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25 Words or Less : How to Write Like a Pro to Find That Special Someone Through Personal Ads by Emily Thornton Calvo, et al

Showing how every word counts, this book provides specific examples of what works and what doesn't when writing a personal ad. Combining real-life stories and follow-ups with expert advice from the authors, this book is a comprehensive resource that will help readers attract the "right" people through a personal ad. You'll find advice on which type of publications to use; when to place the ad; what to write; how to respond to ads and evaluate responses; as well as safety tips from expert J.J. Bittenbinder. Plus, it's an entertaining read. You'll enjoy it even if you just read the personals for fun.
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Looking for Love on Line : How to Meet Women Using an Online Service by Richard M. Rogers

Richard M. Rodgers met his current wife online and is, therefore, a natural advocate of using the Internet to meet a potential mate. You'll find everything you need to know about online services, chat rooms, forums, game areas, and private message systems. Sample dialogues and typical situations help you practice your cyberchat skills. There's practical advice about online dating, and a wealth of lively anecdotes from couples who successfully turned their virtual relationships into real ones.
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Men Are from Cyberspace : The Single Women's Guide to Flirting, Dating, and Finding Love On-Line by Lisa Skriloff, Jodie Gould

Men Are from Cyberspace is a hip guide for women to the newest singles scene--the Internet--covering everything from flirtatious e-mail to cybersex. Part "how to" and part "tell all, " the book targets the fastest growing segment of online users: women between the ages of 16 and 34
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Romancing the Net : A 'Tell-All' Guide to Love Online by Richard Booth, Marshall Jung

This book goes straight to the heart of what makes online romances click and shows you everything you need to know to find your soul mate in cyberspace. From the nuts and bolts of getting online to real stories of love and heartbreak on the information superhighway, this is a user's manual for people who want to cruise the Web for romance. More than that, this book is compelling and beautifully written. If you've loved someone you met online, even if you loved and lost, you'll recognize yourself on these pages.
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Be Your Own Dating Service: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding and Maintaining Healthy Relationships by Nina Atwood

Great relationships happen naturally in the course of living life well. "Be Your Own Dating Service" is about creating a full, rewarding life as a single person, while taking steps to empower yourself in the search for a right partner. It is a specific course of action that moves you more quickly down the path to your ideal mate; and it is a process that is valuable in and of itself. "Be Your Own Dating Service" is a powerful guide to self-discovery and to the awareness of what it takes to find someone who will be a partner in creating a healthy, loving, lasting relationship.
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Date Lines : Communications from 'Hello' to 'I Do' and Everything in Between by Nina Atwood

Nina Atwood helped set singles on a fulfilling path to love with a game plan for choosing the right partner in her first book, Be Your Own Dating Service. In Date Lines she shares the communication skills necessary to deepen and keep that love alive. Most of us long for a deep sense of connection with our romantic partners and want it to last but feel it's out of our hands - that fate, chemistry, and other mysterious forces are in control. Nina dispels that myth and provides the tools you need to create the dialogue you want and the fulfillment you crave, no matter where you are in the dating process. Date Lines contains specific pointers and memorable tips that will guide you through many sensitive discussions dealing with money, sex, marriage, and even parting ways, while keeping your aim true, your feelings intact, and your faith in love alive. Read it before your next date.
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Mars and Venus on a Date : A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship by John Gray

Mars and Venus on a Date is for all single people looking for love, including the newly separated or divorced who are daunted by re-entering the singles scene. Written with compassion and understanding, it takes you through the five stages of dating: Attraction, Ambivalence, Commitment (to monogamy), True Intimacy and Proposal/Marriage. In its pages, you'll find creative ideas on finding a soulmate, making a commitment and sage advice on such difficult issues as deciding when to become sexually intimate and whether or not to live with your partner. Some of the views expressed are surprisingly old-fashioned but the book contains valuable insights into the differing ways men and women approach a new relationship and the meanings they assign to the often complex "rules" of dating. A fascinating book.
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Finding Love (Again!) : The Dating Survival Manual for Women over Thirty by Connie Merritt

Finding Love (Again!) offers women an effective plan to follow in a practical, non-patronizing and fun-to-read style. Connie Merritt has been gathering information, tips, anecdotes and stories on finding love again from the 250,000 mean and women in her seminars and speeches since 1984. You will discover guidelines for blind dates, first dates and over two dozen questions to ask to discover if the man of the moment is the one you deserve. Secrets are revealed for why men fall in love, dating tips for women from men, the dirty dozen of men you need to avoid and how to spot them. Listed are over one hundred places to meet men (including those where men outnumber women). On the subject of sex, "The Molecule of Love" and ten smart conversations to have before getting naked will prove very useful. Finding Love (Again!) is well-written, applicably practical, and a much needed advisory manual for the suddenly single.
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How Not to Stay Single : 10 Steps to a Great Relationship by Nita Tucker, et al

Relationship expert Nita Tucker presents a unique six-week action plan for finding that elusive, emotionally fullfilling attachment. How Not to Stay Single is a step-by-step program full of helpful hints, explicit goal-setting instructions, eye-opening anecdotes, and motivational thoughts. Each chapter includes an action plan - actual assignments for you to complete as part of the process of gaining confidence, improving self-esteem, and increasing dating opportunities. You are asked to apply the same principles to finding a mate that have got you ahead in business: planning, perseverance, effort, and time. This result-oriented book teaches you that wanting a relationship is nothing to be ashamed of, that staying in a dead-end relationship will keep you from finding a thriving one, that there are simple and effective ways to increase the odds of meeting the right kind of people, and that you're a good catch and you shouldn't hide it. It shows you how to stop waiting for a relationship and how to start making it happen. Unlike many other relationship books, this book is about changing what you're doing, not about changing you.
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Linda Goodman's Love Signs : A New Approach to the Human Heart

Over 800,000 copies of this sensational book have been sold! Linda Goodman is a master astrologer whose insights go far beyond the traditional "if he's Taurus, he's stubborn" approach. This is a fundamental and practical guide to the power of love.
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Seduction by the Stars : An Astrological Guide to Love, Lust, and Intimate Relationships by Ren Lexander, Geraldine Rose

A playful, witty, and very sexy astrological guide to seducing any sign under the sun. For anyone planning their next move on a prospective new lover, looking to spice up an already existing relationship, or end a relationship gone flat, it's all here in the funniest and hippest astrological guide to come along in years.
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Astrology for Lovers by Liz Greene

Astrology for Lovers is a great book for those who want to know more about their significant other's inner drives and why they are the way they are. It gets away from the usual astrological stereotypes and includes an insight into the role of ascendants on personality.
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