Love

In the season of candy hearts and pastel cupids, readers looking for more ancient and less cloying expressions of love could do far worse than to revisit the Song of Songs (called ""Song of Solomon"" in the King James Version). In Love: The Song of Songs, Frederick W. Bassett arranges and edits the classic love poems from the Hebrew Bible. One innovative twist is that the text is divided into portions to be spoken by male and female voices, suggesting a conversation between a man and a woman about the joys and sorrows of love. Fully illustrated and in color, this small gift book is an ideal token for that special soulmate. (Feb.)