Books of Love

There are more books in the world written about love than any other subject.
Amazon.com lists 567,000.  If you laid up all the words that have ever been written about Love, they would most likely reach to heaven.
Who, How, Why, When, Where, What? Interested in Love?  Looking for a Love book? For yourself or as a Gift of Love?

Let your Love Light Shine

PHILOSOPHY    LOVE LETTERS    POETRY and QUOTATIONS    NOVELS   FOOD FOR LOVERS   ART AND POETRY SERIES

Born To LoveBorn for Love : Reflections on Loving
by Leo F. Buscaglia
five stars Leo Buscaglia turns the light of his wisdom on every facet of the priceless jewel of love and discusses: Love that is more than a comfort zone; Creating an "Us" without destroying the "Me;" The value of differences, and so much more. These challenging lessons in loving will enrich your life for as long as you live.
A wonderful book on how to bring Love into all aspects of our lives.

Illustrated Kama Sutra:Anaga-Ranga and Perfumed GardenThe Illustrated Kama Sutra :
Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden
- The Classic Eastern Love Texts

Botanica EroticaBotanica Erotica : Arousing Body, Mind, and Spirit
by Diana De Luca four stars
A treasure trove. 32 Color And 40 B/W Illustrations.Use safe and available herbs in ways that enhance and increase sensuality

Kama SutraKama Sutra
by Anne Hooper4stars
Classic Lovemaking Techniques Reinterpreted for Today's Lovers. Anne Hooper has grasped the subtle, but more important, messagesof India's traditional love manuals. Need I say more?

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POETRY AND QUOTATIONS

Sonnets from the PortugueseSonnets from the Portuguese: A Celebration 0f Love (Hardcover)

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
five stars
First published in 1850 and considered some of the finest love lyrics in the English language, Written for Robert Browning, who had affectionately nicknamed her his "little Portuguese," the sequence is a celebration of marriage, and of one of the most famous romances of the nineteenth century.

100 Love Sonnets/Cien Sonetos De Amor by Pablo Neruda
five stars
If you're even the slightest bit romantic, this book should be in your home

Kids sayKids Say the Cutest Things About Love
by Dandi Daley Mackall five stars
What is love? It's the first feeling you feel before all that other bad stuff gets in the way! From across the United States, children ages four through eight offer a fresh, candid look at love. This is a very delightful book. It is certain to provide big smiles..:-) Although this book is out of print, you are still still able to purchase it used and new through amazon.com

Erotic SpiritThe Erotic Spirit : An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing by Sam Hamill five stars
From the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union, this extraordinary collection of poems celebrates the erotic spirit in all of its forms from Egyptian love songs of the 15th century to today's finest poets.

Cowboy Love Poetry:Verse from the Heart of the West
by Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn
five starsCowboys have a simple way of getting their point across, yet they write so tenderly and sometimes even a bit shyly.

The Love Poems of Lord Byron: A Romantic's Passion by George Gordon Byron (Author), David Stanford Burr (Introduction)

This Is My Beloved This Is My Beloved
by Walter Benton
" I do not find these poems pornographic. They are direct and free, quick with life and warm with remembered passion. The imagery is sensuous and exact, but no more graphic -- or pornographic -- than the images in the Song of Songs."
...Louis Untermeyer

The Book of LoveThe Book of Love
by Diane Ackerman
five stars
'The Book of Love' gathers together some 200 contemporary and classic selections of fiction, poetry, personal essays, love letters, and memories. The Perfect Gift for Lovers!

DisiderataDesiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
by Max Ehrmann five stars


 

Daily Meditations for Women Who Love Too MuchWomen who Love
by Robin Norwood five stars
For those of you who are dependent on men for completion....get this book now. :-)

Love Letters in the SandLove Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

Twenty Love Poems by NerudaTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair: Dual Language Edition
by Pablo Neruda five stars
This classic book of poetry is poignant, honest, and so real! Speaks of love in terms that we all understand. It speaks of love in all its glories, pains, frustrations and ecstasies.

Rumi PoemsThe Love Poems of Rumi by Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Deepak Chopra five stars
Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century,
the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of mysticism and desire that inspired countless people, in his own time and throughout the centuries.


The Illuminated Rumi

Illustrated Rumiby Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Coleman Barks
five stars
In a magnificent meeting of words and visuals, of ancient tradition and modern interpretation, this beautiful book assembles in one volume the timeless work of 13th-century Sufi poet and philosopher Jelaluddin Rumi. Extraordinary,contemporary, full-color collages capture the richness of Rumi's teachings.

Rumi: Hidden Music
Rumi's poems fill the sky like bright and clear stars in the desert night. Each poem takes us into a different world, a world filled with hidden music. These beautiful translations take you on a journey to the heart of Rumi's universal message.

The Art and Poetry Series celebrates the joys and passions of life thorough a unique pairing of words
and art from some of the world's most creative and expressive and artists.

i live in musicNtozake Shange (Creator), Romare Bearden (Illustrator), Eric Baker (Editor), Linda Sunshine (Editor) A unique and visionary book that speaks to both adults and children, a lyrical poem that celebrates the language of music and the magical, often mystical, rhythms that connect human lives.

Over The RainbowMaxfield Parrish (Illustrator), Linda Sunshine, E. Y. Harburg, Mary Tiegreen (Editor) Very few songs have taken hold of our hearts and imaginations the way "Over the Rainbow " from The Wizard of Oz has. These lyrics, so evocative of light and color, have found their perfect match in the paintings of Maxfield Parrish.

Shape of My HeartLinda Sunshine (Editor), Mary Tiegreen (Designer) Shape of My Heart marries the haunting lyrics of pop icon Sting with the mesmerizing images of Pablo Picasso to create the perfect gift of love. 25 color images.

I See The RhythmToyomi Igus, Michele Wood (Illustrator)
Winner of the 1999 Coretta Scott King Award. A celebration of African-American music , I See the Rhythm traces the progression of black music from its traditional roots in Africa to contemporary hip hop.

Still I RiseMaya Angelou, Linda Sunshine Diego Rivera (Illustrator) Entwined with the vivid paintings of Diego Rivera, the renowned Mexican artist, a portrait of the amazing human spirit.

May I Feele e cummings, Chagall (Illustrator)

An ecstatic tribute to the power of love, this poem, is one of the poet's best-loved works. Chagall's floating lovers and violin-playing horses are the perfect complement.

Dance me to the endLeonard Cohen, Henri Matisse (Illustrator), Linda Sunshine
Sweep your lover off his or her feet with a deliriously romantic song by Leonard Cohen, brilliantly visualized through the sensual paintings of Henry Matisse.

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PHILOSOPHY

BelovedThe Beloved:Reflections on the Path of the Heart
by Kahlil Gibran, John Walbridge (Translator)
For Kahlil Gibran, love was a way--perhaps the supreme way--of achieving self-realization and completeness as a human being. This book is about transforming one's own life through love's all-consuming power.
Exquisite writings on love, marriage, and the spiritual union of souls. Adds to our understanding of the philosophy of love and its role in contemporary society.

The Art of LovingThe Art of Loving 
by Erich Fromm
five stars
All you need to know



Love in the Western World
by Denis De Rougemont
This analysis addresses, in the author's own words, "the Love in Western Worldinescapable conflict in the West between passion and marriage." In this classic work, Denis De Rougemont explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood.

Cupid's Arrow : The Course of Love Through Time by Robert J. Sternberg
five stars No emotion is as linked to human history as love

 

Letter to Son
Letters to My Son : A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
by Kent Nerburn


Fate,Love, EcstasyFate, Love, and Ecstasy :
Wisdom from the Lesser-Known Goddesses of the Greeks
by John A. Sanford five stars
Whether you are reading Greek mythology for psychological insights or studying the classics in college, there are a number of goddesses who have been almost entirely overlooked. They are who John Sanford calls the lesser-known goddesses. However, there is nothing lesser about them. They personify the deeper elements that exist across all life, nature, and spiritual reality. Our current culture often neglects their qualities but would be wise to increase its understanding of them. To bring forward their spiritual meaning, Sanford has pieced together information from various Greek stories, plays, and poems.

Choices of LoveChoices of Love
by Dorothy MacLean
five stars
A very comforting, enlightening and marvelous book.
Dorothy MacLean is one of the founders of the Findhorn Community in Scotland.


The Evolution of Love

by Ada Lampert five stars
New insights as to who we fall in love with, why our sexual life is so full of contradictions, and from where the behavioral repertoire of lovers came.
Based upon the most current scientific information, this book is written for every educated person.

 

Mastery of LoveThe Mastery of Love : A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship (Toltec Wisdom)
by Miguel Ruiz The teachings of don Miguel Ruiz are powerful medicine. The insight and clarity with which he shares his unique perspective on life and love are invaluable.

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NOVELS

Like Water for ChocolateLike Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel five stars
I really loved this book and I am sure you will too. Delicious!




Henry and JuneHenry and June
by Anais Nin From a Journal of Love : The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1932
Yes I know you have the movie but have you read the book? A passionate writer and her passages on discovering her erotic nature are moving and insightful

NanaNana by Emile Zolafive stars
Girl Power in the 1860s
Nana is an unforgettable character. A wonderful lesson in human nature and history.


Because of Love by Tanisha Johnfour stars
'Because of Love' is the story of loves suffering and loves triumphs.

Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac four stars
Written in 1953, published in 1959
(after the 1957 publication of Kerouac's On the Road made him famous overnight) and long out of print, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England mill town is one of Kerouac's most accessible works.

Love in the Time of CholeraLove in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
five stars
Published to worldwide critical acclaim, with more than one million copies already in print,
this is the lush story of an unrequited love that survives half a century and more than 600 distractions.
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LOVE LETTERS

Door Wide OpenDoor Wide Open : A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 by Jack Kerouac ,Joyce Johnson
five stars
On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson (then Joyce Glassman) met Jack Kerouac in January 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of 'On the Road'. She was an adventurous, independent-minded twenty-one-year-old; Kerouac was already running on empty at thirty-five. This unique book, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other, reveals a surprisingly tender side of Kerouac. It also shares the vivid and unusual perspective of what it meant to be young, Beat, and a woman in the Cold War fifties.
The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time by David Lowenherz
five stars Internationally renowned collector David Lowenherz includes the romantic outpourings of celebrated writers George Sand, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald plus selections from such notables as Harry Truman, Abigail Adams, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and an adoring Elvis fan from New Jersey. Not surprisingly, some of the most passionate declarations of love herein were uttered by lovers who later proved fickle. But there are some unexpected revelations, too: the ostensibly reserved George Bush, Each letter is prefaced by a brief biographical introduction describing the context in which the letter was written. This is an intimate glimpse into the lives of well-known men and women. Recommended for pubic libraries.
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FOOD FOR LOVERS

Food As ForeplayFood As Foreplay five stars
by Cooking Couple, Ellen Albertson, Michael Albertson
How to create a culinary fantasy that will capture your lover - body, heart and soul. "Imagine Dr. Ruth meets Julia Child."-USA Today

 

Booty FoodBooty Food: A Date by Date, Course-By-Course, Nibble-By-Nibble Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food five stars
by Jacqui Malouf, Liz Gumbinner, Ben Fink


Fork Me Spoon Mefive stars Fork Me, Spoon Me: the sensual cookbook
 by Amy Reiley Recipes such as Persian love cake with candied rose petals, honey almond home cured snapper, ginger mojitos and moist mango meatloaf are easy to follow for even the most novice home cook.

Seduction and Spicefive stars Seduction and Spice : 130 Recipes for Romance
by Rudy Sodamin, Rudolf Sodamin
130 recipes that will have you nibbling -- on your lover's neck and the food!

The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac CookbookThe New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook
by Martha Hopkins, Randall Lockridge
This 10th anniversary edition covers 19 sensual foods ranging from traditional aphrodisiacs like oysters and honey to lesser-known -- but just as potent -- black beans and pine nuts - plus aphrodisiac histories, couples' comments, elaborate appendices, and full-color photographs of aphrodisiacs set against the backdrop of the human form.

The Seduction Cookbookfive stars The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations For Lovers by Diane Brown
"These lively recipes, each with a sexy reputation, can turn a meal from sedate to sizzling."—Rona Cherry, Editor-in-Chief, Love Magazine


Cooking for Two Cooking for Two : 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights five stars
by Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
Cooking for Two is a collection of 120 recipes varying from simple to elegant scaled down for two people. Includes recipes for dishes that traditionally are made with more people in mind such as casseroles. No more leftovers!

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