A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the SensesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1 de jun. de 2011 - 384 páginas The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself. |
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... beautiful and natural ? In teaching writing students , I've sometimes given them the assignment of writing a love poem . " Be precise , be individual , and be descriptive . But don't use any clichés , " I caution them , " or any curse ...
... beautiful and natural ? In teaching writing students , I've sometimes given them the assignment of writing a love poem . " Be precise , be individual , and be descriptive . But don't use any clichés , " I caution them , " or any curse ...
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... Beautiful art was practical art. But, by practical, they meant clay becoming flesh, paint becoming sheaves of wheat, a gemstone eye awakening the protection of a deity. In paintings, men are shown bare chested, straight and strong, with ...
... Beautiful art was practical art. But, by practical, they meant clay becoming flesh, paint becoming sheaves of wheat, a gemstone eye awakening the protection of a deity. In paintings, men are shown bare chested, straight and strong, with ...
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... beautiful of her waiting women attired as Nereids and Graces , some at the rudders , others at the tackles of the sails , and all the while an indescribably rich perfume , exhaled from innumerable censers , was wafted from the vessel to ...
... beautiful of her waiting women attired as Nereids and Graces , some at the rudders , others at the tackles of the sails , and all the while an indescribably rich perfume , exhaled from innumerable censers , was wafted from the vessel to ...
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... beautiful , debauched , hot - blooded enchantress , how could one explain Roman generals joining forces with her ? Was she depraved ? Apparently she did contrive to kill her siblings in order to be queen . Did she have many lovers ? She ...
... beautiful , debauched , hot - blooded enchantress , how could one explain Roman generals joining forces with her ? Was she depraved ? Apparently she did contrive to kill her siblings in order to be queen . Did she have many lovers ? She ...
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... Beautiful art was practical art . But , by practical , they meant clay becoming flesh , paint becoming sheaves of wheat , a gemstone eye awakening the protection of a deity . In paintings , men are shown bare chested , straight and ...
... Beautiful art was practical art . But , by practical , they meant clay becoming flesh , paint becoming sheaves of wheat , a gemstone eye awakening the protection of a deity . In paintings , men are shown bare chested , straight and ...
Conteúdo
The Hair | 190 |
Women and Horses | 196 |
Men and Cars | 217 |
Sex and Flying | 227 |
Men and Mermaids | 236 |
Kissing | 249 |
On the Sensuality of Looking | 255 |
The Courtship | 261 |
Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting | 112 |
The Origins of Desire | 123 |
Attachment Theory | 131 |
THE NATURE OF LOVE | 137 |
The Neurophysiology of Love | 146 |
The Plastic Brain | 152 |
The Chemistry of Love | 159 |
Aphrodisiacs | 169 |
THE EROTICS OF LOVE | 175 |
The Face | 181 |
The Marriage | 267 |
Of Cocks and Cunts | 277 |
VARIETIES OF LOVE | 287 |
Life and Death in the South Seas | 308 |
On Religious Love | 314 |
On Transference Love | 322 |
The Museum | 332 |
Selected Bibliography | 338 |
Index | 345 |
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A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural ... Diane Ackerman Visualização parcial - 1995 |
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