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    <body><![CDATA[The historical background on love through the ages, and in different cultures was really interesting (granted it was very Western) and followed a nice progression from ancient Greece to the Victorian era. <br/><br/>After awhile the book moves into musings on love, which though interesting, I thoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15663438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting, quick-moving study of the biological, evolutionary, and anthropological ramifications of the fact that humans are (or at least are now) hard-wired to love each other. <br/><br/>Ackerman does a good job of steering clear of anything that smacks of sappy romance or warm fuzzy reassur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2084022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ackerman's prose is beautifully lush though it does start to get rather purple; by the end, one starts to want her to realize that it's enough with the fancy anecdote and evocative metaphor and just spit it out already.  Fascinating, complex material made accessible.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A favorite-- This is poetry and science dancing together.  Read my full review <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://myshelves.wordpress.com/2005/10/29/a-natural-history-of-love/">here</a> on my book blog!<br/><br/>Available at Teton County Library, call number 306.7 Ackerman]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was alternately bored to tears and completely fascinated by this book. And it took me <em>forever</em> to read. But in the end, it was a highly enlightening endeavor.<br/><br/>Explaining love in terms of evolutionary imperatives and chemical reactions isn't exactly romantic, but makes so much sense. I wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18398714">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[same author as &quot;a natural history of the senses&quot;... a book i loved.  This one focuses on ideas about love throughout history and is more anthropological in structure.  lots of great love story anecdotes and history gems.  Up to the part right now where they talk about Ben Fanklin's history...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38776591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gave me a more realistic outlook on love. Anyone still holding on to their Hollywood, Disney ideals of romance and finding themselves utterly disappointed would do well to read this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book from my shelf-- apparently I have already read it... but I have no memory of it! From rereading the first couple of chapters, though, I'm not sure I'd give it as many as 3 stars. She seems to proceed without first defining what she means by &quot;love.&quot; Is it a feeling? Is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5480468">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Love makes mania respectable.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;I did not mean to be diverted from my path by pleasure; I couldn't help myself.  In the same way, love distracts one from the tidiest plans, the narrowest course, the clearest goals.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;Wouldn't it make more sense to beli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2940137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find that when reading this book and &quot;Natural History of the Senses&quot; back-to-back, this one suffers in comparison. But after re-reading this on its own, I find it to be as brilliant--at certain parts she's on the edge of sappiness--but I guess when the subject is love, it takes a lot of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3012916">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Both poetic and scientific. Ackerman is a provocative and perspicacious writer. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Diane Ackerman covers the history of love from Egypt through the present, examining the origins of rituals like marriage and where love comes from. It's a pretty ambitious topic, but the delicious details in the book--like that giving a &quot;toast&quot; comes from medieval times when people would p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3630631">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first saw the title of Nicole Krauss' <em>The History of Love</em>, I got rilly excited, because I thought it'd be a deconstruction of the trope.  Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was a love...story.<br/><br/>Bleh.<br/><br/>I fink this is the text that I was looking for...but we shall ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54666523">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[always a pleasure, ms. ackerman, always a pleasure.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read about half of it. It was mildly entertaining, but presented absolutely no thesis. It was just a random compilation of uncorrelated anecdotes about love or something tangentially related to love. It wasn't terrible or anything, just didn't have enough glue to will me to continue reading. The b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5245248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, very interesting!  Amazing to discover how &quot;new&quot; the concept of having love within a marriage actually is.  Also, she's doing a lovely job of taking the reader through the various cultures and time and how the role of women has changed, evolved, fallen down, got back up, etc.  And ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33828682">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are many fascinating little facts and stories in this book. The first part of the book (the history of love) is the strongest and the most full of information that I enjoyed. Later on I feel like Ackerman is reaching a little to flesh out her content. But I enjoy her writing style and subject ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11619339">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book years ago, and it's full of interesting - even titillating - tidbits of random information on the history and science of love.  in addition, diane ackerman has a great turn of phrase and can present science in a way humanists can enjoy.  definitely worth rereading.]]></body>
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