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Title: Love by Leo Buscaglia ISBN: 0-449-91162-4 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fresh and integrated examination of what loving entails
Comment: "Love" is a simple but profound and original little book that examines the role of personal responsibility in loving relationships and promotes offering unconditional love from a combined position of strength, humility and self-confidence. His beautifully inquisitive and spiritual perspective views loving as something intimately intertwined with living and learning, a theme he develops more fully in "Living, Loving, and Learning." Believing that love is a "learned phenomenon" (which led to his class on love at UCLA in the 1970s and ultimately, this book), Buscaglia's curiosity about the nature of love leads him to explore the writings of Erich Fromm, Abraham Maslow, Albert Schweitzer, Dag Hammarskjold, Mahatma Gandhi, Victor Frankl, Herbert Otto, the Old and New Biblical Testaments, the Koran, the Talmud, Buddhist and Hindu writings and to share his discoveries with us.
Buscaglia examines the many aspects of living the loving life. He views love as having a twofold purpose: its main function is to help unfold our true selves, while at the same time helping others to become strong and perfect themselves as unique individuals (a theme similarly examined by Milton Mayeroff in his work "On Caring"). Buscaglia encourages his readers not to take rejection personally, but rather, to view rejection compassionately. He encourages focusing on self-development and growth rather than attempting to change or conform to another person's point of view. Rejecting the Hollywood Doris Day/Rock Hudson game of so-called love, he views love as an experimental process that requires risk and forgiveness.
Buscaglia's "Living, Loving, and Learning" is a thoughtful and original follow-up to "Love." The rest of his writings merely rehash the themes presented in these two works.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing book! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll love it
Comment: I am so grateful this book is back in print! This short, funny, easy to read book will profoundly change your life and how you view the people close to you. Although you can easily finish it in a weekend, you'll want to read it again every 18 months or so as your life changes to bring you "back" to your center. Everyone I've ever lent it to adored it so much, I've given away over a dozen copies. It is unfortunate that his lectures based on this book are not available on Video, as Leo's personal mannerisms and speaking style are so warm and funny, they really enhance the subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the most profound books I've ever read.
Comment: In the last year I've sort of been on a spiritual awakening of sorts. I've read over 200 (at least) books in religion, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, self-improvement, etc, including most of the "classics" by various famous authors and historic religious figures, etc. . . . Suddenly last week as I was once again browsing at my local Barnes and Noble I came across this little book. Not knowing anything about it, I began to skim it and every page jumped out with profound insight and truth. I bought it, read it twice in one sitting, and it immediately jumped onto my top ten list of most profound books ever. If you want any insight into life and living, love and loving, you can't pass this book by. He touches not just on "love" directly but how it impacts our relationships, family, children and education, and the world at large. And even if you think you've heard all these ideas before, Leo is able to phrase them in new ways, using new stories and metaphors, that makes the message new and fresh. For anyone who finds this book beneficial, I would also *extremely* recommend the great 20th Century Indian spiritual leader Jiddu Krishnamurti (begin with his book "Freedom from the Known"; you can read my review there for more information on my Krishnamurti recommendations.)
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Title: Living, Loving and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia ISBN: 0449901815 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships by Leo F. Buscaglia ISBN: 0449901572 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Born for Love: Reflections on Loving by Leo F. Buscaglia, Daniel Kimber ISBN: 0449909298 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human by Leo F. Buscaglia ISBN: 0449901998 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Leo F. Buscaglia ISBN: 0805024344 Publisher: Slack Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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