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The Extraordinary Ways Ordinary People Express the Heart's Finest Emotion

What They Did for Love is a literary collection of the extraordinary ways people express the heart's finest emotion.

A powerful collection of stories that is at once heart-warming and heart-wrenching as writers offer stories of love in its many forms set against the challenges of modern life.

Over the years Reader's Digest has published stories of couples, families, friends, and even strangers that touch the heartstrings and show ordinary people reaching out and reaching deep within in the name of love. In "To Mend Her Husband's Heart," you'll meet a woman so desperate to keep her husband of thirty-eight years alive, she researches medical literature and finds an experimental gene therapy that just may save his life.

In an excerpt from "Rewrites," Neil Simon tells the heart-wrenching story of his first wife's battle with cancer and how, when he felt helpless to save her, he bought her the dream house by a lake they had imagined they would enjoy together in their twilight years. You'll read inspiring marriage proposals from everyday people, stories of love lost and found, and famous love letters that speak to the incredible and lasting power of true love. You'll meet Joe Hagan in "Red Dad, Blue Son," who puts his love for his father above his closely held political beliefs; and a mom, Lynn Schnurnberger, ("The Power of Tatoos") who goes to great lengths, including getting a tattoo, to stay connected with her teenage daughter.

In "A Bagful of Dimes," best-selling author Anne Lamott explains why she makes her son go to church with her. The power of love and forgiveness in friendship is portrayed in the story of Jacquelyn Mitchard and her lifelong friend who repair a falling out in "Friends Interrupted." The loving bond between human and animal is depicted in the story of Lt. Col. Jay Kopelman ("Semper Fi") who risks his life to save a dog from a warzone. Finally, in "Dear Superman," you'll read letters sent to Christopher Reeve and his family from complete strangers; and in "This Boy's Life," you'll meet a teenage boy, whose generous decision to become an organ donor transforms the lives of scores of strangers. Delve into What They Did for Love and you'll be moved, touched and inspired to follow your heart wherever it leads--around the world or maybe just around the corner.

What They Did for Love

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Judith Krantz

Lovers is pure Krantz, an  intoxicating dance of love lost, stolen, and found  among women and men who lure each other with potent  combinations of money, talent, ambition, and  passion. Chief among them is irresistible Gigi Orsini,  the high-spirited, merry, adventurous creature who  grew up into enchanting womanhood in Scruples Two.  Now Gigi is working as a copywriter in a new Los  Angeles advertising agency, with her creative  "teammate," David Melville, a brilliant young  art director who joins her in seeking new  accounts. The agency is headed by dashing Archie Rourke,  humorous Byron Bernheim and the severely difficult  beauty, Victoria Frost, daughter of the famed  Millicent Frost Caldwell who, with her husband Angus  Caldwell, owns one of New York's largest  advertising agencies. Ben Winthrop, a proper Bostonian and  an enormously successful mall builder, attempts to  capture Gigi's quicksilver affections, although  his fierce contenders for the same prize include  both David Melville and the dominating film director,  Zach Nevsky. Meanwhile, Billy Winthrop Ikehorn  Orsini Elliott, the unforgettably impulsive heroine  of Scruples, and her new husband,  the great charmer, Spider Elliott, are busy with  their own fascinating lives, as are Gigi's father,  canny film producer Vito Orsini, and her best  friend, the ravishing Sasha Nevsky, none of whom can  be forgotten from Scruples and  Scruples Two. Lovers  completes all the stories set in motion in the  first two novels, yet it stands entirely on its own  as a slice of life in the exciting years of 1983  and 1984.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Working as a copywriter for an L.A. ad agency, Gigi Orsini finds herself torn between successful developer Ben Winthrop, film director Zach Nevsky, and art director David Melville, in the sequel to Scruples and Scruples Two. 500,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.

Lovers

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Masquerade

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Minimal marks and some sticker residue on dust jacket. Physical book is in perfect “like new” condition. Clean interior. #oliviajoules #helenfielding #bridgetjones #spy #action #funny #romance #fastpaced 

Journalist-turned-spy Olivia Joules finds herself drawn to Pierre Ferramo, a man of impeccable taste and extraordinary wealth, until she begins to worry that he is an international terrorist hiding behind a sophisticated smokescreen.

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

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Maria Dahvana Headley

Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her family is healed. She’s living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if you’ve spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your song can change the world.

As in, not normal. Part of Aza still yearns for the clouds, no matter how much she loves the people on the ground.

When Jason’s paranoia over Aza’s safety causes him to make a terrible mistake, Aza finds herself a fugitive in Magonia, tasked with opposing her radical, bloodthirsty, recently escaped mother, Zal Quel, and her singing partner, Dai. She must travel to the edge of the world in search of a legendary weapon, the Flock, in a journey through fire and identity that will transform her forever

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North Carolina

The stunning sequel to Maria Dahvana Headley’s critically acclaimed Magonia tells the story of one girl who must make an impossible choice between two families, two homes—and two versions of herself. Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her family is healed. She’s living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if you’ve spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your song can change the world. As in, not normal. Part of Aza still yearns for the clouds, no matter how much she loves the people on the ground. When Jason’s paranoia over Aza’s safety causes him to make a terrible mistake, Aza finds herself a fugitive in Magonia, tasked with opposing her radical, bloodthirsty, recently escaped mother, Zal Quel, and her singing partner, Dai. She must travel to the edge of the world in search of a legendary weapon, the Flock, in a journey through fire and identity that will transform her forever. Told in Maria Headley’s trademark John Green–meets–Neil Gaiman voice, Aerie is sure to satisfy the many readers who can’t wait to return to the spellbinding world of Magonia.

Aerie - First Edition

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Minnesota

After being rescued by ex-soldier Seth Landry upon her return to Seaview Key, newly divorced Abby Miller, who came back to mend an old friendship and give back to the community, decides to take a chance on love with Seth.

Home to Seaview Key

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Kate Alcott

Iowa

Taking a job at the studio where David O. Selznick is filming Gone with the Wind, Julie Crawford becomes an assistant to Carole Lombard, a rising actress from Julie's hometown who embarks on a scandalous affair with Clark Gable. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Dressmaker. 75,000 first printing.

A Touch of Stardust

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Jodi Picoult

West Virginia

Her life shattered by a devastating act of violence, June Nealson is forced to make a pivotal choice that involves her twelve-year-old daughter and a salvation-seeking criminal. By the author of Nineteen Minutes. 1,000,000 first printing.

Change of Heart

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Susanna Daniel

Pennsylvania

A Novel

"A wise and loving portrait of a marriage....Susanna Daniel writes beautifully of matters of the heart."

-- Jennifer Haigh, author of The Condition

 

Against a vivid South Florida background, Susanna Daniel's Stiltsville offers a gripping, bittersweet portrait of a marriage--and a romance--that deepens over the course of three decades. Called "an elegantly crafted work of art and a great read" by Curtis Sittenfeld (American Wife, Prep) Stiltsville is a stunningly assured debut novel sure to appeal to readers of Anita Shreve, Sue Miller, and Annie Dillard, or anyone enchanted by the sultry magic of Miami.

Stiltsville

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A hazardous material spill means ER charge nurse Erin Quinn and fire captain Scott McKenna must work together, even though they don't seem to agree on much of anything.

Disaster Status

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Despite recurring nightmares about her mother's death and her own fear of flying, fifteen-year-old Sienna accepts her father's birthday gift to fly to Indonesia with his team of disaster relief workers to help victims of a recent tsunami, never suspecting that this experience will change her life forever.

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Illinois

Includes discussion questions and recipes.

Daughters of the Bride

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Danielle Steel

New York

Star

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A survivor, along with her younger siblings, of the sinking of the Titanic, which killed her parents, Edwina Winfield returns to San Francisco and takes on the responsibilities of raising a family. Reprint.

No Greater Love

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Robert James Waller

Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.


If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, The Bridges of Madison County gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere -- and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.

The Bridges of Madison County

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California

Missing paper over. Book has never been read. However, there was a mark left behind by the sticker I removed in the top right corner.￼

The Daughters 

South Dakota

An amicably divorced couple--Blake, a globe-trotting entrepreneur, and Maxine, an expert on childhood trauma--confront a life-changing choice as Blake deals with hundreds of orphaned children after a devastating earthquake near one of his foreign homes.

Rogue

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Oregon

Jo Marie Rose opens the Rose Harbor Inn bed and breakfast in Cedar Cove in order to start a new life, but the inn and its first guests bring surprises into Jo's life.

The Inn at Rose Harbor

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David Baldacci

Michigan

On a train ride to Los Angeles, cash-strapped journalist Tom Langdon encounters a ridiculous cast of characters, unexpected romance, and an avalanche that changes everyone's Christmas plans.

The Christmas Train

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Sara Biren

Last summer, Lucy s and Ben s lives changed in an instant. One moment, they were shyly flirting on a lake raft, finally about to admit their feelings to each other after years of yearning. In the next, Trixie Lucy s best friend and Ben s sister was gone, her heart giving out during a routine swim. And just like that, the idyllic world they knew turned upside down, and the would-be couple drifted apart, swallowed up by their grief. Now it s a year later in their small lake town, and as the anniversary of Trixie s death looms, Lucy and Ben s undeniable connection pulls them back together. They can t change what happened the day they lost Trixie, but the summer might finally bring them closer to healing and to each other. "

The Last Thing You Said

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Beware a Scot's Revenge

Ted Dekker

Love Changes Everything 

A Saudi Arabian princess fleeing a forced marriage teams up with a graduate student named Seth, who has the ability to see multiple futures, and both become fugitives while trapped in the middle of a dangerous struggle for power.

Blink of an Eye

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Hannah Reynolds

A sixteen-year-old girl is on a mission to find the perfect boyfriend this Hanukkah, but love might not go according to plan, in this charming winter romcom from the author of The Summer of Lost Letters.

Shira Barbanel has a plan: this Hanukkah, she's going to get a boyfriend. And she has the perfect candidate in mind--her great-uncle's assistant, Isaac. He's reliable, brilliant, and of course, super hot. The only problem? Shira's an absolute disaster when it comes to flirting.

Enter Tyler Nelson, Shira's nemesis-slash-former-crush. As much as she hates to admit it, Tyler is the most charming and popular guy she knows. Which means he's the perfect person to teach her how to win Isaac over.

When Shira and Tyler get snowed in together at Golden Doors, they strike a deal--flirting lessons for Shira in exchange for career connections for Tyler. But as Shira starts to see the sweet, funny boy beneath Tyler's playboy exterior, she realizes she actually likes hanging out with him. And that wasn't part of the plan.

Amidst a whirl of snowy adventures, hot chocolate, and candlelight, Shira must learn to trust her heart to discover if the romance she planned is really the one that will make her happiest.

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What They Did for Love

Judith Krantz

Lovers

Janet Daily

Masquerade

Helen Fielding

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Maria Dahvana Headley

Aerie - First Edition

Sherryl Woods

Home to Seaview Key

Kate Alcott

A Touch of Stardust

Jodi Picoult

Change of Heart

Susanna Daniel

Stiltsville

Candace Calvert

Disaster Status

Heidi R. Kling

Sea

Susan Mallery

Daughters of the Bride

Danielle Steel

Star

Danielle Steel

No Greater Love

Robert James Waller

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

The Bridges of Madison County

Joanna Philbin

The Daughters

Danielle Steel

Rogue

Debbie Macomber

The Inn at Rose Harbor

David Baldacci

The Christmas Train

Sara Biren

The Last Thing You Said

Sabrina Jeffries

Beware a Scot's Revenge

Ted Dekker

Blink of an Eye

Hannah Reynolds

Eight Nights of Flirting