Sexuality

How do our early sexual experiences impact on our adult sex lives? Are you having more virtual sex than real sex? How many of us stop to consider our sex life as something that naturally evolves – much like our minds, bodies and personalities. Bestselling author and leading sex therapist, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, takes us on a remarkable journey in arguably the most comprehensive book ever published. Drawing from cutting-edge research and the latest findings she shows us how this journey starts before we’re eve... read more

According to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, 43 percent of American women are sexually dysfunctional: they don't desire sex or don't enjoy it. In The Return of Desire, Dr. Gina Ogden draws on decades of clinical experience as well as on her own sex research to understand this startling statistic and offer new approaches to reviving women's sexual desire and pleasure. While there are several books available about the problem of low sex drive among women, Dr. Ogden resists the trend of seeing lo... read more

"Easy to read, informative, reassuring, practical- essential reading for any woman (and her partner) chasing the elusive orgasm." Sandra Pertot, PhD, clinical psychologist, Sex therapist This new updated edition highlights some new findings in sexual health and Dr Vivienne explains clearly what this means: Are orgasms influence to some degree by genetics? Women who are aware of the sensations inside their vagina are more likely to orgasm during intercourse. All orgasms originate from the clitoris which has internal and external par... read more

Lovingly handpicked by Violet Blue, these stories are erotic gems, polished to perfection by an expert in erotica. The Best of Women's Erotica 2 is wildly sexy, super smart, and, highly readable. What makes an erotic story "best?" It has that something extra, and a good plot and characters that truly interest you and commands your interest during their trysts, triumphs, and erotic adventures. In the editor's own words, " The result of taking all five years' final selections, over one hundred stories, and choosing the very b... read more

When you love someone, how does it feel? And when you desire someone, how is it different? In Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel looks at the story of sex in committed couples. Modern romance promises it all -- a lifetime of togetherness, intimacy and erotic desire. In reality, it's hard to want what you already have. Our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. And often, the very thing that got us to into our relationships -- lust -- is the one thing that goes missing from them. Determined to reconcile the erot... read more

Since the publication of Nancy Friday's outspoken erotic masterpiece, My Secret Garden, women's sexual lives have undergone a revolution - and so have their fantasy lives. No longer ashamed to express the wild, exciting and sometimes outrageous thoughts that bring them so much sexual pleasure, the women who speak out in Forbidden Flowers are even more explicit than those in Nancy Friday's first international bestseller. Forbidden Flowers is a celebration of a new freedom, where today's women joyfully accept and rejoice in the aware... read more

In The Sex Diaries, Australia's best-known sex therapist, Bettina Arndt, uncovers the night-time drama being played out in bedrooms everywhere - the creeping hand and feigning of sleep, the staying up late in the hope that he will doze off. It is one of the great inconvenient truths of relationships that after the first blissful years together, most men want more sex than their female partners. Bettina Arndt recruited 98 couples to keep diaries, revealing their intimate negotiations over sex. Who feels like having sex? Who doesn't... read more

Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science as well as religious and cultural institutions - has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity.

"35 years later, the follow-up to the groundbreaking mega-bestseller My Secret Garden, explores the nature of our sexual fantasies."Nancy Friday was one the sexual revolution's most controversial figures, captivating the world with her 1973 mega-bestseller, My Secret Garden. In Beyond My Control, Friday illustrates how and why the face of sexual fantasy has become more imaginitive than ever before. She collects the sexual fantasies of dozens of women, and for the first time men, and teaches us to proudly own the creativity of our s... read more

Experienced sex therapist Vicki Ford provides a guide to understanding sexual problems including impotence and loss of sexual desire, premature ejaculation and lack of orgasm. The links between mind and body are explained, and how they tend to go wrong. She sets out simple and effective techniques based on CBT that can restore confidence and bring about a mutually satisfying sex life for both partners. Suitable for both singles and couples, this book includes practical exercises to develop responsiveness and an understandin... read more

Why women evolved to have orgasms - when most of their primate relatives don't - is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: how could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? A judicious and revealing look at all twenty-one evolutionary accounts of the trait of human female orgasm, Lloyd's book is at the same time a case study of how certain biases steer science astray.

Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Should the church's moral standards continue to be set by patriarchal males? Should women be consecrated bishops? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response based on scripture and history to the changing realities o... read more

Ultimate pleasure can be yours every night, with 365 positions from the most erotic sex guide ever written. From the 'Rolling Rapture' to the 'Divine Entwine' 365 sexy positions straight from the "Kama Sutra", this title promises a year of seriously great sex. Whether you want slow, sensual lovemaking or a quick, orgasmic fix find a position for every time, place and mood. 'Divine Moment' suggestions, 'Pure Nirvana' tips, and erotic how-tos help you enjoy each sexy position to the full. A sensual, spiritual, physical, erotic, exoti... read more

BECOMING ORGASMIC is the ideal book for any woman who has inhibitions about sex and wants to enhance the pleasure she gets from it. Whether you're married, or single, divorced or widowed, under 30 or over 60, or somewhere in between, the programme presented in this book will help you feel comfortable with yourself and your ideas about sex. It will help you to: Evaluate your sexual history and put it in perspective; explore your body through touch; understand the effects of pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause on sexual desire and... read more

'It's one of the oldest stories in the world. It's in Shakepeare, the Bible, literature of every age and nation; it's in the gossip mags and the agony pages. Boy meets girl, but sometimes, a little while later, boy meets another girl. Or girl marries boy but finds herself drawn to someone else. Does she stay or does she go - resist or give in? 'Pretty much anyone who's been in a relationship has been tempted to stray at some time or another. Or perhaps found themselves the ones being strayed from. Naked is the ultimate confessio... read more

Lambda Literary Award Winner Body Alchemy is Loren Cameron's intensely personal photo documentary of female-to-male transsexuals (FTMs). A transsexual himself, Cameron brings a sensitive, sophisticated insider's eye to his subject matter. Using documentary style, a series of before-and-after photographs documenting the transformation of a number of FTMs in Cameron's transsexual community, his own striking self-portraits, and intimate autobiographical text, Loren invites the viewer to experience this transformational rite of pas... read more

Drawn from journals, this book offers an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage.

The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethically and emotionally sustainable. For anyone who has ever dreamed of love, sex, and companionship beyond the limits of traditional monogamy, this groundbreaking guide navigates the infinite possibilities that open relationships can offer. Experienced ethical sluts Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy dispel myths and cover all the skills necessary to maintain a successful and responsible polyamorous lifestyle-from self-reflection and hon... read more

At some point in their lives, most women experience a decline in their sexual desire. Yet despite the vast number of books devoted to sex, surprisingly few focus on the problem of low libido. Fewer still offer any practical advice to the woman who has lost her sex drive and longs to find it again. Finally available in paperback, "Reclaiming Desire" presents the holistic approach that gynecologist Andrew Goldstein and clinical psychologist Marianne Brandon - co-founders of the Sexual Wellness Center in Annapolis, Maryland - use to s... read more

This is the erotica anthology series that truly delivers. Best Womens Erotica 2012 is packed with risky, romantic thrills and erotic adventure - both inside the bedroom and out. Five-star editor Violet Blue delivers exactly what readers want - fantasy-fuelled, pulse-racing reads that push boundaries and are 'let's try this at home' aspirational. Sexy, smart and literate, Best Women's Erotica 2012 presents the year's hottest bedside reading.