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Paperback. Condition: Good. 'Be as kinky as you want to be', advises Alison Tyler in this commanding new collection that proves how bondage can bring you closer to your object of desire, both literally and figuratively. Twisted is a tight collection curated by the editor extraordinaire Tyler, who has cornered the market in bondage erotica, and tied it down firmly. Featuring work from a number of popular erotica authors, these are the stories that delve deep down into what bondage means; stories that will make you perk up and take notice. Or bind you down and make you behave.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Winner of the ForeWord Reviews 2013 IndieFab Awards Silver medal in the category of Family & RelationshipsWinner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2014 Gold medal in the category of ParentingSharon Meers and Joanna Strober are professionals wives and mothers. They understand the challenges and rewards of two-career households. They also know that families thrive not in spite of working mothers but because of them. You can have a great career a great marriage and be a great mother. The key is tapping into your best resource and most powerful ally-the man you married. After interviewing hundreds of parents and employers surveying more than a thousand working mothers and combing through the latest government and social science research the authors have discovered that kids husbands and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt fathers bond with their kids and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents. From 'baby boot camp' for new dads to exactly what to say when negotiating a leave with the boss this savvy book offers fresh ideas to today's families offering encouragement hope and confidence to any woman who has ever questioned her choices regarding work and family. Winner of the Independent Publisher Award Gold Medal in Parenting.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. What would you do if you know you could not fail?' These words, attributed to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, have inspired tens of millions to face their fears and dare to follow their hearts. This can-do compendium is a veritable tool kit for transforming readers from reticent to role model. ' -From the authors of Living Life as a Thank You, this volume present true stories of ordinary people with extraordinary fortitude. Authors Mary Beth Sammons and Nina Lesowitz have gone to the front lines of adversity and fear to surface the brave hearts who took action before they were forced to, confronting and overcoming their fears in inspirational ways. From world-class athletes, to spiritual teachers, to cancer patients, to ordinary people who took extraordinary action to transform their lives, these courage warriors teach readers to turn apprehension into action. Enriched with motivational quotes and power practices, this courage guidebook advises how to live life with guts and gusto. Readers learn: to face and transform their fear, apply the art of tenacity when times are tough, embrace the lessons and gifts of a crisis that lead to personal growth, and simple, effective, and proven methods for confidence and courage.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. What are you waiting for? Do you find yourself waiting for the right moment? The ideal relationship? The perfect job? Are you waiting for your 'real' life to begin? Do think that the gifts of life are right around the corner? That one day you will arrive and everything will be okay? Do you endlessly search, yet never seem to find? Through the sharing of authentic personal stories and profound life lessons, Kristen Moeller explores our pervasive human tendency to wait for life and to look outside ourselves for answers. So we don't try; we give up. We sell out and we forget who we are. We are afraid to succeed, afraid to fail, and afraid to say we are afraid. But as Wayne Gretzky said, 'You'll always miss one-hundred percent of the shots you don't take!' Kristen Moeller's mission in life is to inspire you to get on the path, move forward and take the shot.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A career woman to a fault, Brooke Monroe vows to earn back the graphic art business her father sold, robbing her of her birthright and costing an office-full of employees their jobs. The arrogant team of outsiders appears to have no sympathy, a fact that sets her blood boiling. As one of the only survivors of the takeover, Brooke finds herself face-to-face with the devilishly handsome Ethan Wolf as they vie for the position of Vice President of Monroe Graphics. Ethan is ready for Brooke and her amusing attempt to emerge the victor: the woman's stiff exterior and fiery green eyes both fascinate and infuriate him like no other. As the sparks of rivalry fly, so begins a reluctant attraction between the two VP candidates. When an accidental encounter in the darkroom reveals an undeniable chemistry between them, Brooke and Ethan's fight turns dirty and detours to the bedroom. Once the clothes come off, their biggest challenge is keeping sex out of the workplace.and keeping their feelings at bay until after the competition. But when a corporate leak is discovered and Brooke is blamed as the obvious culprit, will Ethan trust her enough to believe her claims of innocence? Or will Brooke's chance at love and her father's company be forever out of reach.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bisexual women have attained a powerful sexual mythos, but as Cara Bruce writes in her introduction, it's as a staple of everyone else's porn and erotica. In this short story collection, however, bi women reveal themselves -- and their steamy sex lives -- as they really are. From the first entrancing page, readers find themselves intimately involved with the passionate protagonists and their partners. The tales push erotica into the realm of timeless fiction, while featuring salacious glimpses into the lives, loves, and desires of a diverse group of women. Playful, sexy, scintillating, and sometimes heartbreaking, Best Bisexual Women's Erotica delivers a smart, one-handed read for both sexes.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Winner of the ForeWord Reviews 2013 IndieFab Awards Silver medal in the category of Family & RelationshipsWinner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2014 Gold medal in the category of ParentingSharon Meers and Joanna Strober are professionals wives and mothers. They understand the challenges and rewards of two-career households. They also know that families thrive not in spite of working mothers but because of them. You can have a great career a great marriage and be a great mother. The key is tapping into your best resource and most powerful ally-the man you married. After interviewing hundreds of parents and employers surveying more than a thousand working mothers and combing through the latest government and social science research the authors have discovered that kids husbands and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt fathers bond with their kids and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents. From 'baby boot camp' for new dads to exactly what to say when negotiating a leave with the boss this savvy book offers fresh ideas to today's families offering encouragement hope and confidence to any woman who has ever questioned her choices regarding work and family. Winner of the Independent Publisher Award Gold Medal in Parenting. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. If you know the specific gravity of gold, travel with the Nurses' Guide to Snakes, or can get a raisin pie stain out of a pink poplin frock, you'll fit right in with Nancy Clue and her gay chums on a road trip from sleepy Pleasantville, Idaho, to sparkling River Depths, Illinois, where Hannah, Nancy's beloved housekeeper, stands wrongfully accused of murder Nurse Cherry Aimless, who fell head-over-penny-loafers for the world-famous girl detective in The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse, must help her new sweetheart clear Hannah's name -- and her own -- and restore her sterling reputation. But does Nancy deserve her devotion? Troubling discoveries force Cherry to do some sleuthing of her own to see if Nancy is really the sweet, upstanding girl she seems to be -- or a shameless flirt Mabel Maney's playful parody of 1950s girl adventure books continues in The Case of the Good-for-Nothing Girlfriend. This raucous sequel also stands on its own as a swell introduction to Cherry and her pals, and a food and fashion guide to the glamorous Eisenhower years.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In High Octane Heroes, Delilah Devlin explores women's most lusted after icon: the heroic man in uniform. These stories of romance feature real-life heroes who enter danger zones in the name of duty, honour, country - or maybe love - who conjure images of buff bodies and chiselled good looks. Imagine the Navy SEAL sent on a suicide mission; the damaged Army Ranger home from war; a SWAT team member a human trafficker s den; or the smoke-jumper living next door. These sexy and suspenseful stories of men in uniform are sure to please every reader.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reignite that spark with this little book dedicated to the art of seduction. . . Life is for Loving! From steamy date night suggestions and dirty conversation starters to naughty games and raunchy recipes, this little book is full of ideas to get sparks flying. Whatever inspiration you're looking for in your sex life, this book has got you covered. There will never be another dull moment in your love nest.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Mitzi Szereto's Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray continues where Wilde left off. The story begins in the bordellos of Jazz Age Paris, moving to the opium dens of Marrakesh and the alluring anonymity of South America. Dorian ultimately settles in present-day New Orleans, joining with a group of like-minded beings known as The Night People. Dorian is returned to his humanity when he falls in love with a young woman. She will be his redemption, but she will also be his final curse.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The author of the bestseller Insatiable pens a new book about turning thirty in the adult film trade. Internationally known as a porn star, Asa Akira's perceptive, funny, and straightforward writings on love, sex, death, marriage and celebrity come together in a surprising book of essays. Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The author of the bestseller Insatiable pens a new book about turning thirty in the adult film trade. Internationally known as a porn star, Asa Akira's perceptive, funny, and straightforward writings on love, sex, death, marriage and celebrity come together in a surprising book of essays. Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Phoebe Gloeckner Tens of thousands of men and women around the world keep this classic sex manual on their bedside tables. The completely updated third edition adds new advice, tips, toys and instruction from the US's favourite sex toy store. For all readers - gay, straight, bisexual, young, old, novice, practised, single, partnered, multi-partnered, pregnant, disabled and transgendered.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Sexy Sailors boasts a crew of the hottest men of the sea: navy men, yachtsmen and even a pirate or two. Neil Plakcy, the editor of Surfer Boys (2009), has compiled an irresistible collection of naughty and nautical stories to make this uniquely scintillating anthology. A much lusted-after figure, the seaman is the tanned, toned and rugged hunk of many men's fantasies. Packed full of original, inventive and incredibly sexy writing, Plakcy showcases the best writers in gay erotic fiction today.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Now in its sixth year, with a whole new look, Best Women's Erotica 2005 satisfies even the most sexually voracious reader. Ann Regentin's Just Passing Through tells what happens when a woman decides to disguise herself as a gay man and cruise the local gay bar. In Andrea Miller's Picking Up, a jealous woman listens in on her girlfriend's phone sex job and decides to bring the scene to life. And Alison Tyler's Evian is a classic bad-girl tale: a not-so-innocent young woman with a crush on her boss discovers just the right way to heat up their flirtation -- while only a kitchen window separates them from his wife. These are stories of originality and daring, of longing and satisfaction, from some of the best-known writers of women's erotica.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Phoebe Gloeckner Tens of thousands of men and women around the world keep this classic sex manual on their bedside tables. The completely updated third edition adds new advice, tips, toys and instruction from the US's favourite sex toy store. For all readers - gay, straight, bisexual, young, old, novice, practised, single, partnered, multi-partnered, pregnant, disabled and transgendered.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Experience the Heights of Passion and the Depths of Desire>We've all been thereso taken by a lover that you just can't stop thinking about him. Your imagination runs wild, fueling your fantasies. You feel hot, feverish, out of control. Your only hope of release is to possess and be possessed. In Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women, Rachel Kramer Bussel has curated a gloriously explicit collection of riveting romance with an edge. Whether just-blooming passions, rekindled sparks, or reinvented relationships, these lovers put the object of their obsession first. From the almost-divorced couple in Aftershocks, by Bella Andre, who finally confess their deepest desires during an earthquake to a woman who tells her boyfriend just how much she lusts after another man in Emerald's Then, these lovers push the boundaries of their trust, and are rewarded for taking those risks. Obsessed lovers don't always do what is rational; sometimes they chase their dreams, as in Kayla Perrin's One Night in Paris, across the world and across the landscape of their lovers' bodies. Lustful and literary, Obsessed asks just how far you'll go for the man you love.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Whether you are looking for an introduction to bondage or seeking new heights of erotic delights, The Ultimate Guide to Bondage is the perfect addition to your bookshelf! Are you curious about bondage but nervous about where to start? Bondage doesn't have to be all about whips and chains- it can be a mindfulness activity, a wonderful way to express creativity, and an intimacy generator in the bedroom! Explore the exciting world of bondage, the variety of types that exist, and most importantly- how we use them to connect with our loved ones. Mistress Couple skillfully breaks down the world of bondage into ten distinct realms, including Japanese rope bondage, costume bondage, psychological bondage, self-bondage and more. Each of the realms includes a lesson with historical and practical applications, first-hand accounts, and even DIY tutorials, making this the perfect primer for beginners and a well of inspiration for experienced bondage practitioners.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face when raising their children. Through extensive research and interviews the authors cover gender variance from birth to college. What do you do when your daughter's first sentence is she's a boy? What will happen if your small son wants to wear a dress? Is this just a phase? What do therapists say? Doctors? What is gender anyway? These are just some of the topics raised and discussed, offering a deepr understanding of gender difficulties in children and teens.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face when raising their children. Through extensive research and interviews the authors cover gender variance from birth to college. What do you do when your daughter's first sentence is she's a boy? What will happen if your small son wants to wear a dress? Is this just a phase? What do therapists say? Doctors? What is gender anyway? These are just some of the topics raised and discussed, offering a deepr understanding of gender difficulties in children and teens.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Alan Kaufman has been compared to Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, Hubert Selby Jr., even Ernest Hemmingway-his life reads so much like a great movie that the world of cinema has just optioned his first memoir, Jew Boy, for a feature film. Drunken Angel, his new autobiographical work, drops like a sledgehammer. It is the most gripping, chilling and inspiring account ever written of a life-long battle with alcoholism and the struggle to write. Graphic in its grit, an education in pain, Drunken Angel is being hailed as 'the Naked Lunch of memoirs. 'The book chronicles Kaufman's headlong plunge into the piratical life of a literary drunk, and takes us shamelessly through noirish alleyways of S&M sensuality, forbidden pleasures and pitfalls of adultery, the thrilling horrors of war, plus raging poetry nights, mental illness, homelessness, literary struggle and his strange, magnificent rise into a sobriety of personal triumph as crazily improbable as the famous and notorious figures he meets along the way. Drunken Angel contains revealing portraits of such literary figures as Allen Ginsberg, Kathy Acker, Barney Rosset, Anthony Burgess, Elie Wiesel, Ron Kolm, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jim Feast, Bernard Malamud, Hubert Selby Jr., Bob Holman, Sapphire, not to speak of the gutter dreamers, Nuyorican Poets, Unbearables, Babarians, Slammers, Black foot Indians, commandos, criminals, junkies, renegade cocktail waitresses, hoboes, painters, and a host of others who each in some way, big or small, play their part in peopling the wildly exilerating drama of Kaufman's passionate and exotic life. Whether the addiction be booze, women, violence, writing or fame, Kaufman honors us with an explicit honesty that only a writer of enormous power and artistic greatness can attain, and his life, as Drunken Angel poignantly shows, is a profoundly meaningful quest for truth and spiritual values.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Covering everything readers need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood, this is a fully updated and revised edition. From choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers, this title covers the often daunting gamut of information for lesbian motherhood. Rachel Pepper's lively and easy-to-read guide is the first to go for up-to-date information and sage advice on everything from sex in the sixth month to negotiating family roles. This second edition features new material throughout.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens. Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication begins. The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and solutions, but not insisting on them. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned. He never lectures - he is available but not controlling. He is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever. The available parent is fun and funny, and can bring levity to the most stressful situation. All of that is to say, there are no conditions to his availability - it is absolute.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens. Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication begins. The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and solutions, but not insisting on them. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned. He never lectures - he is available but not controlling. He is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever. The available parent is fun and funny, and can bring levity to the most stressful situation. All of that is to say, there are no conditions to his availability - it is absolute.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. More than ever in this completely updated edition, The Elements of Expression helps word users 'light up the cosmos or the written page or the face across the table' as they seek the radiance of expressiveness-the vivid expression of thoughts, feelings, and observations. Nothing kills radiance like the murky, generic language dominating today's talk, airwaves, and posts. It tugs at our every sentence, but using it to express anything beyond the ordinary is like flapping the tongue to escape gravity. The Elements of Expression offers an adventurous and inspiring flight into words that truly share what's percolating in our minds. Here writers, presenters, students, bloggers-even well intentioned 'Mad Men'-will discover language to convey precise feelings, move audiences, delight and persuade. No snob or scold, the acclaimed word-maven Arthur Plotnik explores the full range of expressiveness, from playful 'tough talk' to finely wrought literature, with hundreds of rousing examples. Confessing that we are all 'like a squid in its ink' when first groping for luminous expression, he shines his amiable wit on the elements leading, ultimately, to language of 'fissionable intensity. '. …