Dr. Gordon Livingstons books have resonated with readers as universally and deeply as earlier books by M. Scott Peck, Rollo May, and Erich Fromm. Now, Gordon Livingstona physician of the human heart, a philosopher of human psychologyoffers an urgently needed meditation on who best (and who best not) to loveand how best to love. Dr. Livingstons primary focus in this new book is on helping us to recognize in ourselves and in others constellations of character traits and what those traits imply both with regard to compatibility and future conduct. As in his previous books, here are Dr. Livingstons trademark giftsan unerring sense of what is important, and what Elizabeth Edwards has characterized as his unapologetic directness and his embracing compassionagain deployed to provide readers everywhere with a much-needed alternative to the trial-and-error learning that makes wisdom such an expensive commodity.