Category archives: Books

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley


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Why do we have sex? One of the main biological reasons, contends Ridley, is to combat disease. By constantly combining and recombining genes every generation, people “keep their genes one step ahead of their parasites,” thereby strengthening resistance to bacteria and viruses that cause deadly diseases or epidemics. – Constance Rinaldo, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H. …

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Any Dummy can date Online: Online Dating for Dummies


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For those already familiar with the ‘for Dummies’ books, this instalment will come as a rather comfortable guide to yet another of life’s great trials: dating. In this case, of the Internet variety. No matter for those who don’t though. The book is a comprehensive, easy to understand introduction into a foreign and, no doubt, …

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The Rules by Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider


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A self-help book with a simple set of do’s and don’ts which evidently lead you to where you want to be… the question is are these rules simple? The author’s of ‘The Rules’ have compiled a list of 35 Rules to help commit you to a healthy relationship. My first thought was how stringent is …

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Falling in Love by Francesco Alberoni


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It should come as no surprise that the subject of this book is of course, love. More specifically, Alberoni deals with those all-too-brief and utterly captivating moments when one first falls in love. He attempts to unlock all the rather bizarre and, sometimes, completely diotic, forces that drive our behaviour in this frenzied state. For …

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Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov


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From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman’s Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship Contending that some women are “too nice,” comedian and radio show host Sherry Argov has written Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman’s Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship. “I’m not recommending that a woman have an abrasive …

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