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Valentine's Day, more than any other day, is the day to get into the romantic spirit. Single or married, everyone can enjoy reading and collecting books about love and passion.
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Sir Richard Burton, F. F. Arbuthnot
This lively distillation of the world's most famous sex guide features choice excerpts from the original text, translated in 1883 by the renowned explorer Sir Richard Burton, and is illustrated with vintage color plates from India. Best of all, six incredible pop-ups present the Kama Sutra's most interesting, instructive, and wildly acrobatic positions in three dimensions.
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Steven Heller
While it may be true that our annual celebration of love began as a pagan feast of the flesh in third century Rome, that shouldn’t stop anyone from enjoying this charming collection of Valentine’s Day ephemera. From cards to candy boxes, party favors to ads and more, these classic graphics celebrate the holiday of love during the period of 1900 to the 1960s.
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Kris Waldherr
Praised by The New York Times Book Review for her "quality of myth and magic," Waldherr brings to life a remarkable period in Venetian history. Her glorious celebration of romance, the feminine spirit, and the power of love to transform will inspire and move readers everywhere.
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Susan Polis Schutz
Buy this book on impulse - not for any type of occasion. Tuck it away in a special place where your loved one will find it during the day. Make it a surprise when they get home from work. Treat yourself to an evening of reading poems aloud to each other. Cherish every moment.
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Anaïs Nin
In Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin penned a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents. This is an extraordinarily rich and exotic collection from the master of erotic writing.
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Pablo Neruda, Pablo Picasso (Illustrator)
Drawn from the most intimate and personal of associations. Pablo Neruda's most beloved collection of poetry juxtaposes the exuberance of youthful passion with the desolation of grief, the sensuality of the body with the metaphorical nuances of nature. Interspersed with illustrations by Pablo Picasso.
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Liza Dalby, Rae Grant (Ill.)
Books like Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha have signaled the current fascination with the discreetly private side of Japan during the evocative age of dynasties and imperial rule. Ariake, a stunning gift book, offers up the passionate words of the elegant and cultured female courtesans of ancient Japan.
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D.H. Lawrence
Banned in England and America for obscenity, Lady Chatterley's Lover was Lawrence's most ambitious attempt to present his vision of the mystery and wonder of sex. Lawrence described the book as "beautiful and tender and frail as the naked self".
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