By Faber on May 3, 2012
From the frontline of cutting-edge scientific research, Professor Robin Dunbar’s new book The Science of Love and Betrayal is a brilliant and sparkling exploration of the extraordinary nature of romantic love. The book tackles some of the most fundamental questions of human behaviour, including – why do we as a species pairbond when few other mammals do? What are the evolutionary advantages of monogamy over promiscuity? And much more.
Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged love, relationships, romance
By Faber on April 26, 2012
Professor Robin Dunbar, director of the Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Anthropology at the University of Oxford, introduces his latest book, The Science of Love and Betrayal. In under four minutes, we asked him to explain why we kiss, and the appeal of high heels and laughter (not necessarily together). He also responds to the question: Does romantic love evaporate under the scrutiny of evolutionary psychology?
Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged love, relationships, romance
By Simon & Schuster UK on January 18, 2012
Lisa Niemi Swayze tells about her life, marriage, and loss of her husband, Patrick Swayze in this new Simon and Schuster offering.
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction | Tagged love, marriage, Non-fiction, Swayze
By Faber on January 16, 2012
In ‘The Ruins of Us’, Keija Parssinen details the break up of a marriage of a Western woman and a Saudi man when he takes a second wife after twenty years of marriage. Read an extract here.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, Fiction, love, marriage, multi-cultural
By Headline on January 12, 2012
Betty and Herbert recount how they go about re-injecting the sizzle back into their love life!
Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged humour, love, relationships
By Gallic Books on November 3, 2011
Read an extract of Gallic’s up-coming book The Girl On Paper, the story of an author who finds one of his characters come to the real world to whip him into shape and get him to finish the end of her story!
Posted in Fiction | Tagged love, psychology, supernatural
By Simon & Schuster UK on October 14, 2011
Click here to listen to an interview with Milly Johnson as she introduce her new book, An Autumn Crush, a seasonal story of romance.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged love, relationships, romance
By Headline on October 3, 2011
Find out which literary influences sparked 13, Rue Therese, a historical novel set in WWII-era Paris crossing back to modern day Paris.
Posted in Fiction, Historical fiction | Tagged historical fiction, love, Paris, WWII
By Headline on September 21, 2011
An American in Paris is bound to fall in love. Trevor Sutton manages to fall in love with two, one of whom lived nearly a century ago. Read an extract here.
Posted in Fiction, General and literary, Historical fiction | Tagged love, Paris, World Wars
By Headline on July 6, 2011
Escape to the sun-soaked south of France for a scorching summer of sex, scandal and scent!
Posted in Contemporary Fiction | Tagged France, love, relationships, romance
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