Books: Other Sex Books

by Tristan Taormino
Whether you’re just beginning to explore open relationships or you’ve been living a polyamorous life for years, Tristan Taormino’s Opening Up will offer you something valuable in your quest for loving, lasting connections. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over a hundred women and men, Opening Up explores the real-life benefits and challenges of all styles of open relationships, from partnered non-monogamy to solo polyamory. With her refreshingly down-to-earth style and sharp wit, Taormino offers tips on dealing with jealousy, negotiating boundaries, finding community, parenting, and time management. Opening Up is an invaluable resource that’ll change the way you think about intimacy.

• Binding Style: Paperback
• Type: Sex Info/How-To
• Number of Pages: 343
• Copyright: 2008

by Staci Haines
Overcome sexual trauma with gentle, transformative, and empowering techniques from the fantastic Healing Sex book. Transcend the limits of talk therapy with a sophisticated mind-body-spirit approach that allow women survivors of sexual assault (of all orientations, single, or coupled) to reclaim their own desires by reconnecting with their physical selves. This edition is an updated version of the formerly titled Survivor’s Guide to Sex by sex educator/somatic healer Staci Haines.

• Binding Style: Paperback
• Type: Sex Info/How-to
• Number of Pages: 267
• Copyright: 2007

Knot here! Knot now! You’ll be tying folks up faster and better thanks to step-by-step instructions and over 750 photos that teach how to turn basic knots into safe, captivating and sexy bondage. World-famous photographer Larry Utley captures every moment as bondage pros Dan and J.D. replicate the how-tos they learned teaching rope workshops. All you have to do is follow along—the book even opens flat so you can use both hands to tie knots as you read. Old pros and newcomers alike will glean tips, ideas and inspiration from the excellent techniques and dazzling photographs.

• Binding Style: Paperback
• Type: Instructional
• Number of Pages: 70 pages
• Copyright: 2006

Up your sexual quotient along with your IQ reading this hip and hilarious Kama-Sutra inspired book created by the smart, sexy folks at Nerve.com. Every day of the year features a different position; plus difficulty ratings, how many calories you can burn, and a place for notes. Makes a great gift.

• Style: Paperback
• Type: Instructional, Non-fiction
• Number of pages: 376
• Copyright: 2005

by Cathy Winks and Anne Semans
Mom, learn how to have it all—sex, sanity, and sleep—from this refreshing guide to mothers’ sexuality. You’ll find all sorts of reassuring tips on everything from rekindling a flagging libido to planning for intimacy to sex advice for single moms. New moms and moms-to-be, as well as their partners, will all benefit from the authors’ inclusive approach. An excellent gift for that next baby shower.