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February 2008

  • In Praise of Lazy Parenting

    A mother shares her radical child-rearing philosophy. (You’d better sit down for this.)

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    Posted 29/02/2008 13:05:19 by Brett Paesel with 1 comments.

  • How I found Lost Things

    Stella Duffy on how her local dry cleaner inspired her new novel, The Room of Lost Things

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    Posted 26/02/2008 13:12:21 by Stella Duffy with 0 comments.

  • Unromantic Suggestions

    The feature on books for a leap year got us thinking about the titles that would make the least appropriate romantic gifts.

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    Posted 22/02/2008 12:38:57 by Simon Sheffield, Online Marketing Manager with 0 comments.

  • Chaloner's blog: February in Restoration London

    The second monthly post from Susanna Gregory's creation, Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service.

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    Posted 19/02/2008 12:39:59 by Thomas Chaloner with 1 comments.

  • Our February Loves and Loathes

    Loving:

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    Posted 18/02/2008 12:23:52 by Women's fiction team with 0 comments.

  • The rationality of love

    You're feeling especially loved-up after last night's candlelit dinner, but have you ever stopped to think about why we fall in love? I have to say, before reading The Logic of Life, I never once considered that my choice of partner was a rational choice.  He's lovely, but I've always been of the opinion that falling in love is down to chemistry, instinct and lots of other things that have no connection with logic.  It's not very romantic if your boyfriend has weighed up your pros and cons and decided that you're a logical move, is it?

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    Posted 15/02/2008 15:21:00 by Lindsey Mooney, Online Development Manager with 0 comments.

  • Killer heels at the RNA

    Catherine King, author of the breathtaking saga Silk and Steel, tells us all about the Romantic Novelists’ Association Award, and what it feels like to be shortlisted for the big prize . . .

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    Posted 14/02/2008 12:09:42 by Catherine King with 1 comments.

  • Dorothy says. . . true-life love is in the air!

    It’s February, the month of lurrve. Not only does St Valentine’s Day fall in the middle but after torturing ourselves with all those earnest, heartfelt and well-meaning resolutions in January, February should be the time to love ourselves better again.

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    Posted 13/02/2008 10:28:08 by Dorothy Koomson with 0 comments.

  • Shatter

    Watch Michael Robotham talk about his new book, Shatter, below. 

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    Posted 13/02/2008 10:20:25 by Lindsey Mooney, Online Development Manager with 0 comments.

  • The logic of life?

    Life often seems to defy logic. When a prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary, or a heavy drinker downs another whiskey, we seem to be a million miles from rational behaviour. None of it makes any sense – or does it?

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    Posted 07/02/2008 15:51:18 by Tim Harford with 0 comments.

  • Money money money

    When Sarah, our Audio Commissioning Editor asked a group of us if we would like to be part of the audience at a recording session for the next Benjamin Fry audiobook, I jumped at the chance. Not just because I’d never been to see an audiobook being recorded, or because it was an entire morning out of the office with lunch.  But because Benjamin Fry’s book is called How To Be Rich.  Oh yes, I was finally going to learn how to make big money even with a career in publishing.

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    Posted 04/02/2008 12:21:25 by Lindsey Mooney, Online Development Manager with 1 comments.