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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... mouth, and a man with a hand in his mouth. No doubt Egyptians spoke of love without dwelling too long on the etymology of the word, just as we refer to our muscles without thinking about mice running under our skin.* The sign literally ...
... mouth, and a man with a hand in his mouth. No doubt Egyptians spoke of love without dwelling too long on the etymology of the word, just as we refer to our muscles without thinking about mice running under our skin.* The sign literally ...
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... mouth , and a man with a hand in his mouth . No doubt Egyptians spoke of love without dwelling too long on the etymology of the word , just as we refer to our muscles without thinking about mice running under our skin . The sign ...
... mouth , and a man with a hand in his mouth . No doubt Egyptians spoke of love without dwelling too long on the etymology of the word , just as we refer to our muscles without thinking about mice running under our skin . The sign ...
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... mouth is a sign that frequently occurs at the end of words having to do with eating , drinking , speaking , thinking - anything that involves functions of the mouth or of the heart . ( Feelings were thought to reside in the brain . ) It ...
... mouth is a sign that frequently occurs at the end of words having to do with eating , drinking , speaking , thinking - anything that involves functions of the mouth or of the heart . ( Feelings were thought to reside in the brain . ) It ...
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... 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 in absolutes , but the only absolutes we ...
... 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 in absolutes , but the only absolutes we ...
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... mouth of the cave , getting ready to step out . He lurched after her , but that fast she fell back- ward , into darkness , into death , crying " Farewell " as she disappeared down the throat of the cave . Wild with despair , Orpheus ...
... mouth of the cave , getting ready to step out . He lurched after her , but that fast she fell back- ward , into darkness , into death , crying " Farewell " as she disappeared down the throat of the cave . Wild with despair , Orpheus ...
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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