The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp

Delightfully caustic, the keenest of British wits delivers a book of short pieces filled with a striking sense of courageous individuality--a must-have for the irritated and the perfect introduction for the "unCrisped". 232 pp. 3,500 print.

Literature & Fiction

CRISP, Quentin

Kettelhack, Guy

British & Irish

Olympic Marketing Corp

A guide to getting through the first year of sobriety shows the former alcoholic how to adapt to the first days and months substance-free, describing how to deal with free time, unexpected emotions, family, and work

First-Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything (Harper Sobriety, Vol 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Harpercollins

A guide to the second year of sobriety presents the stories of recovering alcoholics who share their insights on dealing with long-suppressed feelings of love, anger, and loss. Original.

Second-Year Sobriety: Getting Comfortable Now That Everything Has Changed (Harpe Sobriety, Vol 2)

A guide to the third year of sobriety presents the stories of individuals as they struggle through the ongoing process of building self-esteem, doing "service" within the program, developing a responsible attitude toward health, and more. Original.

Third-Year Sobriety: Finding Out Who You Really Are (Harper Sobriety, Vol 3)

Until now, no book has dealt squarely with the urgent issues surrounding sex, intimacy, and love as they relate to recovering addicts and alcoholics. Sobriety means consciousness, and conscious sex can be frightening to people whose sexual lives and identities were formed under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. In his candid, compassionate, and highly readable style, Guy Kettelhack deftly weaves together his own insights and the experiences of other recovering people. While such issues are not often discussed in most Twelve-Step meetings (a reflection of the larger society), this book serves as an AA or NA meeting with SEX as the topic of discussion. There is no doubt that the journey to conscious love and sex is a rocky one for most people in recovery. Kettelhack shows what it can be like to experience sex, love, intimacy with the entire self, in full consciousness. HOW TO MAKE LOVE WHILE CONSCIOUS demonstrates that anyone who wants to accomplish more in this area than he or she may have ever thought possible.

How to Make Love While Conscious: Sex and Sobriety

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Using case histories, anecdotes, and a straightforward style, an experienced counselor argues that individual communication styles are based on childhood experiences rather than gender and offers a proven technique for ending the miscommunication and blame that often destroy a relationship.

If Only You Would Listen: How to Stop Blaming His or Her Gender and Start Communicating With the One You Love

Self-Help

Jacobson, Bonnie

Relationships

St Martins Pr

"A warm, wise, wonderful book!....Sonya Friedman has done a superb job of writing a clear map for women's growth and empowerment." DR. SUSAN FORWARD Dr. Sonya Friedman shows women that self-esteem must be the starting point for happiness in any area of life. She takes you from awareness to action with: The Nine Myths that women are taught about their lives--and the Nine Facts that will free you from them; The Four R's of Positive Action for jump-starting your life in the direction you want; Emotional Fitness Exercises to get you ready to face change in healthful, positive, and exciting ways, and more.

On a Clear Day You Can See Yourself: Turning the Life You Have Into the Life You Want

Friedman, Sonya

Happiness

Random House Publishing Group

Celebrating the ingenuity with which gay men manage their sexual and aggressives drives and fantasies, Dancing Around the Volcano is a passionately pro-sex book with potentially healing--even revolutionary--implications for everyone. Kettelhack wants to "tell the truth about the sex gay men are really having"--offering a path to sexual liberation that embraces the conflicts and paradoxes of sex.

Dancing Around the Volcano: Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex

LGBTQ+ Books

Crown

In the tradition of Frank Browning's The Culture of Desire comes Guy Kettelhack's provocative, honest, unapologetic look at the sex lives of gay men. Dancing Around the Volcano is essential reading for the American gay community.Gay men have long been told that regardless of their individual characters and desires, they should aspire to a monogamous model in their romantic and sexual relationships. Now, Guy Kettelhack wants to "tell the truth about the sex gay men are really having," offering a path to sexual liberation that embraces the conflicts and paradoxes of sex.Using the voices of different men who tell of their experiences, Kettelhack questions the assumptions about the "pathology" of promiscuity, sexual compulsion, prostitution, sadomasochism, fetishes, and celibacy. These personal stories are often sexy, sometimes funny, almost always poignant in their honesty, and startling in their insights. We hear about everything from hustling to monogamous gay relationships, from the baths to the private bedroom, from fisting to French-kissing. What emerges is a sex-positive take on the whole gamut of gay male sexual behavior.Celebrating the ingenuity with which gay men manage their sexual and aggressive drives and fantasies, Dancing Around the Volcano is a passionately pro-sex book with potentially healing--even revolutionary--implications for everyone: gay or straight, male or female.

Harmony/Rodale/Convergent

Revealing alternative treatments to AA programs and twelve-step protocols, an encouraging guide stresses the importance of working with an individual's personality and lifestyle. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Sober and Free: Making Your Recovery Work for You

Addiction & Recovery

Touchstone

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The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp

First-Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything (Harper Sobriety, Vol 1)

Second-Year Sobriety: Getting Comfortable Now That Everything Has Changed (Harpe Sobriety, Vol 2)

Third-Year Sobriety: Finding Out Who You Really Are (Harper Sobriety, Vol 3)

How to Make Love While Conscious: Sex and Sobriety

If Only You Would Listen: How to Stop Blaming His or Her Gender and Start Communicating With the One You Love

On a Clear Day You Can See Yourself: Turning the Life You Have Into the Life You Want

Dancing Around the Volcano: Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex

Dancing Around the Volcano: Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex

Sober and Free: Making Your Recovery Work for You