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  • Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why

    The Science of Sexual Orientation

    by Simon LeVay ...
    What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? Neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of laboratories that specialize in genetics, endocrinology, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Attraction, Love, Sex

    The Inside Story

    by Simon LeVay ...
    Sex, after hunger, may be the most powerful motivating force in our lives. It drives us to seek intimate contact with others and to form relationships that may be fleeting or lifelong, blissful or troubled. Yet many mysteries surround sex and sexuality: Why don’t we reproduce by virgin birth? Why does so much of our sexual behavior have nothing to do with reproduction? Why isn’t everyone ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Attraction, Love, Sex

    The Inside Story

    by Simon LeVay ...
    Narrated by Dan Calley ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    Sex, after hunger, may be the most powerful motivating force in our lives. It drives us to seek intimate contact with others and to form relationships that may be fleeting or lifelong, blissful or troubled. Yet many mysteries surround sex and sexuality: Why don't we reproduce by virgin birth? Why does so much of our sexual behavior have nothing to do with reproduction? Why isn't everyone ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships

    The book on sex in the twenty-first century“Alfred Kinsey only scratched the surface. Interviewing a mere 18,000 horny humans? Please . . . Drs. Ogas and Gaddam [offer] hot new scientific findings.”—The Washington PostWant to know what really turns your partner on? A Billion Wicked Thoughts offers the clearest picture ever of the differences between male and female sexuality and the teeming divers ... Read more

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  • Why Women Have Sex

    Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)

    An unparalleled exploration of the mysteries underlying women's sexuality that rivals the culture-shifting Kinsey Report, from two of America's leading research psychologists.Do women have sex simply to express love, experience pleasure, or reproduce? When clinical psychologist Cindy M. Meston and evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss, both at the University of Texas at Austin, joined forces to ... Read more

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  • The Chemistry Between Us

    Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction

    How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors surrounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we’ll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.How does love begin? How can two strangers come to the conclusion that it would not only be pleasant to share their ... Read more

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  • T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us

    by Carole Hooven ...
    Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behavior of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.Since antiquity—from the eunuchs in the royal courts of ancient China to the booming market for “elixirs of youth” in nineteenth-century Europe—humans have ... Read more

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  • The Science of Kissing

    What Our Lips Are Telling Us

    From a noted science journalist comes a wonderfully witty and fascinating exploration of how and why we kiss.When did humans begin to kiss? Why is kissing integral to some cultures and alien to others? Do good kissers make the best lovers? And is that expensive lip-plumping gloss worth it? Sheril Kirshenbaum, a biologist and science journalist, tackles these questions and more in The Science of a ... Read more

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  • Sexing the Body

    Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

    Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history.Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • This Is Your Brain On Sex

    The Science Behind the Search for Love

    by Kayt Sukel ...
    Why does love make us so crazy? Previously published as Dirty Minds, this is a lively and funny examination of the big questions about love and sex from the perspective of the latest brain science.Philosophers, theologians, artists, and boy bands have waxed poetic about the nature of love for centuries. But what does the brain have to say about the way we carry our hearts? In the wake of a divorce ... Read more

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  • Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?

    Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction

    by Jena Pincott ...
    How long does it take to decide if a person is hot?Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband?Can men tell when a woman is fertile?If you’ve ever wondered how scientists measure love—or whether men really prefer blondes over brunettes—this smart, sexy book provides real answers to these and many other questions about our most baffling dating and mating behaviors. Based on the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Accidental Mind

    How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

    Linden sets the record straight about the construction of the human brain; rather than the “beautifully-engineered optimized device, the absolute pinnacle of design” portrayed in many dumbed-down text books, pop-science tomes, and education televisions programs, Linden’s organ is a complicated assembly of cobbled-together functionality that created the mind as a by-product of ad-hoc solutions to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD