Posts tagged Desire & Libido
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

Charting Kiki and Man Ray’s volatile relationship, award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki’s seminal influence not only on Man Ray’s art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond. The works they made together, including the Surrealist icons Le Violon d’Ingres and Noire et blanche, now set records at auction. As provocative and magnetically irresistible as Kiki herself, Kiki Man Ray is the story of an exceptional life that will challenge ideas about artists and muses―and the lines separating the two.

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The Gentleman's Book of Vices

Finely dressed and finely drunk, Charlie Price is a man dedicated to his vices. Chief among them is his explicit novel collection, though his impending marriage to a woman he can’t love will force his carefully curated collection into hiding. Before it does, Charlie is determined to have one last hurrah: meeting his favorite author in person, Miles Montague.

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Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale

This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the eyes of sex workers. These tales are brought to life by Whores of Yore creator Kate Lister’s witty and authoritative text, and illuminated by a rich archive of photographs, artworks, and objects offering insight into sex workers’ lives, challenging assumptions about this age-old trade.

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Baby Bomb: A Relationship Survival Guide for New Parents

Written by a psychologist and relationship expert, Baby Bomb offers powerful tools based in psychology and neurobiology to help you and your partner co-parent and co-partner as a solid and supportive team--while also cultivating mad love for each other! You'll find more than just "tips" for better parenting and partnering; you'll discover how a secure-functioning relationship is essential for raising happy, healthy kids.

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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Adrienne Maree Brown finds the answer in something she calls "pleasure activism," a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work.

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Pussypedia: A Comprehensive Guide

There is still a shocking lack of accurate, accessible information about pussies and many esteemed medical sources seem to contradict each other. Pussypedia solves that with extensive reviews of peer-reviewed science that address old myths, confusing inconsistencies, and the influence of gender narratives on scientific research–always in simple, joyful language.

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Bang!: Masturbation for People of All Genders and Abilities (Good Life)

Want to know how to masturbate? Here's your guide. Masturbation doesn't have to be a taboo topic! This straightforward, unapologetic illustrated guide to self-pleasure will teach you what you need to know to get to know your own body. This inclusive manual covers basic anatomy, techniques, mindsets, orgasms, troubleshooting, and a wide range of the tools and toys.

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Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups & Shame-Free Sex

A comprehensive and fun-to-read guidebook for people of all sexual identities and experience levels, Getting It covers all the bases of hook-up culture from first moves and sex etiquette to navigating non-monogamy and sexual health. In an era of endless crossed signals and heightened awareness of consent and respect, award-winning author and sex educator Allison Moon shows you how to achieve safe and enjoyable encounters by practicing clear communication and consideration of all parties involved--yourself included.

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Plays Well in Groups: A Journey Through the World of Group Sex

Plays Well in Groups provides a historical and cultural history of group sex throughout the ages. From depictions in Paleolithic cave art to the Playboy mansion, Katherine Frank delves into the fields of sociology, biology, anthropology, and psychology to provide explanations for both, participation in group sex and the complex reactions to it—from fascination to fear. This book draws on survey research, ethnographic observation around the world, and interviews with participants to offer a cross-cultural look at the manifestations and meanings of group sex; who has it, and why.

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When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection

Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there such a thing as a "cancer personality"? Drawing on scientific research and the author's decades of experience as a practicing physician, this book provides answers to these and other important questions about the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health and the role that stress and one's individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.

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The Big Questions Book of Sex & Consent

A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life. What is the meaning and purpose of sex? How does it intersect with who I am? Why are people so afraid of it? What does a healthy and joyful approach to sex look like for me? Why is consent so much more than a yes or no question?

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She Always Knew How: Mae West, A Personal Biography

Biographer Charlotte Chandler draws on a series of interviews she conducted with the star just months before her death in 1980, as well as interviews with people who worked or lived with her. Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and iconic sex symbol Mae West created a scandal-and a sensation-on Broadway with her play Sex in 1926. Her screenplays included some notorious one-liners that have become part of Hollywood lore, but behind the clever quips was Mae's deep desire to see women treated equally with men. She fought the double standard of the time that permitted men things that women would be ruined for doing.

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Sex That Works: An Intimate Guide to Awakening Your Erotic Life

Millions of broken couples say sexual dissatisfaction was their number one reason for ending the relationship. Learn how to recover your passion, find the connection you crave, and boost your sexual confidence. Or gain the insights you need to embark on a new adventure without the sexual baggage and challenges of the past. No matter where you are in your sexual evolution, this intimate, practical guide will help you renew your curiosity, reclaim intimacy, and embrace your full potential for erotic freedom.

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Enlightened Sex: Finding Freedom and Fullness Through Sexual Union

On Enlightened Sex, bestselling author David Deida presents his first full-length audio curriculum for transforming your lovemaking. Through 10 in-depth sessions of guided practices, sexual skills, and provocative insights into the nature of human sexuality, David Deida shows you how to sustain the ecstasy of deep sex.

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Ecstatic Sex: Breathing Exercises for Heightened Pleasure and Deeper Intimacy

Gay Hendricks, PhD offers a series of proven breathing and visualization exercises (some to practice alone, some with a partner) that gives you the opportunity to experience a new level of sexual bliss.

Dr. Hendricks research has shown that conscious breathing is essential to health and vitality. Now he reveals a new pathway to fulfillment for people who seek radical enhancement and deep healing of their sexuality.

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Merry Jane's The CBD Solution: Sex: How Cannabis, CBD, and Other Plant Allies Can Improve Your Everyday Life (Merry Jane CBD) by Ashley Manta

This is an all-encompassing, no-holds-barred exploration of CBD and sexual wellness. This sex positive book is full of helpful information on sexual health, empowering advice, and tips and tricks on using CBD in the bedroom.

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Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover by Annie Sprinkle

Assuming the Ecosexual Position tells of childhood moments that pointed to a future of ecosexuality; how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, how they took a stand against homophobia and xenophobia, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory.

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Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue by Marquis de Sade

The notorious Marquis de Sade wrote this story of the beautiful and devout Justine, whose steadfast faith and naive trust destine her from the outset for sexual exploitation and martyrdom. The unending catalog of disasters that befall her, during which she is subject to any number of perverse practices, illustrate Sade's belief in the primacy of Nature over civilization.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H Lawrence

Constance, the young Lady Chatterley, is married to a handsome man. However, his physical limitations lead him to emotionally neglect Constance, and for comfort, she turns to the gamekeeper, Oliver. With explicit descriptions of sex, Lady Chatterly's Lover used language largely unseen in print at that time, which resulted in its banning and the author's censorship.

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