Masters of Sex (Media tie-in): The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple...

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Thomas Maier

Masters of Sex (Media tie-in)

The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How...

Thomas Maier

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Basic Books
30 July 2013

Biography; Biography: general

Now a New Showtime Original SeriesShowtime'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. Before

Sex 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.

By: Thomas Maier
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9780465079995
ISBN 10: 0465079997
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 30 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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