Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love - Softcover

Maier, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465079997 ISBN 13: 9780465079995

Publisher: Basic Books, 2013

Synopsis

Now a New Showtime Original Series

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. BeforeSex and the City and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told,Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Maier is the author of the critically acclaimed Dr. Spock: An American Life, which was aNew York Times Notable Book of the Year; The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings, which was adapted into a Warner Home Video documentary; andNewhouse, which won the Frank Luther Mott Award for Best Media Book. An award-winning investigative journalist atNewsday, he lives with his wife and three sons in Long Island, New York.

From AudioFile:

Dorie Barton provides listeners with great direction and emphasis as she recounts the lives of the twentieth century's most well-known sex pioneers. Maier crafts an honest and intricate account of William Masters and Virgina Johnson, revealing how their personal relationships (including with each other) came to play a role in their professional lives as well. Barton complements Maier's writing style, taking on two distinct voices to represent the different viewpoints and lives of Masters and Johnson. Some elements that Maier includes may initially seem superfluous, but in the end, they prove essential for understanding these two iconic scientists. L.E. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0465079997
• ISBN 13: 9780465079995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440