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January 2009
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THIS MONTH
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Valentine's Day! There'll be love, romance, and probably some sex and erotica too. Love and sex are integral to literature and always have been. From Homer's Iliad to Stephenie's Twilight, stories about people getting together, splitting up and making up are page-turners.
This Avid Reader is devoted to understanding the many facets of love and sex found in books. So put away that copy of the pop-up Kama Sutra, shove The Joy of Sex under the bed and meet some experts.
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| See what the staff are saying on Reading Copy, the AbeBooks blog |
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FEATURED ARTICLE
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Romance vs. Erotica
We talked with bestselling author Mary Roach, whose most recent title, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science, brings sex out of the bedroom and into the laboratory for a closer look.
Joining her are the owners of Seattle-based Alta-Glamour Inc., both sexologists, who have been selling books, specializing in erotica and sex, on AbeBooks for a decade.
And with her take on love, sex and the written word is prolific, popular romance author Merline Lovelace, hot on the trail of her next book from Harlequin.
Read the article
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| Louis Braille's 200th Anniversary |
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ON THE SITE
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Unusual Bindings
 Ranging from absolutely affordable to extravagantly expensive, here are some of the most unusual bindings found on AbeBooks, from eelskin and ivory to goatskin and gold.
See more unusual bindings
Bestselling Books of 2008
 With Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth topping the list, and self-help and inspirational titles dominating the bunch, see AbeBooks' bestselling books of 2008.
See the other Bestselling Books of 2008
Signed Bestsellers in December
- A Mercy
Toni Morrison
- A Most Wanted Man
John Le Carre
- Netherland
Joseph O'Neill
- Indignation
Philip Roth
- 2666: A Novel
Robert Bolano
See The Whole List on the Homepage
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Legend of Literature: PG Wodehouse
 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, or Plum to his friends, was an enormously popular comic novelist with a career spanning more than 70 years. His tales of Jeeves and Wooster still captivate readers today and he remains one of the 10 most searched for authors on AbeBooks year after year.
Learn more about PG Wodehouse
Most Expensive Books Sold in December
- Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee-en Lant-Reise
Johan Nieuhoff - $6,849
- Security Analysis
Benjamin Graham - $6,000
- Le Capital
Karl Marx - $5,795
- Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand - $5,750
- Cezanne
Duret, Mirbeau et al - $5,600
See the Whole List on the Rare Book Room |
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