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Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza takes readers on an uncensored journey through the underground, to reveal the timeless art of cruising. Combining historical research and oral history with his own personal experience, Espinoza examines the political and cultural forces behind this radical pastime. From Greek antiquity to the notorious Molly houses of 18th century England, the raucous 1970s to the algorithms of Grindr, Oscar Wilde to George Michael,...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From her blog, "Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women," Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has spent decades talking openly and intimately to African women around the world about sex. Here, she features the stories that most affected her, chronicling her own journey toward sexual freedom. We meet Yami, a pansexual Canadian of Malawian heritage, who describes negotiating the line between family dynamics and sexuality. There's Esther, a cis-gendered hetero...
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Explore the allure of sex with a stranger with this erotic short story collection. . .Have you ever looked across a crowded room, locked eyes with someone you don’t know, and immediately undressed them in your mind? Sexy Strangers is the book for you! These 19 erotic stories have bottled that dazzling, frenetic energy and undeniable chemistry associated with an instant lust connection. The characters you will meet don’t need to know each other’s...
Author
Series
Fifty shades trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview the young, enigmatic entrepreneur Christian Grey she encounters a man who is brilliant, beautiful, and deeply flawed. Lured by her looks, stung by her wit, and challenged by her independent spirit, Grey is determined to make Ana his sexual possession -- and what Grey wants he gets. But can their relationship ever go deeper than that? Will Ana ever penetrate Grey's cold armour, and if she does,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using new research, leading Christian marriage blogger exposes how the evangelical church's unbiblical teachings about sex and sexuality have damaged women's views and experience of sex and shows how a true biblical understanding of sex can free them-and their husbands-to experience the kind of intimacy and wholeness God intends --
Author
Series
Dangerous romances (Eden Bradley) volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"She can whip up something sweet... Allie LeClair has finally returned to the sultry city of New Orleans. After ten years of studying and working as a pastry chef in San Francisco and all over Europe--and feeding her submissive side at BDSM clubs--Allie is home, and she has something to prove to the man who once fueled her desires. She's not a child anymore. But with two in the kitchen... When security specialist Mick Reid hears that Allie is back...
27) Sexographies
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In fierce and sumptuous first-person accounts, renowned Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener records infiltrating the most dangerous Peruvian prison, participating in sexual exchanges in swingers clubs, traveling the dark paths of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris in the company of transvestites and prostitutes, undergoing a complicated process of egg donation, and participating in a ritual of ayahuasca ingestion in the Amazon jungle--all while taking...
Author
Publisher
Pax México
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Los autores se dan a la tarea de explicar paso a paso con casos reales, herramientas para lidiar con situaciones cotidianas y problemáticas relacionadas con la sexualidad de niños, niñas y adolescentes. Además, los autores resumen en esta guía conceptos básicos, mitos, miedos, verdades, explicaciones y problemas, a partir de su vasta experiencia quitando piedras y grandes rocas del camino de madres, padres y profesionales valientes que intentan...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
For women, sex has been hijacked. Today's sexual climate leaves little to no space for honoring the complexities of sex; sex as pleasure, sex as connection, sex as creative expression, and sex as healing. In Taking Sexy Back, relationship expert Alexandra Solomon shows women that they are more than just sexy objects of someone else's desire, and offers real tools to help women explore their own sexuality, communicate their needs, draw boundaries to...
Author
Series
Nuevos cuadernos Anagrama volume 45
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Una reflexión sobre las sexualidades que transgreden lo normativo. Una exploración de la perversión o la sexualidad alternativa. --
A reflection on sexualities that transgress the normative. An exploration of perversion or alternative sexuality. --
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This book addresses the hows and whys of coming out, as well as potential concerns teenagers may have--including how to know when you're ready to come out, who to tell first, and how to deal with unsupportive people. First-hand accounts from teenagers provide personal insight throughout"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sex Talk shows how opening up discussions on bodies, sexuality and pleasure can lead to much, much better sex and self-esteem, by the eminent French feminist pornographer Olympe de G and feminist writer St phanie Estournet. Sex Talk has a clear mission - breaking the taboo of taboos - by opening up the discussion of sex and desire in a clear, engaging and motivational way. The book takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery through nine chapters,...
34) Woman on fire: 9 elements to wake up your erotic energy, personal power, and sexual intelligence
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Based on her sought-after sexuality workshops, the coauthor of Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men shows women how to master the 9 elements of sexual empowerment to reclaim their desire and live the sexually fulfilling lives they want"--
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Los últimos años han sido los de la ruptura del silencio: en todo el mundo miles de mujeres han compartido sus experiencias de violencia y acoso sexual. Pero ese discurso, necesario, debe ir acompañado de otro: el del placer de las mujeres. Frente al terror sexual, el feminismo pone sobre la mesa el deseo, la autonomía sexual, el derecho de las mujeres a ser sujetos del sexo y del placer y no solo objetos. El camino no es fácil: la sexualidad...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal explores sex and gender in both humans and other animals. Though many scholars now argue that gender differences are purely a product of socialization, primatologist Frans de Waal illustrates in Different the scientific, evolutionary basis for gender differences in humans, drawing on his decades of experience working with our closest ape relatives: chimpanzees and bonobos....
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