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The Book of Hearts : [a fascinating celebration of fact, myth, love, quotes, and assorted curiosa about the heart].
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heart--Folklore.
- Heart.
- Heart--Miscellanea.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Running Press, 1986.
- Contents:
- What's a Heart Like?
- The Language of the Heart
- The Unabridged Heart
- Evolution of the Heart
- A Definition by Ambrose Bierce
- The Heart as a Symbol
- The Heart of Dionysus
- Heart's Magic
- Food of the Gods. How Coyote Stole God's Heart; The Nutritious Heart
- The Man without a Heart: a popular tale from the Norse
- Heart Roots. Heorte, Herte, Heart; Dr. Johnson defines Heart
- A Many-Hearted Garden
- The Heart as a Religious Symbol. St. Valentine's Day
- Love, Theft, and the heart
- A Renaissance Heart
- The Heart in the Cup of Gold / from the Decameron by Bocaccio retold by Richard E. Nicholls
- When his Heart Thinks his Tongue Speaks
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Heart-Burial
- The Lost Heart: a curious historical anecdote
- The Heart that Would not Burn. Heart's Compass / Dante Gabriel Rossetti; My heart is a lute / Anne Bernard
- Literary Quiz
- Hearts & Playing Cards. Game of Hearts; Hearts with Dice, or, Dice with Hearts
- You Will Meet a Tall, Warm-Hearted Stranger. Of Dreams and the Heart
- Anatomy of the Heart
- A Modern Definition. Heartbroken; The World's Largest Valentine
- Milestones in the Study of the Heart. The Heart-Lung Machine; The Artificial Heart; Reflections on Heart Transplants
- The Tell-Tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe. The Purest Theatre; The Garrulous Heart / Richard Selzer, M.D.
- Sounds the Heart Makes
- The Walking Heart
- Heart-to-Heart
- The Healthy Heart. Know the Warning Signals of a Heart Attack; Be a Heart Saver; Be Prepared
- Broadway Hearts. Other Hearty Song Titles; First in the Hearts
- National Observances
- Hearts of Gold. With a Song in My Heart.
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover.
- "Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Cover illustration by Lauren E. Simeone. Illustration by Judith K. M. Barbour. Typography: Weiss, with Plantin and Univers, by rci, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy 1 has dustjacket retained.
- Running Press copy 1 has cream illustrated leatherette cover with red ribbon bookmark.
- Running Press copy 1 is "2" printing.
- Running Press copy 2 has cream illustrated boards with white ribbon bookmark.
- Running Press copy 2 is "5" printing.
- ISBN:
- 9780894714467
- 0894714465
- OCLC:
- 875755482
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