Picture ragtag armies of “kamikazi sperm” on “seek-and-destroy” missions, battling and “blocking” another man’s sperm against the dreaded “flowback” of the female’s vagina. Sperm Wars? Based on the latest ‘90s research, this is a textbook-style “analysis of the behavioral ecology of human sexuality. The authors propose that human sexuality has been shaped by the phenomenon of sperm competition.” Side issues addressed are male nipples (why they have them), women’s breasts (why they stay pendulous year ‘round), masturbation (it may have a function), the pistoning penis (as a sperm suction device) and the push-button power of the clitoris (it’s three times more sensitive than the head of a penis). GR

Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Hardback: 376 pages
Illustrated

They can swing a good whip, keep plenty of clothespins handy, and throw knots better than a sailor. These are the skills required of an erotically dominating Master or Mistress. It’s all about power: What’s it like to own someone? How do you punish your slave? What about the pain? Get the tips from a leathersex pro. GR

Publisher: Daedalus
Paperback: 200 pages

“There was a time when this was a nation of Ernest Hemingways. Real Men. The kind of guys who could defoliate an entire forest to make a breakfast fire—and then go on to wipe out an endangered species hunting for lunch. But not anymore. We’ve become a nation of wimps. Pansies. Quiche eaters.”
As the epitome of meat, a beef steak can send powerful sexual symbols. The larger and juicier the piece of meat, the more red-blooded and virile the consumer is supposed to be, and a steak by candlelight is a common prelude to seduction. Meat is widely reputed to inflame the lustful passions, particularly in men, the stimulation being generally of an animal rather than of an erotic kind. It is reported, for example, that the captain of a slave ship, in the throes of evangelical conversion, stopped eating meat to prevent his lusting after female slaves. “Conversely, a male vegetarian can be a suspect figure, as a student recalls… “It was really odd, they seemed to automatically assume that because I was a vegetarian then I must be gay.”’ GR

Publisher: Routledge
Paperback: 200 pages
Illustrated

“The deadly serious game of playing sick: Incredible true stories of people who search for emotional fulfillment by making themselves ill.” The young woman who faked chemotherapy for two years by dieting and thinning her hair. The husband who injected gasoline under his wife’s skin to cause abscesses. The mother who put her blood in her child’s urine sample. The woman who pierced her intestines with a yardstick, to promote internal bleeding. The mother who scrubbed her baby’s back with oven cleaner to induce a rash. “These compelling case studies read like medical detective stories as doctors try to separate fact from fiction and explore the real causes of these patients’ illnesses.” Sick, sick, sick. GR

Publisher: Wiley
Hardback: 228 pages

User-friendly manual explaining the mechanics of erection and what can go wrong. Drugs, implants, chemicals, and mineral supplements to keep Little Peter pumping are all discussed. GR

Publisher: Added Dimensions
Paperback: 120 pages

A young virgin is schooled in bawdy bedroom manners by a perverted gang of “immoral tutors.” Fornication, murder, incest, atheism and wanton self-gratification are the lessons of the day. “‘Tis essential, however, to utter harsh and foul words during the intoxication of ecstasy, and the vernacular of blasphemy well serves the imagination. Experiment, Eugenie, and you will see the results… flaunt your debauchery and your libertinage, carry the air of a whore: let them glimpse a nipple when in secluded places, garb yourself lewdly to expose your most private parts and incite your friends to do likewise.” GR

Publisher: Creation
Paperback: 192 pages

Kick-ass, “kinky-dyke” lesbian comes out swinging. Her first piece on pornography, in 1979, sets the tone: “I think the only problem with pornography is that there’s not enough of it, and the porn that does exist reflects the sexual fantasies of aging Catholic gangsters.” She’s still “fussing and fuming about sexual repression and censorship… Being a sex radical means being defiant as well as deviant. It means being aware that there is something dissatisfying and dishonest about the way sex is talked about (or hidden) in daily life. It also means questioning the way our society assigns privilege based on adherence to its moral codes, and in fact makes every sexual choice a matter of morality.” A decade of the author’s journalism, culled from various publications. Essays on “Gay Men, Lesbians and Sex,” where she expounds on her experiences in handballing gay men. “Sluts in Utopia: The Future of Radical Sex,” where she lists 42 things you can do to make the future safer for sex. “The Age of Consent: The Great Kiddy-Porn Panic of ‘77,” explains when a bogus issue called “the huge child pornography industry” meant to homophobes that homosexuals were “seducing their children into prostitution.” GR

Publisher: Cleis
Paperback: 264 pages

The Old World Order turns out a real-life Robinson Crusoe. For passionately holding and kissing a young friend, in 1725 sailor Jan Svilt was charged with “engaging in the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah” by the Dutch East India Company, “the most powerful and ruthless multinational the world has ever known. Svilt’s officers felt that his affection for his ward Bandino would bring the wrath of God down on the Dutch fleet as it had on Sodom.” At the same time, the Company offered slave prostitutes to its men at certain Spice Island ports. Svilt’s brave journal, of his life and slow death on the barren Atlantic island of Ascension, is the heart of this book. GR

Publisher: Green Eagle
Paperback: 144 pages
Illustrated

Facts and advice concerning the surgical techniques involved in the fattening and lengthening of a Slim Jim. Step-by step explanations of the operations. The 30 most asked questions. Before and after illustrations. GR

Publisher: Added Dimensions
Paperback: 100 pages

“But where does the average Joe go to get a blow job?” In 1970, a sociologist took his tools into the public toilets of America and answered the question. Masturbators, watch queens, straights, hustlers, chickens and voyeurs are some of the covert deviants sampled in this famous piece of sociological folklore. Chapters cover risks, foreplay, closet queens, signaling and related social-science concerns. Complete with charts and interviews. GR

Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter
Paperback: 328 pages