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| The Book of Love | 
| Creators: Diane Ackerman, Jeanne Mackin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy Used: $1.56
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 181432
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 864
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.9
ISBN: 0393045897
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.803543
EAN: 9780393045895
ASIN: 0393045897
Publication Date: January 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 Win points with your Valentine with this one! January 4, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Homework was done on this book, an anthology of some of history's best poets and thinkers on Love. Diane Ackerman starts off in the Intro with the age-old question ~What Is Love~ She writes, "It feels like hunger pains, and we use the same word. Pang." Nice to keep in your reception area, or great for the romantics on your list. Highly recommended anytime but makes a great Valentine's Day gift.
A great collection, although a bit thick April 9, 2002
This book provides a great collection of love-related essays, poems, and stories, as well as book excerpts. I tried, mistakenly, to read this book from cover to cover and got too bogged down. I think it is great for a reference (I used it to find one of the readings for my civil ceremony wedding), and great to pick up every now and then, open it randomly, and start reading. But, don't try to read it beginning to end!
 For those who love love. October 27, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a delightful collection, containing both the arcane and well-known classics. If I could send one book free to everyone I know, this would be the one.
There are some wonderful pieces in this book. April 13, 1999
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I very much enjoyed this compilation. It contains a wonderful piece by Joe McConkey, "Idyll", that I am grateful to have discovered. I read a library copy, but plan to buy one to keep.
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