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Cover art for A BILLION WICKED THOUGHTS
NONFICTION
Released: May 5, 2011

"An enjoyable, exhaustive and often insightful look at what turns us on--sure to excite readers."
An in-depth look at the variety of forms in which human sexual desire manifests, based on an analysis of 500 million people and their anonymous--thus, likely truthful--online revelations. Read full book review >
Cover art for ONE NATION UNDER SEX
NONFICTION
Released: April 26, 2011

"Otherwise, this book mostly titters and snickers at the back of the class."
Of prurient politicians and pulsating presidents. Read full book review >
Cover art for SEX AND THE RIVER STYX
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2011

"Eloquent musings from a master."
From the acclaimed essayist, novelist and travel writer, more deeply profound essays on the conditions of the natural world. Read full book review >
Cover art for HOW SEX WORKS
NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2009

"An accessible presentation of sex not just as a necessary means to protect our species, but also a vital part of a culture structured around love and pleasure."
Moalem (Survival of the Sickest, 2007) explores the social human from a sexual perspective, concluding that the evolution of sexuality can teach us a lot about behavior. Read full book review >
Cover art for MY PARENTS ARE SEX MANIACS
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2009

Eleventh grader Louise Harrison's comfortably self-centered existence turns chaotic when her younger brother discovers their father receiving fellatio from Louise's best friend Sienna's mother (a plot development that leads to the cringe-inducingly frequent use of the phrase "blow job"). Read full book review >
Cover art for A POCKET HISTORY OF SEX IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2009

"Effectively employing the author's fiction-writing talents to tell her life story, this memoir will likely cause readers to seek out her novels."
Novelist Vandenburgh (The Physics of Sunset, 1999, etc.) writes lyrically about her chaotic life. Read full book review >