Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex

This book should be the basis for sex education for everyone. It begins with the ethics of sex/relationships and the introduction is a very nice snapshot of how the rest of the book is written. It is written with safety and sanity in mind. There is a lot of focus on knowing yourself before engaging with a partner and knowing your own foibles and limits. There is just enough humor to make it feel like a discussion rather than a droll instruction manual. Each section ends with a quick check list of dos and don'ts that is a nice summary of what was covered and the most important take-aways from the section. I would recommend it to anyone as a good read and I especially recommend it for young people just discovering their sexuality. Parents if you can bring yourselves to do it, get this book for your teens. I got a copy for my daughter who is 25 and I would have gotten it for her sooner if I'd known about it. I will give a copy to my younger daughter when it's time as well.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to accomplish the following: 1. Improve his or her sexlife. 2. Look at sex from a different perspective other than what has been traditionally taught 3. Find new ways to overlook common mistakes we all make in our private lives. 4. Find the inspiration to be a little more adventurous behind closed doors. I find the psychology of sex very interesting in the United States. Here, we all try to keep it hush hush, even pass the occassional law against it, but everyone seems to be doing it and everyone seems to want more of it and a better way to do it. This book is an excellent beginning in breaking out of that old mold and moving on with our personal lives. We owe it to ourselves, our partners, and our significant others to be the best we can be and to have an ever open mind. This book is a step in that direction. James

I opened the Amazon box a couple hours ago, and it included 2 books knocking around in it - lacking any packing material. This paperback book in particular has edges outside the pages, and so the top was crushed, but at least a couple pages were also mussed as well. I've always appreciate the author's frankness, and what I've read so far, this book continues her educational mission. Definitely review the index to get a good idea if this will be useful to you.

Amazing, incredible, and fantastic piece of work. Nina is a shaker and mover. Nina is that rare individual in life who has the courage of a Lion to follow her intuition and feeling and boldly go into areas where almost all people would be fearful, afraid, and horribly insecure. Now that I finally took the time to read her book and think about what she really has to say , I can only say God Bless her for writing this book. Nina really loves people at heart. Thank you for discussing sexual protection, and explaining that before taking the impulsive crazy leap do the necessary preparation before. Also Nina has opened many elements of sexual exploration that I never thought of exploring. Most of all to take the time to enjoy it all and what I really liked was Nina's unselfish approach and yet still getting everything she needs. My first review of this book was wrong, I just scanned the book. My review was very boring, and technically quite over simplified. Take the time to very carefully read this book, and you will find the hidden beauty, sensuality, intelligence, this woman has. Really a special book.

I bought this book with high expectations only to be slapped with dissapointment. I love reading books about how to improve your knowledge on anything and everything but this book just wasn't a favorite. If you want an amazing book about sex and some facts, tips, hints, and brain plumping knowledge totally check out "Sex with the Lights On" by Ducky Doolittle. It's one of the bests that I have ever come across and it's very quirky so it's fun to read. This book book to me was a snoozer.

It’s just downright fun and presented very well. Enjoyable to read, even the “naughty bits”!

Margaret Cho isn't kidding. This really might be the best book about sex, ever. The book discusses techniques, sexual ethics, and attitude: sex as a whole. It's warm, well-written, intelligent, informative. Above all, although it is frank and completely straightforward, it is written with an awareness of the fact that not everybody... well, almost nobody... is completely secure about sex. It neither condescends nor intimidates; it accepts our foibles and anxieties while gently but firmly showing us that there's a better way. I can't imagine anyone, from a veteran swinger to a virgin, who wouldn't get something of value from it, with just a modicum of openmindedness.

This is a fun read, but unless you’re a virgin, you probably won’t actually learn anything.