The brain revolution of today--the technological knowledge of what goes on in the brain--is as tradition-shattering as was the sexual revolution of the 60's. Hutchison deals with both revolutions and the research into the link between sexual desire and neurochemicals, and the interdependence of sex and power.

Richard Sipe examines the continuing sexual crisis facing the Catholic Church today. Has the storm of publicity and controversy caused the church to acknowledge any of the accusations? Will the church accept statistical evidence or alter the way it trains its clergy? How has it come to grips with reforming or retraining abusers? Has it acknowledged the spread of AIDS among its ranks? Why does the church oppress women and react with hostility and fear towards them? Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis addresses these and other questions.

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria living independent lives. Their enslavement within the larger cell was a turning point in the evolution of life, enabling the development of complex organisms and, closely related, the origin of two sexes. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus, mitochondrial DNA is passed down exclusively (or almost exclusively) via the female line. That's why it has been used by some researchers to trace human ancestry daughter-to-mother, to 'Mitochondrial Eve'. Mitochondria give us important information about our evolutionary history. And that's not all. Mitochondrial genes mutate much faster than those in the nucleus because of the free radicals produced in their energy-generating role. This high mutation rate lies behind our ageing and certain congenital diseases. The latest research suggests that mitochondria play a key role in degenerative diseases such as cancer, through their involvement in precipitating cell suicide. Mitochondria, then, are pivotal in power, sex, and suicide. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in this exciting field to show how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death. 'An extraordinary account of groundbreaking modern science... The book abounds with interesting and important ideas.' Mark Ridley, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

Richard Sipe examines the continuing sexual crisis facing the Catholic Church today. Has the storm of publicity and controversy caused the church to acknowledge any of the accusations? Will the church accept statistical evidence or alter the way it trains its clergy? How has it come to grips with reforming or retraining abusers? Has it acknowledged the spread of AIDS among its ranks? Why does the church oppress women and react with hostility and fear towards them? Sex, Priests, and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis addresses these and other questions.

Contents include: nnPotency and Impotency - Technological revolution - Ignorance about sexnnMale myths - Fantasies about the penis - Myths about semen - Female mythsnnMen and their sexual exploits - Myths are part of you - The fantasy model voltage - Sex is a learning process - Animals are driven to sex by their powerful instinct - Know your genitalsnnConsistency of the semen and potency - Erection of the penis - Nervous Mechanism of ejaculation - To recapitulatennIgnorance about female sexual organs - The female genital organs: External genital organs - Internal genital organs - Pelvic exercises for close-fit sexual union - Female hormones and menstruation: Menstrual myths - Oestrogen and progesterone - Composition of the pill - Do's and don'ts during a period - To recapitulatennGrowth of sexual awareness - Sexual arousal and erection in the male - Comparison of arousal and erection in the male - Comparison of arousal and erection mechanism - Regulatory or modulatory mechanism - Sexual responsennnThe touch of love - Erogenous zones - Language of the eyes - Heard melodies are sweet - Smell attracts or repels - Taste the beautiful - The sensual partnernnThe anatomy and art of intimacynnOrgasm in the male (ejaculation)nnOrgasm in the femalennMasturbationnnPrevention of impotence and frigidity in adult lifennHow to prevent sexual inadequacy and perversionnnImpotence, premature ejaculation and frigiditynnImpotence, its causes and treatmentnnPremature ejaculationnnFrigidity (orgasmic dysfunction)nnDo you manhandle your partnernnCommon topics on which you need enlightenmentnnIntegrating sex and lovennMuscular relaxationnnErotic experiencesnnExercise: Touching yourself - Exercise: Pleasuring with a partnernnPlease note that these books are imported from India and their quality and type of paper differs from American printed book