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Bonk
by Mary Roach
320 pages2008
ScienceSex (Biology)NonfictionLong Now Manual for CivilizationPopular works
About This Book
The study of sexual physiology, what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better, has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers,...
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250 WPM
4h 11m
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350 WPM
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