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Birth of the Chess QueenMarilyn YalomEveryone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn’t until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that … more |
Birth of the Chess Queen |
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The American Resting Place: ...Marilyn YalomA sweeping history of America as seen through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, stunningly illustrated with eighty black-and-white photographsCemeteries and burial grounds, as illuminated by an acclaimed cultural historian,… more |
The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds |
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A History Of The WifeMarilyn YalomHow did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? … more |
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How the French Invented Love...Marilyn Yalom“Absolutely marvelous…lively and learned….Marilyn Yalom’s book is a distinguished contribution to our experience of a great literature, as well as an endearing memoir.”—Diane Johnson, author of Lulu in Marrakech and Le Divorce“[An] enchanti… more |
How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance |