'A beautiful, fascinating novel. It is a thriller, a love story and much more' Roddy Doyle

Reissue of the all-time best-selling Methuen Modern Play in the new Methuen Student Edition cover style

Cure for cancer? End to world hunger? What's left to do after the publication of Felice Newman's definitive guide to lesbian sex? Drawing on a wide range of published sources as well as her own notoriously graphic questionnaire circulated by e-mail--stunning mild-mannered office workers as it reeled across their computer screens--Newman has compiled an exhaustively thorough how-to guide for practices as exotic as play piercings and as pedestrian as oral sex. Along the way, she offers a primer in sexual politics and lesbian manners at the turn of the century. The S/M hanky code is laid out once and for all. There is even a (brief, happily brief) section on celibacy.

Highlights include descriptions of sex writer Tristan Taormino's private consultation with Betty Dodson, the author of Sex for One described as"the mother of masturbation":"I was so excited about this adventure that I nearly peed in my pants", recalled Taormino,"I was going to touch myself for Dr Betty Dodson!" (In the end, Newman reports,"Tristan earned an A+ in pelvic thrusting, but got a big 'needs improvement' in the breathing department".) Although it sometimes skimps on the details, especially with regard to women's health, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book is so rich, inclusive, and authoritative that it invites challenge. Now inventive lovers can ask each other:"Is it in Whole Lesbian ?" -- Regina Marler

Sylvia Brownrigg's Pages for You is the story of a sentimental, sensual education, a love affair between a student and a teacher--all blushes, kisses, books and poetry. Flannery is just 17 and a first-year student at an American university; Anne, a lecturer, is 28:"wise, well-travelled, sophisticated". Flannery sees this red-haired, red-lipped goddess drinking coffee in a diner, wearing"pointed, pretty, argumentative boots", and is immediately smitten. Her dreams begin to taunt her with a"bawdy vividness", and much to her surprise the dreams become a reality, when Anne returns her affections. The story is beautifully paced, in small, concise chapters, each capturing a moment in an intense emotional experience. The prose is lyrical and a little gauche, mirroring Flannery's youth and her enthusiasm for literature--she is a poet in the making, and her heartfelt narration of her own story reflects that. If Desdemona loved Othello partly for his stories, than Flannery loves Anne partly for the content of her bookshelves. The novel is lush with sensation and impression; a recognition of the physical passion that the two women share: <blockquote>If doubt had smouldered in Anne at first, the sex extinguished it ... Her questions were silenced by their pleasure calls, and the smoothness and the fluidity of their limbs together calmed her.</blockquote> The novel is intimate and romantic, vivid as the"passionate hot fall of the autumn leaves with their brilliant reds, yellows and golds". -- Eithne Farry

A collection of short tales of passion and lust of lesbian erotica. It brings together a selection of new fiction from around the world.

Comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, Justin, Danny and Alex. As each falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of gay life, the hunger for contact, the fear of commitment, and the need for permanence.

Saucy, shimmering, loud and larger than life - come get your sugar fix!

An introduction to feminist philosophy. The chapters in this book are organised around key issues of practical significance, such as pornography, abortion and sexual harassment. It provides arguments for a variety of feminist positions, drawing upon empirical research.