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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... never sets . If it's so obvious and popular , then what is love ? I began research- ing this book because I had many questions , not because I knew at the outset what answers I might find . Like most people , I believed what I had been ...
... never sets . If it's so obvious and popular , then what is love ? I began research- ing this book because I had many questions , not because I knew at the outset what answers I might find . Like most people , I believed what I had been ...
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... never before allowed a mortal - he could take his bride back to the world of light . But there was a stipulation . " One thing , " King Hades warned . " You must not look behind you . She may follow you into the upper air . If , however ...
... never before allowed a mortal - he could take his bride back to the world of light . But there was a stipulation . " One thing , " King Hades warned . " You must not look behind you . She may follow you into the upper air . If , however ...
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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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