title: The Joy of Sex: The Timeless Guide to Lovemaking, Ultimate Revised Edition
author: Alex Comfort
description: Answers questions no one had in 1972 . . . this time through the eyes of women,  too. <br /><b> <i>New York Times</i></b><br /><br /> Theres something to celebrate about the enduring life of  so seminal a piece of educational literature. <br /> <b>NPR</b><br /><br /> [Succeeds]  in bringing <i>The Joy of Sex</i> up to current standards.      <br /> <b><i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br /> An old  book now has a lot of new tricks.            <br /> <b><i>Mens Health</i></b><br /><br /> A bellwether of  human sexuality for decades . . . the new version is better. <br /> <b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br /><br /> Witty, fanciful, and mercifully free of moralizing.<br /> <b><i>Time</i></b><br /><br /> An intelligent sex  manual that is serious without being solemn.<br /> <b>Desmond Morris, author of <i>People  Watching </i>and<i> The Human Sexes: The Natural History of a Man and a Woman</i></b>
  						    	
  						        	--This text refers to the <a href="/dp/0307587789/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&amp;n=283155">Paperback</a> edition.
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