Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex Kindle Edition

This is a fun read, but unless you’re a virgin, you probably won’t actually learn anything.

This book should be the basis for sex education for everyone. It begins with the ethics of sex/relationships and the introduction is a very nice snapshot of how the rest of the book is written.It is written with safety and sanity in mind. There is a lot of focus on knowing yourself before engaging with a partner and knowing your own foibles and limits. There is just enough humor to make it feel like a discussion rather than a droll instruction manual. Each section ends with a quick check list of dos and don'ts that is a nice summary of what was covered and the most important take-aways from the section.I would recommend it to anyone as a good read and I especially recommend it for young people just discovering their sexuality. Parents if you can bring yourselves to do it, get this book for your teens. I got a copy for my daughter who is 25 and I would have gotten it for her sooner if I'd known about it. I will give a copy to my younger daughter when it's time as well.

I opened the Amazon box a couple hours ago, and it included 2 books knocking around in it - lacking any packing material. This paperback book in particular has edges outside the pages, and so the top was crushed, but at least a couple pages were also mussed as well.I've always appreciate the author's frankness, and what I've read so far, this book continues her educational mission. Definitely review the index to get a good idea if this will be useful to you.

Margaret Cho isn't kidding. This really might be the best book about sex, ever. The book discusses techniques, sexual ethics, and attitude: sex as a whole. It's warm, well-written, intelligent, informative. Above all, although it is frank and completely straightforward, it is written with an awareness of the fact that not everybody... well, almost nobody... is completely secure about sex. It neither condescends nor intimidates; it accepts our foibles and anxieties while gently but firmly showing us that there's a better way.I can't imagine anyone, from a veteran swinger to a virgin, who wouldn't get something of value from it, with just a modicum of openmindedness.

I bought this book with high expectations only to be slapped with dissapointment. I love reading books about how to improve your knowledge on anything and everything but this book just wasn't a favorite. If you want an amazing book about sex and some facts, tips, hints, and brain plumping knowledge totally check out "Sex with the Lights On" by Ducky Doolittle. It's one of the bests that I have ever come across and it's very quirky so it's fun to read. This book book to me was a snoozer.

Amazing, incredible, and fantastic piece of work. Nina is a shaker and mover. Nina is that rare individual in life who has the courage of a Lion to follow her intuition and feeling and boldly go into areas where almost all people would be fearful, afraid, and horribly insecure. Now that I finally took the time to read her book and think about what she really has to say , I can only say God Bless her for writing this book. Nina really loves people at heart. Thank you for discussing sexual protection, and explaining that before taking the impulsive crazy leap do the necessary preparation before. Also Nina has opened many elements of sexual exploration that I never thought of exploring. Most of all to take the time to enjoy it all and what I really liked was Nina's unselfish approach and yet still getting everything she needs.My first review of this book was wrong, I just scanned the book. My review was very boring, and technically quite over simplified. Take the time to very carefully read this book, and you will find the hidden beauty, sensuality, intelligence, this woman has. Really a special book.

Great book Nina 😍

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to accomplish the following:1. Improve his or her sexlife.2. Look at sex from a different perspective other than what has been traditionally taught3. Find new ways to overlook common mistakes we all make in our private lives.4. Find the inspiration to be a little more adventurous behind closed doors.I find the psychology of sex very interesting in the United States. Here, we all try to keep it hush hush, even pass the occassional law against it, but everyone seems to be doing it and everyone seems to want more of it and a better way to do it.This book is an excellent beginning in breaking out of that old mold and moving on with our personal lives. We owe it to ourselves, our partners, and our significant others to be the best we can be and to have an ever open mind. This book is a step in that direction.James

If sales are spiking in London that's because I loaned this book out to several people who wanted to learn, they also loved it and then loaned their copies out.We love you Nina

Learning more about the art of seduction.

Sind Männer, die Analverkehr wollen, schwul? Sind Frauen, die gerne Sex haben, Schlampen? Muss man nicht völlig verrückt sein, um Lust bei Schmerzen zu empfinden? Das ist doch alles pervers - aber warum gibt es dann so viele Filme und Artikel darüber?Alle unsere Vorfahren taten es - trotzdem hat Sex weiterhin häufig einen schmutzigen Tabu-Charakter. Schluss damit. Weg mit den Labels, den Vorurteilen, der Scham und her mit nichts als der Wahrheit. Wer kann helfen? Nina Hartley.Wer hätte gedacht, dass eine Frau, die wohlbehütet aufwächst und sich mit 18 Jahren das erste Mal vor einem anderen Menschen entblößt, trotzdem eine Karriere als Pornodarstellerin einschlägt? Man streiche das "trotzdem": Ihre buddhistische Erziehung habe sie zur Suche nach einer authentischen Identität angeregt. Und dazu gehört es, neugierig zu sein, sich selbst ein Bild zu machen und seine eigenen Schlüsse zu ziehen. Mit der Grundphilosophie "Mein Körper ist mein Freund und lügt nicht" hat sie sich ihrer größten Faszination gewidmet und "den ganzen Sex gehabt, so dass Sie das nicht notwendigerweise auch müssen". Auch wenn einem schlimmeres erspart werden kann als viel Sex: heißen Dank!Nina Hartley nutzt ihre mehr als 20 Jahre Erfahrung und berät uns zu den Themen Selbstbefriedigung, Vorspiel, Oralverkehr mit Frauen wie Männern, Sex mit Frauen und Männern, Analverkehr, Sex-Spielzeugen, Dreiern mit einem Mann und zwei Frauen und umgekehrt, Swingern, Domination (Herrschaft), Submission (Unterwerfung), Spanking (Schlagen auf das Gesäß) und Bondage (Fesselung). Sie schreibt verständlich, kompetent, humorvoll und einladend, wobei sie betont, dass jeder sein Sex-Leben nach eigenen Maßstäben konzipieren sollte und wohl die wenigsten alle beschriebenen Praktiken ausprobieren werden.Ein offensichtlicher Mangel sind die fehlenden Bilder: wer auch nicht weiß, wo das Vestibulum ("vestibule") liegt oder noch nie etwas von ihrem Lieblings-Vibrator gehört hat (dem Hitachi Magic Wand), wird um Wikipedia und die Google-Bildersuche wohl kaum herumkommen. Schade, denn ansonsten hat mir das Buch sehr gut gefallen.Wer tief daran glaubt, dass Sex Sünde ist, wird von diesem Buch nichts haben. Am ehesten wird es unsichereren Zeitgenossen helfen, die verwirrt sind von der Diskrepanz zwischen den eigenen Interessen und gesellschaftlichen Maßstäben, denn Nina Hartleys gesunde Haltung zum Thema Sex ist das beste am ganzen Buch. Die meisten Fachinformationen kennen viele scheinbar schon durch Frauenzeitschriften, aber wer weniger sachlich durch Pornos aufgeklärt wurde, findet hier eine gute Ergänzung. Und wer so manche Artikel als pervers abgetan hat, mag ihnen nach der Lektüre des Buches vielleicht eine zweite Chance geben.Kurz nach meiner Bestellung kam eine  übersetzte Version des Buches  heraus, die für deutschsprachige Leser vermutlich etwas verständlicher ist. Bei guten Englisch-Kenntnissen darf man aber gerne zum Original greifen und Nina Hartleys Humor unverfälscht genießen. übersetzte Version des Buches

complete disappointment. seems like the the author didnt understand the concept of a 'guide'. instead, we get her talking about her own sexual experiences and projecting them on the reader.

The item is good for the value you pay for it!