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100 Strokes Of The Brush Before Bedby Melissa P., Lawrence VenutiISBN 0802117813 (0-8021-1781-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Strokes Of The Brush Before Bed'Book summary:An instant blockbuster in Italy where it has sold over 700,000 copies, and now an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a shocking journey of sexual discovery.[via]
Melissa begins her diary a virgin, but a stormy affair at the age of fourteen leads her to regard sex as a means of self-discovery, and for the next two years she plunges into a succession of encounters with various partners, male and female, her age and much older, some met through schoolmates, others through newspaper ads and Internet chat rooms. In graphic detail she describes her entry into a Dante-esque underworld of eroticism, where she willingly participates in group sex and sadomasochism, as well as casual pickups. Melissa's secret life is concealed from family and friends, revealed only in her diary entries.
Told with disarming candor, Melissa P.'s bittersweet tour of extreme desires is as poignant as it is titillating. One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is a stunning erotic debut, a Story of O for our times.More editions of 100 Strokes Of The Brush Before Bed:
Afterburn: A Novelby ZaneISBN 0743470982 (0-7434-7098-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Beauty's Punishmentby A.N. RoquelaureISBN 0525480927 (0-525-48092-7)
Softcover, Dutton
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Beauty's Punishmentby Anne Rice, A.N. RoquelaureISBN 0452281431 (0-452-28143-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beauty's Punishment'Book summary:The delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty[via]
This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's (writing as A.N. Roquelaure) elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard. And once again Rice's fabulous tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart. Preceding the visceral eroticism of E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, and even more haunting than her own novel Belinda, this second installment is not to be missed.More editions of Beauty's Punishment:
Beauty's Punishmentby Rice AnneISBN 0452266629 (0-452-26662-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Beauty's Releaseby A.N. RoquelaureISBN 0525481680 (0-525-48168-0)
Softcover, Dutton
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beauty's Release'Book summary:The third and final instalment of the erotic adventures of Sleeping Beauty. Once pleasure's plaything, Beauty is about to become love's willing slave. She meets the Prince of her dreams, the one man whose touch can release the torrential passions locked within her. [via]
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Beauty's Releaseby Anne Rice, A.N. RoquelaureISBN 0452281458 (0-452-28145-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beauty's Release'Book summary:The final book in Anne Rice's erotic Sleeping Beauty series[via]
Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You,, there was Anne Rices provocative take on the timeless fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose that intensifies this exquisite rendition of Love's secret world, and makes the Beauty series and incomparable study of erotica. In it, Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, makes the forbidden side of passion a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart.More editions of Beauty's Release:
Belindaby Anne Rice, Anne RamplingISBN 0425176657 (0-425-17665-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Belindaby Anne RamplingISBN 0877958262 (0-87795-826-2)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Belinda'Book summary:An erotic and controversial tale of seduction and obsession from the best-selling author of Exit to Eden. Belinda is the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. But to Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year old illustrator of children's books, Belinda is a forbidden passion, both beguiling and bewitching. [via]
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beautyby A.N. RoquelaureISBN 0452281423 (0-452-28142-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty'Book summary:Before E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, there was Anne Rices New York Times best seller The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty[via]In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey will indulge in Rices deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come.
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"Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic." Playboy"Something very special . . . at once so light and yet so haunting." The Advocate
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beautyby Rice AnneISBN 0452266564 (0-452-26656-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty'Book summary:"SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL... AT ONCE SO LIGHT AND YET SO HAUNTING."" [via]
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The Coast of Utopiaby Tom StoppardISBN 0802140033 (0-8021-4003-3)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coast of Utopia'Book summary:The Coast of Utopia is Tom Stoppard's long-awaited and monumental trilogy that explores a group of friends who came of age under the Tsarist autocracy of Nicholas I, and for whom the term intelligentsia was coined. Among them are the anarchist Michael Bakunin, who was to challenge Marx for the soul of the masses; Ivan Turgenev, author of some of the most enduring works in Russian literature; the brilliant, erratic young critic Vissarion Belinsky; and Alexander Herzen, a nobleman's son and the first self-proclaimed socialist in Russia, who becomes the main focus of this drama of politics, love, loss, and betrayal. In The Coast of Utopia , Stoppard presents an inspired examination of the struggle between romantic anarchy, utopian idealism, and practical reformation in this chronicle of romantics and revolutionaries caught up in a struggle for political freedom in an age of emperors.[via]More editions of The Coast of Utopia:
Delta of Venusby Anais NinISBN 0156029030 (0-15-602903-0)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Delta of Venus'Book summary:Anais Nin's Delta of Venus is a stunning collection of sexual encounters from the queen of literary erotica. From Mathilde's lust-filled Peruvian opium den to the Hungarian baron driven insane by his insatiable desire, the passions and obsessions of this dazzling cast of characters are vivid and unforgettable. Delta of Venus is a deep and sensual world that evokes the very essence of sexuality. [via]
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- Delta of Venus: ISBN 0671742493 (0-671-74249-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Delta of Venus: ISBN 0156252775 (0-15-625277-5)
Softcover, Harcourt - Delta of Venus: ISBN 0553269119 (0-553-26911-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Delta of Venus: ISBN 0151246564 (0-15-124656-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Delta of Venus: ISBN 0156029030 (0-15-602903-0)
Softcover, Harvest Books
- Delta of Venus: ISBN 0671742493 (0-671-74249-3)
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Eroticaby Anais Et Al NinISBN 0975533177 (0-9755331-7-7)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collector's Edition of the Lost Erotic Novels'Book summary:Steamy, seductive poetry! [via]
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Erotica Universalisby Gilles NeretISBN 3822859095 (3-8228-5909-5)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erotica Universalis'Book summary:756 PAGES. ILLISTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOR. TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN. ISBN 3822889636 [via]
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- Erotica Universalis: ISBN 3822889636 (3-8228-8963-6)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc - Erotica Universalis: ISBN 382289253X (3-8228-9253-X)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc - Erotica Universalis: ISBN 3822841021 (3-8228-4102-1)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc - Erotica Universalis: ISBN 3822859095 (3-8228-5909-5)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
- Erotica Universalis: ISBN 3822889636 (3-8228-8963-6)
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Gettin' Buck Wildby ZaneISBN 0743457021 (0-7434-5702-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gettin' Buck Wild'Book summary:A collection of stories captures the sexual lives of a vast array of characters, from monogamous couples in search of adventure to wild sisters who belong to an extremely unconventional sorority. [via]
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Henry and June: From a Journal of Love The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1932by Anais NinISBN 015640057X (0-15-640057-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry and June: From a Journal of Love The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1932'Book summary:Henry and June is in essence a record of Nin's erotic awakening...At onec effusive and measured, lyrical and taut, this voluem is the record of a woman struggling for clarity in dialogue with herself. [via]
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Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Ninby Anais NinISBN 0151400032 (0-15-140003-2)
Hardcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin'Book summary:Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. The question of the outcome of June Miller's return to Paris dominates her thoughts. [via]
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The Illustrated of Delta of Venusby Anais Nin, Bob Carlos ClarkeISBN 0491027737 (0-491-02773-7)
Hardcover, W.H. Allen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated of Delta of Venus'Book summary:Contents: Artists and models. The veiled woman. Elena. Subjects: Erotic stories, American. [via]
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The Illustrated Story of Oby Doris Kloster, Pauline Reage, Jean-Jacques PauvertISBN 0312266057 (0-312-26605-7)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Story of O'Book summary:"...I was convinced that Story of O was going to revolutionize the book trade, that I would sell hundreds of thousands of copies across the world, and that moral attitudes would change overnight. The audacity of this novel seemed to me to be liberating rather than provocative. I perceived the promise of a new freedom. And I expected to cause a shock."--Jean-Jacques Pauvert, from the Introduction[via]
When Story of O was first published in 1954 in Paris by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, it narrowly escaped censorship by the Department of the Interior and eventually became the most widely translated French novel in the world.
It describes in cool, elegant language the experiences of a young woman as she willingly enters a dark maze of perverse sexual practices within a clandestine amoral society. Revelling in pure fantasy, its theme is total submission through love to excesses of sadism and masochism, and the bond of "ownership."
Now Doris Kloster, a photographer specializing in issues of women's sexuality and power, has realized a long-standing dream. She has created a photographic representation of one of the most famous and controversial erotic novels ever published.
The result is another sensation. The Illustrated Story of O presents over 50 superb images which mirror perfectly the intense eroticism of the novel. Shooting entirely in Paris and its environs, Doris Kloster has succeeded in matching characters, locations, costumes and props to the original descriptions. And each magnificent color photograph is accompanied by a short extract from the novel. In addition, there is a Preface from Doris Kloster herself and an Introduction from Jean-Jacques Pauvert, the original publisher of the novel.
The Illustrated Story of O presents a rich visual feast that will delight fans of Doris Kloster's work, and appeal strongly to connoisseurs of the darker excesses of sexuality. It is destined to become a classic collector's edition.More editions of The Illustrated Story of O:
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Incest: From a Journal of Love The Unexpurgated Diary of Anias Nin, 1932-1934by Anais NinISBN 0156443007 (0-15-644300-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incest: From "a Journal of Love" The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin 1932-1934'Book summary:This previously unpublished portion of the author's diary includes details of her relationships with Henry Miller and his wife, June; writer and actor Antonin Artaud; and her father. By the author of Little Birds. 15,000 first printing. [via]
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Kushiel's Avatarby Jacqueline CareyISBN 0765347539 (0-7653-4753-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kushiel's Avatar'Book summary:The land of Terre d' Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule:[via]
Love as thou wilt.
Phèdre nó Delaunay is a woman born with a scarlet mote in her left eye and sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman, and he was the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.
Phèdre's path has taken a strange and sometimes dangerous course. She has lain with princes and pirate kings, battled a wicked temptress who is still determined to win the crown at any cost, and saved two nations with her courageous actions and sacrifices. Through it all she has had the devoted swordsman Joscelin at her side, who knew from the beginning what she was. Her very nature is a torturous thing for them both, and it is a bane on their lives--but he is sworn to her and by accepting who she is, Joscelin has never violated the central precept of the angel Cassiel: to protect and serve.
But Phèdre's plans will put his pledge to the test, for she has never forgotten her childhood friend Hyacinthe. She has spent ten long years searching for the key to free him from his eternal indenture to the Master of Straights, a bargain with the gods that he struck so that a nation could be saved; in doing so, he took Phèdre's place as a sacrifice. She cannot forget, and she cannot forgive--herself or the gods. She is determined to seize one last hope to redeem her friend, even if it means her death.
Their search will bring Phèdre and Joscelin on a dangerous path that will carry them across the world, to fabled courts and splendid vistas, to distant lands where madness reigns and souls are currency, and down a fabled river to a land forgotten by most of the world.
And to a power so mighty that none dare speak its name.
Kushiel's Avatar is the concluding volume in Jacqueline Carey's evocative novels about the enigmatic Phèdre nó Delaunay; the third in a triptych of beautifully constructed historical fantasies that combine passion and danger, great battles of the sword and soul, deep eroticism, and mystical enigmas. -
Kushiel's Chosenby Jacqueline CareyISBN 0765345048 (0-7653-4504-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kushiel's Chosen'Book summary:In this engrossing adult fantasy tale, the fascinating Phèdre nó Delaunay fights to save her queen and country in a battle whose greatest weapon proves to be Phèdre herself. This sequel to Carey's accomplished debut novel, Kushiel's Dart, finds Phèdre, now Comtesse de Montrève, once again plying her skills as an anguissette--a courtesan for whom pain becomes pleasure--and her talents as a spy. She uncovers a conspiracy of treason and murder and begins an adventure that takes her once more to distant lands in the company of an intriguing cast of characters--and a new confrontation with her old enemy, Melisande Shahrizai.
There's some evidence of haste in this novel: the writing is not always as tight and controlled as it was in Kushiel's Dart. Nevertheless, Carey's fans will certainly enjoy this return to Terre d'Ange, and those new to her work will find a satisfying combination of fantasy, sex, and adventure, as well as a smart and engaging heroine. --Roz Genessee [via]
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Kushiel's Dartby Jacqueline CareyISBN 0765342987 (0-7653-4298-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kushiel's Dart'Book summary:A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm...[via]
Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy... and unlikely heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland, Terre d'Ange, she has no choice.
Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia and accompanied only by a disdainful young warrior-priest, Phédre makes a harrowing escape and an even more harrowing journey to return to her people and deliver a warning of the impending invasion. And that proves only the first step in a quest that will take her to the edge of despair and beyond.
Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm's deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world.
Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart-a massive tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new. It is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess... all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine. -
Lady Chatterley's Loverby D. H. Lawrence, Susan Ostrov WeisserISBN 1593082398 (1-59308-239-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterly's Lover'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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- Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0140187863 (0-14-018786-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0141441496 (0-14-144149-6)
Softcover, Penguin Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 014303961X (0-14-303961-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0375758003 (0-375-75800-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451528883 (0-451-52888-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0486452344 (0-486-45234-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0553212621 (0-553-21262-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0802133347 (0-8021-3334-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0899663753 (0-89966-375-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451515196 (0-451-51519-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451517873 (0-451-51787-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451522478 (0-451-52247-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451524985 (0-451-52498-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0802130682 (0-8021-3068-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0140014845 (0-14-001484-5)
Hardcover, Penguin - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0394601483 (0-394-60148-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 039460430X (0-394-60430-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0517385872 (0-517-38587-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0517436264 (0-517-43626-4)
Hardcover, Chatham River Press - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0521222664 (0-521-22266-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0679600655 (0-679-60065-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0816156514 (0-8161-5651-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0848805593 (0-8488-0559-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - Lady Chatterly's Lover: ISBN 1593082398 (1-59308-239-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0140187863 (0-14-018786-3)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'by Michael Squires, D. H. Lawrence, M. H. Black, James T. Boulton, Lindeth VaseyISBN 0521007178 (0-521-00717-8)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Lady Chatterley's Lover: The Comic Bookby Hunt EmersonISBN 0861660498 (0-86166-049-8)
Softcover, Knockabout Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover: The Comic Book'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov, Edward AlbeeISBN 0822206838 (0-8222-0683-8)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lolita'Book summary:Despite its lascivious reputation, the pleasures of Lolita are as much intellectual as erogenous. It is a love story with the power to raise both chuckles and eyebrows. Humbert Humbert is a European intellectual adrift in America, haunted by memories of a lost adolescent love. When he meets his ideal nymphet in the shape of 12-year-old Dolores Haze, he constructs an elaborate plot to seduce her, but first he must get rid of her mother. In spite of his diabolical wit, reality proves to be more slippery than Humbert's feverish fantasies, and Lolita refuses to conform to his image of the perfect lover.
Playfully perverse in form as well as content, riddled with puns and literary allusions, Nabokov's 1955 novel is a hymn to the Russian-born author's delight in his adopted language. Indeed, readers who want to probe all of its allusive nooks and crannies will need to consult the annotated edition. Lolita is undoubtedly, brazenly erotic, but the eroticism springs less from the "frail honey-hued shoulders ... the silky supple bare back" of little Lo than it does from the wantonly gorgeous prose that Humbert uses to recount his forbidden passion:
She was musical and apple-sweet ... Lola the bobby-soxer, devouring her immemorial fruit, singing through its juice ... and every movement she made, every shuffle and ripple, helped me to conceal and to improve the secret system of tactile correspondence between beast and beauty--between my gagged, bursting beast and the beauty of her dimpled body in its innocent cotton frock.
Much has been made of Lolita as metaphor, perhaps because the love affair at its heart is so troubling. Humbert represents the formal, educated Old World of Europe, while Lolita is America: ripening, beautiful, but not too bright and a little vulgar. Nabokov delights in exploring the intercourse between these cultures, and the passages where Humbert describes the suburbs and strip malls and motels of postwar America are filled with both attraction and repulsion, "those restaurants where the holy spirit of Huncan Dines had descended upon the cute paper napkins and cottage-cheese-crested salads." Yet however tempting the novel's symbolism may be, its chief delight--and power--lies in the character of Humbert Humbert. He, at least as he tells it, is no seedy skulker, no twisted destroyer of innocence. Instead, Nabokov's celebrated mouthpiece is erudite and witty, even at his most depraved. Humbert can't help it--linguistic jouissance is as important to him as the satisfaction of his arrested libido. --Simon Leake [via] 
Lolitaby Harold BloomISBN 0791009610 (0-7910-0961-0)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Seduced By Moonlightby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0345443594 (0-345-44359-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seduced By Moonlight'Book summary:The third novel in Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series, Seduced by Moonlight continues the story of Merry Gentry, a mortal Faerie princess hiding in L.A. Her aunt, the immortal and insane Queen of Air and Darkness, has ordered her to compete with her cousin, Prince Cel, in making a baby. Whoever produces a child first wins the throne of the Unseelie Court. But Merry still hasn't conceived--and that's not her only problem. Unknown assassins seek her life; her magical powers are becoming potent and uncontrollable; and her sadistic aunt has just commanded her to return to Faerie.
Readers tired of mild modern fairy-tales about nice, polite elves may want to explore the Meredith Gentry series, which remembers that Faerie was originally a dark, dangerous realm of sex and violence. Hamilton's Queen of Air and Darkness is a vicious killer and torturer, and many of her fay drink blood or practice kinky sex (or both). Under royal orders to bed many males, Merry is far from averse; she and several lovers hit the bedroom on page 8 of Seduced by Moonlight and don't emerge until page 175. There's no shortage of sex, but not as much as the page count may indicate; the characters like to talk and sulk even more than they like to fornicate. The large cast and complicated backstory make this book the wrong starting point; newcomers should begin with the first novel, A Kiss of Shadows. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Shame On It Allby Zane, Andre HarrisISBN 1416510826 (1-4165-1082-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shame on It All'Book summary:Shame on It All is an unforgettable showcase for Zane's talent -- insight, comedy, and wild high jinks.
For anyone who has ever observed the behavior of a close friend or family member and suppressed the urge to scream "Shame on you!" out loud, Shame on It All is the novel for you.
Harmony, Bryce, and Lucinda (a.k.a. Lucky) Whitfield are sisters in every sense of the word. They argue and get on each other's nerves, but when it comes down to the wire they are extremely protective of one another. Shame on It All follows their adventures, their friendships, their love lives, and their outlooks on life in today's society. Jam-packed with unpredictable, unbelievable, and just downright crazy situations with a few surprising twists thrown in for good measure, Shame on It All is as wild as they come. [via]
Sisters of Apfby ZaneISBN 0743476255 (0-7434-7625-5)
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The Sisters of APF : The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dickby ZaneISBN 0743466985 (0-7434-6698-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Skyscraper: A Novelby ZaneISBN 0743457048 (0-7434-5704-8)
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Standing in the Shadowsby Shannon McKennaISBN 0758204531 (0-7582-0453-1)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Standing in the Shadows'Book summary:From the national bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors comes a compelling new erotic thriller. In Behind Closed Doors, which Lori Foster called "an erotic thriller you cannot miss, " Shannon McKenna penned a dazzling tale of obsession and desire. Now, the first author to introduce romantic suspense to the Brava line is back with her highly-anticipated new novel, Standing in the Shadows. This is the sequel to Behind Closed Doors and picks up where that book left off - same villain, new hero. Ex-undercover FBI agent Connor McCloud has been marked by betrayal, scarred in body and soul. He was betrayed by Ed Riggs, trusted colleague and friend, losing his partner and almost his life in the process. It cost him everything he had to flush out the traitor and bring him to justice, along with the vicious madman Kurt Novak who corrupted and blackmailed Ed. Now fate has betrayed Connor too. Riggs's shy, lovely, dark-haired daughter Erin is the woman that Connor has been seeing in his dreams for years. The storm of violence that ensued from fulfilling his duty has put her beyond his reach, but it hasn't abated the dull ache of wanting that torments and depresses him. Things go from bad to worse when Novak's fabulous wealth and underworld connections spring him from his cage, for both Erin and Connor have been marked for revenge. Connor will protect her with everything he has left, whether she wants it or not, whether she hates him or not--but he can't hide the fire she kindles inside him, no matter how desperately he tries. [via]
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Story of Oby Pauline Reage, John P. HandISBN 1562010352 (1-56201-035-2)
Softcover, Blue Moon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of O'Book summary:Dust jacket notes: "Travel to the most secret corners of the human psyche...to a perverse world of dark passion...twisted seduction, amourous betrayal and blood lust. this modern classic, from the mysterious woman writer whose name will forever be remembered for sexual humiliation mixed with love, is 'a total, authentic literary experience' (The New York Times). First published in France in 1954, Story of O is a tale of a woman willing to subject her mind and her body to the strange torments and tortures conceived by her lover. O's erotic journey begins when her lover brings her to a small chateau in the country...a place where any man can have her...a place where she learns total obedience. This is a shocking and disturbing erotic masterpiece." [via]
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Story of the Eyeby George BatailleISBN 0872862097 (0-87286-209-7)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of the Eye'Book summary:Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly, so extraordinarily gentle, and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing." Bataille has been called a "metaphysician of evil," specializing in blasphemy, profanation, and horror. Story of the Eye, written in 1928, is his best-known work; it is unashamedly surrealistic, both disgusting and fascinating, and packed with seemingly endless violations. It's something of an underground classic, rediscovered by each new generation. Most recently, the Icelandic pop singer Björk Guðdmundsdóttir cites Story of the Eye as a major inspiration: she made a music video that alludes to Bataille's erotic uses of eggs, and she plans to read an excerpt for an album. Warning: Story of the Eye is graphically sexual, and is only for adults who are not easily offended. [via]
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Tropic of Cancerby Henry MillerISBN 0802131786 (0-8021-3178-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tropic of Cancer'Book summary:No punches are pulled in Henry Miller's most famous work. Still pretty rough going for even our jaded sensibilities, but Tropic of Cancer is an unforgettable novel of self-confession. Maybe the most honest book ever written, this autobiographical fiction about Miller's life as an expatriate American in Paris was deemed obscene and banned from publication in this country for years. When you read this, you see immediately how much modern writers owe Miller. [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Tropic of Cancer: ISBN 0394604350 (0-394-60435-0)
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Tropic of Cancer/Tropic of Capricornby Henry MillerISBN 0802138438 (0-8021-3843-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tropic of Cancer/Tropic of Capricorn'Book summary:Forty years have passed since Grove Press first published Henry Miller's landmark masterpiece -- an act that would forever change the face of American literature. Initially banned in America as obscene, Tropic of Cancer was first published in Paris in 1934. Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards permitted its publication. Tropic of Cancer is now considered, as Norman Mailer said, "one of the ten or twenty great novels of our century." Also banned in America for almost thirty years, Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. Together, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are a lasting testament to one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century and his contribution not only to literature but to the cause of free speech. [via]
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Tropico De Cancer/tropic of Cancerby Henry MillerISBN 8437607388 (84-376-0738-8)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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White Stainsby Anais NinISBN 156333609X (1-56333-609-X)
Softcover, Masquerade Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stains'Book summary:Collection of short stories written by Ms. Nin and some of her friends written for Roy Johnson back in the '40s. (Johnson paid $1 a page for private smut... Henry Miller also wrote for him.) Contains six stories and a brief guide to lovemaking, for no apparent reason. One of the tales is definitely by Nin. [via]
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White Stains - Anais Nin & Friendsby C.J. ScheinerISBN 1897767110 (1-897767-11-0)
Hardcover, Delectus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stains - Anais Nin & Friends'Book summary:This collection of six sensual, yet explicit short stories is thought to have been written for an Oklahoma oil millionaire, Roy M. Johnson. Anais Nin is said to have paid a dollar per page to produce typescripts of explicit erotica for his own private amusement. In 'Alice' a couple spying on another couple screwing in a public park become involved in a steamy group sex scene. In 'Florence', a New York office girl enjoys sex for the first time sleeping with two men in quick succession! In 'Memories' a man recounts his youth and his teenage initiation into sex by a variety of older women.
This facsimile reproduction also contains an explicit sex manual, Love's Cyclopaedia, originally published with the stories. The intorduction by Dr. C.J. Schiener tells the story of the book's first clandestine edition by New York publisher Samuel Roth during the 1940s and all the evidence for attributing this anonymous work to Anais Nin. [via]
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Cien Cepilladas Antes De Dormirby Not Available, Guillermo PiroISBN 9500425424 (950-04-2542-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov, Enrique TejedorISBN 8433920383 (84-339-2038-3)
Hardcover, Anagrama Editorial S. A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lolita'Book summary:Esta es la historia de la obsesion de Humbert Humbert, un profesor cuarenton, por la doceañera Lolita. Es una extraordinaria novela de amor en la que intervienen dos componentes explosivos: la atraccion "perversa" por las ninfulas y el incesto. Narrada con autoironia y lirismo desenfrenado, es tambien un retrato acido y visionario de los Estados Unidos, de los horrores suburbanos y de la cultura del plastico y del motel. [via]
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