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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... comes in many guises and strengths . It has a mixed bouquet , and may include some piquant ingredients . One's taste in love will have a lot to do with one's culture , upbringing , generation , religion , era , gender , and so on ...
... comes in many guises and strengths . It has a mixed bouquet , and may include some piquant ingredients . One's taste in love will have a lot to do with one's culture , upbringing , generation , religion , era , gender , and so on ...
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... come to mind when people describe their romantic feelings ? Custom , culture , and tastes vary , but not love itself ... comes to the history of love , one must keep in mind that we know more about the love lives of the fairly well - to ...
... come to mind when people describe their romantic feelings ? Custom , culture , and tastes vary , but not love itself ... comes to the history of love , one must keep in mind that we know more about the love lives of the fairly well - to ...
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... come to life to serve the deceased in the other world. Art was powerful. It could transform matter, bend time, escape death ... comes from the Latin musculus or “little mouse.“ want over a period of time, or, as we say, 8 / Diane Ackerman.
... come to life to serve the deceased in the other world. Art was powerful. It could transform matter, bend time, escape death ... comes from the Latin musculus or “little mouse.“ want over a period of time, or, as we say, 8 / Diane Ackerman.
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... come to life to serve the deceased in the other world . Art was powerful . It could transform matter , bend time , escape death ... comes from the Latin musculus or " little mouse . " want over a period of time , or , as 8 / Diane Ackerman.
... come to life to serve the deceased in the other world . Art was powerful . It could transform matter , bend time , escape death ... comes from the Latin musculus or " little mouse . " want over a period of time , or , as 8 / Diane Ackerman.
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... comes to loving . Our attitudes about love are as old as the pyramids . The Egyptians were sentimental and romantic about love . Their word for love meant something like " a long desire . " Relying on a rich array of metaphors , their ...
... comes to loving . Our attitudes about love are as old as the pyramids . The Egyptians were sentimental and romantic about love . Their word for love meant something like " a long desire . " Relying on a rich array of metaphors , their ...
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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