This
list is a small sample of suggested reading from my
personal library. Links from titles and
covers will bring
you
to Amazon.com. DHW Reviews are links to pages
of my comments, review, discussion, etc.
Links from authors and publishers lead to their respective web sites. This list
includes texts about sexuality, being sex-positive, being a woman,
sociology,
anthropology, philosophy, personal improvement, deviance and
letter writing. I have a number of books on loan right now, so
I don't have the information to add them.
The List - By
Author • By Title • By
Category
Bartell
Group Sex: An Eyewitness
Report on the American Way of Swinging
Author: Gilbert D. Bartell, Ph.D.
Publisher: Signet/New
American Library
© October 1971 First Printing
Barzun
 From
Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present
Author: Jacques Barzun
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN 0-06-017586-9
Becker
The
Other Side: Perspectives on Deviance
Author: Howard S. Becker
Publisher: Macmillan
©1964
Boller
 Presidential
Wives: An Anecdotal History
Author: Paul F. Boller, Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-503763-4
 They
Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Mis-Leading Attributions
Authors: Paul F. Boller, John George
Publisher: Oxford
University Press
ISBN 0195055411
Bornoff
Pink
Samurai: Love Marriage & Sex in Contemporary Japan
Author: Nicholas Bornoff
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN 0-671-74266-3
Brownmiller
 In
Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution
(Advance Uncorrected Galley Proof)
Author: Susan Brownmiller
Publisher: The
Dial
Press
ISBN 0-385-31486-8
Canfield
Chicken Soup for the
Soul (Series)
Written & Compiled by Jack Canfield and
Mark Victor Hansen
Publisher: Health Communications Inc.
 Chicken
Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
ISBN 1-55874-262-X
 A
2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
ISBN 1-55874-331-6
 A
3rd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
ISBN 1-55874-379-0
 A
4th Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
ISBN 1-55874-459-2
 Chicken
Soup for the Women's Soul
ISBN 1-55874-415-0
 Chicken
Soup for the Writer's Soul
ISBN 1-55874-769-9
 Chicken
Soup for the Women's Soul At Work
ISBN 1-55874-424-X
 Chicken
Soup for the Soul Cookbook
ISBN 1-55874-354-5
Carnegie
 How
to Win Friends and Influence People
Author: Dale Carnegie
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
My copy is a 1964 edition ISBN 0-671-35500-7
Cassady
 Grace
Beats Karma
Author: Neal
Cassady
Publisher: Blast Books
ISBN 0922233071
DeSalvo
 The
Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Edited by: Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell Leaska
Publisher: Clies
Press
ISBN 1-57344-136-8
Douglas
 Where
the Girls Are
Author: Susan J.
Douglas
Publisher: Random House
ISBN 0-06-057214-0
Duberman
Marriage
and its Alternatives
Author: Lucile Duberman
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
© 1974
Ehrenberg
The
Intimate Circle: The Sexual Dynamics of Family Life
Authors: Miriam & Otto Ehrenberg, PhDs
Publisher: Fireside
ISBN 0-671-62854-2
Einstein
 Out
of My Later Years
Author: Albert Einstein
My copy is a first edition ©1950 by the Philosophical
Library
Reprints Available: Gramercy ISBN 0517093804
Emerson
 Ralph
Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures
Notes & Selections by Joel Porte
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN 0940450151
Esterberg
 Lesbian & Bisexual
Identities: Constructing Communities, Constructing Selves
Author: Kristin G. Esterberg
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN 1-56639-510-0
Faderman
 Surpassing
the Love of Men
Author: Lillian Faderman
Publisher: Perennial
ISBN 0-688-13330-4
Figes
Sex & Subterfuge:
Women Writers to 1850
Author: Eva Figes
Publisher: Persea Books
ISBN 0-89255-129-1
Flanner
Darlinghissima:
Letters to a Friend
Author: Janet Flanner
Edited by: Natalia Danesi Murray
Publisher: Random House
ISBN 0-394-52954-5
Franklin
Private
Pages: Diaries of American Women 1830s - 1970s
Edited by: Penelope Franklin
Publisher: Ballentine Books
ISBN 0685137961
Friday
 My
Mother Myself: The Daughter's Search for Identity
Author: Nancy Friday
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN 0-440-06006-0
Fulghum
 It
Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
Author: Robert Fulghum
Publisher: Ivy Books
ISBN 0-8041-0582-0
 Uh-Oh:
Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
Author: Robert Fulghum
Publisher: Villard Books
ISBN 0-679-40103-2
Galnon
 Sexual
Ecstasy and the Divine
Author: Yasmine Galnorn
Publisher: The Crossing Press
ISBN 1-58091-113-7
Gittelslon
The Erotic Life
of theAmerican Wife
Author: Natalie Gittelson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
©1972
Hays
The Dangerous Sex: The
Myth of Feminine Evil
Author: Hoffman R. Hays
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
First Edition ©1964 (Frequently cited - hard to find)
Helesen
 The
Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership
Author: Sally
Helgesen
Publisher: Currency
Paperback
ISBN 0-385-41911-2
Hite
 The
Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality
Author: Shere
Hite
Publisher: Macmillan
(Reprint ISBN 1583225692)
Hewlett
A
Lesser Life: The Myth of Women's Liberation in America
Author: Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Publisher: Warner Books
ISBN 0-446-38511-5 Hoff
 The
Te of Piglet
Author: Benjamin Hoff
Publisher: Dutton
ISBN 0-525-93496-0
 The
Tao of Pooh
Author: Benjamin Hoff
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN 0140067477
Currently On Loan
Howe
 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
(America's 13th Generation Born 1961-1981)
Authors: Neil Howe & Bill Strauss
Publisher: Vintage
Books
ISBN 0-679-74365-0
Hurwood
Erotica
Author: Bernhardt J. Hurwood
Publisher:
Paperback Library
©1965
Hutchinson
 The
Book of Vices: A Collection of Classic Immoral Tales
Edited by: Robert J. Hutchinson
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN 1-57322-006-X
Janus
 The
Janus Report on Sexual Behavior
Authors: Samuel S. Janus, PhD and Cynthia L. Janus,
MD
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBN 0-471-52540-5
(This is the ISBN for the Hardcover)
Johnson
Bawdy Ballads and Lusty
Lyrics
Edited by: John Henry Johnson
Publisher:
Maxwel Droke
©1935
Kaysen
 Girl,
Interrupted
Author: Susanna
Kaysen
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN 0-679-74604-8
Kinsey
Sexual
Behavior in the Human Female
Authors: Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell
B. Pomeroy,
Clyde E. Martin, Paul H. Gebhard
Publisher: Pocket Books
2nd Printing April 1966
Kobler
Ardent
Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Author: John Kobler
Publisher: G.P.
Putnam's Sons
© 1973
Lewinsohn
A
History of Sexual Customs
Translated from Eine Weitgeshichte der Sexualität by
Alexander Mayce
Author: Richard Lewinsohn
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
(A Hardcover by Studio ISBN 0091850177 is available)
Lloyd
52
Saturday Nights
Author: Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
Publisher: Warner
Books
ISBN 0-7394-0820-8
London
 Comtemporary
American Monologues for Women
Editor: Todd London
Publisher: Theatre
Communications Group
ISBN 1-55936-133-6
Lovric
 Woman
to Woman: Letters to Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Friends
Anthology by Michelle Lovric
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 0-8362-6836-9
Mackay
 Extraordinary
Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Author: Charles Mackay, LL. D.
Publisher: Noonday
My copy is the paperback 19th printing from 1972
(Reprint ISBN 0471133124)
Maltz
 In
The Garden of Desire: The Intimate World of Women's Sexual Fantasies
Authors: Wendy Maltz & Suzie Boss
Publisher: Broadway
Press
ISBN 0-553-06770-2
Margolis
The Group Sex Tapes
Authors: Herbert F. Margolis & Paul
M. Rubenstien
Publisher: Paperback Library
© 1972 First Printing
Masters
Masters & Johnson
on Sex and Human Loving
Authors: William
H. Masters, Virginia E. Johnson, Robert C. Kolodny
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (now
Time Warner Books)
ISBN 0-316-54998-3
McDermott
 Design
Museum: 20th C Design
Author: Catherine McDermott
Publisher:
Carlton Books Ltd.
ISBN 1858687101
Michell
 Eccentric
Lives, Pecurliar Notions: True Tales of Flat-Earthers, Head Drillers, Ufologists,
Frantic Lovers, Welsh Druids, Finders of Lost Tribes, & Other Obsessed
Individuals
Author: John Michell
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,
Inc.
ISBN 1-57912-228-0
Nelson
 Strong
Women Stay Young
Author: Mirian E. Nelson, Ph. D.
Publisher: Bantam Trade Paperback
ISBN 0-553-38077-X
Neret
 Erotica
Universalis
Author: Gilles
Neret
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen
ISBN 3-828-8963-6
Newman
 The
Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us
Author: Felice Newman
Publisher: Clies Press
ISBN 1-57344-088-4
O'Neill
 Open
Marriage
Author: Nena
& George O'Neill
Publisher: M. Evans & Company (mine is original 1972 hardcover copy)
(Reprint ISBN 087131438X M. Evans & Company)
Paglia
 Sex,
Art, and American Culture
Author: Camille Paglia
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN 0-679-74101-1
 Sexual
Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Author: Camille Paglia
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN 0-679-73579-8
 Vamps & Tramps
Author: Camille Paglia
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN 0-679-75120-3
Partridge
 A
History of Orgies
Author: Burgo
Partridge
Publisher: Bonanza Books (mine is a 1960 hardcover copy)
(Reprint ISBN 1853754919 Prion Books 2002)
Patchett
 Truth & Beauty
Author: Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper
Collins
ISBN 0-06-057214-0
Pirsig
 Zen
and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Author: Robert M. Pirsig
Publisher: Perennial Classics
ISBN 0-06-095832-4
Plumb
 Long
Trail Guide
Managing Editor: Sylvia Plumb
Publisher: The Green Mountain Club
ISBN 1-888021-01-2
I highly recommend purchasing this directly from The
Green Mountain Club
Pollak
Dickinson:
The Anxiety of Gender
Author: Vivian
R. Pollak
Publisher: Cornell University
Press
ISBN 0-8014-9370-6
Postman
 Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show
Business
Author: Neil Postman
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN 0-14-009438-5
Queen
 PoMoSexuals:
Challenging Assumptions about Gender & Sexuality
Edited by: Carol Queen & Lawrence Schimel
Publisher: Clies Press
ISBN 1-57344-074-4
 Real
Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of a Sex-Positive Culture
Author: Carol Queen
Publisher: Clies Press
ISBN 1-57344-166-X
Réage
 Story
of O
Author: Pauline Réage
Translated from French by Sabine d'Estrée
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN 0-345-30111-0
Rosen
 The
Maimie Papers
Historical Editor: Ruth Rosen
Textual Editor: Sue Davidson
Publisher: The Feminist Press
ISBN 0-912670-48-7 (This is an older version than currently available) Rothschild
Mechina
Ex Dea: Feminist Perspectives on Technology
Edited By: Joan Rothschild
Publisher: Pergamon Press
ISBN 0-08-029404-9
Rowan
 Moutain
Summers: Tales of Hiking and Exploration in the White Mountains from
1878 to 1886 as Seen Through the Eyes of Women
Edited By: Peter Rowan and June Hammond Rowan
Publisher: Gulfside Press
ISBN 0-9648801-0-5
This text is on loan from a friend's library
Rowland
 The
Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America
Author: Debran Rowland, Esq.
Publisher: Sphinx Publishing
ISBN 1-5724-8368-7
Scantling
 Extraordinary
Sex Now
Author: Dr.
Sandra R. Scantling
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN 0767905911
Shaw/Terry/St.
John
The Shaw-Terry
Letters
Edited by: Christopher St. John
Publisher: G.P.
Putnam's Sons
©1931
Sherman
 Dear
Juliette: Letters if May Sarton to Juliette Huxley
Edited by: Susan Sherman
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company
ISBN 0-393-04733-4
Stephens
 Wild
Women in the White House
Author: Autumn Stephens
Publisher: Conari Press
ISBN 1-57324-069-9
Sugarman
 My
War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings
Author: Tracy Sugarman
Publisher: Random House
ISBN 0-375-50513-X
Turner
Between Us: A Legacy
of Lesbian Love Letters
Edited by: Kay Turner
Publisher: Chronicle
Books
ISBN 0-8118-1442-4
Villefranche
Plaisir
D'Amour
Author: Anee-Marie Villefranche
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Publishers
© 1982
Wallace
The
Nympho and Other Maniacs
Author: Irving Wallace
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
(Reprint ISBN 0671207962)
Williams
Hard
Core: Power, Pleasure and the "Frenzy of the Visible"
Author: Linda
Williams
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN 0-520-06652-9
Wolfe
 Playing
Around: Women and Extramarital Sex
Author: Linda Wolfe
Publisher: William Morrow & Company, Inc
Note: The original ISBN was 0-688-00290-0 but that has since been assigned to
another book. This text is now available from BackInPrint.com
My copy is the original ©1975 Linda Wolfe
Wurtzel
 Bitch: In Praise of
Difficult Women
Author: Elizabeth
Wurtzel
Publisher: Double
Day
ISBN 0-385-48400-3
 Prozac
Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir
Author: Elizabeth
Wurtzel
Publisher: Houghton
Mifflin
ISBN 0-395-68093-X
Zacks
History Laid Bare: Love,
Sex, and Perversity from the Ancient Etruscans to Warran G. Harding
Author: Richard Zacks
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN 0-06-016953-2 |
