I don't read a whole lot of non-fiction. What little I do read is usually in the celebrity biography genre. But for my Eclectic Reader Challenge, I needed to read something qualifying as Micro history. I didn't even know what that was, but the internet was very helpful in clearing up my confusion. G...
Well... this the first time I've read anything like this, and I must say, it fascinated me. I always thought I should have been a scientist... although I don't know if I would have been able to bring myself to finger a monkey for science!
Disclaimer: This review is highly male oriented this book has everything sex in every form... every cringe worthy, OMG, terrified, and enlightening aspect of such a wonderful experience (uuuuu....sually....) (fertility statue) from what makes people tick sexually (hormones, position...
I enjoyed this book well enough and Mary Roach has a great sense of humor; some of her dry observations had me in stitches and fits of laugher. However, some of her ethics (asking to grope a man's genitals while he is drugged up from surgery and doesn't speak English (she asked his doctor and said t...
As this book is about sex and everything it contains (dysfunctions, mysteries, experiments, medieval practices and animal ..uhm… observations) it’s a bit of a challenge to write a PG rated review. In true Mary Roach style the book is full of facts, the stranger the better, and she even participated ...
Mary Roach takes her practially-patented whirlwind tour through the world of sex research. And for the most part, it's very fun. And occasionally cringe-inducing. But less so than Stiff, which had me avoiding that book any time I was eating. Bonk never gave me the same problems.On the other hand, it...
This book explores human sexuality backwards and forwards, up side down and inside out. From the pioneers in the field such as Alfred Kinsey and Masters and Johnson who published openly to little known, third world researchers such as Ahmed Shafik, who had to do his research under the covers (liter...
Disclaimer: This review is highly male oriented this book has everything sex in every form... every cringe worthy, OMG, terrified, and enlightening aspect of such a wonderful experience (fertility statue)from what makes people tick sexually (hormones, positions, and implications on sexual functio...
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