Guide to Getting It On! 4th Edition - Softcover

Joannides, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885535678 ISBN 13: 9781885535672

Publisher: UNKNO, 2004

Synopsis

The fourth edition of a classic guide to sex and sexuality adds thirty new illustrations and updated information on everything from "Dating in the Digital Age" to sixteenth-century cod pieces, all presented in a fun, factual, and ultimately human portrayal of a sometimes touchy subject. Original. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

You won't believe this, but the new fourth edition of the Guide is now being used in medical schools. It is also being assigned in a number of college sex-ed courses, and one chain of sex stores requires new employees to read it as part of their training. The sellback rate among students is apparently quite low. (RJ from the University of Arizona cautions: "If you can find a used copy, thumb through it first for unusual stains or stuck pages.")

The Guide has now won three awards and has been translated into more than twelve languages. You won't find a sex book that has more heart and soul, and certainly not one that is a better value, or dare we say, bang for the buck.

From the Author:

The best way I know to thank people who have supported the Guide over the years is to make sure that each new edition reaches farther and takes more risks. The new fourth edition has 782 pages, 51 new illustrations, eight new chapters, and a few thousand updates and tweaks. It found its way into bookstores in April of 2004. Hopefully, there's nothing mainstream or predictable about it.

Occasionally , I hear from people who expected the Guide to be like the cookie-cutter sexbooks that the big houses publish. Please understand that I never intended for the Guide to provide "the answers" or to tell you how to have sex. I just wanted it to help people think about sexual things in fun and intelligent ways. I wanted it be a 782-page excuse for people to share and explore their sexuality without it being too threatening or anxiety-provoking. My goal was for the Guide to tickle you as much between the ears as it does between your....

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1885535678
• ISBN 13: 9781885535672
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 768
• Illustrator: Gross Daerick