Bookreporter.com - Valentine's Day Contest

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Valentine's Day is all about love, sex and intimacy --- and our Valentine's Day Basket is filled with books about just that.

How about the love poems of Pablo Neruda? Sexy tips from relationship expert Tracey Cox? Three wry and witty Valentine's Day murder-mysteries? A book to "share" the inner you? --- and another to fill out with your lover to get to know each other better? Yes, these are books to fall in love with.

From January 20th through February 5th, readers will have the chance to win one of our five Bookreporter.com Valentine's Day baskets. They are filled with one copy of each of our featured books --- ALL ABOUT ME and ALL ABOUT US by Philipp Keel, THE HOT SEX HANDBOOK by Tracey Cox, TWENTY POEMS OF LOVE AND A SONG OF DESPAIR by Pablo Neruda and VALENTINE'S DAY IS KILLING ME by MaryJanice Davidson, Leslie Esdaile and Susanna Carr. Also included: some irresistible Valentine's Day goodies --- a red heart-shaped candle from Illuminations; pink, white and red roses that are mineral bath salts; a heart-decorated picture frame; Lucky Lovers Message Dice; a red comfy pillow; and Godiva heart-shaped candies in a heart-shaped box.

What makes this contest even more romantic? You can have your basket shipped either to yourself or to your valentine! Click here for details.

		Price: $12.95 ISBN: 076790205X Is there someone special you'd like to open up to? Do you want to know yourself better? Self-discovery and self-revelation aren't easy. With simple but provocative questions, All About Me is a great tool for self-reflection that spotlights everything your loved ones would be interested to know about you but never thought --- or dared --- to ask. Filled in or left blank, ALL ABOUT ME is a perfect gift for everyone you care about --- friends, relatives, mentors, and lovers. This unique book gives the best present of all: the gift of you. Philipp Keel is currently developing one of his movie scripts. He is the author of ALL ABOUT ME, ALL ABOUT US as well as LOOK AT ME, a collection of his photography. He lives in Zurich and Los Angeles.

		Price: $12.95 ISBN: 0767905016 The author of the phenomenally popular ALL ABOUT ME now presents a powerfully revealing book for couples, filled with thought-provoking questions to capture your relationship in a meaningful yet fun way. This book is an irresistible treasure. Philipp Keel is currently developing one of his movie scripts. He is the author of ALL ABOUT ME, ALL ABOUT US as well as LOOK AT ME, a collection of his photography. He lives in Zurich and Los Angeles.

		Price: $7.50 ISBN: 0553383477 HOT SEX: How to Do It took the world by storm and was a bestseller in more than 40 countries. Now THE HOT SEX HANDBOOK serves up all the juiciest bits in a handy take-anywhere size --- so you can have hot sex wherever you go. Hundreds of steamy tips will have you shredding the sheets and begging for more. Tracey Cox is an international sex and relationships counselor, writer, and TV presenter. Her first book, HOT SEX, became a bestseller worldwide, as did its sequel, HOT RELATIONSHIPS. Tracey stars in the popular BBC series Would Like to Meet and is featured on the U.S. version of that show, Date Patrol. A former associate editor of Australia's Cosmopolitan, she contributes regularly to leading women's magazines all over the world. Visit her on the web at TraceyCox.com.

		Price: $12.00 ISBN: 0142437700 First published in 1924, VIENTE POEMAS DE AMOR Y UN CANCION DESPERADA (TWENTY LOVE POEMS AND A SONG OF DESPAIR) remains among Neruda's most popular work. The sensuous use of nature symbolism to celebrate love and to express grief has no been surpassed in the literature of our century. W.S. Merwin's translations are regarded as the best versions of Neruda available in English. Neftali Ricardo Reyes, whose pseudonym was to be Pablo Neruda, was born in Parral, Chile, in 1904. He grew up in the pioneer town of Temuco, briefly encountering Gabriela Mistral, who taught there for a time. In 1920 he went to Santiago to study, and the following year published his first collection of poetry, La Cancion de la Fiesta. A second collection, Crepusculario, brought him critical recognition; and in 1924 the hugely successful Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada appeared. From 1927 to 1943, Neruda lived abroad, serving as a diplomat in Rangoon, Colombo, Batavia, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Mexico City. This is the period that saw the publication of the first two volumes of his celebrated Residencia en la Tierra. He joined the Communist Party of Chile after World War II, was prosecuted as a subversive, and began an exile that took him to Russia, Eastern Europe, and China. Already the most renowned Latin American poet of his time, he returned to Chile in 1952. He died there in 1973, having just seen the fourth edition of his Obras Completas through the press. In receiving the Nobel Prize in 1971, he had said that the poet must achieve a balance "between solitude and solidarity, between feeling and action, between the intimacy of one's self, the intimacy of mankind, and the relevation of nature."

		Price: $14.00 ISBN: 0758212844 Lost Roses. Cancelled reservations. Broken dates. Arrests. Dead Bodies. There's always a reason to hate Valentine's Day...unless the scene of the crime starts really heating up as it does in these stories by three of today's best writers of women's fiction... MaryJanice Davidson Cuffs and Coffee Breaks In a moment of weakness, greeting card writer Julie Kay About accepts a blind date for Valentine's Day. As if the restaurant's snotty waiter, cheap chocolates, and pastel-colored teddy bears aren't enough, her date turns out to be the guy in handcuffs next to the dead body on the floor. Well, at least he didn't stand her up. Could this guy with the beautiful, sky-blue eyes and sexy swimmer's shoulders really be a killer? Julie Kay is determined not to have another horrible Valentine's Day, even if she has to solve a murder in the process... Leslie Esdaile A "No Drama" Valentine Jocelyn Jefferson is one woman who is not falling for any romance drama --- no pining over flowers never sent or jewelry not bought. This year, Jocelyn's getting her best girlfriends together for a "pamper party" at her house. But the "pampering" is not at all what they expected and suddenly the friends have one very wild party and one truly gorgeous detective on their hands. Susanna Carr Valentine Survivor This Valentine's Day was supposed to be different for Shanna Murphy. She had a hot date, sought-after dinner reservations, and a brand new vase to show off those potential long-stemmed roses. But Murphy's Law intervened, and now her date cancelled, she's stuck doing overtime, and she's just discovered the dead body of her boss-from-hell. The only person Shanna can turn to is her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be the most insensitive, non-romantic, domineering --- and completely irresistible--man she's ever laid eyes on. MaryJanice Davison lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children, and is currently working on her next book. Visit her website at www.maryjanicedavidson.com. Leslie Esdaile has written more than sixteen novels and regularly contributes to magazines and newspapers. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and children. Visit her website at www.leslieesdailebanks.com. Susanna Carr writes contemporary romances and lives in Redmond, Virginia. Visit her website at www.susannacarr.com.