With over 100,000 copies in print of the previous edition, this illustrated anthology presents a collection of the very best examples of sexual art and literature spanning two thousand years: from classical Rome and the ancient East to the novels of D. H. Lawrence and Henry Miller. Artworks from Aubrey Beardsley, Henry Fuseli, Gustav Klimt, Thomas ...
This second entry offers the same beautiful and daring mix of forbidden art (paintings, lithographs, drawings, watercolors, and photographs--many by masters of the form) with excerpts from banned books (the famous and the anonymous). Over illustrations, most in color.
A 1916 sequel to Gilman's "Herland", in which Van and Ellador marry, travel in Europe, Asia, and America, and try desperately to negotiate their opposing views on sex, politics, race, class, and the welfare state.
This third anthology in the immensely popular series contains magnificent erotic selections of paintings and drawings, sculpture and photos, poetry and prose, all chosen to stimulate and amuse. This final volume, like its predecessors, celebrates our rich sexual inheritance in words and images. Above all, it's about the fun and enjoyment of sex.
Revised and updated to include objects exhibited at NMAI's new museum on Washington's National Mall, this miniature volume offers a far-ranging overview of the most significant collection of Native American objects anywhere in the world. Nearly 300 illustrations show the vast breadth of the museum's collections--from ancient stone carvings to 20th ...
The pain of death is devastating for family members in any situation, but when Peter Hill developed terminal cancer at only twenty years old, the pain was especially intense." Traveling Home" recounts the family's experience as they coped with the reality of Peter's mortality and found themselves radically changed by his trust in the face of death ...
This fabulous anthology presents over 400 images paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculpture selected from private collections, libraries and galleries from around the world. The texts are contributed from a dazzling array of writers that include Boccaccio, Casanova, John Cleland, Jean Cocteau, Frank Harris, Erica Jong, Violette Leduc, ...
Originally serialized in 1915 in The Forerunner, and never before published in book form, The Dress of Women presents Gilman's feminist sociological analysis of clothing in modern society. Gilman explores the social and functional basis for clothing, excavates the symbolic role of women's clothing in patriarchal societies, and, among other things, ...
"Poetry For Wee Folks" is a collection of contemporary poems for young children, particularly African American children. The author, Charlotte M. Hill, a retired teacher, has written the book from a child's perspective. She has attempted to help children gain an appreciation of their heritage & to cultivate positive self-images in them. The poems ...
This second anthology of erotica concentrates on the "forbidden" literature of the West and features a selection of photographs and erotic art from private collections. The book's contents range from fragments of erotic poetry from Ancient Greece to the 20th-century work "The Story of O", and the array of writers covered includes Oscar Wilde, ...
The final volume in the "Illustrated Anthology of Erotica" trilogy, this work is a journey from the erotica of the ancient world to the work of contemporary photographers and artists. It discusses the centres of Western culture which have made the greatest contribution to our erotic heritage: Venice and Vienna, London and Paris. A celebration of ...
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