Red Hot Books!
This category is most definitely for adults only.
We have a more specialised list than ever to offer discerning adult readers. Select from the categories or listings below...
Saucy RompsIn ones, twos, threes and orgies, here are bedroom antics, frolics and fantasies in the best of contemporary and historical settings. |
Through the KeyholeThis really is what the butler saw. Voyeurism in the form of Reality TV is something we are today all guilty of and enjoy to a greater or lesser degree. A titillating collection. |
Carnal KnowledgeFrom the ancient Sanskrit marriage manual the 'Kama Sutra' to the international bestseller 'The Penis: It's Performance, Enlargement and Training', here is socio-sexual posturing to sexual positioning. |
Tongue in CheekSpeaks for itself… what we find funny in the bedroom, bathroom, garden, in public and private places, vices and virtues, often in cartoon form or scribbles simply good for a giggle. |
Collector's LibraryWhere a book is rather rare, of literary value, or in a limited edition, we at Curiosa have decided to categorise it as part of our Collector's Library. You may bag a rare find or simply enjoy the tactile feel of the binding from the following selections. |
Male OrderHomo eroticism, and homosexuality, the appreciation of the male body, the male nude and artistic photography.
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Femmes FatalesWicked, worldly women who just love the phrase "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" Lashings of stockings, high heels, long leather boots, PVC, corsetry and the female form in all its curvaceous beauty. |
Flog 'EmSadistic, cruel, meek and mild, whippings and lashings, leather and lace, stilettos and stockings, flog 'em and see. May contain explicit depictions of sadomasochism. |
Lascivious LivesHistorical and modern biographies where the content has a desirable attraction. Characters from George Melly to Casanova can grace our Internet pages as often as they like. |
LesbefriendsGirl on girl action. |
CAROL MARTIN-SPERRY Book Number: 82725 |
Published price: £9.99
Bibliophile price: £0.50
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Refreshingly frank about sexual problems, this collection of case-histories with detailed assessments is a welcome demystification of the therapist's skill. As broadcaster Phillip Hodson says in th...
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CAT BANYARD Book Number: 87039 |
Published price: £8.99
Bibliophile price: £1.00
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Never before have prostitution, strip clubs and pornography been as profitable, widely used or embedded in mainstream culture as they are today. This prompts many questions - should it be legal to...
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HUGH MORRIS Book Number: 87098 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £1.00
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Sloppy snogs, tonsil tennis, locking lips, polite pecks, kisses come in all shapes, sizes and disguises, textures and motions. How, when and where to make your first move can be fraught with embar...
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HENRY MILLER Book Number: 86978 |
Published price: $25
Bibliophile price: £3.00
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In 1927, a would-be writer Henry Miller opened a speakeasy in Greenwich Village with his second wife, June Mansfield. That year he exhibited his first watercolours and compiled notes for an entire...
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DR CARIN BONDAR Book Number: 87206 |
Published price: $27.95
Bibliophile price: £3.00
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Birds do it, bees do it, in fact every member of the animal kingdom does it from fruit flies to blue whales. Try having to do it being hunted down by predators, or in unpredictable and life-threat...
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BARBARA LEVINE & P. RAMEY Book Number: 87490 |
Published price: £11.99
Bibliophile price: £1.25
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Kodacolor snapshots from the 50s to the late 70s, archive glamour shots like Marilyn Monroe leaning over the door of a Ford Thunderbird to kiss her husband the playwright Arthur Miller in New York ...
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GILL ROSSINI Book Number: 87831 |
Published price: £12.99
Bibliophile price: £1.75
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This is the very first history and research guide aimed specifically at the family history market to discover who loved whom of their own gender in your family. Queen Anne who loved for years Sara...
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HANS-JÜRGEN DÖPP Book Number: 87357 |
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Lucas Cranach the Elder's Venus and Cupid from 1509, John Collier's Lilith, a beauty with hair to the tops of her thighs, naked and wrapped in a huge snake, and Philip Burne-Jones's The Vampire of ...
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HANS-JÜRGEN DÖPP Book Number: 87361 |
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Richly illustrated with colourful, erotic Chinese and Japanese prints and carvings, many of great antiquity, the text figuratively comprises an oriental hymn to carnal pleasure and the Game of Love...
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JONATHON GREEN Book Number: 89003 |
Published price: £16.99
Bibliophile price: £1.88
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Sub-titled 'The Love-Hate Relationship Between Women and Slang' we learn that there are 2,000 words for 'woman' and every one a put-down. Slang is the ultimate in man-made languages and this is th...
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CARINA CHOCANO Book Number: 89008 |
Published price: £14.99
Bibliophile price: £1.50
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Sub-titled 'On Playboy Bunnies, Princesses, Trainwrecks and Other Man-Made Women', and from Bugs Bunny to Flashdance, Chocano blends personal stories with insight and analysis to show that our iden...
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GEOFF BROWN Book Number: 89173 |
Published price: £9.99
Bibliophile price: £2.00
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First published in 1966 and here in paperback reprint is an extraordinary portrait of a young person struggling with their gender identity, a ground-breaking novel about a transgender life. Writte...
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VERONIQUE MORTAIGNE Book Number: 89028 |
Published price: £9.99
Bibliophile price: £6.00
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When the young Jane Birkin met film star Serge Gainsbourg in 1968, he had recently divorced from Brigitte Bardot and was contemptuous of the debutante who was presented to him as his co-star. Jane...
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KITTY HAUSER & C. CHRISTOFOROU Book Number: 89701 |
Published price: £9.95
Bibliophile price: £5.50
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Francis Bacon was one of the giants dominating the artistic landscape of the mid 20th century. This highly illustrated book features 19 of his major works in stunning and original colour illustrat...
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JUDITH WATTS & MIRREN BAXTER Book Number: 89923 |
Published price: £10.99
Bibliophile price: £2.50
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Another in the famous Teach Yourself series, the book is packed with ideas that will drive you and the confidence you might be lacking to write well about sex. That is difficult even for the most ...
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THE GIFTED STATIONERY COMPANY Book Number: 89214 |
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Two of the images are by Gil Elvgren which epitomise the slim young beautiful woman wearing black stockings and suspenders, dress flying high in the wind, in the first image Aiming High the blonde ...
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GRAHAM HOWE & B. GATES WARREN Book Number: 90770 |
Published price: £40
Bibliophile price: £16.50
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During his 50-year career, Edward Weston (1886-1958) blazed a trail in Photo-Modernism capturing portraits, landscapes, still life and nudes. This has established him as one of the most revered pr...
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BRIAN FAGAN & NADIA DURRANI Book Number: 90773 |
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £7.00
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'If you thought that your bed was only good for sleeping in, having sex in, or dying in, then this book will disabuse you.' - Paul Chrystal. Here is the ultimate bedtime story bringing a new meani...
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GAY TALESE Book Number: 91180 |
Published price: £14.99
Bibliophile price: £7.50
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Credited with the creation of an inventive form of non-fiction writing called 'The New Journalism', Gay Talese's bestselling books involve the changing moral values of America, such as his Thy Neig...
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LISA HILTON Book Number: 90792 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £4.00
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In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend her maligned sex. Her book, The City of Ladies, was built around preserving women's reputations from the slights and misunderstandings of histor...
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Julia London Book Number: 91300 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £3.50
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An unashamedly romantic cheek-dabbing novel. Every prince has his secrets and she is determined to unravel his. Every dashing young man in London is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke's hand, except o...
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EMMANUELLE ARSAN Book Number: 91261 |
Published price: $15
Bibliophile price: £8.00
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Emmanuelle Arsan offered a radical portrait of an uninhibited young woman. Free from moral judgements and devoted to the pleasure of her body and mind, one of the most famo...
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GEORGE SHACKELFORD & X. REY Book Number: 91337 |
Published price: £57
Bibliophile price: £25.00
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With contributions by Lucien Freud, Martin Gayford and Anne Rocquebert here is the classical body observed, exploited and exhibited and finally transformed. The nude figure was critical to the art...
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JEANETTE WINTERSON Book Number: 91348 |
Published price: £16.99
Bibliophile price: £7.00
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Winterson is always dazzling, and this ambitious novel is no exception. Mary Shelley, the creator of Frankenstein, is in Italy with her husband the poet Shelley, his friend Lord Byron, and his half...
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JOHN RICHARDSON Book Number: 91397 |
Published price: £30
Bibliophile price: £9.50
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Art critic John Richardson spent 12 years as the partner of flamboyant and outrageous art collector Douglas Cooper, who in turn was a friend of artists like Picasso, collectors including Peggy Gugg...
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MATTHIAS HARDER Book Number: 91537 |
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£80.00
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Helmut Newton (1920-2004) is remembered as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, channeling sensuality and eroticism into his work. Controversial scenarios, bold lighting,...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91544 |
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£12.00
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The Little Big Book of Breasts features over 150 celebrated big breast models from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, including Michelle Angelo, Virginia Bell, Roxanne Brewer, Joan Brinkman, Lorraine Burne...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91546 |
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£12.00
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Middle wicket, Percy, John Thomas ... one of the few things not discussed in this book is the myriad of euphemisms and pet names for the penis. Features over 150 massively endowed male members of m...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91547 |
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£12.00
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The first in-depth exploration of the female pudendum, that coveted orifice man spends nine months trying to escape, and a lifetime attempting to re-enter! Dian Hanson delves into the historical si...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91548 |
Bibliophile price:
£12.00
Product format: Hardback
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How can we pack so much big booty into such a tiny and inexpensive package? The female butt, tush, culo, or derrière has always inspired awe, fantasy and slavish devotion. Here are bottoms from 19...
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