Anne Hooper's Kama Sutra (Hardcover)

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One might think a former Penthouse Forum magazine editor would be in over her head when it came to interpreting the sacred Kama Sutra for contemporary lovers. Surprisingly, Anne Hooper has grasped the subtle, but more important, messages of India's traditional love manuals. She discourages readers from focusing on accomplishing distorted poses, as if they were athletic feats. Instead, she has written a compelling commentary that encourages readers to emphasize pressure points, manners, artistic freedom, and most of all finding and pursuing a loving sexual relationship rather than an overly choreographed one. Almost every page is illustrated with tasteful photos of nude lovers demonstrating the many sacred positions, while Hooper's text offers suggestions on how to apply the ancient teachings to contemporary lovemaking. --Gail Hudson

Product Description

Anne Hooper's Kama Sutra updates and reinterprets the 2,000 year--old sexual text in a fully illustrated guide that features specially commissioned photographs and information on ways to enrich and diversify one's sex life. In this classic volume of sexual learning, Anne Hooper brings together the best of the eastern sexual teaching, the Kama Sutra, the Ananga Ranga, The Perfumed Garden, and The Tao to create a new classic that encourages an emphasis on pressure points, manners, artistic freedom, and most of all finding and pursuing a loving sexual relationship. She discourages the focus from accomplishing distorted poses----in actuality, they are advanced yoga positions----and instead has discovered the true spirit of these ancient teachings and applied the teachings to contemporary lovemaking.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT; 1 edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564586499
• ISBN-13: 978-1564586490
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,047 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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120 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERIOR WRITING and READING!, February 10, 1999

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WOW!!I have been a firm believer in the methods and practices of the Kama Sutra for 15 years! I had the privilege and PLEASURE of learning the techniques first hand from a master, while living in Indian. I have been trying to explain the wonderful experience for years to others. All the books I've read don't really explain techiques very well, until now. I was VERY impressed with the easy wording and wonderfully detailed photographs. Ms. Hooper really took the time to explain how and why the positions are done and the benefit you and your partner(s) can get from them. I've bought several books for my friends and family. They have much happier and healthier sex lives since learning about the art of the Kama Sutra, many are buying the book for thier friends an family. A great thing should be shared by all! Bravo, Bravo Ms. Hopper! Wonderful job.

74 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A Great Lesson in the Art of Lovemaking", December 1, 1998

By	James Crampton ([e-mail]) (Bel Alton, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This is a great book for anyone interested in getting the most out of sex. Lessons in massage and moodsetting combined with A LOT of sexual positions make this one of the best books of its kind. Use as a guide to spice up your sex life or to just have fun with your partner. Lots of color pictures show by example and simplify the complexity of the average Kama Sutra books. Why read 500+ pages of a complex and vague interpretation when you can browse Hooper's 200 page guide that includes topics not even touched in Kama Sutra books. A must have for any couple. I love it.

71 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars as graphic as guides will go, July 8, 2000

By	"nytowl" (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews

this book is really graphic with lovers in the nude doing the sex act in various positions not only from the kama sutra but also from the perfumed garden and other much-touted classic sex manuals from long ago. let me say that i have read alain danielou's translation of the kama sutra and also a paperback version of the perfumed garden (from bantam doubleday? written by sir richard burton if i remember right...he also has a kama sutra translation i think). those two books were excellent in their own right, not really as sex manuals per se, they are purely text, no illlustrations to help you make sense of positions, but with lots of insights given to their culture and how sex was cultivated in those days. anne hooper gives you the nitty-gritty of positions not only from kama sutra but from the perfumed garden, ananda ranga, etc as well. if what you really want to do is learn how to get down and try new sexual positions, this book shows you how. the pictures are tasteful and didn't particularly offend my sensibilities. if you have an appetite for sexual experimentation, then by all means go ahead and try this book. i don't know if experienced people will really benefit though, being somewhat of a novice myself, but i think this book makes fun reading anyway! at the very least you'd know what to call the various positions you've tried before....