Book description
The Joy of Sex is the World's most trusted illustrated sex manual. This
brand new edition is freshly minted for today's market demands with
brand new artwork, warmer, more dynamic photography, and updated
content.
As a champion of trusting, loving relationships, this groundbreaking
book advocates mutual respect and tenderness between lovers. A
bestseller since it was first published in 1972, Alex Comfort's classic
work celebrated human physical intimacy with such authority and clarity
that a whole generation felt empowered to enjoy sex. No other book has
come close in providing such an imaginative, uninhibited, and
entertaining guide to lovemaking. The reasons for unfulfilling sexual
relations today are different to those of Alex Comfort's original
audience. This new edition of The Joy of Sex, fully revised and updated
by respected sex expert and relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam,
contains over 40 new entries, bringing Comfort's original, frank advice
up to date for the modern readership. An intelligent sex manual that
is serious without being solemn. Dr Alex Comfort, M. B., D. Sc., was a
leading expert on human sexuality and one of the most versatile authors
of the 20th century. A pioneer in the study of old age, co-founder of
the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, anarchist, social commentator,
novelist, and poet, he wrote over 50 books and countless scientific
papers. Dr Comfort also worked as head of research on gerontology at
University College London, a lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry at
Stanford University, and Adjunct Professor at the Neuropsychiatric
Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. A member of
the Royal Society of Medicine and an Associate Member of the American
Psychiatric Association, he died in March 2000, aged 80. Susan Quilliam
is a relationship psychologist who works with the international Journal
of Family Planning, the British relationship counselling organization
Relate, and global advisory boards in the field of sexual health and
dysfunction. Susan is also an advice columnist for several health
websites, magazines, and radio stations and she writes, broadcasts and
presents internationally on topics surrounding love and sexuality.
