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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... Perhaps this is why Cupid is depicted with a quiver of arrows, because at times love feels like being pierced in the chest. It is a wholesome violence. Common as childbirth, love seems rare nonetheless, always catches one by surprise ...
... Perhaps this is why Cupid is depicted with a quiver of arrows, because at times love feels like being pierced in the chest. It is a wholesome violence. Common as childbirth, love seems rare nonetheless, always catches one by surprise ...
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... Perhaps this is why Cupid is depicted with a quiver of arrows , because at times love feels like being pierced in the chest . It is a wholesome violence . Common as child- birth , love seems rare nonetheless , always catches one xx ...
... Perhaps this is why Cupid is depicted with a quiver of arrows , because at times love feels like being pierced in the chest . It is a wholesome violence . Common as child- birth , love seems rare nonetheless , always catches one xx ...
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... perhaps only nine months long , when they were alone . Happily , love is a peasant emotion and thrives as well in stables as in palaces . It's tempting to think of love as a progression , from ignorance toward the refined light of ...
... perhaps only nine months long , when they were alone . Happily , love is a peasant emotion and thrives as well in stables as in palaces . It's tempting to think of love as a progression , from ignorance toward the refined light of ...
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... Perhaps she felt well rid of certain dangerous and attractive men , and no guilt , know- ing that they would be destined for eternal life . As the ruler of a large and tumultuous kingdom , she might not have had endless time for ...
... Perhaps she felt well rid of certain dangerous and attractive men , and no guilt , know- ing that they would be destined for eternal life . As the ruler of a large and tumultuous kingdom , she might not have had endless time for ...
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... perhaps the word is entirely agricultural - lovers till the earth of a relationship , raising the food of love , with which they nourish each other . Perhaps it is eco- nomic . Marriage is chiefly an economic institution , joining clans ...
... perhaps the word is entirely agricultural - lovers till the earth of a relationship , raising the food of love , with which they nourish each other . Perhaps it is eco- nomic . Marriage is chiefly an economic institution , joining clans ...
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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