Valentine's Day Gift Ideas From Barnes & Noble for Those Suffering From the Heartbreak of Love.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001

Valentine's Day is synonymous with tokens of affection from a loved one. Barnes & Noble bookstores have numerous ways to say, "I love you." They include books that stir and feed your appetites (101 Nights of Grrreat Romance, 10,000 Ways to Say I Love You, InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook, to name a few), music for lovers (CDs by Sinatra, Streisand, Barry White, Sade), Godiva chocolates, and Valentine's Day cards.

But what do you give your closest friend, co-worker or member of your family who needs help to find Mr. or Ms. Right, is newly single, or on rocky ground with his or her spouse? Don't despair. Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest bookseller, has something to help ease the heartbreak of love and help them get through the day, all for under $20.00.

For Her

Michele Lovric's Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung is a collection of poems for the mean times, the broken hearts, the trampled hopes.

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post advice columnist, explores some of the common mistakes while looking for love in Tell Me About It: Lying, Sulking, Getting Fat and 56 Other Things Not to Do While Looking for Love.

Date to have fun! In Date Like a Man: What Men Know about Dating and Are Afraid You'll Find Out, Myreah Moore steals dating secrets from men that will increase your chances of finding a soul mate.

In When Your Lover is a Liar: Healing the Wounds of Deception and Betrayal, therapist Susan Forward shows you how to deal with the lies--from the benign to the lethal that men spin, while offering practical advice and strategies to stop them from ruining your life.

The Love Spells Box gives you the power to discover your romantic destiny. Each card holds a love prediction and accompanying spells. Ask your cards a question, then look up the spells you can cast to enhance your situation--from making him fall in love with you to finding out if you'll get back together.

For Him

Charles Bukowski's Love is a Dog from Hell is a great, bitter collection of poems, which tells the truth about love and its downside.

Ways to turn a disastrous date into a good time are found in Joy Browne's Dating for Dummies.

Discover new and exciting ways to kiss in 365 Ways to Kiss Your Love: A Daily Guide to Creative Kissing by Tomima L. Edmark.

With quotes to fan the flames of passion from history's most impassioned lovers, The Desire Journal is a wonderful gift to rekindle your love.

For Him or Her

Worried about your future with your life partner? Now you can get help for your floundering relationship from the next best thing to your own personal counselor: Phillip McGraw's newest self-help book, Relationship Rescue.

With penetrating wit and insight, Elizabeth Kuster, author of Exorcising Your Ex: How to Get Rid of the Demons of Relationships Past, shares tricks and techniques for surviving the trauma of a breakup.

Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover: 101 True Stories of Soul Mates Brought Together by Divine Intervention by Arielle Ford is filled with inspirational stories about people who have found their lifetime soul mates through real-life miracles.

There are probably as many songs about the pain of love and Mr. Wrong as songs about lovers. Some of our favorites at Barnes & Noble include Blues For a Rotten Afternoon by various stars, Love by Johnny Cash, and Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye by Vince Gill, to name just a few.

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