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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... person we are attracted to couldn't possibly be as frail . He is a contagion of virtues . Loving him , we sing his praises , highlighting all his good points . We redefine him to himself . Through love one learns to feel lovable . 2 ...
... person we are attracted to couldn't possibly be as frail . He is a contagion of virtues . Loving him , we sing his praises , highlighting all his good points . We redefine him to himself . Through love one learns to feel lovable . 2 ...
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... person before another in positions of public responsibility , what counts is not membership of a particu- lar class , but the actual ability which the man possesses . No one , so long as he has it in him to be of service to the state ...
... person before another in positions of public responsibility , what counts is not membership of a particu- lar class , but the actual ability which the man possesses . No one , so long as he has it in him to be of service to the state ...
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... person with a sensitive , intuitive nature , and that wasn't considered manly . In Greece , a woman was a man's property , so he would naturally assume that when he stepped into the light his possessions went with him . Perhaps his ...
... person with a sensitive , intuitive nature , and that wasn't considered manly . In Greece , a woman was a man's property , so he would naturally assume that when he stepped into the light his possessions went with him . Perhaps his ...
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... person invents anew . But so much of one's personality and actions are inherited . There must be a shyness gene . My friend's son , Isaac , was a flirt from the day he was born . Last year , as a seven - year - old , he met me at the ...
... person invents anew . But so much of one's personality and actions are inherited . There must be a shyness gene . My friend's son , Isaac , was a flirt from the day he was born . Last year , as a seven - year - old , he met me at the ...
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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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