Masters of Sex

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BIOGRAPHY / SEXUALITY Showtime's dramatic series "Masters of Sex," starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before Sex and the City and Viagra™, America relied on Masters and Johnson to explain the secrets of the bedroom. The nation's top experts on love and intimacy, the pair conducted groundbreaking research-much of it through direct observation of thousands of sexual encounters between hundreds of male and female subjects-that flung back the curtain on Americans' most intimate habits, correcting fundamental misconceptions about sexual behavior and desire. Drawing on interviews with the notoriously priváté Masters and the ambitious Johnson, acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unlikely team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy,... Tovább

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BIOGRAPHY / SEXUALITY Showtime's dramatic series "Masters of Sex," starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before Sex and the City and Viagra™, America relied on Masters and Johnson to explain the secrets of the bedroom. The nation's top experts on love and intimacy, the pair conducted groundbreaking research-much of it through direct observation of thousands of sexual encounters between hundreds of male and female subjects-that flung back the curtain on Americans' most intimate habits, correcting fundamental misconceptions about sexual behavior and desire. Drawing on interviews with the notoriously priváté Masters and the ambitious Johnson, acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unlikely team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyché. "Sedulously researched and deeply dhsorbing Masters of Sexa richly informed and elegantly organized account of the two people behind the logo that stood for new sexual horizons." -TheDaily Beast "If there is a morál to this tale, it is perhaps that the humán heart remains as much of a mystery as the sex organs once used to be." -The Economist "Intelligent and well-conceived." -Washington Post THOMAS MAIER is an award-winning investigative journalist ztNeu/sday and the author of several acclaimed books, including TheKennedys andDr. Spock, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He lives with his wife and three sons on Long Island, New York. Vissza