Adler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLHarvey, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.2114 HARWolf, Naomi.
Summary: This valuable study, full of infuriating statistics and examples, documents societal pressure on women to conform to a standard form of beauty. Freelance journalist Wolf cites predominant images that negatively influence women--the wrinkle-free, unnaturally skinny fashion model in advertisements and the curvaceous female in pornography--and questions why women risk their health and endure pain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 WOLWolf, Naomi.
Summary: "When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain--and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 WOLAnderson, Sherry Ruth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1992