Welcome to the Darkside - A BDSM Primer: A Practical Guide to Help You Begin Your Journey in Discovering BDSM and Kink


Book Description

Are you new to BDSM? Are you struggling to find your place in the lifestyle?The BDSM lifetyle is a world where people speak in their own formal and informal languages, a world where totally different rules and social norms exist all built upon many different traditions, some of which are hundreds of years old.Whether you desire to experience a sense of personal freedom, to explore another self-expression, explore another level of intimacy with your partner, or simply to gain clarity as to your hidden desires, Welcome to the Darkside will get you started. This book will teach you:+ The vocabulary, roles, and rituals of BDSM+ Common misconceptions of BDSM+ The reasons you may want to participate in this lifestyle+ How to align yourself with your true place in this lifestyle+ Consequences and actions of BDSM relationships+ Ways and places to get started+ How to spot fakes or predatorsAfter reading Welcome to the Darkside, you will be better equipped to both understand, and navigate within this lifestyle.




Welcome to the Darkside: a BDSM Primer


Book Description

Are you new to BDSM? Are you struggling to find your place in the lifestyle? The BDSM lifetyle is a world where people speak in their own formal and informal languages, a world where totally different rules and social norms exist all built upon many different traditions, some of which are hundreds of years old. Whether you desire to experience a sense of personal freedom, to explore another self-expression, explore another level of intimacy with your partner, or simply to gain clarity as to your hidden desires, Welcome to the Darkside will get you started. This book will teach you: + The vocabulary, roles, and rituals of BDSM + Common misconceptions of BDSM + The reasons you may want to participate in this lifestyle + How to align yourself with your true place in this lifestyle + Consequences and actions of BDSM relationships + Ways and places to get started + How to spot fakes or predators After reading Welcome to the Darkside, you will be better equipped to both understand, and navigate within this lifestyle.




The Bronfenbrenner Primer


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This is the first ever introduction to Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Framework written specifically for undergraduate students. The author provides a carefully structured, guided introduction to Bronfenbrenner’s concepts, their interpretation, and their potential applications. Bronfenbrenner’s scientific analysis of the role the environment plays in human development earned him a premier place alongside Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, and Erik Erikson as a contributor to our understanding of developmental processes. His ideas are essential for analysing how development happens, how it goes astray, how to right it when it does, and how to create environments that will promote healthy development. The Bronfenbrenner Primer walks students through each component of the framework in a logical order, helping students build a solid, systematic understanding. It describes the background and context that led Bronfenbrenner to develop his framework, illustrates a wide array of potential applications, and provides activities students can do to practice applying the framework to their own experience. Honed over 25 years of teaching Bronfenbrenner’s ideas, this text will be essential reading for students across the behavioral and social sciences.




7 Steps to an Unbreakable Mindset


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In 7 Steps to an Unbreakable Mindset, reality TV star, professional athlete, and life coach Mike Diamond leads his readers on a journey to understand whats holding them back in life and how to break past barriers in order to succeed. In this book, he shares relevant, poignant personal stories from his own struggles with addiction, life-threatening health problems, battling dyslexia, and being diagnosed with a chronic illness. All this adversity was the key to helping him break his fear and unlock the path to massive success. He shares the stories of several world-renowned people, whose success was dependent on willpower rather than talent, and gives you the secret on how to replicate their success in your own life.







The Topping Book


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Why does S/M turn us on? How can we get better at it? How can we get our own needs for sex and support met? The Topping Book' answers these questions with anecdote-laden wisdom and with Fish's hot, funny portraits of lovably nasty tops. Illustrated.'




The New Topping Book


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Two decades ago, this book (and its companion volume, The New Bottoming Book) began teaching tens of thousands of people the joyous arts of BDSM topping and bottoming - not just "how-to," but "why-to"... the insider details of emotional support and ethical interaction during kinky play. Since then, the growing popularity of BDSM, and the blossoming of the Internet as a source of information and connection, have created a whole new universe of possibilities for players. Now, the completely updated revised New Topping Book gives even more insights and ideas, updated for a new millennium, about how to be a successful, popular player! "Easton and Hardy tackle the Top... and bring that elusive critter down neatly and with a certain flair. This is good stuff, important stuff... an excellent guide to topping, both for the rank novice and for the player who just wants words to put to all the thoughts and feelings that have resisted categorization." - Laura Antoniou, Sandmutopian Guardian




Dom's Guide To BDSM Vol. 2


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"Dom's Guide to BDSM" was specifically written for Doms/Masters. In Volume 2 of this series, we’re going to focus on how to better communicate with a sub, and how to go back and forth with role playing. We’re going to teach you how to express yourself, how to read your sub and look for cues, and how to go about getting a real life BDSM relationship started. We’re also going to discuss how to train your sub accordingly and with a purpose. This is important and is an often-neglected part of the BDSM community. The highly sensationalized, “purely sexual” relationships you read about or see depicted in TV or movies is not the only type of relationship forged. Some relationships really are all about personal missions, self-improvement and getting in touch with suppressed inner feelings. We will cover this as well as the most important part of BDSM dominance—having a plan. You will learn how to be an excellent Dom and it all starts with a few simple steps. Note: If you have not read Volume 1 in this series (Dom's Guide To BDSM Vol. 1: 49 Must-Know Tips On How To Be The Perfect Dom/Master Your submissive Will Truly Respect & Admire), it is highly recommended that you do so before taking on this book.




BDSM 101


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From the mind that brought you the memoirs Elf Girl and Live Nude Elf comes BDSM 101, a no-nonsense manual for those readers interested in learning about bondage and discipline; dominance and submission; and sadism, masochism, or sadomasochism. For years, Rev. Jen has been coaching her readers on all sex-related matters through her articles in Penthouse and posts on Nerve, an online magazine. A self-proclaimed authority on the subject of sex (and specifically BDSM), Jen spent her early twenties working as a professional submissive at a swanky Manhattan dungeon before becoming a sex surrogate for a renowned therapist. In BDSM 101, Jen shares rare insight into this oftentimes misunderstood world. Practical instructions are given on: Safety and communication Bondage, spanking, flogging Fetishes, humiliation, dirty talk And more! Included are steamy, sometimes ridiculous anecdotes from Jen’s past, interviews with her wacky artist friends, and basic illustrations. According to the author, “This book is what would happen if Marquis de Sade, Andy Warhol, and Dorothy Parker got together and made a nymphomaniac Bride of Frankenstein.” Useful, entertaining, and written with rare candor, BDSM 101 is a book that can offer spark to the fires of love in any relationship.




Mastering the Art of Dominance


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Are you a frustrated Dom? Have you tried to be the best Dom possible but can’t seem to find any subs? Do your sessions end prematurely? Are you not quite sure what you’re doing wrong or how to start setting up programs for a sub that wants emotional healing? You’ve come to the right place! Continuing our line of BDSM education books, we’ve compiled a list of tips that we call “Troubleshooting Tips”, especially made for Doms who are stuck in a circle of inactivity. Your subs may complain that you’re too aggressive or too nice, or maybe that you just don’t understand. The problem is not necessarily with you or your attitude. Usually it’s because you haven’t been formally trained on how to DIRECT a sub towards a progressive plan of action. It is your job to train a sub, explain the punishments and rewards, and transform her thinking. No Dom has ever started off a complete natural. Everyone needs training and additional tips for turning their intermediate knowledge into professional / expert level understanding. In "Mastering The Art of Dominance," you will learn: - How to attract subs (even if you’ve been unsuccessful in the past) - How to avoid mentally disturbed subs before it’s too late - How to turn your friend-with-benefits into a sub - How to identify troubled subs who can be helped and how to help them - How to manage multiple subs and multiple partners with fellow Doms - How to deal with jealousy and rivalries with multiple subs - And much more... By the time you finish this book, you’re going to be ready to be a top of your class Dom!