The Mystery of Joyful Sex


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The text printed on the previous pages is devoted to three issues: the joy of sex, intimate massage, and erotic games and foreplay. Their keystone is intimate touch. Its function cannot be overestimated, not only in its relation to sex but also to health, personal well-being, cheerfulness and life energy, etc. Its most evident role is in intimate massage. Of course, things are different between people dear to one another and strangers. In the first instance, intimate massage can be a prelude to sex, while in the second case it is just a service performed for a specific purpose. This publication is intended just as much for the single audience as it is for couples. This is why sex and massage are intertwined together in this book. However, it does not mean that the author is encouraging sexual intercourse at the end of a massage. Unless, of course, it is a result of the partners closeness and spontaneity. First of all, this publication shows the outstanding role of intimate touch for our health and well-being. Therapeutic intimate massage is not an overstatement for this special kind of massage because, its proper use, leads to the production of large amounts of endorphins which affect our mood. This mechanism of our brain activity was described in Sexual Healing by Barbara Keesling, PhD. It turns out that the same results can be achieved during intimate massage. So, this is why more than 300 ways of erotic and intimate touch are described in the book. One does not have to check out all of them but instead finding a reasonable quantity that corresponds to the temperament is recommended.




The Joyful Mysteries of Life


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In order to encourage attitudes of respect and reverence for the mysteries of procreation, the biological facts are presented in the context of a meditation on the joyful mysteries of the rosary.




People We Meet on Vacation


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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since. Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong? Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago Tribune ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Business Insider ∙ Real Simple ∙ Frolic ∙ and more!




Slippery When Wet


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This book weaves the sexual life history of one woman with accessible insight from current sexual science and research. That woman, Dr. Joanna Ellington, is the perfect guide through the stages of a woman?s sexual life history from puberty through to post-menopause. She discusses human sexuality with honest candor and professional insight. An internationally recognized scientist and inventor of Pre-Seed, the world?s first fertility lubricant, Dr. Ellington helps us see ourselves as normal and at the same time as exciting and worthy of sexual fulfillment. In this introspective and candid book, we take a journey with her through sexual science to understand our sexual selves and how to improve our sex lives.




Love and Other Words


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After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong? The story of the heart can never be unwritten. Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her. Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.




Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love


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Fr. Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II’s name before he became the pontiff in 1978) published Love and Responsibility in 1960. It revealed his fully formed philosophy of marriage and sheds light on the dynamics between men and women. Some consider his analysis of the true meaning of human love as life changing and practical, shedding light on real issues between men and women. This updated and expanded edition of Edward Sri’s classic meditation on Pope John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility includes a new introduction, new chapters for single people and engaged couples, and maybe most importantly the stories of people whose lives have been transformed by Pope John Paul II’s foundational teaching on relationships. “Edward Sri is a gifted teacher and an equally talented writer. This book shows why. He breaks open Karol Wojtyla's great text, Love and Responsibility, in a way that's clear, engaging and very practical for the challenges of daily life.” – Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Archbishop of Philadelphia. In Men, Women and the Mystery of Love, Edward Sri breaks down the contents of John Paul’s epic work, making it more accessible to the reader. It isn’t a manual on sexual ethics, more so a no-nonsense discussion on issues we face as couples. He emphasizes the down-to-earth nature of Love and Responsibility, giving readers actionable advice on issues like: How to determine if a relationship is one of authentic love or is doomed to failure; The problem of pornography; The meaning of friendship; How to achieve greater intimacy in marriage; The difference between feeling “I’m in love” and love itself; and so many other valuable questions. While this book is a great personal resource, it also can be used in a variety of situations like small group studies, marriage preparation classes, and other parish settings. It offers valuable advice for just about everyone, from young single adults and engaged couples to newlyweds and couples celebrating their 35th anniversary. Study questions with each chapter make this a valuable resource not only for individual personal reading, but also for small group study.




Sex and the Psychic Witch


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More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.




Bible Reader's Companion


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If you were to read through the Bible in a year with The Bible Reader's Companion at your side, you'd have a whole new and exciting grasp of the Word of God and you'd have truth to live by each day.--Kay Arthur,




The Mystery of Love


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Addresses the issues of love, passion, and sexuality, drawing on traditional Kabbalist texts to reveal ten spiritual guides to the creation of a loving and passionate existence.




Only Love Can Make It Easy


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This marriage preparation program has been newly updated to reflect contemporary challenges that couples face in developing a healthy, loving relationship.