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A thought-provoking collection of Mapplethorpe's sex picture
This collection of pictures is bound in a good quality cover and printed on a glossy paper of reasonable quality. One word: Ouch
You can always debate whether this book is "art" or not, but thefact is I am worried about what happened to some of the subjects. Helmut? Are you okay?I think Mapplethorpe wanted to shock, and he did, but Ifound the pictures had too much pain in them to be appreciated.I wasdeadened to what Mapplethorpe wanted to say, if he wanted to say anythingat all.Ouch, ouch, ouch.

very good book
artistic and powerful,i recommend it ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    2. Gay Studies    3. Individual Photographer    4. Nudes & Erotic    5. Photography    6. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    7. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    8. Erotic art    9. Gay studies (Gay men)    10. Individual photographers    11. Photographs: collections   

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Chix luv dix too!
I'm not [...], and neither is my girlfriend, but I ordered this book as a gift to her and she was very pleased indeed! She now keeps it stashed by her bedside for those lonely evenings when I'm not available. I learned of her interest in full-frontal male nudes when she complained repeatedly that there is obvious discrimination against males in movies and other media, given the fact that female full-frontals are so commonplace, and their male counterparts almost impossible to come by. Well, she's right, and this book rights that wrong! Buy it for your girlfriend for Valentine's Day.

Striking Photographs
From the largest publisher of gay male related books, Bruno Gmunder, comes this photographic essay dedicated to male 'private parts.' The photographer, Giovanni, is the pseudonym of a world-famous photographer who works in the international fashion scene. In most of his work the central theme is located a few feet higher up on the body. In this book basically just the bare nude torso is shown. Most of the book is in exquisitely lighted and printed black and white. Indeed the printing quality is so high that you might think these are true photographs rather than having been printed. There are, however, a couple of sections printed in full color.
Appreciation for the male appendage
Stunning photography and exceptional models set this book apart from similar publications.Definitely a worthwhile book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Individual Photographer    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    6. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    7. Erotic art   

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Professional Photographs in a soft core environment
Another classic book from Bruno Gmunder, the world's leader in gay literature. Bel Ami is a Prague-based film company established by George Duroy, who is Slovak. "Bel Ami" means "beautiful friend" in French. Bel Ami specializes in films showing young men in erotic settings. They range from soft to hard core.
Beautiful Guys
Beautiful guys at play, sexual and otherwise. Beautiful bodies to look at in various stages of arousal but no overt sexual acts. Intimate love scenes w/ plenty of body contact, to include genital contact. The only negative was that some of these guys were just a little too mature to qualify for the term "Boys." but they were still beautiful men.

I agree - breathtaking!
This is a gorgeous book!Granted, ther Boys of Bel Ami are gorgeous, and this book does a great job capturing their beauty and charm.I highly recommend it to all gay men, and I doubt that you will be disappointed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Individual Photographer    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    6. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    7. Erotic art   

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A Classic of its Kind
Artistry in rope and the male figure.
Bondage and Male Architecture
There will be those who purchase this fine book hoping for only the prurient. That's not only unfortunate but an insult to a brilliantly conceived and executed volume. Van Darkholme knows that a man is a systematic construction of parts. The use of rope serves to identify and isolate the body, rather as an architect plans floors for a structure. Each has a purpose, each has an access. In this process of isolation the photographer asks that we see what he sees and succeeds. From the exoskeleton of a building, we see the flesh and how it is supported by the rope/girders. It is as if man becomes the Pompidou center, all the disparate parts shown and their intimate connections revealed. Finally, the last few scenes are a mute testimony to tragedy. The collapse of the coherent to the cruelty of the people who would criticize that which they refuse to understand or accept. It is not only art observed, but art as applied.
From a Master of Creative Arts
As any industry matures, we begin to see a certain craftsmanship that just didn't exist before.In the adult industry, such is true, and adult media is rarely considered "artful" or even "Avant-garde."
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Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    5. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    6. Gay studies (Gay men)    7. Graphic design   

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Favorite M/M Romances Ever
If you've never tried m/m romance before, make TTS your first. I did and have been addicted ever since. Ethan and Jamie are absolutely yummy together. They have a love between them that the reader can feel through J.L. Langley's touching and sometimes humorous depictions of their relationship. This is a beautiful and romantic story about two men who fall in love--a must read for fans of real romance. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Erotica - Gay    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - Adult    4. Romance - Adult    5. Romance - Contemporary    6. Romance: Modern    7. Fiction-Romance - Adult    8. Fiction-Romance - Contemporary   

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A truly romantic read
Ally Blue has a way of drawing the reader in and sending them on an emotional rollercoaster.All her books are a must read and Willow Bend is no exception.It's a beautifully crafted story.The characters are so real you will hate to leave them.I felt like I knew these characters, they made my smile, cry and laugh.The sex scenes are erotic and will leave you breathless, but the truly outstanding thing about this story is the development of the Cory and Paul's relationship and how they help each other over the death of loved ones.This is a very romantic and realistic love story.Also recommended: Laura Baumbach's A Bit of Rough; Sean Michael's Tripire; Chris Owen's Bareback

A must read M/M romance writer !
Willow Bend is a lovely gay romance about finding love in the midst of death, the death of a beloved spouse and the death of a beloved parent. I love Ally Blue's works (4 e-books thus far in Loose-id and Samhain). She explores her guys' feelings deeply, emphasizing on the emotional content of their relationship and Willow Bend is no exception. And of course there is the hot sex. All of you into M/M erotic romance should not miss Ally's works. I for one am glad to have one of her stories available in good old fashioned paperback. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    5. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    6. Erotic art   

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Individual Photographer    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    6. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    7. Erotic art   

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A yummy title!
"The Art of Loving" is by the famous author Eiki Eiki and has only 2 volumes.
Exceptional!
This is not your typical "happy feel" Yaoi. The story is about obsession and it is dark, poignant and a trifle disturbing. As the story progresses, one has the impression the 2 protagonists are spiraling towards an abyss from which they may not recover. It is suppose to be a 2 volumes story but after surfing Junemanga.com (DMP new Yaoi website) we may not see the 2nd volume this year. Frustrating as Volume 1 does end with a cliff hanger. The story starts really well, introducing us to the intriguing relationship between Yutaka and Tohno. From there we have flashbacks as to how it all started from the time both are just school mates. The plot is fast paced and keeps me turning the pages until the cliff hanger at the end. Both boys are appealing characters but not everyone may like Yutaka, the darker character. Eiki Eiki is one talented mangaka and I appreciate her non adherence to the usual stereotype Yaoi. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Comics & Graphic Novels    2. General    3. Graphic Novels    4. Graphic Novels - Erotica    5. Graphic Novels - Manga    6. Humor    7. Comics & Graphic Novels / General    8. Literature of special Gay interest    9. Romance   

Subjects:  1. Comics & Graphic Novels    2. Gay Studies    3. Graphic Novels    4. Graphic Novels - Erotica    5. Erotic art   

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Overwhelming beauty
Everyone I know loves this book.The beauty contained in it is just overwhelming, particularly the section "Brian & Nhat."Anyone who looks at the loving photographs of these two striking young men will see a beauty that is really impossible to put into words -- unless you happen to be a very gifted poet!But could I try? Slender, muscular torsos : beautiful eyes : boyish innocence on one page & crushing masculine beauty on the next : lovely, lovely smiles : all the beauty that kisses the world of the young and the adolescent, and then too quickly vanishes.
Roffman is Genius
What a totally beautiful book.This is a photographic essay of merit.Real good coffee-table stuff.

Documentary on Journey of Exploring Sexuality at 18
"A great look at a man exploring his sexuality. Howard Roffmangoes into the world of an 18-year-old male, Brian, and documents the journey on film. Don't Miss this 2006 Collector's Edition! FULL COLOR!"--� zebraz ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Individual Photographer    3. Individual Photographers And Their Work    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photography    6. Photography Of Specific Subjects    7. Subjects & Themes - Erotica    8. Subjects & Themes - Nudes    9. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    10. Erotic art    11. Photographs: portraits   

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Funny shonen-ai! (Yaay)
Challengers is Hinako Takanaga's debut work - a four volume story - published by DramaQueen. Hinako also brought us the for the charming and sweet Little Butterfly series. While not as good as her sequel series, in terms of storyline or artwork, Challengers is still a great shonen-ai manga and a very funny one at that.
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hot!
I don't leave many reviews but as a follow-up to a comment made below.... Tempestuous is also m/m.Both books are incredibly hot!Actually, Morgan's "Torrid" was the first strickly m/m I'd read and I found it, interestingly enough, a major turn on!I'm hoping she sets another story with these two guys... especially after the closing pages!Get the book and you'll know what I mean.:)If you like hot erotica, no matter what the mixture, Morgan's books are perfect.The girl has some serious imagination!!!

ACK!I LOVE THIS...MORE, MORE!!!
I'm not going into a long review, but suffice to say, the action was hot, the romance was smooth, and the protagonists were wonderful! I loved both the main characters and couldn't choose a favorite. If you like yaoi/shonen-ai, your will LOVE this! Write more, more, more, Morgan!

Brave new world for me
I don't normally read manga or yaoi or Shounen-ai... in fact, I had to look up what most of those words mean! I don't even read m/m stories very often.However I met Morgan Hawke at the RTCon in Daytona Beach this year and adored her, her open and free spirit and decided to take a step outside my comfort zone and read "Torrid." I stayed up until 2 a.m. reading it.I found it erotic, charming, and a VERY well named little book. Very hot, HOT, hot m/m with a delicious sense of humor. The characters were interesting and well formed, with not too much given to us too soon, lots of varied sex without getting too clinical (not easy with two guys).
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Subjects:  1. Fiction / Erotica    2. Morgan, Hawke,Morgan Hawke,Torrid,erotica,erotic,sex,sexy,sexuality,Shounen-ai,gay,Yaoi,romance,eXtasy Books,eXtasy,Booksurge   

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REAL , HOT
WELL WRITTEN STORIES (MEMORIES),OF ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN GAY MEN AND SUPPOSEDLY STRAIGHT MEN. THESE ENCOUNTERS HAPPEN IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES. READS LIKE A PORN BOOK BUT REMEMBER THESE ARE ALL TRUE STORIES. WELL, WHETHER THEY ARE OR NOT THEY MAKE FOR GREAT LATE NIGHT READING.

Exciting book!!!
The best part is this book contains TRUE stories and that makes it so much more realistic. If you hate fiction about hot guys who always have 10 inches, this book is for you. Some stories remind me of my own experiences and I believe they are really true. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Erotica - General    2. Fiction    3. Gay Studies    4. Gay men    5. Gender Studies    6. Heterosexual men    7. Sexual behavior    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Fiction / Erotica    11. Literature of special Gay interest    12. Modern fiction   

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Totally'jacked!
I usually expect erotic novels to be plotless stories about pizza delivery men/pool boys/mechanics who just have sex with a different person each chapter. But "Mindjacker" actually has a plot! It even has subplots! And it still has all the sex (and more) that you'd want from this type book (including a scene with a delivery man and two with mechanics--but no pool boy). A lot of fun to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Erotica - General    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - Adult    4. Erotic fiction    5. General & Literary Fiction    6. Literature of special Gay interest   

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A Porn Movie turned book with no real story line
If you are looking for a book with no pictures and you don't want to pop in a video to get you off and the perverse is what gets you off than this book is for you.Otherwise, if you are looking for a novel glorifying ethhic sexual gratification and a great mystery novel then you will be greatly disappointed.The language of the author is ingenuine of American rappers, the story line is completely assinine (the detectice has less than 24 hours to recover an item and he spends most of the day just having sex, and out of like 232 pages 220 is just sex scenes.This novel is a complete failure if the attempt was to write a serious novel on ethnic men and their sexuality.

Asuper HOT read!
This is erotica at its best -- with hot nubile characters, a nice plot to keep the action going, and the best part of the book -- great, provocative, totally HOT gay sex. i applaud jay russell for using asian and blackcharacters and infusing them with the sexiest traits ever seen incontemporary gay erotica. thanks jay, and pls give us some more! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Erotica - Gay    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - Adult    4. Gay    5. Erotic fiction    6. Literature of special Gay interest   

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At Home on the Raunch
From the 1860's to present day, Cowboys covers a wide variety of western themed men and their sexual doins' You'll like these guys, everyone from an Hawaiian cowboy to a graphics designer is vibrant and no two stories are even remotely similar save many of them take place in the West. A strength of this book is that it introduces men discovering their sexuality in a time when what they want to do just isn't, publicly, acknowledged. A sheriff, a country doctor, a drifter all come to terms with what they want and, always, get it. There is a sentimental undercurrent to many of these men: The loneliness of isolation makes them as interested in the "buddy" aspect of being with another man as the sex. You want to pull up a chair, sit by a pot bellied stove and get acquainted. You'll like the guy next to you and pull for his happiness and sexual fulfillment. And, yes, the sex is great. The various authors approach to sex is a function of the story and not the focus. It's the guys in the ten gallon hats and their hankering after the bartender or a new drifter freshly come to herd cattle and the owner of same.
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Subjects:  1. Erotica - Gay    2. Erotica - General    3. Fiction    4. Fiction - Adult    5. Gay    6. Homosexuality    7. Short Story    8. Erotic fiction    9. Fiction / Erotica    10. Fiction anthologies & collections    11. Literature of special Gay interest   

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Makes Good Wood
Literate, well written, plausible, stimulating, lusty, steamy, erotic, sordid, lurid, and sleazy...all words that describe this remarkable collection of gay short stories.This collection is a must. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Erotic stories, American    2. Erotica - Anthologies    3. Erotica - Gay    4. Fiction    5. Fiction - Adult    6. Gay    7. Gay men    8. Fiction / Gay   

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Right on target!
Over 300 pages of saucy tales from the Masters of Genre. Nobody's as sexy as a man in uniform, especially if he's one in Raw Recruits! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthologies (multiple authors)    2. Erotica - Gay    3. Erotica - General    4. Fiction    5. Gay    6. Erotic fiction    7. Fiction / Erotica    8. General & Literary Fiction    9. Literature of special Gay interest    10. Short stories