Book news: True love
By Dave
February 8th, 2009 | Leave a comment
Some romance.
Legend has it that St. Valentine sent letters to the daughter of his jailkeeper signed “From your Valentine,” and that he died on Feb. 14.
Valentine, a Catholic priest during the reign of Claudius II, aka Claudius the Cruel, married couples in defiance of Claudius’ decree against marriage (Claudius apparently believed that unattached men made for better solders). Claudius, upon learning of this heinous plot, ordered Valentine beheaded.
But you don’t have to lose your head over love – just a few of your hard-earned dollars. HarperCollins is here to help on that end.
The publisher offers a few books for the valentines in your life: Bad Dog Marley, a personalized book from the author of Marley and Me, John Grogan; How to Talk to Girls by the wise-beyond-his-years Alec Greven; and How to Love Like a Hot Chick, which sounds pretty much like it reads.
If you get tongue-tied by love, perhaps you’d rather have Shakespeare’s sonnets read to your true love by thespian Sir John Gielgud.
Flowers are nice and all, but books require no water (actually, they prefer no water) and have much longer shelf lives.
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