Born for Love : Reflections on Loving
by Leo F. Buscaglia
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.

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

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

Kama Sutra
by Anne Hooper
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?

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

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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.

Ntozake 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.

Maxfield 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.

Linda 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.

Toyomi 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.

Maya 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.

e 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.

Leonard 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.

The 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 Loving 
by Erich Fromm

All you need to know

Love in the Western World
by Denis De Rougemont
This analysis addresses, in the author's own words, "the inescapable 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
No emotion is as linked to human history as love

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

Letters to Our Daughters: Mother's Words of Love by Molly Davis

Fate, Love, and Ecstasy :
Wisdom from the Lesser-Known Goddesses of the Greeks
by John A. Sanford
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.

The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love by Robert C. Solomon

Choices of Love
by Dorothy MacLean

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
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.

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

Serpent in the Garden of Dreams by Robin Messing is a lyrically written, literate novel about the endurance of love and the inability to erase an ended relationship from the history of our lives.


Henry 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

Historical Fiction Romances

Door Wide Open : A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 by Jack Kerouac ,Joyce Johnson

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.

Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion
by Michelle Lovric
This is a wonderful selection of rare and famous love letters. I especially enjoyed open the envelopes containing the lovely reproductions of the letters. Delightful! Unfortunately out of print now but still available new as well as used.

The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time by David Lowenherz
Internationally renowned collector David Lowenherz includes the romantic outpourings of celebrated writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Michelangelo, Mozart, Khalil Gibran, Harry Truman, Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Nelson, Henry VIII, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jack London, Marc Chagall, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Alfred Dreyfus, Vita Sackville-West,Beethoven, Emma Goldman to Ben, Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera, Dylan Thomas, Kafka, Napoleon Bonaparte, John Ruskin, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir, Anaïs Nin, Voltaire,
George Bernard Shaw, to Stella Campbell, Sarah Bernhardt, Marcel Proust, Frank Lloyd Wright, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth I, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield, Lewis Carroll, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and an adoring Elvis fan from New Jersey. This is an intimate glimpse into the lives of well-known men and women. Recommended for pubic libraries. Published in 2005, this fine book book is out of print but available new or used at amazon.com

The Erotic Spirit: An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing by Sam Hamill
One of America's premier poet-translators offers a collection spanning 35 centuries, featuring poets from around the world including Sappho, Ovid, Rumi, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Neruda, love poems by T'ang dynasty Chinese poets and Japanese poets as well as numerous contemporary poets.

Food As Foreplay
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 Food: A Date by Date, Course-By-Course, Nibble-By-Nibble Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food
by Jacqui Malouf, Liz Gumbinner, Ben Fink

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 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 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 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 : 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights
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!