VALENTINE'S DAY

A Song in the Daylight

If your paramour loves their classic romance, might we recommend fixing them up with a brand new copy of A Song in the Daylight? Paullina Simon’s latest bestseller sees Larissa, a woman with a happy marriage, a dream house, and everything she ever wanted suddenly have a change of heart when a young man new to town crosses her path. Their connection is electric. Suddenly her lovely home life seems claustrophobic and mundane. Irresistible passion drives her to contemplate the unthinkable in this engrossing novel of love, betrayal and redemption against the odds.

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The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra

Or if you’re after something a little saucier, why not pick up this illustrated edition of the Kama Sutra? Filled to the brim with illustrations from the extraordinary art collection of Lance Dane, this is the first complete translation to illustrate all 64 sexual postures described in the original text. Also includes 250 rare images and is composed by one of the world’s foremost scholars of the Karma Sutra and Indian art. Rawr.

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Fallen

Is your Valentine a bit of a ‘Twi-hard?’ In that case, pick them up a copy of Fallen – an up and coming title that’s touted as the next big thing in the paranormal romance subgenre. Fallen tells the story of Lucinda, a student at the foreboding Sword & Cross school, who falls for Daniel, her gorgeous and intelligent classmate. But as their romance blossoms, Lucinda discovers that Daniel is in fact a fallen angel – and that their love has transcended eons of infighting amongst unseen forces. Can their destiny ever be fulfilled?

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The Story of Danny Dunn

But if you think they’d just enjoy a good, old-fashioned yarn (with a bit of a love story on the side) you cannot go past Bryce Courtenay’s latest bestseller, The Story of Danny Dunn. It is the aftermath of the Great Depression, and 18 year old Danny Dunn has a good deal going for him: brains, looks, sporting ability – and his parents have a steady income running the neighbourhood pub. But luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man, to a life that will be changed forever. Together with Helen, a woman of strength, character and intelligence who becomes his wife, he sets about rebuilding his life...

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MasterChef Australia: The Cookbook

Is the apple of your eye a kitchen-wiz? Or are you are planning on whipping up a perfect Valentine's feast? Then you won’t be able to go past Australia’s number one selling cookbook. Based on the ludicrously popular MasterChef television series, this book features helpful cooking advice for chefs of all levels, recipes from the top contestants (as created on the show) as well as some demonically difficult pressure-test desserts to separate the wannabes from the MasterChefs.

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Committed

In a book destined to become a cherished tool for any thinking person contemplating tying the knot, Elizabeth Gilbert explores the topic of marriage and what it means today. After escaping from the ruins of her previous relations (in her breakthrough memoir Eat, Pray, Love) Gilbert sternly vows never to take the vows again. In this spirit, Elizabeth and her new Brazilian/Australian/Indonesian paramour swore fidelity yet chose to forsake the ancient traditions. But when they attempt to resettle in America, the cruel hand of fate forces them to get wed or get out. The perfect gift for that commitophobe in your life.

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The Lovely Bones

Now a major motion picture from Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones is a thrilling mystery interwoven with a touching tale concerning the enduring power of love. When the young Susie Salmon is shockingly murdered, her once happy suburban family becomes isolated even from one another as they each try to cope with their terrible loss alone. But life is not quite over for Susie, who uses her vantage point in heaven to help solve the mystery of her death. A luminous and astonishing novel about life and death, forgiveness and vengeance, memory and forgetting - and about finding light in the darkest of places.

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Stones into Schools

The follow up to one of 2003’s bestselling novel picks up immediately where Three Cups of Tea left off. Humanitarian Greg Mortensen continues recounting his ongoing quest to promote peace through education. Greg speaks about his efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan, his extensive efforts in earthquake-shattered Pakistan and even an eight-day armed abduction at the hands of the Taliban. A book that will undoubtedly warm the cockles of your heart. Maybe even the sub-cockle area as well.

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