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    <![CDATA[The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure (Ultimate Guides Series)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Many people enjoy giving and receiving cunnilingus, but where do you turn when you want to learn more about oral sex or ways to introduce it into a relationship? The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus is a resource for people who are looking to expand their expertise or are simply curious. In her clear, concise, and informative text, sex educator Violet Blue provides step-by-step instructions for going down on a woman, as well as accurate and up-to-date information on female anatomy and response. In her friendly, witty tone, Blue dispatches fascinating facts and discusses games for lovers, positions, safety, a variety of techniques, erotic book and video recommendations, and tips for effectively communicating with a partner.  ]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;The secret is out: Women watch porn. A recent study by<em> Glamour</em> magazine found that 87 percent of women ages 25 to 39 enjoy porn as part of their self-defined healthy sexual lifestyles — even more than use sex toys.<br/>In<em> The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn,</em> acclaimed sex educator Violet Blue offers hip, friendly, and knowledgeable advice on bringing porn into your sex life: how to find porn you’ll like, from favorite turn-ons and women-friendly DVDs to Podcasts and porn groups on the web; how to reconcile fantasy with real-life desires; and how smart girls can maintain their own beauty standards when the people on screen seem impossibly buff, smooth, and surgically enhanced. Looking for authentic sex scenes? Thinking of sharing porn with a lover? Wonder which browser is safest for internet porn surfing? For answers and insight, zoom in on<em> The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn.</em>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasure (Ultimate Guides Series)]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;With wit, expertise, and an enthusiastic approach, the author of The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus dispels myths and delivers concise information on going down on a man. Featuring a complete resource guide to books, videos, illustrations, and websites depicting fellatio, every tip, trick, and technique for giving skilled and unforgettable fellatio is provided. From talking to your partner about fellatio to male pleasure spots and sexual response, Violet Blue covers rimming, shaving, positions, oral sex games for couples, flavored lubricants, sex toys, and a plethora of oral techniques. Original, unpublished erotic vignettes by Alison Tyler are sure to get readers in the mood for trying out these tips.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Best Women's Erotica 2007]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;All steamed up and nothing to read? <em>Best Women’s Erotica 2007</em> opens a Pandora’s box of pleasures, with scorching encounters, dreamy partners, and heart-pounding thrills that won’t put a run in your fishnets (and a few that will). In Teresa Noelle Roberts’s “Voice of an Angel,” an opera costumer helplessly infatuated with a countertenor — a man who sings a female part in baroque opera —makes interesting discoveries as she measures his inseam. In Susie Hara’s “Puffy Lips,” a refined woman indulges her primitive urge to take what she wants from a modern-day caveman in a dark alley. Kathleen Bradean’s “Chill” describes the lengths to which the heroine will go to enact her unusual, icy fetish at an exclusive “spa.” “Kink was the candy coating that made sex tastier,” she explains. “Fetish was sweet dark chocolate, straight up.” Stylishly edited by sex guru Violet Blue, the <em>Best Women’s Erotica</em> series showcases the most daring, best-written erotica available. And, like a gorgeous lover, it complements any bedroom decor.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[Taboo: Forbidden Fantasies for Couples]]>
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    <![CDATA[Do try this at home!     <p>Taboo will feed you erotic stories of forbidden desire like fingerfuls of warm chocolate dripping onto your tongue. Here are twenty-two superbly written erotic stories featuring couples who want it so bad they can taste it—and they do, making their most taboo erotic fantasies come true.     <p>What is your deepest, darkest, sweetest, most stunningly wicked fantasy?     <p>The couples whose naughtiest fantasies play out within these pages are comitted to each other without question. They push the limits of sex, lust, and the imagination as far as they can to please each other. Taboo delivers enough heat to inspire you to try out your own fantasies at home, in the office, or…?</p></p></p>]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
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    <![CDATA[Best Sex Writing 2005]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Best-selling author Violet Blue searched the country and found the most stunning and brave sexual nonfiction writing of the year. <em>Best Sex Writing 2005</em> includes pieces from more than 20 cutting-edge sex writers, including Michelle Tea, Carol Queen, Annalee Newitz, and Patrick Califia.<br/><br/>The author<em> (Ultimate Guide to Fellatio, Ultimate Guide to Cunnlingus, Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy)</em> and erotica editor<em> (Taboo,</em> the<em> Sweet Life</em> series), Violet Blue turns her sights to nonfiction in<em> Best Sex Writing 2005,</em> first in a new series from Cleis Press. With Cleis&#8217;s trademark sharp, provocative editing and packaging,<em> Best Sex Writing 2005</em> is destined to become an annual favorite.<em> Best Sex Writing 2005</em> offers a swirling, multi-colored microcosm of American sexual practices and attitudes. Whether visiting a New York gay sex club, an L.A. escort agency, a Bronx sex ed. class, or a sex workers&#8217; enclave south of the border, Violet Blue takes readers on a tour they won&#8217;t soon forget.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;The sales of books about sexual fantasy aimed at heterosexual couples prove how determined readers are to hold onto that erotic spark. But most of these books underestimate the literary refinement of their readers. Good Vibrations sex educator Violet Blue corrects that trend, showcasing imaginative, sophisticated stories to arouse and renew readers&#8217; sexual explorations. Sweet Life collects 25 erotic tales guaranteed to inspire newlyweds and long-term partners alike.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Lust: Erotic Fantasies by Women]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Who can live without lust? All day and night, our minds run through delicious possibilities — a silky hand beckoning us into the VIP lounge; a stranger in the backseat; the hunky FedEx driver bringing his package to the door — not to mention our own lascivious memories.<em> Lust</em> is a collection of erotica by and for women, a fierce and joyous celebration of female desire — and the triple-X trouble it gets us into. In Kay Jaybee’s “Tied to the Kitchen Sink,” a birthday boy finds his present — nude except for tall, high-heeled boots — happily devoted to domestic duties. Maria Grigoriadis’s “Pleasant Surprise” shows what can happen when you knock on the wrong apartment door — without your panties. And Bonnie Dee’s “Ripe Fruit” teasingly elaborates the sweet, sticky encounter of a soap opera idol and a fruit-stand employee on a stretch of rural roadside. Let the witty and provocative Violet Blue, best-selling writer, sex columnist for the<em> San Francisco Chronicle</em> and host of the popular podcast<em> Open Source Sex,</em> lead you down a primrose path to a forest of wicked, lustful surprises.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>244</ratings_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2007</published>
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        <book>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide for Couples]]>
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    <![CDATA[Most fetishists have healthy, happy sex lives with their lovers in the style of sex that their lovers prefer and must partition off their sexual fetishes from their relationships. This can be isolating, but no one needs to feel lonely in a relationship, or feel confused about getting their needs met. This guide is for understanding and making the most of your--or your lover's--fetish, and learning that normal sex is exactly the kind of sex you enjoy.]]>
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    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>244</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>43</text_reviews_count>
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    <id>99622</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Thomas Roche]]></name>
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    <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>49</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>7</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
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        <book>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[Best Women's Erotica 2009]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;<em>Best Women’s Erotica 2009</em> is erotica by women, for women — contemporary, realistic, and explicit. Editor and best-selling author Violet Blue knows what women are looking for in an erotic anthology, and she delivers it here, with an amorous abundance of risky, romantic, heart-pounding thrills. Joyful, daring, and authentic, these steamy stories revel in erotic adventure, from the sparks between strangers to the knowing caresses of long-time lovers. Filled with strong characters and clever narratives that show how sexual experience is different for every woman, this seductive anthology is a glorious celebration of the finest and friskiest female erotic fiction today. &lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
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