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Sexual frankness without a hint of guilt or prurience is the great legacy which the Eastern, and in particular Indian, traditions have given us. As an expression of human culture, and as a pillow book for the modern boudoir, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana the most famous work on sex ever written the Ananga-Ranga of Kalyana Malla, and Sheikh Nefzai's Perfumed Garden, set forth the principles of sensual pleasure with poetry, wisdom, and humor, celebrating love as an ecstatic expression of life's beauty.

Here, for the first time, Sir Richard Burton's translations of the classic Eastern love texts have been published in one volume.

The first Kama Sutra to be illustrated in color with a dazzling and unique collection of Indian painting and sculpture.

These erotic treatises are not sex manuals in the modern sense clinical collections of coital postures but a broader and more humane exploration of Eastern sexual customs..
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Charlie Small’s second journal of his adventures was found encased in ice, high on a glacial plateau in the Himalayas It details even more remarkable deeds and thrilling acts aboard the Jolly Roger with the dastardly lady-pirates of perfidy–and a lot more besides. Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include climbing trees, collecting things, playing computer games, and football. He also enjoys conversing in the secret language of the gorillas. His present whereabouts is unknown, but we understand that he’s hoping to be home in time for tea..
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Written in the 16th Century, this volume is one of the oldest texts on the subject of erotica It provides a fascinating look into the sexual customs and behavior of Arabia in the Middle Ages, much like the Kama Sutra reflects ancient Hindu culture. Translated into English by the renowned explorer Sir Richard F. Burton, The Perfumed Garden Of The Cheikh Nefzaoui explicitly sings the praises of intimacy. Sections include "Concerning Everything Favorable to Coition," "Of Matters which are Injurious in the act of Generation," and "On the Deceits and Treacheries of Women." With complete candor, this classic celebrates sensual pleasure with beautiful prose.


"I swear before God, certainly! The knowledge of this book is necessary. It will be only the shamefully ignorant, the enemy of all science who does not read it, or who turns it into ridicule." --Cheikh Nefzaoui.
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The classic text from 16th -century Arabia..
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"The Perfumed Garden by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi is a sex manual and work of erotic literature The full title of the book is The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight (al-rawd al-'atir fi nuzhati'l khatir).

The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies. It gives lists of names for the penis and vagina, has a section on the interpretation of dreams, and briefly describes sex among animals. Interspersed with these there are a number of stories which are intended to give context and amuse." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface; Translators Note; Introduction; Concerning Praiseworthy Men; Concerning Women Who Deserve To Be Praised; About Men Who Are To Be Held In Contempt; About Women Who Are To Be Held In Contempt; Relating To The Act Of Generation; Concerning Everything That Is Favourable To The Act Of Coition; Of Matters Which Are Injurious In The Act Of Generation; The Sundry Names Given To The Sexual Parts Of Man; Sundry Names Given To The Sexual Organs Of Women; Concerning The Organs Of Generation Of Animals; On The Deceits And Treacheries Of Women; Concerning Sundry Observations Useful To Know For Men And Women; Concerning The Causes Of Enjoyment In The Act Of Generation; Description Of The Uterus Of Sterile Women, And Treatment Of The Same; Concerning The Causes Of Impotence In Men; Undoing Of Aiguillettes (impotence For A Time); Prescriptions For Increasing The Dimensions Of Small Members And For Making Them Splendid; Of Things That Take Away The Bad Smell From The Armpit And Sexual Parts Of Women And Contract The Latter; Instructions With Regard To Pregnancy And How The Gender Of The Child That Is To Be Born May Be Known--that Is To Say, Knowledge Of The Sex Of The Foe.
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Whoever might perfume a scorpion
Will not thereby escape its sting.
--Sufi master Bahaudin Naqshband

Using the powerful approach of classical teachers, Shah has crafted a contemporary teaching tool that blends a fast-paced look at today's world with the timeless teachings of the Sufis. The book brings into sharp focus the conditioned behavior and self-deception that are common in Western minds.

Far more than a literary tool for breaking loose old mental habits, it is a blueprint for a process of self-development that precludes self-deceit. Truly a book among books, A Perfumed Scorpion is treasured the world over for its clarity of wisdom and its forcefulness of insight..
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