A History of Marriage A History of Marriage A History of Marriage, published by Seven Stories Press, is a non-fiction book by Elizabeth Abbott, the Canadian author of "A History of Celibacy" (1999) and "A History of Mistresses" (2003) that combines general history and personal histories of marriage. The book is a study of mostly North American rituals of courting, nuptials, marriage, sex, child-raising and divorce. Some topics covered are relative ages at which various societies from Chinese to Mormon married off their girls; details of the satisfying marriage of Martin Luther and former nun Katharina von Bora; the ruptured family units of Native
Tapu (Bora Bora) Tapu (Bora Bora) Motu Tapu, is a private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is the located between Toopua, and Ahuna. Motu Tapu is located just outside the Teavanui Passage, and has the Teavanui front automated lighthouse installed, in Paparoto point on the north of the island. The Island is known also as royal family island, because in former times it belonged exclusively to the royal family of the Kingdom of Bora Bora. In 1931, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau filmed the famous Silent film "", a mixture of documentary and feature film with local laity masters,