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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days:
The Universal Don'ts of Dating
By Michelle Alexander and Jeannie Long
Bantam, $6.99
ISBN 0553380079

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There is an abundance of books about how to find a man, keep a man, make a man happy. But how about a book about scaring a man away? How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: The Universal Don'ts of Dating is just that book -- a welcome, witty antidote to all of those special "relationship" guides.

So how do you send a guy running scared? Well, for starters, call him -- constantly. Ask him if he thinks you're fat -- constantly. Even more hilarious than these "don'ts" are the stick-figure drawings that accompany them.

Now, when you make him that mixed tape with all of "your" songs on it, you'll know that it wasn't just that Celine Dion tune that made him flee the scene.