A Curious History of Sex

A Curious History of Sex

By
Kate Lister
Kate Lister
2020 • 384 pages

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40 books

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
My Body

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owned - physical

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Non Fiction

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From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West
Plagued by Fire
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Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart

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84 books

Culture

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Friendship and Social Media: A Philosophical Exploration
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A History of Islam in 21 Women

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50 books

History

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
The Genius of Women
A Curious History of Sex
Up All Night

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59 books

Audiobooks

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Do Your Worst
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Wild Love
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19 books

Academic

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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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Must Read

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63 books

Nonf Niche

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352 books

Non Fiction

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The Mistress of Paris
Stupid History
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48 books

Emotion

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All Systems Red
Ecstasy
Ruthless Women
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What Every Body is Saying

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109 books

Gender Sex Relationships Feminism

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Sex a lži
Doing It
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The Vagina Monologues
The World's Wife

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20 books

History

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Neohrožené ženy: Sto padesát let boje za svobodu, rovnost a sesterství
Common Sense
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
A Curious History of Sex
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia

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423 books

Format Audiobook

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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
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Howl's Moving Castle
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Type Non Fiction

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Bad Science
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How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

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Subject History

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God
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The Royal Art of Poison
The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
Humans: A Brief History of How We F**ked It All Up

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Library Book

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Can I Tell You Something?
Mr. Nice Spy,
Paths Not Taken (Nightside, #5)

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Can I Tell You Something?
Training The Heart
Elephants Can Remember

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2 books

Nonfiction

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A Curious History of Sex

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791 books

History

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The Age of Edison
Paradox of Plenty
The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age
The Oregon Trail Diary of Twin Sisters Cecilia Adams and Parthenia Blank in 1852: The Unabridged Diary
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Malcolm X
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Culture of Fear
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Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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Queer Studies

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Gender: A Graphic Guide
Sexuality: A Graphic Guide

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124 books

Sexuality

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Virgin : The Untouched History
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Between XX and XY
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy

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17 books

Sexology

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Encyclopedia of Sex and Sexuality: Understanding Biology, Psychology, and Culture
Sex Weird-o-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Shocking, Scandalous, and Incredibly Bizarre Sex Facts
The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality
A Curious History of Sex
The Sex Effect: Baring Our Complicated Relationship with Sex
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex
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