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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... sense in evolutionary terms ? What is the psychology of love ? Are erotic and nonerotic love essentially the same ? Who is naturally more loving , a man or a woman ? What is mother love ? How does love affect our health ? Do men and ...
... sense in evolutionary terms ? What is the psychology of love ? Are erotic and nonerotic love essentially the same ? Who is naturally more loving , a man or a woman ? What is mother love ? How does love affect our health ? Do men and ...
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... sense. Caesar and Antony were questing for power, not love, even if she was supremely lovable, as she may well have been. Antony and Cleopatra did live together off and on for six years—he was frequently away on military campaigns ...
... sense. Caesar and Antony were questing for power, not love, even if she was supremely lovable, as she may well have been. Antony and Cleopatra did live together off and on for six years—he was frequently away on military campaigns ...
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... sense . Caesar and Antony were questing for power , not love , even if she was supremely lovable , as she may well have been . Antony and Cleopatra did live together off and on for six years he was frequently away on military campaigns ...
... sense . Caesar and Antony were questing for power , not love , even if she was supremely lovable , as she may well have been . Antony and Cleopatra did live together off and on for six years he was frequently away on military campaigns ...
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... sense that we are impostors . Keeping our failings a secret , we assume no one on earth is as neurotic , no one as uniquely flawed . The rampantly beautiful person we are attracted to couldn't possibly be as frail . He is a contagion of ...
... sense that we are impostors . Keeping our failings a secret , we assume no one on earth is as neurotic , no one as uniquely flawed . The rampantly beautiful person we are attracted to couldn't possibly be as frail . He is a contagion of ...
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... sense of wickedness or shame attached to it . I suspect that this is because it feels like a betrayal , an act of treason , that will carry them away from the family . Love for parents will be superseded by love for spouse and children ...
... sense of wickedness or shame attached to it . I suspect that this is because it feels like a betrayal , an act of treason , that will carry them away from the family . Love for parents will be superseded by love for spouse and children ...
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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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