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How-To Books

Facts and reference guides to learn everything from how to tie a knot to how to play safely. While you can learn on your own it is often wiser to learn of other people mistakes and successes.

First up, a few of my favorites:

Screw the Roses Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns Philip Miller, Molly Devon The highly touted book, contains many practical tips, including knot tying and a sensible discussion of many different types of play.
The Loving Dominant The Loving Dominant John Warren A well written guide to domination. Several sections in the book also do a good job of introducing the concept of BDSM to someone who is unfamiliar with it, making it a good tool to helping friends/family understand your interest (whether your interest is as Dom, sub or switch).
Erotic Bondage Handbook Jay Wiseman'sErotic Bondage Handbook A great introduction to bondage from how to tie a knot to what types of rope to use and why all the way to what positions for which effect. Wonderful for the beginner or the experienced player looking to expand their repetoire.
The Seductive Art of Japanes Bondage The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage by Midori, Craig Morey (Photographer) One word. Wow. Great subject, handled well, with wonderful pictures of the end result by a very good photographer. Good for just looking, or learning as well.

These are the other titles I have found available but haven't personally read yet (though some are currently sitting on my shelf, waiting for me to find time :).

Different Loving Gloria Brame. The Masters Manual Jack Rinella, Joseph Bean. SM101 Jay Wiseman.
The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt Coming to Power : Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M by Samois S&m : Studies in Dominance & Submission by Thomas S. Weinberg (Editor)
Learning the Ropes : A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun S/m Lovemaking by Race Bannon
Bound to Be Free : The Sm Experience by Charles Moser, J. J. Madeson (Contributor), B. J. Madeson Art of Sensual Female Dominance : A Guide for Women by Claudia Varrin The New Topping Book by Dossie Easton, Janet Hardy. An updated version of the old Topping Book
The New Bottoming Book by Dossie Easton, Janet Hardy. An updated version of the old Bottoming Book Whips and Kisses : Parting the Leather Curtain by Mistress Jacqueline Ties That Bind : The Sm/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style: Issues, Commentaries and Advice by Guy Baldwin, Joseph Bean
Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely : How to Talk About It and How toDo It Safely by Bill Henkin, William A. Ph.D. Henkin, Sybil Holiday Between the Body and the Flesh : Performing Sadomasochism (Between Men--Between Women) by Lynda Hart Public Sex : The Culture of Radical Sex by Pat Califia
Bound and Gagged : Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America by Laura Kipnis Sensuous Magic : A Guide for Adventurous Couples by Pat Califia Erotic Surrender : The Sensual Joys of Female Submission by Claudia Varrin
Beneath the Skins : The New Spirit and Politics of the Kink Community by Ivo Dominguez The Mastery of Submission : Inventions of Masochism (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry) by John K. Noyes Pain & Passion : A Psychoanalyst Explores the World of S & M by Robert J. Stoller


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