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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... blood and eating his flesh . Whether we fall in love with a human demigod or with a deity , we feel that they can return us to a primordial state of oneness , that then our inner electric can run its full circuit , that we can at last ...
... blood and eating his flesh . Whether we fall in love with a human demigod or with a deity , we feel that they can return us to a primordial state of oneness , that then our inner electric can run its full circuit , that we can at last ...
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... blood wells behind his strokes , the blue ink turns to red as if by magic . With a tweezers , he lifts a flap of skin and cuts its edges loose with small gnawings of the scalpel . My eyes zoom in on the open flesh shining in the light ...
... blood wells behind his strokes , the blue ink turns to red as if by magic . With a tweezers , he lifts a flap of skin and cuts its edges loose with small gnawings of the scalpel . My eyes zoom in on the open flesh shining in the light ...
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... blood , and bone , in the pastures of yellow fat that bloom like wildflowers above the soft tissues . Their mouths ... blood supply on a blood vessel that supplies part of the brain , for example , or during a face or heart operation ...
... blood , and bone , in the pastures of yellow fat that bloom like wildflowers above the soft tissues . Their mouths ... blood supply on a blood vessel that supplies part of the brain , for example , or during a face or heart operation ...
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A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural ... Diane Ackerman Visualização parcial - 2011 |
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