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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... eye awakening the protection of a deity. In paintings, men are shown bare chested, straight and strong, with wide shoulders tapering to a narrow waist——the shape of the hunter in the constellation Orion. Women are tall and bosomy, and ...
... eye awakening the protection of a deity. In paintings, men are shown bare chested, straight and strong, with wide shoulders tapering to a narrow waist——the shape of the hunter in the constellation Orion. Women are tall and bosomy, and ...
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... eyes , and a rather narrow forehead . Second - guessing beauty in an- cient days in distant lands is not a game for the faint of heart . What she had was style . Glamorous and dramatic , Cleopatra was a one - woman pageant . Silks and ...
... eyes , and a rather narrow forehead . Second - guessing beauty in an- cient days in distant lands is not a game for the faint of heart . What she had was style . Glamorous and dramatic , Cleopatra was a one - woman pageant . Silks and ...
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... eye awakening the protection of a deity . In paintings , men are shown bare chested , straight and strong , with wide shoulders tapering to a narrow waist - the shape of the hunter in the constellation Orion . Women are tall and bosomy ...
... eye awakening the protection of a deity . In paintings , men are shown bare chested , straight and strong , with wide shoulders tapering to a narrow waist - the shape of the hunter in the constellation Orion . Women are tall and bosomy ...
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... eye's turn . Her lips are enchantment , her neck the right length and her breasts a marvel ; Her hair lapis lazuli in its glitter , her arms more splendid than gold . Her fingers make me see petals , the lotus ' are like that . Her ...
... eye's turn . Her lips are enchantment , her neck the right length and her breasts a marvel ; Her hair lapis lazuli in its glitter , her arms more splendid than gold . Her fingers make me see petals , the lotus ' are like that . Her ...
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... eyes are as absolute as nightfall , her mouth as dew - struck as morning . " Or as the author of the Egyptian courtship poem puts it : her black hair glitters like lapis lazuli , and her arms are the pure gold of an idol . Love speaks ...
... eyes are as absolute as nightfall , her mouth as dew - struck as morning . " Or as the author of the Egyptian courtship poem puts it : her black hair glitters like lapis lazuli , and her arms are the pure gold of an idol . Love speaks ...
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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