Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning
By: Carrie Jenkins
4.05
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
As a woman with a husband and other partners, philosopher Carrie Jenkins knows that love is complic…
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1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
By: Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt
3.93
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethicall… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- relationships
"Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"When you respect your limits, other will learn to respect them too."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"A ring around the finger does not cause a nerve block to the genitals."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"Fighting is the ultimate act of intimacy. (...) Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
2. Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism
By: Eva Illouz
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic r… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- relationships
3. Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
By: Yiyun Li
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that distance? Startlingl… read more
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- nonfiction
4. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
By: William B. Irvine
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more
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5. I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
By: Jerold J. Kreisman , Hal Straus
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frig… read more
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6. Kiss of the Spider Woman
By: Manuel Puig
4.01
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glitt… read more
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"¿Qué pasa que a veces alguien dice algo y conquista para siempre a otra persona?"-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...It's that you think it's forever, that one's never ever going to feel unhappy again."-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"– Io non ci credo alla faccenda del godi e non pensare al domani, Molina. Nessuno gode senza pensare al domani. Va bene solo per il paradiso terrestre."-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"—And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? —I don't know, but sometimes that kind of be…"-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
7. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation
By: Eva Illouz
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Hardcover
Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving … read more
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8. The Book of Tea
By: Kakuzō Okakura
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more
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9. The Denial of Death
By: Daniel Goleman , Ernest Becker , Sam Keen
4.32
Format: 80 pages,
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is… read more
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10. El cuerpo en que nací
By: Guadalupe Nettel
3.00
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Inspirada en la infancia de la autora, El cuerpo en que naci es la historia de una nina con un defe… read more
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11. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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12. Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol
By: Mónica Ojeda
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
LA NUEVA NOVELA DE LA AUTORA FINALISTA AL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD por Mandíbula Seleccionada por la … read more
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13. More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
By: Molly Roden Winter
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother'… read more
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- nonfiction
"There is something pathetic about crying within the first minute of therapy"-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
"I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down."-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
"Why do I keep doing this? Why can't I stop this stupid pleasing everyone bullshit? I'm so fucking sick of myself."-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
14. Pelea de gallos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.15
Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition
Pelea de gallos narra desde diferentes voces el hogar, ese espacio que construye –o destruye– a la… read more
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"There is nothing more perfect than Love. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
"No me gusta ser hombre. ¿No se puede ser otra cosa? No hay otro sitio en el que quisiera estar - ¿es el pasado un sitio? -, pero tampoco aqui."-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
"Volver, lo sabe todo el mundo, es imposible. Luego de los abrazos y las lágrimas viene el verdadero reencuentro, estar frente a frente a los mismos cuando nosotros ya somos otros, frente a ellos cuan…"-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos
15. No siento nada
By: Liv Strömquist
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Una radiografía del amor en la era del narcicismo extremo, el nuevo ensayo de la historietista más … read more
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- nonfiction
- love
16. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
By: Jessica Fern
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more
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"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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- nonfiction
18. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
By: Rhaina Cohen
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
By: Katherine Angel
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of Me… read more
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- nonfiction
"The fantasy of total autonomy, and of total self-knowledge, is not only a fantasy; it’s a nightmare."-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Any model of consent can prove itself worthless if a man is not open to his sexual partner's no, or her changing desires, and if he responds to either of these with a rage borne of humiliation."-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Why not aim for sex itself as being deeply mutually pleasurable? Why not aim for a culture that embraces and enables women’s sexual pleasure, in all its complexity, and admits the complexity of male …"-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Instead of resigning ourselves to the inevitability of bad sex, and even romanticizing it as merely youthful misadventure, we should subject it to sustained scrutiny. Bad sex emerges from gender norm…"-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
20. Can the Monster Speak? A Report to an Academy of Psychoanalysts
By: Paul B. Preciado
4.26
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
In November 2019, Paul B. Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the Éco… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio
By: Andrea Chapela
4.26
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
En los futuros donde suceden estos diez relatos, una colección de dispositivos como pings, ansibles… read more
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"El silencio alrededor de ellas se quiebra. Se inundan, el agua empuja desde el vientre de la Ciudad, borbotea llenando todos los edificios, cubriendo las calles, colmando cada resquicio. ¿Puede Tlálo…"-Andrea Chapela, Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio
22. Les Aérostats
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.65
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
"La jeunesse est un talent, il faut des années pour l'acquérir." Dans ce nouveau livre, la romanci… read more
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23. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
24. El sentido de consentir
By: Clara Serra
4.12
Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition
¿Es tan claro e irrefutable como parece el concepto de «consentimiento»? Este libro explora sus mat… read more
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25. Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
By: Jessica Fern
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring cons… read more
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- nonfiction
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26. Desde los zulos
By: Dahlia de la Cerda
4.30
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Mezclando la autoficción, la crónica y el pensamiento feminista, en Desde los zulos Dahlia de la Ce… read more
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"Un cuarto propio también son los privilegios que ayudan a que una mujer escriba. Una jornada laboral de menos de ocho horas es un cuarto propio. Dinero y tiempo para ir a un café a escribir es un cua…"-Dahlia de la Cerda, Desde los zulos
27. Mar de piedra
By: Aura García-Junco
2.88
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Ciudad de México, 2025. Ha entrado en vigor una ley que determina “el fin de una investigación en c… read more
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28. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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29. El fin del amor: Una sociología de las relaciones negativas
By: Eva Illouz
4.22
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
La cultura occidental ha representado con insistencia los modos en que el amor irrumpe milagrosamen… read more
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- nonfiction
- love
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30. Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning
By: Carrie Jenkins
4.05
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
As a woman with a husband and other partners, philosopher Carrie Jenkins knows that love is complic… read more
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