so the sale pitch seems
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's BrainWhy Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
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The importance of love in early years, the consequences of its abscence
Aspects of the Feminine (Routledge Classics)Aspects of the Feminine (Routledge Classics) by C.G. Jung
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This is a book about feminine archetypes but it does have a good chapter on the topic of love problems