"The Tao of health, sex and longevity."
Daniel P Reid

Covers everything from fasting, yoga, exercise, immortality and of course, sex.

Nice topic. I too am looking for some nice reads for the summer. I noticed on my Iphone there is an app where you can scan the barcode of a book you find - that perhaps someone else has and it tells you various locations in your area where you can find/buy it. I haven't tried it yet...

Facinating book and I highly recommend it for all hobbyist and escorts.

It gets into the real nitty gritty of the hobby.

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I love sci-fi and fantasy stuff; particularly material that portrays man as an heroic being capable of achieving values. To that end:

1. The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

Goodkind is an amazing author. He develops psychologically complex characters to their full extent, brings about complex and interrelated conflicts, and ties up loose ends perfectly.

My one complaint is that he feels the need in some books to re-explain ideas or events from earlier books.

Fight scenes are extremely realistic, leading me to believe he likely has a martial arts background.


2. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand's writing in Atlas Shrugged can be a bit stilted, and her conception of scientific possibilities in Atlas Shrugged strains credulity.

The Fountainhead, on the other hand, is far better developed, less pedantic and portrays more sympathetic characters.

There IS one conception and scene in this book to which I object highly because I disagree profoundly with her model of male/female sexual interaction.

Nevertheless, this is a worthwhile and important book; and entertaining in its own right.

3. Practically anything by Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler writes an adventure series that combines both extremely well-researched and some speculative ancient history with realistic action-adventure heroes with three-dimensional personalities.

There is nothing particularly profound, but the books are really entertaining.

4. Michael Crighton's "Timeline" and I highly recommend "State of Fear."

There are ideas in the latter book which are controversial; but Crighton does the ideas and the book justice.

Anything by Clive Cussler, Brad Thor and Vince Flynn. Dan Brown's non-Da Vinci themed books are also good.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick

They call him the Kafka of sci-fi.

A fantastic book that can be read on two levels.

In one instance, you can read it on a surface level of being a great sci-fi.

On the second level, you can read deep into the philosophical implications of the world he's set up. I find myself overwhelmed with thought every 15 pages and having to meditate on it for a little while before moving on.