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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Yalom, Marilyn
Title: The amorous heart : an unconventional history of love / Marilyn Yalom.
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017037772| ISBN 9780465094707 (hardback) | ISBN 978046509471-4 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Heart--Symbolic aspects. | Love symbols. | BISAC: HISTORY / Europe / General. | ART / History / General. | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
Classification: LCC GT498.H45 Y35 2018 | DDC 611/.12--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037772
ISBNs: 978-0-465-09470-7 (hardcover), 978-0-465-09471-4 (electronic book)
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