The Four Loves

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like being one of his students at Cambridge

Three kinds of love and how to sanctify them with a Fourth

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"For news of the fully waking world you must go to my betters": But Lewis is a Great Place to Start

The Four Loves
C.S. Lewis
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ASIN: 0156329301

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The Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from Jane Austen to St. Augustine. The chapter on charity (love of God) may be the best thing Lewis ever wrote about Christianity. Consider his reflection on Augustine's teaching that one must love only God, because only God is eternal, and all earthly love will someday pass away:

Who could conceivably begin to love God on such a prudential ground--because the security (so to speak) is better? Who could even include it among the grounds for loving? Would you choose a wife or a Friend--if it comes to that, would you choose a dog--in this spirit? One must be outside the world of love, of all loves, before one thus calculates.

His description of Christianity here is no less forceful and opinionated than in Mere Christianity or The Problem of Pain, but it is far less anxious about its reader's response--and therefore more persuasive than any of his apologetics. When he begins to describe the nature of faith, Lewis writes: "Take it as one man's reverie, almost one man's myth. If anything in it is useful to you, use it; if anything is not, never give it a second thought." --Michael Joseph Gross

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A candid, wise, and warmly personal book in which Lewis explores the possibilities and problems of the four basic kinds of human love- affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. “Immensely worthwhile for its simplicity...a rare and memorable book” (Sydney J. Harris).

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We need this today, more than ever before........2007-08-23

Supposedly this is the only existing audio of the voice of C.S. Lewis. Originally, I was hoping to find audio of his famous radio talks which later became his book "Mere Christianity". Even though this wasn't exactly what I was looking for, it is phenomenal to hear the voice of C.S. Lewis. The Four Loves should be recommended reading/listening for every engaged couple. For those of us who have been married for some time, his book sheds beautiful light on what our relationships should look like.

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like being one of his students at Cambridge.......2007-07-22

One of the things I like most about college are the lectures of a really erudite professor. It's such a joy to hear someone with a dazzling array of experiences and insights speak on his subject of expertise. These 4 talks are the closest most of us will ever come to sitting in a Cambridge classroom and hearing the one and only C.S. Lewis talk and talk about a subject of intense and intimate interest to just about all of us: love. While perhaps of lesser aesthetic quality than Plato's "Symposium", it is, nonetheless, far more insightful and USEFUL (That's not to say Plato is not useful; far from it! It is precisely BECAUSE Plato is so eminently insightful and useful that I consider this to be just about the highest compliment one could pay Lewis's work, and a compliment which is richly deserved!). Lewis's unparalleled understanding of human nature; his ability to illustrate the true significance of often overlooked, seemingly trivial things; his use of disparate and always apt illustrations from literature, history, psychology, life, philosophy, and religion; the way in which the highest and the lowest are always placed in right relation in his account of things; all these hallmarks of Lewis's genius are on full display in these lectures on the four types of love: domestic affection, friendship, erotic love, and Christian charity.
In fact, Lewis's understanding that these various types of love differ not only in degree but in kind enable him to avoid many of the apparent problems of Plato's account. I would recommend that Lewis's "Four Loves" and Plato's "Symposium" be read back-to-back and then criticized in light of each other, and then reread back-to-back again. Listening to them both (there is an excellent line of dramatic readings of Plato's works by Naxos audio-books) is very helpful, for one gets something different from hearing a lecture than from just reading notes (even if they are an exact transcript of the lecture). Also, Lewis's talks differ slightly in content from the book, and the differences, while slight, are somewhat instructive.
One can truly listen with rapt interest and amazement to these talks over, and over, and over, and over, and...

Three kinds of love and how to sanctify them with a Fourth.......2007-06-24

In the introduction, Lewis discusses the differences between Gift-love and Need-love. He explains that although our Need-loves may be demanding and greedy, they are good and necessary because there is little danger that they can be made into gods. They are not near enough to God, by likeness, to be twisted like that. The highest does not exist without the lowest and a plant has roots below as well as sunlight above.

Chapter 2: Likings And Loves For The Sub-Human, is a discussion of Pleasures of Need versus Pleasures of Appreciation. The types of love explored here include patriotism and love of nature. The next chapter: Affection, deals with the humblest love as Lewis calls it. He refers to literary works like The Wind In The Willows, Tristram Shandy, Emma and others to demonstrate the good and the bad manifestations of this kind of love.

Friendship is explored in Chapter 4, again with reference to literature, including inter alia Ralph Waldo Emerson. This section includes an interesting discussion of the word "spiritual" - which is nowadays often used as substitute for "religious". Lewis reminds us that there is spiritual evil as well as spiritual good. The next chapter deals with Eros and he points out its aspects of glory and its playfullness, with reference to books like Anna Karenina and 1984, and certain passages from scripture.

The final chapter is titled Charity and includes an interesting view of a passage from the Confessions by St Augustine. Lewis notes that the Gift-loves are natural images of God whilst the Need-loves are correlatives (not opposites) of the love that God is. When God is admitted to the human heart, He transforms our Gift-love and our Need-love. Conversion is necessary for our natural loves to enter the heavenly life.

The main lesson of the book is the importance of Charity. Without it, all three of the aforementioned types of love may become distorted and even dangerous. Although this little book provides great insight, I have not found it to be as accessible as his masterpiece Mere Christianity or his comforting book titled The Problem of Pain.

Sometimes his arguments are hard to follow and his views and examples of certain types of love are coloured by the English culture of the period in which he lived, thus not always universally applicable. The book would also have been a better reference source if an index had been provided. Besides these minor comlaints, The Four Loves is still a great read that provides valuable insight into the human condition.

Listen to Lewis.......2007-06-06

If you have only read "The Four Loves," you haven't heard all that Lewis had to say on the subject. The audio version, read by Lewis himself is shorter than the print version of this book, but it includes material not in print. It takes a few minutes to get used to Lewis' voice, but soon you feel that you are sitting in a room with him as he tells stories and talks about what he has learned from his experiences of the four loves.

"For news of the fully waking world you must go to my betters": But Lewis is a Great Place to Start.......2007-05-29

C.S. Lewis's short _The Four Loves_, published near the end of the author's life in 1960, is worthy companion for a long afternoon or evening of reading and meditation. Lewis discusses in both an enlightening and light tone the four forms of love in ascending order: affection, friendship, eros, and charity. As a preliminary to this discussion, Lewis also describes likings and loves for "sub-human" (that is, loving a cup of tea or loving nature). The work is a philosophy of love that draws upon Lewis's own day-to-day observations, the writings of well-known and lesser known philosophers, and the works of artists. All of these types of love lead to an insight that these natural loves--that is, the loves that make up our daily lives--intimate a much large love, that of God for humankind. For Lewis, these natural loves are themselves not enough. Lewis describes a form of Christian love based on Jesus's own sacrifice and the unknowable mystery of God's love. This is the majesty of charity.

One basic principle of Lewis's work is the distinction between Need-love and Gift-love. The Need-love has to do, for Lewis, with "a craving to be loved," which is akin to a child's longing for the love of his parents'. Instead of disparaging this type of love as wholely selfish, Lewis describes how this type of love, while limited, is "the accurate reflection in consciousness of our actual nature." Lewis writes that "we need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves." Lewis acknowledges the human condition sympathetically. Gift-love, by contrast, has its ultimate expression in Christ's death on the cross. This is an active, selfless love. Lewis characterizes Gift-love in its ordinary expression as "that love which moves a man to work and plan and save for the future well-being of his family which he will die without sharing or seeing."

Lewis's book is filled with wise observations. The chapters on affection and friendship, which are the least religious in nature, are superb. The comments about divine love are engaging, as well. For example, in describing human beings' craving for God's help, he writes, "Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God." Here, Lewis points out that often humans turn to God or spirituality in type of deepest despair or wretchedness. Later, he quotes a line of verse, "The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be" to highlight how in need people will search for god, not out of sincerity per se, but in a desperate longing to be saved. In chapter one, Lewis draws an analogy between a traveler's journey being not always straight in path and the journey toward God. For example, a traveler who is near to a village in physical proximity, say staring down on the rooftops from a mountain crag that he can almost touch with his hands, may need to follow a path that takes him much further from town before bringing him closer to it (for instance, as the path winds slowly down the hill).

Most of Lewis's observations about love speak to all religious traditions as does, arguably, the recognition that human love longs for more than its natural forms. The final chapter "Charity" is the most explicitly Christian in worldview, and it is the most difficult to grasp. Lewis admits the possible imperfection of his own knowledge and that what he writes about are imagined experiences rather than real ones. He reflects, "Those like myself whose imagination far exceeds their obedience are subject to a just penalty; we easily imagine conditions far higher than any we have actually reached."

Lewis's _Four Loves_ brims with human insights about love. This is a short work, written in the style of a kind, wise friend sharing his thoughts on a walk or over an evening.

Love and Other Four-Letter Words (Laurel-Leaf Books)

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A slow start with a grand finish.
Carolyn Mackler never disappoints
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Good, but not powerful
sucky!!!! ugh

Love and Other Four-Letter Words (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Carolyn Mackler
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ASIN: 044022831X
Release Date: 2002-01-02

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Until this summer, the biggest problems 16-year-old Samantha Davis faced were her embarrassingly large breasts, (nicknamed "the Grand Tetons after those mountains in Wyoming,") and the fact that her gorgeous best friend, Kitty, always made her feel like a Plain Jane: "It sounds awful, but if you saw a Jaguar and a Ford Taurus parked next to each other, which one would you want to drive?" But now Sammie's parents are splitting, and suddenly she is being assaulted by changes from every direction. She is forced to move from upstate New York to Manhattan, play nursemaid to her depressed mother, and suffer the utter boredom of not knowing anyone in a city of 8 million. But then she meets Eli, the cute "crunchy granola" son of her mom's friend, and Phoebe, the quirky girl in Central Park who categorizes people by the dog breed they resemble. Exposure to the urban scene, new friendships, and a developing sense of self cause Sammie to realize "that along with love comes other four-letter words. Like hate, obviously.... And gain. And most important, grow."

Like other recently published first novelists Lori Aurelia Williams (When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune) and Cat Bauer, (Harley: Like a Person), Carolyn Mackler convincingly captures all the drama, longing, and humor of 21st-century female adolescence. Fresh, funny, and completely irreverent, Love and Other Four-Letter Words is destined to find a place in the hearts of teenaged girls. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

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With her parents splitting up, 16-year-old Sammie Davis may not want to feel a thing, but feelings happen. For starters, she’s plenty angry. Her dad’s leaving their upstate New York home and moving clear across
the country. Her mother—well, she’s packing up and relocating to New York City with Sammie, who has no say about any of it. Overnight Sammie is forced to deal with change. And one change spawns another: Roles get reversed, old and new friendships tested, and sexual feelings awakened. It’s a scary time. But as Sammie realizes that things can’t stay the same forever, that even the people she loves and trusts the most can disappoint her, she begins to accept that change isn’t always bad. It’s how you cope, jumbled feelings and all, that counts. And as she copes, Sammie’s sense of self emerges proud and strong.

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A slow start with a grand finish........2007-06-09

I read Vegan Virgin Valentine first. That was a great book, so this author had a lot to live up to. It was a slow start, but Carolyn Mackler managed to come out ahead in the end. I really felt like she captured the heart of Sammie Davis. Did Sammie find love and other-four letter words? You'll have to read the book to find out. Or other reviews. Wink. Wink.

Carolyn Mackler never disappoints.......2007-03-30

This young adult novel, by the prolific Carolyn Mackler, chronicles Samantha Davis' move to New York City after her parents separate. Before the separation, Sammy lived in upstate New York with her professor dad and former-artist mom, and hung out with her gorgeous best friend Kitty. Kitty gladly reports details of her burgeoning sexual exploits to Samantha, to Sammy's dismay. Post-move, Sammy is splitting a Manhattan apartment with her mom, who is severely depressed due to the divorce and discovers moving back to NYC doesn't necessary make her "artist's block" disappear. Samantha finds herself responsible for avoiding parking tickets, paying bills, and getting groceries as her mom sinks into depression, while avoiding her father's phone calls. While taking care of the dog, Samantha befriends Phoebe, and realizes perhaps Kitty wasn't the best "friend" a girl should have. The major changes in her life cause Samantha to realize she's growing up, and deals with friendship, her parents, and romantic relationships. The humor of this novel, paired with frequent pop-culture references, and realistic adolescent worries make this another great addition to the Carolyn Mackler line of Young Adult novels.

I Love This Book.......2007-01-22

I first picked up this book back when I was in middle school. I love the title - that's what made me want to read it. In reading the book, I wasn't very interested in Sammie's family problems, I was more interested in her interaction with members of the opposite sex, as I suppose any curious middle school kid would be. I remember being fascinated with Eli and wishing my own Eli would come find me.

It's a great, fun read. I read it again this year (I'm a senior in high school now) just for kicks. Read it in about three hours :-) It's just a cute book to give the middle school girl in your life.

Good, but not powerful.......2006-09-05

I was really looking forward to reading this book because I LOVE "The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things" but I found this book merely to be a good read. I was etertained without beeing moved by the situations Sammi faced, and I feel her charater was more shallow and undeveloped compaired to the situations she was facing. I did find Eli a very interesting fellow, and I was moved at times by the relationship between Sammi and her mother. I just wish there was more development of that teenaged angest.

sucky!!!! ugh.......2006-07-14

goodness, what do I have to say to this poorly written novel. hmmm.....Sucky!!! Wow this book seemed like it could have been written by a second grader. It was so not what I thought it would be. Don't buy it I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DON'T!!

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Three letters too many
The best love story and so much more
Another County Heard From!
Fascinating plot structure
A Poetic Novel on Love and Life

Four Letters of Love
Niall Williams
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RomanceLarge Print EditionSpellbinding. Brilliant. starred, Kirkus ReviewsThis could be one of the sleepers of the season. starred, Publishers WeeklyWhen an Irish civil servant abandons his wife and twelve-year-old son for two summers to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, the stage is set for dramatic changes in the household. Despondent from the lack of income, the mother commits suicide, leaving Nicholas and his father to eke out a meager living. Years later, after a series of mishaps, Nicholass father burns his paintings, their house, and himself. Nicholas, now himself a civil servant, is a man with a mission. He casts aside his current life to try to regain the only surviving painting of his fathers work. His quest takes him to Galway where he finds much more than he ever anticipated.

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Three letters too many.......2007-04-23

Previous reviewers have described this book as "life changing", and I don't know what I'm looking for in a book to change my life but it wasn't here. Yes the writing is beautiful at times, but at others didn't anyone find it sappy? There were white doves flying everywhere for crying out loud! I didn't feel I actually got in touch with any of the characters in a way which made me fond of them, with the possible exception of Sean and the lady at the post office bizarrely enough, and although to be positive I found the ending unique (it never actually ended, which I think may have been the point), this technique didn't do much to reward the reader for investing time and care into the pages. It is stereotyped to presume that novels set in Ireland are depressing, but if this is made a movie there'll be a lot of slow moving landscape shots with people standing alone in blowy jackets. About three letters too many, for mine, and if I was rude I'd say I'll give you four letters. 2.5 stars.

The best love story and so much more.......2007-04-11

I read a borrowed copy of this book some years ago but never forgot it as I so often do. Recalling it recently, I decided that I must purchase it and see if it still resonated. Not disappointed, I once again devoured the parallel stories of these lovers. (They don't meet until near the end of the book!) The characters are so beautifully drawn and their stories so compellingly written, that the final chapters are deliciously satisfying. The descriptions of the Irish countryside and moody seascapes perfectly enrich this lovely tale.

Another County Heard From!.......2006-10-26

Ireland forever. Although this story of love and faith has universal appeal, the story could only have happened in Ireland. Niall Williams is a new Irish voice. I want to hear his voice over and over again. I prayed for a happy ending to this story. I think you will too.

Fascinating plot structure.......2006-07-15

Four Letters of Love is not a perfect book - there are points where I, as reader, was a bit bored or thought the point was pushed a bit too far. However, parallel stories of a boy scarred by imperfect parents (first person) and a girl filled with guilt over her brother's illness (third person) are each interesting in their own right. Eventually, how the plot will finally pull the two threads together becomes a sufficient puzzle to keep you reading.

The brilliance of the writing is in what the author does not disclose. The boy's father leaves the family in order to paint - following God's instructions. The author leaves it to the reader and the son to discern what that means - it is presented simply as another fact to place in context. Similarly, the brother's illness (or accident) is never given a cause, diagnosis or prognosis. The sister is left to grapple with her guilt over an unknown without knowledge to justify or assuage the guilt. The boy and girl fall in love - but neither their meeting nor their choice of each other are in the text. Rather the effects of their meeting are shown. And a single paragraph informs the reader of their eventual choice of each other.

The result is a book that mirrors the ambiguities and unknowns of life. A book that allows for the miraculous, the spiritual, the concrete, the insane ... all the while depicting the best and worst life has to offer. The book follows several love stories with all the messiness of real love rather than a romantic, picture-perfect, happily-ever-after, sanitized and insured for life love.

This book is well worth your time.

A Poetic Novel on Love and Life.......2006-01-14

Rich with metaphor and hyperbole, "The Four Letters of Love" is a poetic novel which explores man's relationship with God, with the creative force within himself, and with a beloved. Most compelling is Williams' portrayal of the narrator's father: does he "hear" God speak, and does this voice compel him to leave his family and create his beautiful artwork, or is he "mad", driven by some darker force? The connection between man's spiritual self and his creative self is a large and meaningful part of this novel, as is William's decision to tell two parallel stories: one as told by the first person narrator, whose father struggles with the voice of God and his own art, and the other a third person narrator who describes the life and struggles of an island family. Masterfully, Williams' weaves together these two stories, in a way that is a tribute to synchronicity and to the power of art.

The love story itself is a metaphor of how people can become enraptured in another and in the power of love itself. To counterbalance the tribute to love, Williams gives us an unforgettable character, Margaret Gore, who sees that her daughter has become the beloved of the narrator, and who knows that love, in her experience, means trouble. She is both good-hearted and cynical at once: will her thwarting of this love prevent the two lovers from connecting? Williams prose is intensely poetic in addressing love, calling to mind jani johe webster's collection of poetry "sound of a shadow" and the philosophical novel "Written on the Body" by Jeanette Winterson.

A most beautiful and powerful example of Williams' prose is this description: "He was burned to the very rim of his soul, his fingers tingled, his hair stood on end, and he moved from teh studios that was already alight with the beckoning of God. At last ther He was again. God had come to him. The immensity of the rapture and vision beggared everything, and momentarily my father flew through the air. He cruised on the immaterial lightness of the spirit world like a moth and arched esaily across the hallway, the thinness of himself now see-through and clear .... The heavenly chariot was stalled outside in midair above the garden, the steeds breathing the August air, their flanks rising and falling in recovery from the speed of the long journey and their swett falling in the form of apple blossoms."

Williams' prose and this novel are unusual: he combines poetry with straightforward prose: "There is no such thing as chance"; he weaves togther two stories and also poses philosophical questions as he writes on. To read this novel is truly to be on a literary and poetic journey.

Sex Is Not A Four Letter Word But Relationship Often Times Is

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Sex is not a four letter word, but relationship often times is
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Sex Is Not A Four Letter Word But Relationship Often Times Is
Gary, M. Douglas , and Dr. Dain, C. Heer
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Sex Is Not a Four-Letter Word but Relationship Often Is is a sharp and refreshing departure from conventional books about sex and relationship that are based on psychological theories and principles. "If those things really worked," writes Gary Douglas, "wouldn't you have been free, expansive and joyful in your relationship a long time ago?" Funny, frank, and delightfully irreverent, Sex Is Not a Four-Letter Word but Relationship Often Is offers readers an entirely fresh view of how to create great intimacy and exceptional sex, and provides answers to questions you may never have thought to ask. How can you use energy to attract the person you're interested in? How can you claim and own the totality of your sexualness? How do know where your partner wants to be touched? How can you create sex unlike anything you've experienced before? What's so important about being able to receive? What's wrong with deciding you've chosen the "perfect" partner? What are the elements that create a free, expansive and joyful relationship? How do you create the relationship you truly desire? Sex Is Not a Four-Letter Word but Relationship Often Is is based on Gary's highly popular Access© Seminar, How to Have More Sex and Better Relationships with Clarity and Ease.

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Sex is not a four letter word, but relationship often times is.......2006-12-13

Feeling unfulfilled in the sexual intimacy of my life, I began to explore my sexuality and sexualness. This book describes much of what I had been looking for in my life and so much more. I realised that I had been attracted to men by my thoughts and looks, thinking that this one or that was my type. This book gave me the tools to look in another direction. I now ask my body will this man nurture my body? I practice the techniques in the book for full body orgasm. Wow! Thank you Gary Douglas!

This book really can improve your sex life!.......2006-09-06

My wife of 20 years is a workshop junkie. I have heard it all!
I'm telling you, the tools in this little book work better than anything I've ever heard. I now get more sex, better sex, and have more fun than ever before. How does it get even better than that?

Simply amazing.......2006-05-30

This book gives you a whole new perpective in what the choices are. I think that the traditional paradigm of relationships is failing, it it ever worked. It does not give you a new paradigm, it simply opens up infinite choice, I would buy this if I wanted to have a more expansive interaction with myself and others, this book opens up the choice of the perfect couple: the inclusive one.

Beautiful!.......2006-02-17

This book is a beautiful alternative to the prevalant cultural
point of view about sex and relationships. It is a joy to read and flows easily from chapter to chapter. I've recommended it to both of my young teenagers. It is a glorious introduction and insipration to the magificent possibilites of sex.

What are the infinite possibilities for your sex life? - This book is an awesome launching pad!.......2006-01-25

Whether you have an amazing sex life or no sex life at all, this book is a huge gift and can change your life. Doesn't sex affect many areas of our lives, whether we acknowledge it or not? Gary Douglas and Dain Heer take a unique look at sex and relationships. They are irreverent and bold enough to go beyond the paradigms that currently exist. Using the tools they share has expanded and enhanced my life in so many ways - thanks guys! If you are the least bit curious, check it out! Wouldn't you like to find out what else is possible?

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C.S. Lewis Classics

Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000CKE9Q4

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6 volume LEATHER BOUND set accented in 22kt gold! ! Titles include: Mere Christianity; A Grief Observed; The Screwtape Letters; Surprised by Joy; Theo Four Loves; The Great Divorce

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Four Letter Word: New Love Letters
Rosalind Porter , and Joshua Knelman
Manufacturer: Chatto & Windus
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0701180935
Release Date: 2007-11-27

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A collection of new fiction exploring the charm and potency of a classic genre . . . the love letter, by some of today’s most celebrated writers including: Margaret Atwood, David Bezmozgis, Douglas Coupland, Michel Faber, A.L. Kennedy, Jeanette Winterson.

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Four Letters of Love

Manufacturer: Picador
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ASIN: B000GS8EFY

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Four Letters of Love

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Four Letters of Love
Niall Williams
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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ASIN: B000IY0PHG

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Four letters of love
Niall WILLIAMS
Manufacturer: Pan Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUVYIS

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Loved it.......2006-06-08

Just wanted to say I loved this series. Excellent read and a must!! I started with the first book and didn't stop until I was done.

Werewolves ..........2006-01-03

Werewolf Trudy Rousseau, now a widow, leaves her Lunewulf pack to find a nice, quiet pack somewhere far away, and so she can live out her life in peace. Her abusive husband has been put to death according to pack law after he was found guilty of three murders, and an attempted fourth murder. She leaves Canada and travels to the sophisticated city of Fargo, ND, to try to make a new start. But things are not peaceful in Fargo - humans have begun killing werewolves and no one knows who is instigating this pogrom. They do know, however, that a werewolf is working with the humans to give them information on who and where the werewolves are. Adam Knight, of the FBI Werewolf Affairs department, has been sent to solve the mystery. When Trudy first arrives in her new home, looking for the werewolf couple with whom she'd arranged to stay, Adam is suspicious of her motives, but is also totally blown away by his instant attraction to her.

I have read all of the Lunewulf series and, as a whole, I have enjoyed them. Ms. O'Clare knows how to plot a tight story as well as write riveting love scenes. What has frustrated me about these books is the way her werewolf males tend to be overly protective and controlling of the females. In 'In Her Soul,' Trudy has just escaped from a marriage to a controlling, abusive spouse, and seeks only to test her ability to live independently. However, when she arrives in Fargo, Adam immediately takes control of her life, and forces her to ask his permission to go where she wants to go and do what she wants to do. ...

The sexual scenario in this story is extremely hot and a bit edgy. The Lunewulf pack was forced by their former Alpha (Grandmother Rousseau) to participate in group marriages of 1 woman and 3 men to diversify the gene pool of their insular group. Now that she is dead, and Johann Rousseau is pack Alpha, that Pack Law is no longer in existence. Some of the pack members continue to prefer multi-partner marriages. In Her Soul further explores multiple partner sex and its possibilities. Those who are sensitive to differing sexual practices should be aware that this book contains many explicit, hot sex scenes including voyeurism, male domination/female submission, female/female sexual encounters, and group sex involving two couples. I did enjoy this book. Ms. O'Clare certainly has a creative imagination, and I look forward to seeing where it leads in future books in this series. -- Jean, Fallen Angel Reviews (courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews)

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