6/30/2023 0 Comments Bonk by mary roach![]() ![]() What did you expect?” Other factors were in play, of course, but one can reasonably argue that Alfred Kinsey got in trouble because he published scientific evidence that women enjoyed and participated in sexual acts that couldn’t, or weren’t intended to, result in children. Having premarital sex sex with each other. ![]() Clara replies: “You told them their grandmothers and their daughters are masturbating. “I’m trying to find out why people hate this book so,” he says. In a scene from the 2004 biopic Kinsey, the scientist reads scathing reviews over his wife’s protests. 1953’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, however, inspired backlash so severe that the Rockefeller Foundation yanked his funding. Stephanie Eve Boone reviews Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach, and More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, by Robert EngelmanĪlfred Kinsey’s 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male was controversial like a fox, a best-seller that brought him international acclaim. ![]()
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![]() To get a book signed during one of our events, a copy of the event book must be purchased through Mysterious Galaxy. This event is free and seating is first come, first serve. If Jaclyn wants to save her school, her friends, and even herself from Jackie’s wrath, she’ll have to find the courage to admit to everyone, including herself, that she isn’t as perfect as she seems. Instead of becoming practically perfect in every way, she finds that the potion turns her into a creature named Jackie who will do whatever it takes to make Jaclyn appear to be the best of the best. When she comes across a batch of “perfection potion” in an abandoned factory, she decides almost perfect is no longer enough for her. ![]() Husband and wife writing team Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone are authors of the middle grade series, Time Tracers and the Shivers! Their latest book, Jaclyn Hyde, is a heartwarming and hilarious reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Stormlight archive 3.5![]() Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct. ![]() Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn’t fallen into enemy hands. ![]() Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine. From Brandon Sanderson author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War-comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. ![]() |