Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Wisner, Franz. Title: How the world makes love : -- and what it taught a jilted groom / Franz Wisner. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009. Description: viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Recounts the author's visits to seven countries in which he investigates how people meet, fall in love, and decide to marry, interspersed with a narration of his own experiences in trying to find a meaningful love relationship. Subjects: Wisner, Franz -- Travel. Dating (Social customs) Man-woman relationships. Travelers -- Biography. Courtship. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306). Contents: The professional dumpee -- Strangers in paradise -- The accomplice -- Love is dead -- Possibility: Brazil -- Acting lessons -- The world's worst pickup lines -- Commitment: India -- World courting: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- The hippie -- Resilience: Nicaragua -- The world's top five relationship gripes -- The split -- Dexterity: Czech Republic -- A world of "issues" -- The babysitter -- Love on a leash -- The global threats to love -- Faith: Egypt -- Scree tests -- Equability: New Zealand -- The world's ten worst places to be gay -- Insta-dad -- Khaki fever -- Optimism: Botswana -- Love's embrace -- Love lessons from abroad -- Plan on it -- All the love in the world -- Tracy's oscar -- Kurt's afterword. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2008035453 ISBN: 9780312340834 0312340834 Other Number: 243544704 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 237510 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.73 Wisner Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
