A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses

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Knopf 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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Greece
17
Rome
29
Ovid and the Art of Love
39
Modern Days
66
A Waking Swoon
82
Domestic Paradise
88
The Perfect Union
95
Love and Magic
105
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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Diane Ackerman has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to garnering many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestselling The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

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