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A Heartwarming Laugh Riot
the funniest, cutest, and the best book ever!!!!!
Disappointing
Boisterous, sweet family fun.
Great reading for ALL ages

The Manny Files
Christian Burch
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

Manny /ma·ne/ n

A male nanny or babysitter, known to be handsome,

fabulous, and a lover of eighties music

"Be interesting."

That's what the manny tells Keats Dalinger the first time he packs Keats's school lunch, but for Keats that's not always the easiest thing to do. Even though he's the only boy at home, it always feels like no one ever remembers him. His sisters are everywhere! Lulu is the smart one, India is the creative one, and Belly . . . well, Belly is the naked one. And the baby. School isn't much better. There, he's the shortest kid in the entire class.

But now the manny is the Dalinger's new babysitter, and things are starting to look up. It seems as though the manny always knows the right thing to do. Not everyone likes the manny as much as Keats does, however. Lulu finds the manny embarrassing, and she's started to make a list of all the crazy things that he does, such as serenading the kids with "La Cucaracha" from the front yard or wearing underwear on his head or meeting the school bus with Belly, dressed as limo drivers. Keats is worried. What if Lulu's "Manny Files" makes his parents fire the manny? Who will teach him how to be interesting then?

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A Heartwarming Laugh Riot.......2007-04-27

I read this book in a day, it was so funny that I couldn't wait to read the next page. I wish I had a Manny growing up, it took me years to remember to be interesting (Read this book and you'll understand what that means). I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to understand the word family. This guy neds to write another book!!!

the funniest, cutest, and the best book ever!!!!!.......2007-04-10

i am 16 and i LOVED this book. Keats was a curious little guy and it was fun to share the experience wtith him wether its the tradegdy of having a family membor dying or dealing with other siblings. He is such a great charector!!!! The nanny is also very delightful. I love that he was gay though i kind of suspected though.Plus keats acted like it was no big deal,that he was gay which is how everyone should act. Trust me i would rate this book like a 1000000 on a scale of 1 to ten. Its not only for kids i would recomend this book to adults also. BUY IT!!!

Disappointing.......2006-11-28

A very disappointing book. On the book jacket, Christian Burch is compared to David Sedaris. That is unfortunate and not very accurate, for that comparison does a large disservice to Mr. Sedaris. Mr. Burch does not share the wit, the intelligence or the literary muscles that Mr. Sedaris has repeatedly displayed.

What could have been an extremely important and vital book -- about growing up, about self-discovery, about remaining true to one's impulses -- becomes clouded in what appears to be a shallow and self-indulgent intent. The story is written from the perspective of a third-grade boy (Keats) but the voice I heard was that of a 40 year old gay man. As a matter of fact, all the characters had the same sort of voice. There was a flippant and catty sense of humor that all the characters shared. All the social references were pulled from the 70' and 80's -- relevent to a 40 year old man and not that of a third-grade boy.

I wish Mr. Burch had spent more time delving into his characters, making them three-dimensional, showing strength and fraility in all the characters (both gay and straight) and less time describing inane moments like the time the Manny's swimsuit slips a bit and reveals "[...] cleavage." He seemed only revel in the thought of throwing as many homosexual references and "surprises" as he can. I was especially let down at the end when I was rooting for a "self-discovering" moment to occur to our hero Keats (it was the final chapter after all) and instead was let in on the fact that the Manny and Uncle Max are a couple. I am not sure how that revelation impacts Keats but Mr. Burch does not seem to care. As a parent, I was rooting for Keats, hoping that he would perhaps accept and reveal a first homosexual impulse, however small. But Mr. Burch focuses only the Manny and Uncle Max at this point. It was a shame. Keats deserved better treatment.

Boisterous, sweet family fun........2006-09-09

It was refreshing to read a kids' book in which the parents were not fuddy-duddies or oppressive or bland nonentities. Yes, it's the manny who brings a lot of silly fun to the kids' lives, Mary Poppins style, but the parents aren't above enjoying it. The family dynamics bring a warm, loving note to the book, too. A family hasn't been this comforting and engaging to read about since the Anastasia Krupnik books, or before that, Elizabeth Enright's Melendy family.

The innocent voice of the eight-year-old narrator has a few bobbles-- things an eight-year-old really would have known, like the word "finances"-- but for the most part, it's the voice of a real kid who just happens to like clothes valets and penny loafers. According to Keats, the world pretty much revolves around Keats, and the narrative remains at his level. The book is delightfully gay, playing on a particular gay culture like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," but like that show it is completely devoid of preaching about being gay. It's a celebration of the characters as individuals and of the fun and the challenges of being a kid.

One of the best books I've read this year.

Great reading for ALL ages.......2006-08-26

I am a psychotherapist and an avid reader. The author's aunt sent me a copy of The Manny Files to see what I thought about it. My husband and I both read it and loved it. It is such an entertaining and well-written book that we purchused 6 more copies to send to family and friends, children and adults. The author captures and describes the childrens' feelings accurately and with a lighthearted touch. It is very uplifting, so it is also perfect for people who are ill or recovering from surgery. We even have a copy for houseguests to read. So far, EVERYONE has said what a great book it is. No one can believe this was the author's first book. We can't wait for his next book.

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Shocking, funny, sexy
Disappointed!
Library book!
Difficult to follow
Was this supposed to be funny???

sex.lies.murder.fame.: A Novel
Lolita Files
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Shocking, funny, sexy.......2007-04-11

I've been a Lolita Files since day one, but was leary of this book because of the title. So unlike "Scenes From A Sistah" and "Getting To The Good Part." I generally don't read books with the word sex in the title because I want to get more out of book than that. The first chapter of this book was just a little too much Beryl, but I guess Ms Files felt like we needed a solid understanding of Beryl and she was right. Though this book is unlike her others (along with Child Of God)I thought it was an excellent page turner and was amazed that the woman who wrote "Scenes From A Sistah" could flip the entire script and invent these characters and add them to paper. Lolita Files is a SERIOUS talent who can write damn near anything you're interested in reading and I hope that this show of skills leads to bigger and better things for her. You go, girl!!!

Disappointed!.......2007-01-12

I consider myself a true fan of Ms Lolita Files, I have been following her career since Scenes from a Sistah and for her to release something like this is disappointing. I haven't even finished the book, because I have yet to understand what it's about. If she released another book I wouldn't hesitate to buy it because I know her talent, she just slipped up on this one.

Library book!.......2006-11-16

I do not like the fact that my book was a library book. If that was the case, I would have went to my own library and got the book. I do like the book but I don't like all the labeling over it. I had to take off stickers from the book!

Difficult to follow.......2006-10-30

I thought the theme of the book was interesting, but the book had too much going on. It had too many characters and the plot was EXTREMELY far out there. The graphic nature of Penn's behavior is sickening. I read another reviewer say that she understood why he was so cruel. I would have to disagree. There is no justification for him being such an arrogant maniac. Also with the technological advances of forensics today wouldn't the police be able to track him down ? The language was a challenge which I liked, but I would not recommend this a read for those who want a "light" read. Too heavy for me :|

Was this supposed to be funny???.......2006-10-03

If so then it deserves 5 stars and all the praise some of the other reviewers gave it. If not then I can only, in good conscience give it 3 stars...and maybe that is being generous. It said on the back flap that this was supposed to be a satire, a satire of what I am not sure though. I enjoyed this book up until about half way through when it just became so preposterous that I kept finding myself laying it down to have a good laugh. Everything about the second half of this book was utterly ridiculous and had the feel as though it was written by someone who does not live in the real world. Also the ending, in my opinion, left a lot to be desired. There were many questions left unanswered and no real feeling of closure.

`SEX.LIES.MURDER.FAME' is the first book by Lolita Files that I have read but despite my particular distaste for this book I do plan to pick up some of her previous works as I hear they are supposed to be very good. The one saving grace for `SEX.LIES.MURDER.FAME' was the prose, Lolita Files is obviously a talented writer who should stick with story lines based somewhat in reality.

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male

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Challenges my understanding of myself
Not Just For Gender Theorists
one man's beautifully written story
Sharp Transgressions
Reading this book was a little like eating candy

The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Max Wolf Valerio
Manufacturer: Seal Press
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Book Description

Max Wolf Valerio crafts a raw, gripping, and poetic account of life before, during, and after injecting testosterone. Valerio's detailed observations about a lesbian transitioning from female to a heterosexual male highlights the physical and emotional differences between women and men, and alternately challenges and confirms readers' assumptions about gender.
The Testosterone Files addresses the most fundamental issues of transitioning, from buying men's underwear to choosing a male name, as well as the profound subjects of male privilege, physical power, and existing as a male who was once distrustful and critical of men's intentions. Valerio's honest and forthcoming opinions on gender, identity, and self-perception comprise the core of this intensely personal and absorbing narrative which grapples with the tough and complex issues that emerge in a world whose assumptions about gender binaries are being increasingly challenged as more people openly self-define across the gender spectrum.

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Challenges my understanding of myself.......2006-10-11

Before I even opened the book to start reading it, I was already coming to it filled with particular expectations. I actually think that we often/always approach books, among other things, in this manner. In this case, though, I was fortunate enough to be aware of what those expectations were from the beginning. In particular, given Valerio's past associations with This Bridge Called My Back and This Bridge We Call Home, I was looking forward to race and feminism being figured in more centrally in The Testosterone Files than other FTM texts (memoir and otherwise).

While by no means have I exhausted the entire genre, I'd have to say that in my readings thus far, I've been hard-pressed to find a FTM text that leaves me feeling satisfied with its treatment of race. So, admittedly, The Testosterone Files had a lot to live up to...perhaps too much.

Frankly, I'm torn...I'm definitely glad to have read the book, as well as to own it. I will proudly display it on my bookshelf (where self space is at a high premium). As a trans text, I think that its focus on testosterone (as opposed to surgery) helps to stretch the boundaries of the genre, and of how we think about trans itself. Like other FTM texts, there is much focus on the body and its physical transformations, but because the emphasis isn't on surgery it offers something to those readers who either want to transition without surgery, or simply have to transition and live without surgery due to other constraints (e.g., affordability, or lack thereof).

Even though Valerio makes clear in the text that he experienced discomfort with his breasts, and that it was because of the lack of being able to afford top surgery that he hadn't had surgery (well, until he wrote this book!), the need for surgery becomes an undertone in the text--ever present but not overwhelmingly so. Instead, what dominates is talk about testosterone.

"The hormones really work."

It's a realization that Valerio seems taken aback by. He writes, "The hormones...I'd read about testosterone and its dramatic effects in his [Lou Sullivan's] booklet, but I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that it could be this good. This transformation is a miracle" (103).

Like other similar texts, Valerio describes the changes his physical body undergoes as he begins to inject testosterone--the disappearance of his extra fat, the coarsening texture of his hair, the changes in his skin. Interestingly, Valerio also describes the changes his bodily emotions undergo with the effects of testosterone. I say bodily emotions here because Valerio makes clear that it's not just about emotions disconnected from his body, but precisely the way in which his body, because of its changing chemistry, processes emotions differently than it once did, ultimately resulting in different physical manifestations of those emotions.

Specifically, he finds that testosterone has limited his ability to physically cry as he once did, and instead has increased his aggressiveness. When I first encountered these testimonials of his about how women are biologically predisposed to cry and men to fight, something in me tightened. My initial reaction was to get defensive and to wonder how a text that I thought would be so feminist could so blatantly reinforce traditional gender stereotypes. Then I remembered that there are grains of truth in most stereotypes, and that what was important was to not overcompensate by trying to make the argument that not all women cry at the drop of a hat, or that men can cry, but rather to respect and honor Valerio's experiences. In this way, The Testosterone Files, has been invaluable to me in challenging my understanding of myself as a feminist, gently helping me to grow further into the kind of feminism that inspired me from the beginning--one that not only prized difference, but saw our power coming from those very differences (thanks Audre Lorde!).

As I said earlier, however, despite the ways in which The Testosterone Files added to my knowledge and understanding of another man's transformation, I was disappointed that race wasn't a more central issue throughout the text. There are moments when Valerio writes about his Native heritage, about his mother and being on the reserve, about passing as white at some times, and Latino at others, but these are but moments, and conversations about race don't seem to be sustained throughout.

In the end, I feel like the book Valerio wanted to write about was about testosterone above all else. In that respects, he succeeded. The book I wanted Valerio to have written was about negotiating racial and feminist consciousness and politics in a context of FTM transition. I recognize that my disappointments in The Testosterone Files are not Valerio's failings, but rather signs of my own longings.

Not Just For Gender Theorists.......2006-06-20

Calling The Testosterone Files "insightful" seems like an act of superlative understatement. This memoir is amazing. Not only has Valerio lived as different genders, not only is he a thoughtful and observant chronicler, but he has the writing chops to make this memoir a pleasure to read.

I hope readers of this book are not limited to the transgendered community -- Valerio's observations should interest anyone of any gender, sex, and orientation. As an aspiring female writer, I found The Testosterone Files a help in creating more believable male characters. I imagine this memoir could help members of heterosexual couples to better understand each other.

The Testosterone Files does what all great memoirs do -- introduces us to another human life with unflinching honesty and self-examination.

one man's beautifully written story.......2006-05-26

Valerio's experiences are different from mine, and he understands some of those experiences that we have in common differently than I do. At times, I think he attributes more of his experiences to hormones, and thus to biological differences between women and men, than is justified by any evidence he presents, and probably by any evidence that could be presented. How can we tell, for just one example, what combination of factors leads to the experience he and I shared of finding it much more difficulty to cry after starting testosterone? In those respects, this is an average transsexual autobiography. But, overall, this book is no ordinary transsexual autobiography. It is beautifully written, it is witty, it evokes in me admiration for his perserverance in pursuing not only his personal need to transition but also his goal of getting the book published, and adds to the many reasons I have to hope that transsexuality will be easier for those who take this route in this future. Just the quality of Valerio's prose alone sets this book above the rest. On a more community-minded level, he neither engages in the hardening of definitions, nor in the opposing tendency to revel in a kind of gender free-for-all, that puts so many people off from exploring trans options for themselves. Instead, we are given one man's account of his own experiences, nothing more, and, more importantly given the quality of his writing, nothing less.

Sharp Transgressions.......2006-05-25

As a child I was told that God never makes mistakes. Tampering with His work is a terrible sin. Max Wolf Valerio is a terrible, talented sinner. What I liked most about his book, The Testosterone Files, is the thread of poetic nuance that wafts through his prose like the smell of sulphur accompanying a matchstrike. This transexual can write!

Max was a rebel long before he became a man. His gender change seems to me a natural expression of his punk asthetic. Only now the spikes are turned inward. One cc of testosterone injected every two weeks is a potent safety pin. Lyrics from such artists as Iggy Pop and the Feederz punctuate his transition. No Chris and Tret here.

Max is intelligent, perceptive and handsome. Although I enjoyed his book throughly, I was more than a little wistful seeing the pre-transition photo of his former self as Anita - a gorgeous Native-American chick with asian eyes, a delicate, narrow face, and pretty lips. This is a woman I could rob banks with.

But Max sent her packing and stands in her place unblinking, with a gun in his pants. After finishing this book I think either God indeed makes mistakes or, God is a punk too.

My hope for humanity is that the printed word will continue to be this dangerous.

Reading this book was a little like eating candy.......2006-05-24

Reading this book was a little like eating candy, in that I wanted to gobble it up all at once and at the same time, read it slowly, savoring every word. The gobble won, and it was gone all too soon.

Firstly, I want to echo all of what Pen Name said about it. Yes, that review was all true and right on.

Secondly, I want to add that as a transman, it was very validating and perhaps normalizing to have so much of what I've experienced in transition described with a depth and accuracy that's been missing when I talk with other transmen about it.

When i asked my partner to read the book and give me her take on it, she complained that she'd already watched me go through transition and there was nothing new to be gleaned. Nevertheless, she started paging through it, wound up reading the whole thng and concluded by saying it helped her understand me better and also, better understand the essentail differences between men and women.

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Confidential File 101 (Dr. Carter)
Frank Carr , and Patrick Sutter
Manufacturer: Anglehart Pr
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Confidential File 101 is the first book of a series that presents scientific information about sex. More specifically, Confidential File 101 provides you with clinically proven techniques to prolong intercourse up to 45 minutes. It contains extremely useful tips and easy-to-learn skills that have helped thousands of men to delay their ejaculation and please their partner.

Confidential File 101 reads like a novel. As you follow the adventures of Michael Lancaster, the main character of the book, you will become familiar with the techniques necessary to prolong your pleasure. You will be taught which muscles to use during sex to delay your ejaculation. You will learn the proper way to move your body and breathe. And you will discover surefire methods to control your sexual excitement and to satisfy your partner. In a nutshell, you will last longer and become a much better lover!

The invaluable information and cutting-edge techniques found in Confidential File 101 have been applied by Drs. Carr & Sutter in their clinical practices with premature ejaculators for the past fifteen years. These innovative techniques have also been successfully tested in various research projects conducted in universities across North America and Europe.

Confidential File 101 is a sex-informative novel that entertains the reader while addressing various issues in the field of human sexuality. It all starts with Michael Lancaster, a West Coast television personality and very eligible bachelor who suffers from premature ejaculation. His sexual difficulty impacts him even more severely as he meets and becomes seriously involved with beautiful young Vanessa Andressen.

When Vanessa becomes fully aware of Michael's problem, she decides to leave him. As a result, Michael makes the fateful decision to seek advice from a sex therapist. He consults Dr. Carter who assists him in developing his full sexual potential with the latest therapeutic interventions in sexology. While the plot and characters are fictional, all sexological data and techniques are factual, based on experimental research and the authors' own clinical cases.

Interwoven into the story is Michael's preoccupation with discovering the motive and criminals behind the assassination of Senator Davidson. He encounters beautiful women and faces many dangers along the way. This intrigue and Vanessa's ill-fated assignment to Africa keeps you turning the pages right to the end. And as the story unfolds, you become informed about the most recent breakthroughs in the treatment of premature ejaculation.

Many books have been written on sex. However, Confidential File 101 is the first sex-informative novel in the world. It is also one of the first books to have been scientifically tested before being published. And this is the first time the information found within this book has been disclosed.

Confidential File 101 presents new discoveries and proven techniques in sexology and uses a very effective learning approach to make people boost their sex life. The information it contains is based on scientific research and clinical studies. The learning methods are straightforward and convincingly built into the story line.

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"They Swindled Their Way To The Top".......2006-06-26

The best way to look back on old Sex Pistols' articles. This has everything you would want in newspaper clippings on the Pistols. It is like having a book of newspaper clippings without the chance of the paper clippings ripping or browning. The best way to have a piece their of legacy.

"With any luck, we're in for a dirty weekend.".......2004-07-12

"The Sex Pistols File" looks rather like a scrapbook--except it's professionally bound. The book is full of press cuttings and photographs of the band from 1976 until the band's demise in 1978, and there are even a few pages 'post Pistol'. The oversize pages include interviews with the band members, mothers of the band members, and many headlines from the times. Articles appear from a number of magazines and newspapers and include dozens of black and white photos. Some of the more memorable headlines include stories about record contracts, the Thames boat trip to commemorate the Jubilee, Bill Grundy's suspension after interviewing the Pistols, and the death of Nancy Spungen. Including the press cuttings of events as they happened really manages to effectively recreate the social impact of the band at the time, and the horror with which they were received by some segments of the population. Several critics who had never seen Punk Rock, watched the Pistols perform, and didn't know quite how to respond. "The Sex Pistols File" is an excellent collection of media interpretation of the band, and, as such, the book is an essential item for fans--displacedhuman

Perfect for a fan.......2000-04-01

I bought this book in Boston when I was in eighth grade, back in the mid eighties. At the time I was really into the Sex Pistols, and things like this book were hard to find. The book is basically comprised of photographs and newspaper clippings, beginning with the birth of the Sex Pistols, with Glen Matlock, up until Sid's death and Johnny's next band, Public Image, Ltd. If you want to see the actual photos and learn about the band, then this book is for you. I know that there is a lot of Sex Pistols stuff out there right now, but this book is really worth getting. All the legendary stuff is in here, including pictures from the infamous Bill Grundy interview, where you can see a very young Siouxsie Sioux. If you're into the Pistols, buy this book.

Sex Sadists (From the Files of a True Detective)

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Sex Sadists (From the Files of a True Detective)
David Jacobs
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Sex. Lies. Murder. Fame.
Lolita Files
Manufacturer: Armistad
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HZ4XEC

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So-So
Sizzling! Very highly recommended
Sizzling! Very highly recommended

The Sex Files (Harlequin Blaze, No 67)
Jule McBride
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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Binding: Paperback

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Customer Reviews:

So-So.......2003-07-27

A perfectly good little book, but missing that, "oh, my!" factor that I ususally associate with books in the Blaze series.

Sizzling! Very highly recommended.......2003-01-04

A bullet almost claims Peggy Fox's life when she surprises her FBI fiancé and bank robber Susan Jones in bed. As soon as she opened the door, Susan had rolled over, retrieved Miles' revolver and fired off a shot, but not before Peggy saw the suitcase full of money nearby. Now she is on the run, and criminal profiler Oliver Vargo, author and FBI expert, is her only hope. But circumstances spiral out of control, and she finds herself in a steamy encounter even before she can enlist his aid.

A reporter publicly challenges Oliver to take the information from the Sex Files-the facts of the most erotic behavior in North America-and run through the new profile software used by the FBI. The result would be the likeness of the sexiest men and women of America. The female result is a woman that captures Oliver's imagination with the fictional name of Cameron. She titillates his fantasies, and shocks him when he glimpses her in real life. Unfortunately, she disappears after an erotic encounter that rocks his world.

Sizzling! Very highly recommended.......2003-01-04

Author Jule McBride pens a fast paced romp of betrayal and exploration in THE SEX FILES. Mistaken identity leads Oliver and Peggy through a mesmerizing cat and mouse game rich with sensual pleasure and rife with desperate secrets. Peggy inadvertent concealing of her identity allows for out of character impetuousness even as she desperately needs Oliver's help. Oliver's blend of fantasy and reality adds an element of playful confusion as he follows over Manhattan, determined to track her down even as FBI profiling adds an unexpected twist to the tale. A sizzling read, THE SEX FILES comes very highly recommended.

365 Ways to Improve Your Sex Life: From the Files of the Playboy Advisor
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Pleasant and fun to read.

Disorganized, shallow and even dangerous

Marginal

Comprehensive, mind-expanding!!!

Yet another shameless self promotion from Playboy

365 Ways to Improve Your Sex Life: From the Files of the Playboy Advisor
Jim Petersen
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Pleasant and fun to read........2000-11-18

Goo reading material. Adventurous people share their secrets to great seductive and provocative sex. It's a good source book that provides lots of unique little sex tricks. Great book.

Disorganized, shallow and even dangerous.......2000-05-14

This is the first time that my doubts about a book began when I read the introduction in which he dedicates the book to his wife "who needs no such assistance". The impication for the rest of us is dubious.

Some of the advice offered seems interesting, some of it seems OK and some of it seems outright dangerous. I do not recommend that a man use a vacuum cleaner as a masturbation aid or that he receive oral sex while driving a car. When the author is asked if performing oral sex on a man while driving a car is dangerous he says that that is only true if its the woman who is driving!

This book has something of a hastily-slapped-together quality to it. Actually it appears that the author got "inspired" by "Tricks" author Jay Wiseman and decided to do a very similar book because Wiseman's book wasn't at the time very well distributed and which Peterson seems to be subtly trying to steer the reader away from.

I guess what bothers me about this book is its overall sense of shallowness. I get the feeling that the author doesn't really respect sex (and he works for Playboy! ) and therefore he doesn't really respect his reader. I expected better from the Playboy Advisor.

For good books try The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex, 150 Sex Games for Couples, The Guide to Getting It On and Tricks: More Than 125 Ways To Make Good Sex Better.

Marginal.......2000-05-11

While the book has some interesting ideas in it, I was appalled at a handful of them, such as #59 (putting an Alka Seltzer in a woman's vagina) and #104 (geting head while driving a car). I would never place a carbonated item inside a woman's vagina, nor would I want to be receiving oral sex while trying to drive! Ideas like these, despite the author's claims to the contrary are plain dangerous.

The comment on one trick that "large-breasted women are more sexually experienced than smaller breasted women" also bothered me. Does the author or the person who came up with that trick know this from personal experience? I certainly haven't found this to be true in my own experiences.

If you're looking for ways to spice up your sex life, there are numerous other books out there to read, like the Sex Toy Tricks series by Jay Wiseman, Bondage On A Budget, or even the Sex for Dummies book.

I'll pass on this one, thank you.

Comprehensive, mind-expanding!!!.......1998-07-13

After reading the first reviewer, I beg to differ with that person's viewpoint. ESO is a great book that has never enjoyed much critical acclaim and this book talks about techniques from it and recommends it in their very GOOD reading List in the back! I think the reading list alone would make the cost of the book reasonable! In this age of Sex for Dummies and such, it is good to know that an old and trusted friend, confidante, counselour, and even tittilator like Playboy would come up with a tasty buffet of ideas,tips, tricks, skills, techniques, and just fun stuff on the issue of love and sex! Sometimes you just have to go with your instincts and keep an open mind! They also give kudos to the Good Ladies at Good Vibrations! I wonder if the reviewer ever tried any of the suggestions? This is a keeper of a book! -ed saunders-

Yet another shameless self promotion from Playboy.......1998-03-12

The only really worthwhile information I got from this book was about the coat hangers. The rest of the book is littered with the same self important tripe Playboy is famous for. Anything for another buck. If you want to know how pygmy s use goat eyelashes for sex, or the dozen plus different definitions of Venus butterfly then buy this book. If you actual want to improve your love life try sitting down and TALKING to your partner.

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