A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the SensesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 21 de fev. de 1995 - 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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... grave importance . Augustus shoved it into the law courts and changed it from an act of infidelity to an act of sedition . Henceforth , he decreed , any man who discovered his wife's adultery had to divorce her or be prosecuted himself ...
... grave importance . Augustus shoved it into the law courts and changed it from an act of infidelity to an act of sedition . Henceforth , he decreed , any man who discovered his wife's adultery had to divorce her or be prosecuted himself ...
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... grave . " The world would be horizonless and personal , and yet as old and probable as the sun . As Thomas understands , love bridges the genders , the one and the many , the individual and society , the lonely soul and the vast ...
... grave . " The world would be horizonless and personal , and yet as old and probable as the sun . As Thomas understands , love bridges the genders , the one and the many , the individual and society , the lonely soul and the vast ...
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... grave is where we will end , and we feel that gravity tugging us for the length of our lives . We begin by falling down from our mother's womb , and we end our years by hunching closer and closer to the ground . But in sexual ecstasy ...
... grave is where we will end , and we feel that gravity tugging us for the length of our lives . We begin by falling down from our mother's womb , and we end our years by hunching closer and closer to the ground . But in sexual ecstasy ...
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