Carnal Knowledge - Baxter's Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex

Informationen zum Autor John Baxter has lived in Paris for more than twenty years. He is the author of four acclaimed memoirs about his life in France: The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France; The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris; Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas; and We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light. Baxter, who gives literary walking tours through Paris, is also a film critic and biographer whose subjects have included the directors Fellini, Kubrick, Woody Allen, and most recently, Josef von Sternberg. Born in Australia, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, in the same building Sylvia Beach called home. Klappentext Averitable smorgasbord of sin, John Baxter's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully unabashed education in sex and erotic culture. Would you ever consent to a knee-trembler at a love hotel? Would you enjoy a hot lunch while watching kinbaku ? Would you consider wearing a French tickler, a merkin, a strap-on, or pasties . . . or would you rather just go commando at the Mine Shaft? From Deep Throat to Debbie Does Dallas , from the mile-high club to the Emperor's Club, John Baxter explains it all to you in this decadently definitive work on the many ins and outs of s-e-x, guaranteed to tantalize, edify, and titillate whether you're a novice or an expert in the arts of eros. Zusammenfassung Averitable smorgasbord of sin! John Baxter's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully unabashed education in sex and erotic culture. Would you ever consent to a knee-trembler at a love hotel? Would you enjoy a hot lunch while watching kinbaku ? Would you consider wearing a French tickler! a merkin! a strap-on! or pasties . . . or would you rather just go commando at the Mine Shaft? From Deep Throat to Debbie Does Dallas ! from the mile-high club to the Emperor's Club! John Baxter explains it all to you in this decadently definitive work on the many ins and outs of s-e-x! guaranteed to tantalize! edify! and titillate whether you're a novice or an expert in the arts of eros. ...

Product details

• Authors: John Baxter
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2009
• EAN: 9780060874346
• ISBN: 978-0-06-087434-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; Films, cinema, History of Medicine, Reference works, Trivia and quiz questions, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, Film history, theory or criticism, Miscellanies and compendia, Film guides and reviews, General encyclopaedias, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Educational: study and revision guides, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Reference, HEALTH & FITNESS: Sexuality, STUDY AIDS: Study Guides, HISTORY: Reference, REFERENCE: Encyclopedias, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Guides & Reviews, REFERENCE: Curiosities & Wonders, HISTORY: Historical Geography