Pleasure

Deep sexual satisfaction means a happier mind and body. This intimate bedroom companion invites women to get to know their own body, unlock its full potential, and find the key to truly satisfying sexual pleasure. Whatever their sexual orientation or relationship status, women can enjoy and share truly satisfying sexual pleasure at any stage of life. Erotic maestra Vernon, who has taught sensual wellness for individuals, couples, and groups internationally for over twenty years, gives uninhibited guidance on all aspects of sexuality. Her joyful, sex-positive point of view brings imagination and empowerment to sex in the twenty-first century. This comprehensive and instructional tour of the contemporary sexual landscape fills those niches missing from other sex guides. “The Anatomy of Desire” explores the female form, from the G-spot and beyond, “Coaxing the Sexual Vibration” guides lovers through the many paths to female orgasm into a world of sexual pleasure, while “Paradise Found” expands the boundaries of the sexual arena, from titillating toys to rosebud play and beyond. This is a highly engaging, intimately written book for women—and men—to really understand the female body and to take control of their own sexual pleasure.

Deep sexual satisfaction means a happier mind and body. This intimate bedroom companion invites women to get to know their own body, unlock its full potential, and find the key to truly satisfying sexual pleasure. Whatever their sexual orientation or relationship status, women can enjoy and share truly satisfying sexual pleasure at any stage of life. Erotic maestra Vernon, who has taught sensual wellness for individuals, couples, and groups internationally for over twenty years, gives uninhibited guidance on all aspects of sexuality. Her joyful, sex-positive point of view brings imagination and empowerment to sex in the twenty-first century. This comprehensive and instructional tour of the contemporary sexual landscape fills those niches missing from other sex guides. “The Anatomy of Desire” explores the female form, from the G-spot and beyond, “Coaxing the Sexual Vibration” guides lovers through the many paths to female orgasm into a world of sexual pleasure, while “Paradise Found” expands the boundaries of the sexual arena, from titillating toys to rosebud play and beyond. This is a highly engaging, intimately written book for women—and men—to really understand the female body and to take control of their own sexual pleasure.

The great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, published in a new English translation - the first since the Victorian era - that puts the sex back in Pleasure. Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the beautiful young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. In Andrea's pursuit of the exalted heights of extreme pleasure, he plays them against each other, spinning a sadistic web of lust and deceit. Gabriele D'Annunzio was born in Italy in 1863. He published poetry and short stories from a young age, quickly gaining a reputation for his frank treatment of erotic subjects. He married in 1883 and had three children, but separated from his wife and began an infamous affair with the actress Elonora Duse. After stints as a journalist and politician, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in World War I, subsequently losing an eye in a flying accident. He became increasingly nationalistic and politically active after the war, and his views had a strong influence on Mussolini. In 1922 he survived a murder attempt, when an unknown assailant defenestrated him. He died in 1938. Lara Gochin Raffaelli is a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Alexander Stille is a frequent contributor on Italy to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The New Yorker and the author of several books, including The Sack of Rome. He lives in New York.

The great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, published in a new English translation - the first since the Victorian era - that puts the sex back in Pleasure. Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the beautiful young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. In Andrea's pursuit of the exalted heights of extreme pleasure, he plays them against each other, spinning a sadistic web of lust and deceit. Gabriele D'Annunzio was born in Italy in 1863. He published poetry and short stories from a young age, quickly gaining a reputation for his frank treatment of erotic subjects. He married in 1883 and had three children, but separated from his wife and began an infamous affair with the actress Elonora Duse. After stints as a journalist and politician, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in World War I, subsequently losing an eye in a flying accident. He became increasingly nationalistic and politically active after the war, and his views had a strong influence on Mussolini. In 1922 he survived a murder attempt, when an unknown assailant defenestrated him. He died in 1938. Lara Gochin Raffaelli is a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Alexander Stille is a frequent contributor on Italy to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The New Yorker and the author of several books, including The Sack of Rome. He lives in New York.

'Absolutely vital reading' - Stylist 'Brave, searching' - Coco Mellors 'The book you didn't know you needed' - Roxie Nafousi 'Brilliant' - Times Radio 'I can't think of a single woman who won't read it and recognise anecdotes straight from the pages of her own life story.' - Glamour Pleasure explores why so many women feel disconnected from their bodies and from sex, and what it takes to change that. Part memoir, part cultural investigation, the book traces Emma-Louise Boynton's journey from being unable to orgasm and battling a years-long eating disorder, to rebuilding her relationship with sex, desire and intimacy. The story begins in the sex therapy room, where Boynton first discovered that her struggle with bulimia was deeply entangled with her experience of sexual numbness. From there, Pleasure expands outward - drawing on expert interviews, cultural analysis and immersive research (including four days on a porn set) - to reveal that this rupture between women and their bodies is not a personal failure, but a systemic one. From narrow ideals around desirability and sexist narratives about aging, to the policing of women's pleasure, and the emotional alienation of app-based intimacy, Boynton interrogates the forces that teach women to mistrust their bodies and perform rather than feel their pleasure. Crucially, Boynton offers a clear and practical roadmap for rebuilding desire, confidence and connection. Provocative, intimate and timely, Pleasure reframes women's relationship to sex and embodiment, arguing that reclaiming pleasure is not indulgent, but essential.

'Absolutely vital reading' - Stylist 'Brave, searching' - Coco Mellors 'The book you didn't know you needed' - Roxie Nafousi 'Brilliant' - Times Radio 'I can't think of a single woman who won't read it and recognise anecdotes straight from the pages of her own life story.' - Glamour Pleasure explores why so many women feel disconnected from their bodies and from sex, and what it takes to change that. Part memoir, part cultural investigation, the book traces Emma-Louise Boynton's journey from being unable to orgasm and battling a years-long eating disorder, to rebuilding her relationship with sex, desire and intimacy. The story begins in the sex therapy room, where Boynton first discovered that her struggle with bulimia was deeply entangled with her experience of sexual numbness. From there, Pleasure expands outward - drawing on expert interviews, cultural analysis and immersive research (including four days on a porn set) - to reveal that this rupture between women and their bodies is not a personal failure, but a systemic one. From narrow ideals around desirability and sexist narratives about aging, to the policing of women's pleasure, and the emotional alienation of app-based intimacy, Boynton interrogates the forces that teach women to mistrust their bodies and perform rather than feel their pleasure. Crucially, Boynton offers a clear and practical roadmap for rebuilding desire, confidence and connection. Provocative, intimate and timely, Pleasure reframes women's relationship to sex and embodiment, arguing that reclaiming pleasure is not indulgent, but essential.