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Красота спасет отпуск

Robin-bobin1 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:42:00 GMT

Красота спасет отпуск
ISBN no | PDF | 59 pages | edition 2008 | 2,8 MB

Вашему вниманию, дорогие мои дамы, хочу представить занимательнейшую книгу, которая в течении следующих летних месяцев (что уж там - в течении всего года) и в предверии отпуска может оказаться для вас довольно полезной!
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Вогль Р., Заидер X.: Энциклопедия заблуждений "Моё здоровье"

Robin-bobin1 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:36:00 GMT

Вы заблуждаетесь, если думаете, что джакузи безвредно для здоровья; что диетические продукты на самом деле помогают сбросить лишний вес; что молочные продукты помогают заживлению язвы; что чем больше вы бегаете, тем здоровее становитесь; что виагра - это панацея от полового бессилия; что морская рыба абсолютно безопасна и заразиться можно только от речной. Знаете ли вы, что низкое кровяное давление у здоровых людей ...

Здоровье мужчины. Лечение и предупреждение заболеваний

Kontrabass_67 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:59:00 GMT

Малахов Г.П. "Здоровье мужчины. Лечение и предупреждение заболеваний"
Невский проспект | 2007 | ISBN: 594371197Х | 160 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB

Sexual Pedagogies: Sex Education in Britain, Australia, and America, 1879-2000

meister — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

"Sex education" extends beyond the classroom and beyond childhood. As this collection of seven new essays shows, many kinds of texts have tried to shape their audiences' sexual understanding, from 19th-century erotica to 20th-century sermons on abstinence, marriage manuals to feminine-hygiene pamphlets, Hollywood comedies about sexual coming-of-age to picture books validating homosexuality. Together, the essays in Sexual Pedagogies seek to illustrate the many responses that Anglophone culture has had to changes in sexual mores. Focusing on three nations, this anthology examines the interplay of radical and conservative ideologies of sex, noting the influence of market forces, cultural beliefs about childhood and gender, and in some cases geopolitics. The competing agendas and assumptions of sex educators past and present have much to tell us about the society in which we live.

Dr. Perricone's 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity: The Miracle of Cellular Rejuvenation

tot167 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:50:00 GMT

Gail Stein “Dr. Perricone's 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity: The Miracle of Cellular Rejuvenation"
Ballantine Books | 2006-11-21 | ISBN: 0345492455 | 352 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements

tuarass — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements
Blue Snake Books | 2005-12-08 | ISBN: 158394141X | 120 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

The popularity of capoeira continues to rise as more people discover how useful—and fun—it can be for increasing agility and flexibility, as well as strength and endurance. Capoeira Conditioning is an illustrated guide to whole-body training based on this increasingly popular Brazilian martial art. Designed for all ages and all levels of experience, the book is a step-by-step training manual with photographs that guide users through every movement and sequence. Accompanying text gives special pointers and describes the fitness benefits of each individual technique. Capoeira Conditioning offers no-frills advice about nutrition, regularity of training, capoeira in relation to other sports, and capoeira conditioning for children, along with a simple Q&A section.

Romance And Sex in Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood: Risks And Opportunities

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:06:00 GMT

Romance And Sex in Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood: Risks And Opportunities
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates | 2005-10-27 | ISBN: 0805853901 | 280 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Italian Popular Tales: Italian Popular Tales

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:59:00 GMT

Italian Popular Tales: Italian Popular Tales
ABC-Clio Inc| 2001-11-01| ISBN: 157607272X | 317 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

You grew up with the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm as childhood favorites—almost all of us did. But do you know Thomas Crane and his collection of Italian Popular Tales? Crane was the first folklorist to bring the rich tradition of Italian tales to the English-speaking world. His collection captivated the public with its fresh voice and unfamiliar narratives. Meticulously gathered throughout the diverse regions of Italy, Crane’s translations provided a new look into Italian life and culture.

Palgrave Advances in the Modern History of Sexuality (Palgrave Advances)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:58:00 GMT

Palgrave Advances in the Modern History of Sexuality (Palgrave Advances)
Palgrave Macmillan | 2005-12-31 | ISBN: 1403912890 | 288 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

This book offers an overview of approaches, methods, recent work and major debates in the history of sexuality. The two decades since the publication of Michel Foucault's seminal History of Sexuality have witnessed both a proliferation of empirical and theoretical historical studies and an increasing divergence in approaches to the writing of histories of sexuality in Europe and North America. Yet while these centrifugal trajectories have been identified in many edited collections, there has been no coherent attempt to address, or draw together, this diversity of practice and methodology. This collection aims to do just this, drawing on contributions from a range of scholars, each examining the past, present and future of the exploration of sex, as a social, cultural and historical phenomenon.

Sex and the Origins of Death

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:52:00 GMT

Sex and the Origins of Death
Oxford University Press, USA | 1998-06-11 | ISBN: 0195121198 | 208 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable. Protect a bacterium from predators, and provide it with adequate food and space to grow, and it would continue living--and reproducing asexually--forever. But a paramecium (a slightly more advanced single-cell organism), under the same ideal conditions, would stop dividing after about 200 generations--and die. Death, for paramecia and their offspring, is inevitable. Unless they have sex. If at any point during that 200 or so generations, two of the progeny of our paramecium have sex, their clock will be reset to zero. They and their progeny are granted another 200 generations. Those who fail to have sex eventually die. Immortality for bacteria is automatic; for all other living beings--including humans--immortality depends on having sex. But why is this so? Why must death be inevitable? And what is the connection between death and sexual reproduction?

The Ontology of Sex (Broutledge Studies in Critical Realism)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT

The Ontology of Sex (Broutledge Studies in Critical Realism)
Routledge | 2006-01-13 | ISBN: 0415359791 | 185 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Poststructuralism, particularly through the writings of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, has achieved remarkable success in challenging our belief in natural sex categories and instincts. In The Ontology of Sex, Carrie Hull endorses the progressive ideals of poststructuralism while demonstrating the superiority of a realist account of sex and sexuality. Embracing biological and cultural variability, Hull nonetheless shows that the sexed body is naturally structured and deeply meaningful.

Death, Hope and Sex: Steps to an Evolutionary Ecology of Mind and Morality

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:18:00 GMT

Death, Hope and Sex: Steps to an Evolutionary Ecology of Mind and Morality
Cambridge University Press | 1999-09-28 | ISBN: 052159281X | 310 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

By showing how and why human nature is what it is, evolutionary theory can help us see better what we need to do to improve the human condition. Following evolutionary theory to its logical conclusion, Death, Hope and Sex uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies contingent on environmental risk and uncertainty. James Chisholm examines the implications of this model for perspectives on concerns associated with human reproduction, including teen pregnancy, and young male violence. He thus develops new approaches for thorny issues such as the nature-nurture and mind-body dichotomies. Bridging the gap between the social and biological sciences, this far-reaching volume will be a source of inspiration, debate and discussion for all those interested in the evolution of human nature and the potential for an evolutionary humanism.

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:07:00 GMT

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy
Jossey-Bass | 2002-08-14 | ISBN: 0787962724 | 288 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy reveals the happiness that awaits us if we strive for real spirituality. The stories are about pious rabbis and humble tailors, about dancing, singing, laughing, and crying, but their common denominator is always joyous ecstasy. Drawing us into a world of devotion, the tales allow us to taste the bliss that comes from a life lived from the very center of one's self. Each story comes alive in joy and produces a "holy shiver" that speaks to the soul.

Jewish Tales of Holy Women

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Jewish Tales of Holy Women
Jossey-Bass | 2002-08-05 | ISBN: 0787962716 | 288 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

What is a "holy woman," or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it. Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an engaging and entertaining form. The tales display a specifically female Jewish spirituality, giving us a peek into a world of devotional beauty that focuses on kindness. These stories of laughter and tears, humility and bravery, striving and trance, have an appeal spanning the denominational spectrum: they are spiritual nourishment for the soul. The rabbis say there are both male and female angels and angels are on earth as well as in heaven. These tales enhance our appreciation of the female angels on earth.

Eve: Sex, Childbirth and Motherhood through the Ages

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:55:00 GMT

Eve: Sex, Childbirth and Motherhood through the Ages
Summersdale Publishers | 2004-01-15 | ISBN: 1840243783 | 272 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Sex in the Ancient World from A - Z (Ancient World from a to Z)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:52:00 GMT

Sex in the Ancient World from A - Z (Ancient World from a to Z)
Routledge | 2004-11-22 | ISBN: 0415242525 | 128 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Including a fascinating range of topics from Catullus and Caligula to orgies and obscenity, and from abstinence and incest to pederasty and prostitution, this is a dictionary on sex and sexuality in antiquity. Concepts and definitions, notable

Sexuality (The New Critical Idiom)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Sexuality (The New Critical Idiom)
Routledge | 1997-03-25 | ISBN: 0415084946 | 248 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Sexuality is generally seen as perhaps the most basic of human forces, a wholly natural feature of life. In Sexuality, this assumption is challenged, as social, moral and political issues are examined in terms of their relationship to sexuality. These issues have attracted considerable theoretical and political debate, particularly over the last decade, with the concept of sexual politics. Jeffrey Weeks describes the 'deconstruction' of the idea due to the challenges of radical sociology, psychoanalysis and the new social history on one hand, and to feminism and radical sexual politics on the other. He then goes beyond this fragmantation to present a new picture of sexuality as not a destiny but a potential which is moulded by, and can be changed by, human activity. Drawing on the analyses of Michel Foucault and other modern theorists, he covers the main issues of sexuality and power, sexual diversity and the politics of identity.

Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity (Perspectives on Gender)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity (Perspectives on Gender)
Routledge | 2004-11-15 | ISBN: 041594869X | 344 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Regulating Sex is an anthology that presents debates over the role of the state in constructing and controlling erotic practice, intimacy, and identity. The purpose of this edited volume is to address sexual dilemmas in law and the state in substantive areas such as same-sex domestic partnerships, sexual economies, and childhood sexuality via a series of spirited dialogues between socio-legal scholars from diverse disciplinary, national, and political perspectives.

Gender and Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:00 GMT

Gender and Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers
Sage Publications Ltd | 2005-05-20 | ISBN: 0761969799 | 304 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

This accessible introduction to gender and sexuality theory offers a comprehensive overview and critique of the key contemporary literature and debates in feminism, sexuality studies and men's studies. Chris Beasley's clear and concise introduction combines a wide-ranging survey of the major theorists and key concepts in an ever-growing and often passionately debated field. The book contextualizes a wide range of feminist perspectives, including: modernist, liberal, postmodern, queer and gender difference feminism; and in the realm of sexuality studies covers modernist liberationism, social constructionism, transgender theorising and queer theory. In men's studies, Chris Beasley examines areas of debate ranging from gender and masculinity to questions of race, ethnicity, imperialism and gay masculinities. Interconnections between the subfields are highlighted, and Beasley considers the implications of body theory for all three.

Every Teenager's Little Black Book on Sex and Dating (Little Black Books)

litiqua — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:26:00 GMT

Every Teenager's Little Black Book on Sex and Dating (Little Black Books)
Harrison House | 2002-07-01| ISBN: 1577944569 | 60 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Sex and Dating 1. How to find the right person 2. How to be the right person 3. How to avoid the dangers 4. Bartel Â– the Oneighty guy. One wife. Three kids. 1,500 teenagers. He knows what he's talking about.