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Bondage for Sex
Rose, Chanta
BDSM Press
Not since The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage has there
been such an informative, yet breathtakingly lovely, book on rope
bondage. Bondage for Sex: Volume 1 is a full color (on
glossy pages) instruction book on how to tie up your lover with rope,
but the twist here (no pun intended) is that these positions are
specifically designed to allow you to still have sex while tied up. From
the Basic Spread Eagle to the rather advanced Open Leg Pile Driver,
there's something here to spice up anyone's sex life. The pictures are
professional, the models gorgeous, the setting sumptuous, the
information sound and easy easy easy to follow. We can't recommend it
highly enough. (2006, 138 pp.)
item MB-BSM-1323:
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Consensual Sadomasochism: How to talk about it & How to do it safely
Henkin, William A., Ph.D., and Sybil Holiday, CCHT
Daedalus Publishing Company
This book is this reviewer's favorite intro-to-SM text. It's
well-written, clearly organized, and exhaustively thorough, with
detailed information about virtually every form of sadomasochism,
dominance play and bondage known to humanity. Written for women and men,
straight and queer, it gives accurate, comprehensive, non-judgmental
information about both physical and emotional safety. Excellent,
excellent, excellent. We can't recommend it highly enough. (2003, 281
pp.)
item MB-DLD-1134:
$17.95
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Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook
Wiseman, Jay
Greenrey
A very thorough instructional manual, very specifically on bondage. Lots
of SM how-to books discuss bondage, often at some length; but because
they're dealing with a zillion other SM-related issues, they don't have
the space to go into the extensive detail that this one particular -- and
particularly popular -- activity deserves. So if binding or being bound
is the thing you want to know about, here's the book you want. Written
for both novices and experienced players, it explains lots and lots and
lots of different bondage methods and techniques in thorough
detail, with good, clear illustrations. And it addresses several issues
about bondage in general, including extensive information about safety.
The writing style is occasionally annoying, but is mostly okay. (2000,
323 pp.)
item MB-GRN-1799:
$16.95
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The Kinky Girl's Guide to Dating
Grey, Luna
Greenery Press
If you're new to the world of kinky dating and need a good starting
place, look no further. The Kinky Girl's Guide to Dating is
an easy-to-read introduction, full of anecdotes and written mainly in a
conversational style that makes it fun to read. Full of good advice on
how to find and more-or-less safely immerse yourself in your local BDSM
scene, this book will help those interested in exploring their naughtier
nature feel more secure while doing so. Be warned that more experienced
players will find some of this information both too obvious and too
scant; the author relies heavily on general references to her Resource
section, and we wish she'd at least give some specific pointers
in the body of the book itself. Still, the book is such an interesting
and comforting read that newer players will probably devour it cover to
cover, making it an excellent place to begin your research. (2004, 166
pp.)
item MB-GRN-1138:
$16.95
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The New Bottoming Book
Easton, Dossie & Janet W. Hardy
The revised and updated edition of an excellent and popular text! The
authors take a funny, thoughtful and exciting look at submission,
masochism and related activities from an insider's point of view. This
book is ideal reading for that "Coming-Out-To-Yourself" period that so
many of us go through around SM. Humorously illustrated by Fish. (2001,
173 pp.)
item MB-GRN-1899:
$14.95
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The New Topping Book
Easton, Dossie & Janet W. Hardy
Greenery Press
The revised and updated edition of an excellent and popular text! SM
educators Easton and Hardy do for tops what they did for bottoms in
The New Bottoming Book. More than just a how-to book, it's
a why-to book as well, and the insights will particularly help the raw
novice as well as the jaded -- excuse us, experienced -- long time player.
Somewhat to her surprise, our reviewer agrees with just about everything
the authors have to say (and she loves to argue with books on topics
that she knows -- or thinks she knows -- something about!). With
illustrations by Fish, dyke cartoonist par excellence. (2003, 200
pp.)
item MB-GRN-1071:
$14.95
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The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage
Midori (with photographer Craig Morey)
This beautifully printed, well-illustrated coffee-table-size book (no,
it's not as big as a coffee-table, you silly people) provides clear,
thorough, step-by-step instructions on how to do Japanese rope bondage.
(For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Japanese bondage is a
centuries-old form of rope bondage, done with the goal of being both
decorative and functional.) Written by sex educator Midori (a.k.a.
FetishDiva Midori), The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage
introduces the reader to the history and general principles of the
technique and gives thorough, step-by-step instructions on seven
different basic forms/positions, accompanied by clear, detailed line
drawings of each step in the process. Plus each position is illustrated
with a full-color photo of the completed pose. Like Japanese rope
bondage itself, the book is both lovely to look at and extremely
functional. (2001, 175 pp.)
item MB-GRN-1860:
$27.95
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Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macrame
Harrington, Bridgett
This rope-bondage book is chock-full of instructions for really cool
ties, corsets, gauntlets, chest harnesses and even dildo harnesses
(which can be made for any size body!) that you can make out of rope!
Starting with the basics (the kinds of rope, how tight you should bind,
how to care for your rope, etc.), each chapter takes you one step
further in the world of Shibari (Japanese decorative rope bondage): One
Column Ties, Two Column Ties, Chest Harnesses, Combinations, Rope
Corsets and Crotch Ropes. Not as glossy as Bondage for Sex
(this one is all black-and-white inside), this book focuses more on
wearable bondage (harnesses, wrist bondage, etc.) than on using rope to
tie a person down for sex, though there is some overlap between the two.
In other words, if you're looking for a book to teach you to make a very
nice, all-rope outfit for your next sex party, this is the book you
want. (2006, 155 pp.)
item MB-MYP-1322:
$22.95
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Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes
Two Knotty Boys, Larry Utley
Green Candy Press
Not just another rope bondage how-to book, Two Knotty Boys Showing
You the Ropes is possibly the easiest to understand of all the
easy-to-understand rope bondage books that have come out recently. It
breaks down the steps so fine that often you get to see both the step in
action ("pull the end all the way over the top") and what it looks like
once that step is done ("you have two ropes hanging down"), which is way
useful when you're trying to figure out if you're doing it right. The
photography is black-and-white, but very clear and, we'll say it again,
easy to follow. The whole thing is arranged in self-explanatory
sections: The Knots (from square knots to trinity Celtic knots), Basic
Bondage (Cat's Paw for Ankles, Rope Shackle, etc.), Decorative Bondage
(Rope Corset, Trinity Knot Bra, Tortoise Shell Bodysuit, and so on),
Dominance Bondage (Wrist Tie-Back, Quick Bit Gag, etc.), and Sex Bondage
(from Table Tie-Down to Rope Strap-On). And it's seriously reasonably
priced as well. What's knot to like? (2006, 80 pp.)
item MB-GCY-1367:
$16.95
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