The Stripper’s Guide to Looking Great Naked
By Jennifer Axen and Leigh Phillips, Chronicle, 144 pages, $14.95 US, $19.95 CAN
Just in case you always wanted to know how strippers shave down there, now you’ve got the perfect resource. It’s filled with sultry wardrobe suggestions, tips on working with mirrors and poles and how to strip in the comfort of your living room.
Dirty Talk: Speak the Language of Lust
By Lynne Stanton, Chronicle, 128 pages, $14.95 US, $19.95 CAN
Finding the courage to say “I’m hot for you” or “Take me, baby” is only half the battle. Taking dirty talk to the next level, this self-help guide of filthy phrases and role-playing tips can turn meek couples into racy nymphos. Ideal for expanding your erotic vocabulary past, “Wanna shag?”
Marley Legend: An Illustrated Life of Bob Marley
By James Henke, Chronicle, 64 pages, $40 US, $46 CAN
It’s like a museum in a book. This comprehensive history of Bob Marley’s life is full of images, replica memorabilia from concerts and facts you never knew about the jammin’ king.
The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception
By Debora L. Spar, Harvard Business School Press, 296 pages, $26.95 US, $36.95 CAN
In the U.S. alone, human reproduction has exploded into a $3-billion industry. This dense book covers the chilling business-like approach many parents take to baby-making, even exposing the science and politics of cloning. The Baby Business puts a whole new spin on “buying eggs.”
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
By Eleanor Herman, William Morrow, 322 pages, $27 US, $34.95 CAN
Sex and royalty, together at last. Herman explores the scintillating sexual lives of infamous female rulers such as Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette and, of course, Princess Diana. Definitely runs counter to our perception of the demure, quiet queen.
Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World’s Most Colorful Despots
By Peter York, Chronicle, 119 pages, $24.95 US, $32.95 CAN
It’s the side of dictators you rarely see or read about. Take a tour of Mussolini’s dining room, or peek inside Lenin’s personal chambers. Only a despot could have homes so appallingly ornate and gaudy.
Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It
By Thomas de Zengotita, Bloomsbury, 292 pages, $14.95 US, $18.95 CAN
We live in a Times Square kind of world, says the author of this intellectually heavy book on media saturation. So much information and imagery bombards us from all sides that we go through the motions of expected reactions when disaster strikes. The book explores how we live in a frantic society immersed in options.
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