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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... followed . " Love is often depicted as a state of mnemonic possession , in which the spirit of love speaks through someone , urging them to act in uninhib- ited ways . We allow only our rulers and gods to possess us body and soul , as ...
... followed . " Love is often depicted as a state of mnemonic possession , in which the spirit of love speaks through someone , urging them to act in uninhib- ited ways . We allow only our rulers and gods to possess us body and soul , as ...
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... followed by Iron City Light beer . Hard - boiled eggs doused with Tabasco sauce passed as dinner , and there amid the ruckus of gritty dialect and workingman's music they held their own im- promptu symposium . No one described it as ...
... followed by Iron City Light beer . Hard - boiled eggs doused with Tabasco sauce passed as dinner , and there amid the ruckus of gritty dialect and workingman's music they held their own im- promptu symposium . No one described it as ...
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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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