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January 2009
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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 popular Mills & Boon romance author Merline Lovelace, hot on the trail of her next book.
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
Bestsellers in December
- Bret 'Hitman' Hart
Bret Hart
- The Isles of Scilly
Rosemary Parslow
- Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose
Martin Davies
- The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama
- The Secret Life of Words
Henry Hitchings
See The Whole List on the Homepage
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Win 25 PG Wodehouse Books
 PG Wodehouse 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. And great news - we've teamed up with the Everyman's Library to offer an amazing collection of 25 P.G. Wodehouse novels to one lucky winner. Enter to win now - contest closes February 3rd.
Learn more about PG Wodehouse
Most Expensive Books Sold in December
- Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee-en Lant-Reise
Johan Nieuhoff - £4,657
- Security Analysis
Benjamin Graham - £4,080
- Le Capital
Karl Marx - £3,941
- Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand - £3,910
- Cezanne
Duret, Mirbeau et al - £3,808
See the Whole List on the Rare Book Room |
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