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In his realistic depiction of the thwarted aspirations and unfulfilled hungers of the turn-of-the-century American underclass, Theodore Dreiser was our Balzac, a socially-conscious writer far ahead of his time. Dawn, the journalist-turned-novelist's brutally candid autobiography of his first nineteen years...

The spread of HIV/AIDS has social, cultural, economic, medical, political, and personal effects, even for those who perceive themselves as removed from its threat. Emmers-Sommer (U. of Arizona) and Allen (U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) approach HIV/AIDS from an interpersonal perspective, noting...

From the publishers of the best-selling Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women (35,000 copies sold) comes a companion book for men. Among the topics covered are safety, preparation, and hygiene; how to give and receive anal pleasure; building trust...

Emerging from the ancient Asian tradition known as Tantra (which shares some similarities with yoga), Tantric sex is about the flow and exchange of energy, the movement of life. The Everything Tantric Sex Book unveils the origins, history, development, and...

The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies.The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry...

In Pursuing Johns, Thomas C. Mackey studies the New York Committee of Fourteen and its members' attempts to influence vagrancy laws in early-20th-century New York City as a way to criminalize men's patronizing of female prostitutes. It sought out and...

Sexology Uncensored brings together, for the first time, many of the key documents of the modern science of sexuality that emerged in the late nineteenth century. The early pioneers of the new field of sexology examined and classified sexual behaviors,...

Sex had a great start in the Garden of Eden. But somewhere along the way, what was intended to be so beautiful and right got hidden under the covers. No wonder folks today are a little afraid to ask questions...

Many couples think about trying bondage to spice up their relationship—but feel nervous about how to proceed. Bondage for Beginners will enable them to experiment sexually in a way they might previously have found too edgy or frightening. Sexy but...