The Practical Encyclopedia of Sex and Health
Rodale Press, 1993, ISBN 0-671-74324-4. Also published as “The Sex Encyclopedia” (Fireside Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, 1993; ISBN 0-671-743244) Foreign-language editions in Chinese and Polish. Listed in a bibliography of authoritative sex guides in Encyclopedia Britannica.
A light-hearted, non-technical, non-kinky, A-to-Z guide to all things sexual – from aphrodisiacs and hormones, to potency, stress, vasectomy and yeast infections. This international best-seller, with nearly a million copies in print, is soon to be updated and reissued.
“This book is a thoughtful, easy-to-use compendium of up- to-date knowledge on the intricacies of human sexuality that is accessible, interesting and packed with sound advice.”
– Robert C. Kolodney, M.D., former Director of Training, Masters & Johnson Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
“Should be a part of everyone’s library. Men and women of all ages will benefit from using this information that has been so accurately and tastefully presented. I thoroughly enjoyed and learned a tremendous amount from this compact yet complete guide to sexuality and health.”
– Kenneth Goldberg, MD, Founder and Director, The Male Health Center, Dallas, Texas
“I usually find that because I’m in the sexual therapy field, reading sex books is like watching the same movie over and over again. But this book is different. It’s informative, lively and very readable.”
– Shirley Zussman, EdD, Director, Association for Male Sexual Dysfunction, New York City
Excerpt
“Kissing is a kind of touch that has as much range as a big-city orchestra. It can be a perfunctory peck on the cheek, so asexual that balding Communist Party apparatchiks aren’t ashamed to do it on TV, or it can be so explosively erotic it’s about as close to intercourse as you can get. French kissing (what’s sometimes called “soul kissing”), in which one’s tongue deeply penetrates a lover’s mouth, is an almost perfect mimic of intercourse itself. In fact, the late Dr. Alfred Kinsey reported, a few women become so aroused by French kissing that they’re able to climax without any genital stimulation at all…”
