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Gender and Sexuality For Beginners

Written by Jaimee Garbacik
Illustrated by Jeffrey Lewis


Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $16.99

We should not need to prove our experiences, defend our realities, or negotiate basic human rights. But we do.

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of "male" and "female" leave out much of the population?... Read more >
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Gender and Sexuality For Beginners

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Gender and Sexuality For Beginners
Written by Jaimee Garbacik, Illustrated by Jeffrey Lewis
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934389690
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Gender and Sexuality For Beginners

Written by Jaimee Garbacik
Illustrated by Jeffrey Lewis


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $16.99

We should not need to prove our experiences, defend our realities, or negotiate basic human rights. But we do.

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of "male" and "female" leave out much of the population?... Read more >
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The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex
Written by Alex Comfort
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307452139
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The Joy of Sex
The Ultimate Revised Edition
Written by Alex Comfort


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $12.99

Nothing compares to The Joy of Sex

Since 1972, more than 8 million people have come to this wise, witty, and uninhibited bestselling guide to lovemaking and found all they wanted to know about achieving greater sexual satisfaction. They have discovered how sex can be playful and imaginative, erotic and passionate, pleasurable... Read more >
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See Me Naked
See Me Naked
Written by Amy Frykholm
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807004685
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See Me Naked
Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity
Written by Amy Frykholm


Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $20.00

“A fascinating, troubling, and finally heartening book that subtly shows ways that Christians might reconcile their bodies with their devotion to God. Highly recommended for individual Christians but also for pastors and church groups.”—Library Journal, starred review

Stories of sexual scandals in churches throughout the nation have been downright routine in recent... Read more >
Sexual Excitement
Sexual Excitement
Written by Robert J. Stoller, M.D.
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307826138
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Sexual Excitement

Written by Robert J. Stoller, M.D.


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $19.99

Sexual excitement is as individual as a fingerprint and as complex as a psychological life-history, For most people it is a melodrama composed of the past and present, building on tensions of risk, mystery, illusion, hostility, and revenge. Consciously or unconsciously, we relive our earliest experiences and become aroused when we... Read more >
Perversion
Perversion
Written by Robert J. Stoller, M.D.
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307826121
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Perversion

Written by Robert J. Stoller, M.D.


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $14.99

This new study, part of Professor Robert Stoller’s well-known, continuing work on sex and gender identity, is especially concerned with the psychological forces that contribute to sexual excitement in men and women. The author looks at sexual aberrations in order to learn what they can tell us about the dynamics of... Read more >
See Me Naked
See Me Naked
Written by Amy Frykholm
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780807004661
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See Me Naked
Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity
Written by Amy Frykholm


Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95

“A fascinating, troubling, and finally heartening book that subtly shows ways that Christians might reconcile their bodies with their devotion to God. Highly recommended for individual Christians but also for pastors and church groups.”—Library Journal, starred review

Stories of sexual scandals in churches throughout the nation have been downright routine in recent... Read more >
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See Me Naked
Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity
Written by Amy Frykholm


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95

“A fascinating, troubling, and finally heartening book that subtly shows ways that Christians might reconcile their bodies with their devotion to God. Highly recommended for individual Christians but also for pastors and church groups.”—Library Journal, starred review

Stories of sexual scandals in churches throughout the nation have been downright routine in recent... Read more >
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True Secrets of Lesbian Desire
Keeping Sex Alive in Long-Term Relationships
Written by Renate Stendhal
Foreword by Jewelle Gomez


Format: eBook, 136 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $13.99

Stendhal examines the "shadow" in lesbian relationships that descends when women bond so completely that the intimacy becomes a merging, obliterating the space between individuals where desire lies. Lesbian bed death, the topic of so many comediennes, is examined and reined in, no longer an inevitable result of a solid relationship... Read more >
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Big Big Love, Revised
Big Big Love, Revised
Written by Hanne Blank
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781587610851
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Big Big Love, Revised
A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them)
Written by Hanne Blank


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $15.99

Love, Romance, and Great Big Sexuality for Everyone
 
Big Big Love is the only one-stop-shopping handbook on relationships, sexuality, and big sexy confidence for people of all genders, sizes, and sexual orientations who know that a fantastic love life doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the number on the... Read more >
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Big Big Love, Revised
Big Big Love, Revised
Written by Hanne Blank
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781587613715
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Big Big Love, Revised
A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them)
Written by Hanne Blank


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $13.99

Love, Romance, and Great Big Sexuality for Everyone
 
Big Big Love is the only one-stop-shopping handbook on relationships, sexuality, and big sexy confidence for people of all genders, sizes, and sexual orientations who know that a fantastic love life doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the number on the... Read more >
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Different Loving
Different Loving
Written by William Brame, Gloria Brame and Jon Jacobs
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307803474
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Different Loving
A Complete Exploration of the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission
Written by William Brame, Gloria Brame and Jon Jacobs


Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $11.99

A breakthrough in sexual literature, this work is a complete, comprehensive user-friendly guide to and tour through the world of alternative sexual lifestyles. While the topics are exotic and erotic, the authors handle each one in a sensitive, thorough, analytical, and fascinating way and manage to explain a secret world to... Read more >
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The Emotional Incest Syndrome
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
Written by Dr. Patricia Love, Contribution by Jo Robinson
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307799180
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The Emotional Incest Syndrome
What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life
Written by Dr. Patricia Love
Contribution by Jo Robinson


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $12.99

From Dr. Patricia Love, a ground-breaking work that identifies, explores and treats the harmful effects that emotionally and psychologically invasive parents have on their children, and provides a program for overcoming the chronic problems that can result.


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Eros Ascending
The Life-Transforming Power of Sacred Sexuality
Written by John Maxwell Taylor
Foreword by Linda E. Savage Ph.D


Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Price: $16.95

***FINALIST, USA Best Books 2010 Awards – Spirituality & Self-Help: Relationships

The quest for lasting love is one of life’s essential pursuits, in some ways the most essential. But it’s also a quest that’s impossible to separate from spiritual and sexual needs. In Eros Ascending, author John Maxwell Taylor offers... Read more >
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Becoming Gay
Becoming Gay
Written by Richard Isay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307772824
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Becoming Gay
The Journey to Self-Acceptance
Written by Richard Isay


Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2010
Price: $14.99

Now revised and updated for the 21st-century, Becoming Gay is the classic guide on how to accept one's homosexuality. By exploring the psychological development of gay men through personal case histories—including his own—Dr. Isay shows how disguising one's sexual identity can induce anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Individual chapters tackle acceptance... Read more >
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Being Homosexual
Being Homosexual
Written by Richard Isay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307773500
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Being Homosexual
Gay Men and Their Development
Written by Richard Isay


Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2010
Price: $14.99

Richard Isay was the first person to challenge the homophobia of the psychoanalytic community and prove, through his own story and those of his patients, that homosexuality is an innate characteristic rather than a learned pathology. Now revised and updated for the 21st-century, the groundbreaking Being Homosexual carries the reader through... Read more >
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Men in Love
Men in Love
Written by Nancy Friday
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307763723
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Men in Love

Written by Nancy Friday


Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2010
Price: $14.99

An extraordinary, explicitly masculine journey, Men In Love develops a startlingly honest portrayal of what it means to be a man in contemporary America. Here are the unexpurgated dreams, fantasies and fetishes that excite and obsess men today. In creating this historic study, Nancy Friday listened--without disapproval, apology or censorship--to the... Read more >
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Cupid's Poisoned Arrow
From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships
Written by Marnia Robinson
Foreword by Douglas Wile, Ph.D.


Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $14.95

Zing! Cupid’s arrow skewers a primitive part of the brain. Obediently, we fall in love amid showers of passionate fireworks, bond for a time … and then often get fed up with each other and grow irritable or numb. Perhaps we try to remodel our mate, seek solace online, or pursue...

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Dancing Around the Volcano
Dancing Around the Volcano
Written by Guy Kettelhack
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307555489
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Dancing Around the Volcano
Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex
Written by Guy Kettelhack


Format: eBook, 196 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2010
Price: $13.99

Celebrating the ingenuity with which gay men manage their sexual and aggressives drives and fantasies, Dancing Around the Volcano is a passionately pro-sex book with potentially healing--even revolutionary--implications for everyone. Kettelhack wants to "tell the truth about the sex gay men are really having"--offering a path to sexual liberation that embraces... Read more >
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The Pickup Artist
The Pickup Artist
Written by Mystery, Foreword by Neil Strauss
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345518194
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The Pickup Artist
The New and Improved Art of Seduction
Written by Mystery
Foreword by Neil Strauss


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $22.00

The world’s greatest pickup artist is back! After the bestselling exposé The Game pulled back the curtain on Mystery and his culture of professional pickup artists, he became an international phenomenon. Unfortunately, while it’s no secret that Mystery’s ideas are wildly effective, women have started to catch on. They’ve seen the... Read more >
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The Pickup Artist
The Pickup Artist
Written by Mystery, Foreword by Neil Strauss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345518217
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The Pickup Artist
The New and Improved Art of Seduction
Written by Mystery
Foreword by Neil Strauss


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $11.99

The world’s greatest pickup artist is back! After the bestselling exposé The Game pulled back the curtain on Mystery and his culture of professional pickup artists, he became an international phenomenon. Unfortunately, while it’s no secret that Mystery’s ideas are wildly effective, women have started to catch on. They’ve seen the... Read more >
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The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex
Written by Alex Comfort
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307587787
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The Joy of Sex
The Ultimate Revised Edition
Written by Alex Comfort


Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $23.00

Famous for helping couples discover how sex can be playful, erotic, passionate, exhilarating, and most of all, pleasurable.

The Joy of Sex revolutionized how we experience our sexuality. An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972, Dr. Alex Comfort’s classic work dared to celebrate the joy of human physical intimacy... Read more >
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The Porning of America
The Porning of America
Written by Carmine Sarracino and Kevin M. Scott
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807061541
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The Porning of America
The Rise of Porn Culture, What It Means, and Where We Go from Here
Written by Carmine Sarracino and Kevin M. Scott


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2009
Price: $18.00

Sarracino and Scott argue that we no longer have to purchase pornography to get porn because we increasingly live porn in our daily lives. Resolutely pro-sex, they contend that, to make the most of our hard-won sexual freedom, we must thoughtfully-and honestly-evaluate what is both liberating and damaging about porn. Read more >
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Growth into Manhood
Growth into Manhood
Written by Alan Medinger
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307569011
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Growth into Manhood
Resuming the Journey
Written by Alan Medinger


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $14.99

A breakthrough plan for males to re-enter the world of men.

What happens when a boy grows physically into an adult male but misses some of the experiences and relationships that help form complete manhood? Alan Medinger writes for such men and for those who care about them.

Within the context of his... Read more >
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Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Written by Jena Pincott
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385342162
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Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, & Attraction
Written by Jena Pincott


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $15.00


How do the seasons affect your sex life? Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband? Are good dancers also good in bed?
If you’ve ever wondered how scientists measure love—or whether men really prefer blondes—this smart, sexy book provides real answers to these and many other... Read more >
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