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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... carry everything with us , all we possess . We carry the seeds and nails and remembered hardships of everywhere we have lived , the beliefs and hurts and bones of every ancestor . Our baggage is heavy . We can't bear to part with ...
... carry everything with us , all we possess . We carry the seeds and nails and remembered hardships of everywhere we have lived , the beliefs and hurts and bones of every ancestor . Our baggage is heavy . We can't bear to part with ...
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... carried stories of grand cities and silks , but also of savagery and appallingly strange and sacrile- gious customs . As the Middle Ages waned , villages grew like overspilling ponds , more large cities appeared , and it was difficult ...
... carried stories of grand cities and silks , but also of savagery and appallingly strange and sacrile- gious customs . As the Middle Ages waned , villages grew like overspilling ponds , more large cities appeared , and it was difficult ...
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... carried him a great distance from Tintagel . Alone for some while , he missed the company of women , and missed in ... carrying her would bear a white sail . But Tristan's wife , Iseult of the White Hands , saw the ship arriving with her ...
... carried him a great distance from Tintagel . Alone for some while , he missed the company of women , and missed in ... carrying her would bear a white sail . But Tristan's wife , Iseult of the White Hands , saw the ship arriving with her ...
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