Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

Fearless sex writer Jesse Bering argues that all of us have some kind of paraphilia (intense erotic attraction to atypical fodder) – and should embrace it, via the teachings of Freud and Kinsey, and the shapely curves of the Eiffel Tower.

Solo: A James Bond Novel

Literary giant William Boyd’s tale is a crackerjack spy story of Agent 007, and a rebel movement in the fictional African land of Zanzarim during the Golden Age of the 1960s.

The Death of Santini

Few autobiographical novels have accrued as loyal and enthusiastic a following as Conroy’s The Great Santini.  This follow-up memoir strips away the pseudonyms and recounts the full and final saga of the writer and his autocratic father.

Falling Upwards

No method of human flight is more entrancing than ballooning, and the earliest days of the pastime are brought to cinematic life by popular historian Richard Holmes, who find a circus of colorful characters to enliven his pages.