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101 Nights of Grrreat Romance: How to Make Love With Your Clothes onby Laura CornISBN 0962962821 (0-9629628-2-1)
Softcover, Park Avenue Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '101 Nights of Grrreat Romance: How to Make Love With Your Clothes on'Book summary:Wow. One hundred and one complete blueprints for a romantic seduction scene. Once a week you and your beloved are supposed to pick a scenario from the book; they're packaged so that they can't be read until they're torn out and opened, so neither of you will have a clue what the other has in store for you. (No cheating!) Icons on the front pages of each plan let you know the approximate cost, whether travel or food is involved, and whether it should be chosen during a particular season. Have a grrreat time! [via]
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101 Nights of Grrrreat Sex: Secret Sealed Seductions for Fun Loving Couplesby Laura CornISBN 0962962813 (0-9629628-1-3)
Softcover, Park Avenue Pub Inc
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1984by George OrwellISBN 1595404325 (1-59540-432-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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At the Altar of Sexual Idolatryby Steve Gallagher, Bradley Furges, Tiffany McCormickISBN 0970220200 (0-9702202-0-0)
Softcover, Pure Life Ministries
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry'Book summary:Sexual temptation is undeniably the greatest struggle Christian men face. Heres a book that digs deep and has the answers men are looking forthe kind that actually work. While other books deal with the subject superficially, Sexual Idolatry goes right to the heart. It draws back the curtain and exposes how sexual sin corrupts the entire man, something Steve Gallagher understands, having lived in the bondage of it for over twelve years. Put an end to the mystery of lust and maximize Gods power in your life with the proven answers that have helped thousands. [via]
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Autobiography of an Androgyneby Earl LindISBN 1410108805 (1-4101-0880-5)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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The Awakening And Selected Storiesby Kate ChopinISBN 1406502278 (1-4065-0227-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening And Selected Short Stories'Book summary:"The Awakening" is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive twenty-eight year old woman who is a wife and mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century. Edna finds herself trapped in her life as a wife and a mother and feels unable to express her passionate sensuality within the confines of her marriage. She seeks a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self-determined life. However this new found independence also becomes her downfall as her actions are looked down upon by the members of her society in the late 19th century south. "The Awakening" is a classic modern example of the tragic hero. It illustrates the confines of late 19th century America for women and the beginning of an era of changing social attitudes towards the role of women in society. Chopin's novel was meet with great criticism when it was first published and essentially ended her literary career. The reaction to its publication is indicative of the social attitude towards greater independence and freedom for women at the time. At the same time the novel was a harbinger of the greater independence that was soon to come for women in America. Also contained within this volume is a collection of eight shorter works by the author. [via]
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The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Moviesby Seth Grahame-smithISBN 1594740402 (1-59474-040-2)
Softcover, Quirk Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies'Book summary:An XXX Rated Celebration of Adult Movies
According to film historians, the first motion picture was screened in December 1895. And the first dirty motion picture was screened just a few months later.
Adult movies are nearly as old as cinema itself. The Big Book of Porn celebrates this controversial art form in all its timeless gloryfrom the stag films of the 1920s and the Super 8 reels of the 50s to the VHS boom of the 80s and the interactive DVDs of Tomorrow.
Chapters include:
" Know Your Classics: The twenty-five most important adult films of all time, including Debbie Does Dallas, Deep Throat, and an X-rated musical version of Alice in Wonderland.
" Great Moments in Porn History: From the first on-screen kiss to the invention of the silicone breast implant, these are major events that defined modern-day adult films.
" The Pantheon of Porn: These mini-bios of mega-stars like Seka, Linda Lovelace, and Marilyn Chambers are filled with surprising trivia.
" Its A Porn World, After All: We travel around the worldfrom Australia and Canada to Germany and Japanto watch the best of international porn.
" Make Your Own Porno: All you need is a video camera, a willing partner, and these simple pointers ( Tell a story, Start with a bang, Parody a real film title whenever possible ).
And thats just the beginning. Youll also find a glossary of unfamiliar terms, a catalog of favorite porn genres, tons of classic stills and posters, interviews with porn pioneers, the 300 goofiest porn titles of all time (Edward Penishands, Juranal Park, Oklahomo!), and much, much more. [via]More editions of The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies:
Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visionsby Naomi TuckerISBN 1560238690 (1-56023-869-0)
Softcover, Haworth Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions'Book summary:This anthology presents a vivid collection of essays that explore the history, strategies, philosophy, and diversity of bisexual politics and theory in the United States.The 33 contributors develop a multifaceted approach to defining bisexual politics. Through these voices, the book seeks to understand the contexts in which the bisexual movement has evolved. The authors analyze different organizing strategies, formulate new bisexual political theory, provide a vision of future directions for redefining sexuality and gender, and educate activists and allies about current issues pertinent to the bisexual community.This book is the first of its kind. To date, it is the only book that documents and analyzes bisexual politics and theory. While existing literature on bisexuality has focused on identity, coming out, and forming communities, Bisexual Politics takes the vital next step into bisexual political theory and activism. The many subjects and subthemes addressed in Bisexual Politics appeal to a multitude of readers from activists to academics, from friends and family of bisexuals, to those who have struggled with bisexuality. It is a sourcebook for those seeking to locate bisexuality in the schema of other social justice movements. It is a tool to build alliances with other progressive groups, and build coalitions with both lesbian/gay and heterosexual communities. It is a primer for anyone interested in bisexual activism and theory. [via]
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The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in Americaby Debran RowlandISBN 157248506X (1-57248-506-X)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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Brave New Worldby Aldous HuxleyISBN 156000522X (1-56000-522-X)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brave New World'Book summary:A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.
"Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers."
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--Saturday Review of Literature"A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay."
--Forum"It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in the appropriate sense, as impressive ads the day it was published. This is in part because its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm. But it is much more because the book succeeds as a work of art...This is surely Huxley's best book."
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Brazen Femme: Queering Femininityby Anna Camilleri, Chloe Brushwood Rose, Chloe T. Brushwood RoseISBN 1551521261 (1-55152-126-1)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity'Book summary:[via]Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity is a manifesto for the unrepentant bitch, straddling the furious and fantastic. Undeniably celebratory and deeply troubling, this sharp-edged collection (of fiction, prose poetry, personal essay, photographs, and illustration) figures the un-hyphenated femme experience emerging in performance, betrayal, -violence, humor and survival.
Brazen Femme recognizes femme as an identity in flux and in motion, as constantly being reinvented. This mutability sets the stage for creative and thoughtful representation featuring critically acclaimed writers including Michelle Tea, Camilla Gibb, Sky Gilbert, Amber Hollibaugh and Anurima Banerji. The collection includes the entertaining and challenging work of writers and artists whose stories are missing from existing explorations of femme that exclude experiences of men, transsexual women, and sex workers.
Whether by choice or necessity, these frenzied femmes each explore their desires to make (and remake) femininity fit their own queer frames. Darlings, drag queens, whores and action heroes . . . a femme by any other name is spectacular.
With writings by Debra Anderson, Anurima Banerji, T.J. Bryan, Anna Camilleri, Daniel Collins, Lisa Duggan and Kathleen McHugh, Camilla Gibb, Sky Gilbert, Tara Hardy, Amber Hollibaugh, Suzann Kole, Heather Mc-Callister, Elaine Miller, Kathryn Payne, Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, Elizabeth Ruth, Trish Salah, Abi Slone and Allyson Mitchell, Michelle Tea, Zoe Whittal and Karin Wolf.
With photographs by Chloë Brushwood Rose, and Daniel Collins, and illustrations by comic artists Sandi Rapini, Suzy Malik and Allyson Mitchell.
Chloë Brushwood Rose and Anna Camilleri have been collaborating in Toronto as curators, editors and art-makers for the past four years. Anna co-founded the -interdisciplinary performance troupe Taste This, who -collaborated on the acclaimed Boys Like Her.
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Breath, Eyes, Memory: A Novelby Edwidge DanticatISBN 1569471428 (1-56947-142-8)
Hardcover, Soho Press, Incorporated
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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripperby Diablo CodyISBN 1592402739 (1-59240-273-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Catalyst And Other Worksby Laura AntoniouISBN 0964596083 (0-9645960-8-3)
Softcover, Mystic Rose Books
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The Cosmo Kama Sutra: 77 Mind-Blowing Sex Positionsby John SearlesISBN 1588164233 (1-58816-423-3)
Hardcover, Hearst Books
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D.H. Lawrence's the Rainbowby Harold BloomISBN 1555460232 (1-55546-023-2)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask): The Secrets to Surviving Your Child's Sexual Development from Birth to the Teensby Mark A. Schuster, Justin RichardsonISBN 1400051282 (1-4000-5128-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Folding Star: A Novelby Alan HollinghurstISBN 1596910038 (1-59691-003-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Folding Star: A Novel'Book summary:The 1995 Booker Prize finalist finally back in print.[via]
Alan Hollinghursts hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tutor in a Flemish city. Almost immediately he falls in love with one of his pupils, but can only console himself with other, illicit affairs. With this novel, Hollinghurst exposes us fearlessly to the consequences of unfulfillable, annihilating desire.More editions of The Folding Star: A Novel:
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of Experts' Advice to Womenby Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre EnglishISBN 1400078008 (1-4000-7800-8)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Forever . . .by Judy BlumeISBN 1416934006 (1-4169-3400-6)
Softcover, Simon Pulse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever . . .'Book summary:"Going all the way" is still a taboo subject in young adult literature. Judy Blume was the first author to write candidly about a sexually active teen, and she's been defending teenagers' rights to read about such subjects ever since. Here, Blume tells a convincing tale of first love--a love that seems strong and true enough to last forever. Katherine loves Michael so much, in fact, that she's willing to lose her virginity to him, and, as the months go by, it gets harder and harder for her to imagine living without him. However, something happens when they are separated for the summer: Katherine begins to have feelings for another guy. What does this mean about her love for Michael? What does this mean about love in general? What does "forever" mean, anyway? As always, Blume writes as if she's never forgotten a moment of what it's like to be a teenager. [via]
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Good Sex: Real Stories from Real Peopleby Julia HuttonISBN 1573440000 (1-57344-000-0)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Sex: Real Stories from Real People'Book summary:Sexual Studies, Gay Studies [via]
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Gynomite: Fearless, Feminist Pornby Chester Aaron, Douglas Urig, Dennis BoatmanISBN 0966646924 (0-9666469-2-4)
Softcover, New Mouth from the Dirty South
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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamasby Tom RobbinsISBN 1568950918 (1-56895-091-8)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexismby Suzanne PharrISBN 0962022217 (0-9620222-1-7)
Softcover, Womens Project
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Hooking Up: A Girl's All-out Guide to Sex And Sexualityby Amber MadisonISBN 1591024706 (1-59102-470-6)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Illustrated Kama Sutra: Ananga-Ranga Perfumed Garden Classic Easton Love Textsby Vatsyayana, Richard BurtonISBN 0972269169 (0-9722691-6-9)
Softcover, Standard Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Kama Sutra: Ananga-Ranga Perfumed Garden Classic Easton Love Texts'Book summary:Love and sex. All seek it, and some are even lucky enough find it, but few are able to perfect it. How many lovers throughout the world understand its subtle intricacies and are able to maximize their exploration of its mysteries? Are you one of them? Arguably the most famous work on sex ever written, this classic erotic text is considered to be the definitive work on love and all aspects of sex in Sanskrit literature. The Vatsyayana Kama Sutra is translated for you in its original form presented complete with exotic illustrations. The timeless text and lessons on love, marriage and the joys of sexual unions provides a valuable resource that will help you and your partner maximize your intimacy with techniques, sexual positions, and words of advice. The Kama Sutra covers human nature and ancient eastern society. Surprisingly frank and without guilt or shame, the relevance of this sensuous work has not diminished and people will continue to consult it for a thousand years to come. Let the wisdom of Vatsyayana guide you through the ages-old act of Love. Unlock the hidden pleasures that Sex has to offer! [via]
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The Immoralistby Andre Gide, Dorothy BussyISBN 1417909781 (1-4179-0978-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Immoralist'Book summary:With today's headlines and talk shows, it takes a lot to shock a reader--certainly more than was required in 1902, when André Gide's The Immoralist was first published. What was seen then as a story of dereliction translates today into a tale of introspection and fierce self-discovery. While traveling to Tunis with his new bride, the Parisian scholar Michel is overcome by tuberculosis. As he slowly convalesces, he revels in the physical pleasures of living and resolves to forgo his studies of the past in order to experience the present--to let "the layers of acquired knowledge peel away from the mind like a cosmetic and reveal, in patches, the naked flesh beneath, the authentic being hidden there."
But this is not the Michel his colleagues knew, nor the man Marceline married, and he must hide his new values under the patina of what he now reviles. Bored by Parisian society, he moves to a family farm in Normandy. He is happy there, especially in the company of young Charles, but he must soon return to the city and academe. Michel remains restless until he gives his first lecture and runs into Ménalque, who has long outraged society, and recognizes in him a reflection of his torment. Finally, Michel heads south, deeper into the desert, until, as he confides to his friends, he is lost in the sea of sand, under a clear, directionless sky.
What Gide's story lacks in sensationalism is fulfilled by his descriptive prose, which evokes the exotic nature of Michel's inner and outer journey: "I did not understand the forbearance of this African earth, submerged for days at a time and now awakening from winter, drunk with water, bursting with new juices; it laughed in this springtime frenzy whose echo, whose image I perceived within myself." --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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Intimate Issues: Conversations Woman to Woman 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sexby Linda Dillow, Lorraine PintusISBN 1578561493 (1-57856-149-3)
Hardcover, Waterbrook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intimate Issues: Conversations Woman to Woman 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sex'Book summary:Intimate Issues answers the twenty-one questions about sex most frequently asked by Christian wives, as determined by a nationwide poll of over one thousand women. Written from the perspective of two mature Christian wives and Bible teachers-women who you'll come to know as teachers and friends-Intimate Issues is biblical and informative: sometimes humorous, other times practical, but always honest. Through its solid teaching warm testimonials, scriptural insights, and experts' advise, you'll find resolution for your questions and fears, surprising insights about God's perspective on sex, and a variety of practical and creative ideas for enhancing your physical relationship with the husband you love. With warmth and wisdom, authors Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus speak woman to woman: examining the teachings of Scripture, exposing the lies of the world, and offering real hope that every woman's marriage relationship can become all it was intended to be in God's design. [via]
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Kama Sutra: The Perfect Bedside CompanionISBN 1579122809 (1-57912-280-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practiceby Mark ThompsonISBN 1555831877 (1-55583-187-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice'Book summary:Since its publication a decade ago, this Lambda Literary Award-nominated book has become a classic must-read on the shelf of books adressing human sexuality and identity. Spanning the decades from the 1940s onward, this collection of vibrant writing documents the many eras and shifts of attitude that have informed the gay and lesbian leather underground and its influence on the society beyond. A new preface by editor Mark Thompson, and a new annotated bibliography provide an up-to-date look at this community and provide valuable resources for researchers and interested parties.
Mark Thompson is the author of Gay Body, Gay Spirit, and Gay Soul. He lives in Los Angeles.
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The Liarby Stephen FryISBN 156947012X (1-56947-012-X)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Line Of Beautyby Alan HollinghurstISBN 1582346100 (1-58234-610-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Line Of Beauty'Book summary:Interview with Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst's extraordinarily rich novel The Line of Beauty. has garnered a new level of acclaim for the author after winning the 2004 Man Booker Prize. Hollinghurst speaks about his work in our interview.More editions of The Line Of Beauty:
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The Magic of Sexby Miriam StoppardISBN 1564580458 (1-56458-045-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic of Sex'Book summary:Reflecting both male and female perspectives, this thorough manual on human sexuality combines tasteful full-color photographs and drawing with frank, informative advice on topics including safe sex, pregnancy, erogenous zones, and techniques and positions. [via]
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Meridianby Alice WalkerISBN 1557360197 (1-55736-019-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Moll Flandersby Daniel DefoeISBN 1404303855 (1-4043-0385-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moll Flanders'Book summary:The recent adaptation of Moll Flanders for Masterpiece Theater is a book-lover's dream: the dialogue and scene arrangement are close enough to allow the viewer to follow along in the book. The liberties taken with the tale are few (some years of childhood between the gypsies and the wealthy family are elided; Moll is Moll throughout the tale, rather than Mrs. Betty; Robert becomes Rowland, etc.) and the sets avoid the careless anachronism of the movie version released earlier this year.
The breasts, raised skirts, tumbling hair and heavy breathing on the small screen might catch you by surprise if you don't read the book carefully (as might Moll's abandonment of her children on more than one occasion). Unlike his near-contemporary John Cleland (_Fanny Hill_), Defoe was trying to keep out of jail, and so didn't dwell on the details of "correspondence" between Moll and her varied lovers. But on the page and on the screen, Moll comes across quite clearly as a woman who might bend, but refuses to break, and who is intent on having as good a life as she can get.
E. M. Forster in Aspects of the Novel considers Moll and her creator's art in some detail. While he finds much to criticize in Defoe's ability to plot (where did those last two children go, anyway?), he is as besotted with Moll as I am. Immoral? Sure -- but immortal, and never, ever dull. We hope at least a few of the viewers of the recent adaptation take a couple hours to discover the original, inimitable Moll Flanders. [via]
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Moll Flandersby Paul A. Scanlon, Paul Ed ScanlonISBN 1551114518 (1-55111-451-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moll Flanders'Book summary:The recent adaptation of Moll Flanders for Masterpiece Theater is a book-lover's dream: the dialogue and scene arrangement are close enough to allow the viewer to follow along in the book. The liberties taken with the tale are few (some years of childhood between the gypsies and the wealthy family are elided; Moll is Moll throughout the tale, rather than Mrs. Betty; Robert becomes Rowland, etc.) and the sets avoid the careless anachronism of the movie version released earlier this year.
The breasts, raised skirts, tumbling hair and heavy breathing on the small screen might catch you by surprise if you don't read the book carefully (as might Moll's abandonment of her children on more than one occasion). Unlike his near-contemporary John Cleland (_Fanny Hill_), Defoe was trying to keep out of jail, and so didn't dwell on the details of "correspondence" between Moll and her varied lovers. But on the page and on the screen, Moll comes across quite clearly as a woman who might bend, but refuses to break, and who is intent on having as good a life as she can get.
E. M. Forster in Aspects of the Novel considers Moll and her creator's art in some detail. While he finds much to criticize in Defoe's ability to plot (where did those last two children go, anyway?), he is as besotted with Moll as I am. Immoral? Sure -- but immortal, and never, ever dull. We hope at least a few of the viewers of the recent adaptation take a couple hours to discover the original, inimitable Moll Flanders. [via]
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My First Timeby Jack HartISBN 1555832830 (1-55583-283-0)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Nightwoodby Djuna Barnes, Cheryl J. PlumbISBN 1564780805 (1-56478-080-5)
Hardcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nightwood'Book summary:The version of Nightwood published in 1936 and revered ever since both as a classic modernist work and a groundbreaking lesbian novel differs in many ways from the book Djuna Barnes actually wrote. The Dalkey edition not only restores to the main text the material Barnes reluctantly allowed to be cut, but also reproduces in facsimile the seventy pages of discarded drafts that survive of earlier versions. More than sixty years after its publication, Nightwood is firmly established as a twentieth-century classic, and this critical edition will allow readers and scholars to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of this unforgettable work. [via]
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Nine & A Half Weeksby Elizabeth McNeillISBN 1568491719 (1-56849-171-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Olympia Readerby Maurice GirodiasISBN 1562010050 (1-56201-005-0)
Softcover, Foxrock
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Out of the Past: Gay And Lesbian History from 1869 to the Presentby Neil MillerISBN 1555838707 (1-55583-870-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Readerby Joan NestleISBN 1555831907 (1-55583-190-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Philosophy and Sexby Robert B. Baker, Kathleen J. Wininger, Frederick A. EllistonISBN 157392184X (1-57392-184-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books, Publishers
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The Piano Teacherby Elfriede JelinekISBN 1555840523 (1-55584-052-3)
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Platformby Michel Houellebecq, Frank WynneISBN 1400030269 (1-4000-3026-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Pop-Up Kama Sutra: Six Paper-Engineered Variationsby Vatsyayana, Richard Burton, F. F. ArbuthnotISBN 1584793023 (1-58479-302-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pop-Up Kama Sutra: Six Paper-Engineered Variations'Book summary:What do you get when you combine the classic, almost 2,000-year-old Indian treatise on the art of love with the most up-to-date paper-engineering techniques? The Pop-Up Kama Sutra!
This lively distillation of the world's most famous sex guide features choice excerpts from the original text, translated in 1883 by the renowned explorer Sir Richard Burton, and is illustrated with vintage color plates from India. Best of all, six incredible pop-ups present the Kama Sutra's most interesting, instructive, and wildly acrobatic positions in three dimensions. More Bollywood than museum piece, this fun gift book adds a new dimension to the literature of lust and romance. [via]
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The Principles of Seductionby G. Clayton ViddlerISBN 0962760269 (0-9627602-6-9)
Hardcover, Pedestal Pr
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The Rainbowby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1417927313 (1-4179-2731-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rainbow'Book summary:1915. Controversial English novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist, Lawrence is known for his frequently misunderstood, but basically idealistic theories about sexual relations and for his interest in primitive religions and nature mysticism. Lawrence regarded sex, the primitive subconscious, and nature as cures for what he considered modern man's maladjustment to industrial society. His philosophy, life history and prejudices are inextricably entwined in his writings. Lawrence's fourth novel, The Rainbow, was about two sisters growing up in the north of England. The book begins: The Brangwens had lived for generations on the Marsh Farm, in the meadows where the Erewash twisted sluggishly through alder trees, separating Derbyshire from Nottinghamshire. Two miles away, a church-tower stood on a hill, the houses of the country town climbing assiduously up to it. Whenever one of the Brangwens in the fields lifted his head from his work, he saw the church-tower at Ilkeston in the empty sky. So that as he turned again to the horizontal land, he was aware of something standing above him and beyond him in the distance. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost Libidoby Andrew Goldstein, Marianne BrandonISBN 1579546838 (1-57954-683-8)
Hardcover, Rodale Pr
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S/Heby Minnie Bruce PrattISBN 155583888X (1-55583-888-X)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'S/He'Book summary:[via]This brave memoir chronicles Pratts struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg.
Minnie Bruce Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate.
Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Livingby H. W. LongISBN 1596059087 (1-59605-908-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Second Comingby Pat Califia, Robin SweeneyISBN 1555832814 (1-55583-281-4)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Sex and the Single Girl: Before There Was Sex in the City, There Wasby Helen Gurley BrownISBN 1569802521 (1-56980-252-1)
Softcover, Barricade Books Inc
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Sex in the Future: The Reproductive Revolution and How It Will Change Usby Robin BakerISBN 1559705213 (1-55970-521-3)
Hardcover, Arcade Pub
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Sexual Life in Ancient Rome/No 1892611by KeiferISBN 1566192374 (1-56619-237-4)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Sexual Revolutionby Jeffrey EscoffierISBN 1560255250 (1-56025-525-0)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sexual Revolution'Book summary:What does "sexual revolution" mean? When, how, and why did it begin? What, if anything, did it change? And what hope do we have that its ideals of equality and pleasure can be realized? From Susan Sontag's "Pornographic Imagination" to Al Goldstein's notorious review of Deep Throat, Sexual Revolution explores the cultural, economic, political, and moral consequences of new ways of sexual thinking and behaving reclaiming the female orgasm and challenging the double standard; celebrating open marriage and homosexuality; and defying taboo and censorship. With Anne Koedt's classic "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" and Norman Mailer's "The Homosexual Villain;" Helen Gurley Brown to Lenny Bruce to name a few this book features the voices of those who registered and provoked popular consciousness and transformed how we think about sex. Today, Dr. Phil talks about oral sex among grade-schoolers and porn star Jenna Jameson gets a six-figure advance for her memoirs. Something has changed, but Sexual Revolution reminds us that our sexuality remains a bitterly contested battleground. This collection includes selections by Erica Jong, Lawrence Lipton, Masters and Johnson, Betty Dodson, Gayle Rubin, Timothy Leary, Henry Miller, Huey Newton, Sigmund Freud, Simone de Beauvoir, and many others.[via]More editions of Sexual Revolution:
The She Devilsby Pierre LouysISBN 1596543620 (1-59654-362-0)
Softcover, Olympiapress.Com
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Singular Pleasuresby Harry Mathews, Francesco ClementeISBN 1564782336 (1-56478-233-6)
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Smut: A Sex Industry Insider (And Concerned Father) Says Enough Is Enoughby Gil ReavillISBN 1595230122 (1-59523-012-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couplesby Lawrence A. KurdekISBN 1560230525 (1-56023-052-5)
Softcover, Haworth Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples'Book summary:Here is an essential resource filled with advice for providing social services to gay and lesbian couples. Despite myths to the contrary, many gay men and lesbians form long-term couples relationships. Unfortunately, many professionals working in the area of social services lack training with regard to the special needs of gay/lesbian couples. Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples helps fill this gap by providing information on diverse aspects of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships for social services workers.The contributing authors highlight the unique characteristics of gay and lesbian couples relationships and provide valuable information on the special social services these couples may need. Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples includes the results of a survey that divulge basic, descriptive information on the nature of gay and lesbian couples. These in-depth statistics reveal couplesperspectives on relationship length, commitment, and quality, terms of address for partners, finances, relationship experience, discrimination, living situation, sex, first meetings, support and challenges for the relationship, children, legal arrangements, and concerns about HIV and AIDS. In addition to revealing specific information about gay and lesbian couples, Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples also explores the therapeutic implications of this knowledge for social service providers. Chapters discuss specific situations in gay and lesbian relationships about which social workers should be informed, such as the factors involved in the formation of lesbian identities and issues encountered by gay couples when one partner is HIV-infected and the other is not. Also addressed are the special needs of gay or lesbian couples who wish to be parents, complete with descriptions of innovative services and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of national organizations that provide resources for gay or lesbian parents. [via]
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Sons and Loversby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1417906898 (1-4179-0689-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Victoria Blake is a freelance writer. She has worked at The Paris Review and contributed to the Boulder Daily Camera, small literary presses in the United States, and English-language publications in Bangkok, Thailand. She currently lives and works in San Diego, California.
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Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, And Other Bedroom Battlesby Robin BakerISBN 1560258489 (1-56025-848-9)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, And Other Bedroom Battles'Book summary:Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head. Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners. In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men's sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner. It's no wonder that Sperm Wars is a classic of popular science writing that will surprise, entertain, and even shock.[via]More editions of Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, And Other Bedroom Battles:
The Survivor's Guide to Sex: How to Have a Great Sex Life After Child Sexual Abuseby Staci HainesISBN 1573440795 (1-57344-079-5)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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Susie Bright's Sexwise: America's Favorite X-Rated Intellectual Does Dan Quayle, Catharine Mackinnon, Stephen King, Camille Paglia, Nicholson Baker,by Susie BrightISBN 1573440027 (1-57344-002-7)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 1419151053 (1-4191-5105-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Using richly poetic language to frame a shattering narrative of love, seduction, betrayal, and murder, Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful young woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, the southwestern English county immortalized by Hardy. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy dUrbervilles, they send Tess to claim a portion of their fortune. She meets and is seduced by the dissolute Alec dUrberville and secretly bears a child, Sorrow, who dies in infancy. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer Tess love and salvation, but he rejects heron their wedding nightafter learning of her past. Emotionally bereft, financially impoverished, and victimized by the self-righteous rigidity of English social morality, Tess escapes from her vise of passion through a horrible, desperate act.
With its compassionate portrait of a young rural woman, powerful criticism of social convention, and disarming consideration of the role of destiny in human life, Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the most moving and memorable of Hardys novels.David Galef has published nine books: the novels Flesh and Turning Japanese; two children's books, The Little Red Bicycle and Tracks; two translations of Japanese proverbs, Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Even a Stone Buddha Can Talk; a work of literary criticism, The Supporting Cast; an edited anthology of essays called Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading; and, most recently, the short-story collection Laugh Track. In addition, he has written more than seventy short stories for magazines ranging from the British Punch to the Czech Prague Revue, the Canadian Prism International, and the American Shenandoah. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, the Village Voice, Twentieth Century Literature, The Columbia History of the British Novel, and many other places. He is a professor of English at the University of Mississippi, where he also administers the M.F.A. program in creative writing.
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True Sexual Morality: Recovering Biblical Standards For A Culture In Crisisby Daniel R. HeimbachISBN 1581344856 (1-58134-485-6)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasureby Violet BlueISBN 1573441511 (1-57344-151-1)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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The Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy: How to Turn Your Fantasies into Realityby Violet BlueISBN 1573441902 (1-57344-190-2)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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The Ultimate Guide to Strap-On Sexby Karlyn LotneyISBN 157344085X (1-57344-085-X)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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Until I Find Youby John IrvingISBN 1400063833 (1-4000-6383-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Until I Find You'Book summary:At over 800 pages, John Irving's Until I Find You is a daunting proposition at best. Anyone who finishes it will have acquired forearm muscles, sore shoulders, and not much else. The story is self-indulgent, repetitive and, ultimately, boring, that cardinal sin that readers can't forgive. Longtime Irving readers have stayed with him through a few hits and a miss or two, but this is an all-time low. We are accustomed to Irving's work as quirky, bizarre, and off-the-wall and have forgiven all by calling such high-jinks and characters "imaginative" or "absolutely original." The only thing original about this tome is the descent into soft porn.
Jack Burns, the hero of the tale, is four years old when it all begins. He is the illegitimate son of Daughter Alice, a tattoo artist and, guess what, daughter of a tattoo artist. She takes Jack on a pilgrimage to find his womanizing father, William, a church organist and "ink addict." By seeking out church organs and tattoo parlors, she expects to find him. She doesn't, and by now we have spent more than a hundred pages in Northern European cities doing an imitation of Groundhog Day. Same story, different day: a little prostitution for Alice, a few questions asked; alas, no daddy.
Alice and Jack return to Toronto so that Jack may enter a previously all-girls school, which will admit little boys for the first time. There begins another 200 pages of the girls and the teachers abusing Jack, over and over again. By now, he is five and is, for some unfathomable reason, eminently interesting to girls and women. His "friend" Emma keeps careful track of "the little guy," as she calls Jack's penis, looking for signs of life. The worst part of all this is that none of it is funny or sad or even clever. There are wrestling vignettes, of course, and prep school tedium, but no bears. Maybe bears would have saved it. There were funny parts in The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules as well as poignant, horrific parts in both of those and other Irving novels. This story is flat. The voice never changes; it just drones on.
Jack becomes an actor. First, he is a boy in drag because he is so pretty, then he takes transvestite parts. He and Emma, now a published novelist, live together in LA, which provides endless opportunity for name-dropping. His career eventually takes off and he gets recognition and awards, but still no daddy. Irving, it turns out, never knew his father, either. Perhaps this exercise will exorcise that demon once and for all and Irving's next book will be about something more compelling than a little boy's penis and his trashy mother's antics. If you do make it through to the book's snapper of an ending, you deserve to find out what it is on your own. Call it a reward. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Randy MalamudISBN 1593082797 (1-59308-279-7)
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In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock And Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Caroldean K. CummingsISBN 1420925784 (1-4209-2578-4)
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In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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We Need to Talk about Kevinby Lionel ShriverISBN 1582432678 (1-58243-267-8)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Need to Talk about Kevin'Book summary:A stunning examination of how tragedy affects a town, a marriage, and a family, for readers of Rosellen Brown's Before and After and Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World . That neither nature nor nurture bears exclusive responsibility for a child's character is self-evident. But such generalizations provide cold comfort when it's your own son who's just opened fire on his fellow students and whose class photograph--with its unseemly grin--is blown up on the national news. The question of who's to blame for teenage atrocity tortures our narrator, Eva Khatchadourian. Two years ago, her son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault? We Need to Talk About Kevin offers no pat explanations for why so many white, well-to-do adolescents--whether in Pearl, Paducah, Springfield, or Littleton--have gone nihilistically off the rails while growing up in suburban comfort. Instead, Lionel Shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story while framing these horrifying tableaux of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy--the tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose. [via]
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What's the Big Deal?: Why God Cares About Sexby Stan Jones, Brenna B. JonesISBN 1600060161 (1-60006-016-1)
Softcover, Navpress Pub Group
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Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women's Erotic Experienceby Gina OgdenISBN 0967270502 (0-9672705-0-2)
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