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Leo Buscaglia

    March 31, 1924 – June 12, 1998

    Leo Buscaglia, affectionately known as "Dr. Love," was a professor of special education whose writings profoundly explored the landscape of love and the reticences people often hold regarding it. As a prolific author of inspirational bestsellers, he passionately advocated for open discussion and expression of affection. His work often stemmed from a place of genuine outrage at the scarcity of literature on the subject, famously proclaiming his intention to copyright love itself. Through his engaging prose, Buscaglia encouraged readers to embrace vulnerability and deepen their understanding of human connection.

    Papa, My Father
    Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
    Personhood
    Born for Love
    Seven Stories of Christmas Love
    The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
    • 2006

      Through true personal stories retelling Christmas memories, New York Times bestselling author, professor, and PBS motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia demonstrates in Seven Stories of Christmas Love that the values of caring and love are essential far past Christmas day. With warm humor, Buscaglia recounts real stories of peace, joy, and goodwill from his past Christmases. Mentioning events such as producing a school Christmas pageant or spending the holiday in a hospital, Buscaglia emphasizes how the moments in each story reinforced his belief in the spirit of the season and how it can be embodied throughout every month of the year. An inspiring collection perfect for the holiday season, Seven Stories of Christmas Love encourages his audience toward self-reflection. By considering what Christmas means to them, readers can begin to understand how to incorporate these positive emotions in their lives throughout the rest of the year.

      Seven Stories of Christmas Love
    • 2006

      The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.6(266)Add rating

      This story by Leo Buscaglia is a warm, wonderfully wise and strikingly simple story about a leaf names Freddie. How Freddie and his companion leaves change with the passing seasons, finally falling to the ground with winter's snow, is an inspiring allegory illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.

      The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
    • 1992

      Born for Love

      Reflections on Loving

      • 298 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Born for Love: Reflections on Loving is a collection of short, poignant thoughts and inspirational quotes on love from New York Times bestselling author, professor, and PBS motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia. Filled with inspirational quotes and structured so each section can be read individually, Born for Love can be picked up at any point, allowing the reader to guide their own experience through Buscaglia’s reflections on love. This approach encourages personal philosophical thinking and contemplation, creating a highly individualized experience and encouraging students of love toward a better comprehension of the art of loving. Inspirational and thought-provoking, Born for Love: Reflections on Loving conveys Leo Buscaglia’s message through short, poignant chapters filled with memorable, uplifting quotes. Just as Buscaglia insisted that love lasts forever, his poignant words continue to have everlasting relevance with today’s audience.

      Born for Love
    • 1992

      Loving is a choice that offers alternatives to frustration, loneliness and fear ... [we are encouraged] to think, feel and move toward actions that will bring about growth in love. What he suggests is more than a love style--it is a life style--Cover

      Born for Love
    • 1991

      Autobus per il Paradiso

      Un viaggio d'amore

      • 299 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Paradise on earth? Why not. Our existence is precisely what we make it and by embracing the many pleasures life has to offer, we can have unlimited joy. Leo Buscaglia, who has already shown so many of us the way to more love and happiness, now offers refreshing, detailed advice on looking around us and finding delight in the simple things--in food, in flowers, in music, in dance, in books, in art, in memories, in our families, and in loving. Step onto Bus 9 with Leo and open yourself to a life-affirming journey to paradise. It's the most important trip you'll ever take.

      Autobus per il Paradiso
    • 1990

      The Way of the Bull

      • 115 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.0(348)Add rating

      A stirring story of Leo Buscaglia's travels from Japan and Hong Kong to Cambodia and Calcutta on his personal quest for discovery, searching for the bull--the Chinese symbol of life--in himself and all of us, the bull that must remain untethered and free to explore.

      The Way of the Bull
    • 1989

      While relating specific events which he remembers about his own father, Leo Buscaglia has written this book "in celebration of all fathers." Readers are reminded that seemingly ordinary events can forever remind us of a cherished family member. This book reached #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

      Papa, My Father
    • 1986

      Personhood

      • 147 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      4.2(671)Add rating

      In his warm, inviting, and inclusive, style, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia manages to bring a vision of the world together within his warm embrace. Sharing the stories of his travels and his encounters with people all over the world, Buscaglia reminds us that we are all people who have the potential to share ourselves with ourselves as well as others. A lover of life and people, Buscaglia's insight into our hearts and souls, his reassurance as to our essential good natures, is a much-needed reminder of our connectedness to one and all.

      Personhood
    • 1986

      In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He asks such important questions, as: How do we best interweave our lives with our loved ones? Do we change our way of relating depending on the circumstances: If we fail in one relationship, can we succeed in others? In this exhilarating book, Leo doesn't give pat answers. He presents alternatives and suggests behavior that opens the way to truly loving each other. He recalls with heartwarming detail the importance of his own family and friendships in helping him to be open to grow and to love.

      Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
    • 1985

      In his mission to help people attain what he felt was their greatest gift, Leo Buscaglia famously developed a university course on love. This remarkable volume was the result of the interactions of students in his course.Love is for everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another.

      Love