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Book SynopsisDiscover the empowering truth about your body from Dr. Sarah E. Hill, the leading researcher on women?s hormones. Part science and part feminist guide, this essential book demystifies the hormonal cycle, PMS, and PMDD, and advocates for a new understanding of women?s health.Do you ever wish you could skip the week or two leading up to your period?You aren?t alone?most women feel like they are riding a horrible premenstrual roller coaster every month that leaves them feeling emotional, bloated, tired, anxious, and even unsexy. Dr. Sarah E. Hill, an award-winning researcher who has spent two decades studying women?s psychology and health, explains why we feel so universally icky before our periods and?more importantly?what to do about it.The problem isn?t that women are hormonal; the problem is that the second half of the menstrual cycle?the luteal phase, when the hormone progesterone rises and estrogen decreases?has been systematically excluded by science. Progesterone is at the heart of every feeling we associate with PMS: it affects our daily sleep and calorie needs (hello, cravings!); whom we?re attracted to; our sex drive; and?as every woman can attest?our mood. Because the luteal phase is understudied, every bit of health, diet, relationship, and exercise advice you?ve followed is based on that first, estrogen-glow half of the month or, worse, was designed for men. The rules that work for us in the first two weeks of the cycle don?t always fit in the second, causing most of us to spend half the month following advice that is completely at odds with the way our bodies work at this time. It?s no wonder we feel awful!The Period Brain is a science-tested roadmap to understanding PMS and PMDD, and your ultimate guide to having a better period by making shifts to the way you eat, sleep, exercise, and socialize in the luteal phase. Discover how to take better care of yourself and your body, no matter when your period is due.

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Book SynopsisDr. Bat Sheva Marcus believes a healthy, fulfilling sex life is a right for all women. But many women don''t quite believe that themselves; they think that a diminished sex drive is natural, pain during sex is to be expected, and no orgasms?...well, too bad! As a veteran sex therapist, Dr. Marcus has seen everything and knows firsthand that all that is rubbish.Most of the books you find on how to have a good sex life focus on emotional intimacy and behavior--or, like the Cosmo quizzes say, sexy lingerie and a beach vacation. But there''s more to it than that. For most women, while there are relationship and emotional components that are critical to a healthy sex life, there is also a hefty physiological or medical component driving their desire. And until you know what''s really going on, all the lingerie and sexy couples'' time won''t really help. Your sex life is complex, made up many different aspects of your life; these variables shift and change over time--and a

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Book SynopsisIn this refreshingly honest book, the 'Queen of Vibrators' and the 'Orthodox Sex Guru' shares her easy, proven system to help women have a healthy, robust sex life.  Myth: Great sex comes naturally, and when it doesn’t, there is something wrong.Fact: Sex is a gift that takes work. Like exercise or eating right, it also takes practice and know-how. “Queen of Vibrators” Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus believes a healthy, robust, fulfilling sex life is a right for all women. And after twenty years as a sex therapist, Dr. Bat Sheva knows that there’s more to sex than lingerie and beach vacations. Satisfaction Guaranteed is the first book that helps you identify and analyze for yourself what factors are affecting your sex life. Using Dr. Bat Sheva’s revolutionary Sex Points Assessment, you can pinpoint what’s keeping you from the great sex you deserve by looking at where you’re scoring low in four key areas: pain, arousal, libido, and orgasm. And then she’ll help you get points back in each of those areas! Your sex life is complex, unique to you, and affected by psychological, medical, and emotional variables. If you think that a diminished sex drive is natural, pain is expected, and no orgasms is no problem—prepare to have your world rocked. Covering everything from how to choose a vibrator to recapturing orgasms, understanding hormones, to rekindling lust, embracing taboo fantasies, and parsing complicated relationships, to what sex really means (hint: it's not just intercourse), Satisfaction Guaranteed is a comprehensive, revelatory, I-didn’t-know-it-could-be-this-good guide for every woman, at every age, in every situation.  A Fun, Healthy, Fulfilling Sex Life is Your Right!And Satisfaction Guaranteed will get you there.

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Book SynopsisWho says money can’t buy you love? Issued by the “World Bank of Savings and Love” these playful checks offer a diverse portfolio of options for the shy and adventurous alike, with fill-in-the-blanks and check-box prompts. The checkbook includes 30 IOUs and 30 UOMEs, making it easy for you to get back what you give. Best of all, these checks are guaranteed not to bounce (unless you’re into that)!

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Book SynopsisWhen OUR BODIES, OURSELVES was first published in 1970, it was the first book to give women truthful, complete information about their sexual and reproductive health. Today, our understanding of sexuality and health are radically different--yet there''s no similar book that synthesises a progressive understanding of gender, ability, identity and size. Until now.EVERY BODY is the first radically inclusive compendium of stories, essays, interviews, and art about sex. These deeply personal stories--covering topics as varied as first times, being in an open relationship, learning to accept hairy butts and extra nipples, accidental pregnancies, sex toys, pleasure, fears, traumas, and more--take the stigmatised topics and questions we''ve all had but have always been afraid to ask, and turn them into words of guidance, confidence, and community. And in between, there are interviews with and essays by experts--a counsellor at Planned Parenthood, a high school health teacher, a cler

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Book SynopsisAn Uncensored Conversation About Sex and Self from the Creators of the Top-Rated Guys We F*cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast''They are the voices of a new generation of women for whom no sexual encounter is off limits'' Times MagazineComedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson started Guys We F*cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast in 2013, intending to interview guys they''d slept with to learn more about themselves and squash the stigma so often associated with sexual women. As the podcast grew, and Corinne and Krystyna got to know their fans, stories of sexual assault, verbal and emotional abuse and crippling shame became common topics of discussion along with those humorous conversations highlighting overall sexual confusion among many adults. The podcast is now a community of over a million listeners worldwide and a place where any and all taboo sex topics are discussed freely, both with celebrity guests and the real peoplTrade ReviewCorinne and Krystyna know more about fucking than I do-and I know *everything* about fucking. Buy this book, fuckers! -- DAN SAVAGE, author, sex columnist, and host of Savage LovecastSex is so much more than the missionary position. F*CKED is necessary literature for the people of tomorrow. Read this book, open your mind, & feel shame no more. -- AMBER ROSE, activist, author, model, entrepreneur, and pop culture mavenCorinne and Krystyna do the most brilliant, honest and smart anti slut-shaming stuff. For their legions of fans, they do much more than entertain: they really help. They are great and so is this book. -- JON RONSON documentary filmmaker and New York Times bestselling author of So You’ve Been Publicly ShamedLoved it. Whether you're a nice Irish boy (like myself) or a lowlife pervert (like myself) or some combination, this book will help you get real (and like yourself). -- COLIN QUINN, comedian and authorI smell a hit! -- DAVE ATTELL, comedian, actor, and writerCorinne and Krystyna are funny, sexy, and really sexy. They get to the heart of the matter. Or should I say the cock of the matter. Just read the damn book, and get ready to masturbate...or cry. -- ANDY DICK, comedian, actor, and television and film producer

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Book SynopsisOn sex, cars, sport, relationships and communication and on the remote control, the women have the men pretty well sized up. This title offers a collection of quick and witty one-liners on the subject of what the female of the species thinks about the male.

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Book Synopsis A psychologist and bestselling author redefines love and sex addiction as a spectrum disorder, and offers a new approach for healing.  For anyone who has wonderedWhy does everyone else seem to be able to make romantic relationships work, and I can’t?What’s wrong with me?Why is love so hard?Psychologist and bestselling memoirist Kerry Cohen is all too familiar with the questions she often hears from her clients—and has asked herself. Even though sex and love are some of the most universal, sought-after experiences we have, many of us lack the tools and understanding to approach them in a healthy way. Without knowing it, many people struggling with sex and love actually fall somewhere on the spectrum of sex and love addiction (SLA). Sex and love addiction is still wildly misunderstood. It’s shrouded in secrecy and shame, and many counselors lack the training to address it—leaving people who need help without resources. Yet SLA isn’t a binary of you are or you aren’t, rather, it’s a spectrum. Kerry Cohen knows this all too well as both a therapist and someone who identifies on the SLA spectrum. Based on research and her own clinical experience, Crazy for You dives into SLA and provides an inclusive framework for understanding relationships, along with practical exercises and advice for self-assessment, discovery, and healing: Part one explains the sex and love addiction spectrum, helping you determine where you fall on it and how you got there Part two introduces strategies for breaking the spell of sex and love addiction, like behavior modifications and self-awareness techniques Part three teaches you how to navigate healthy, safe, and fulfilling relationships

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Book SynopsisOnce again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating journey - this time through the hidden sexual history of England

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