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Beowulf on the Beach:
What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits
A field-guide to reading the great works of literature for pleasure.
"Like belonging to the most stimulating and hilarious book club you could possibly imagine." -- Steven Johnson
"Cliffs Notes meets Sedaris" -- A.J. Jacobs
The Naughty Bits:
The Steamiest and Most Scandalous Sex Scenes
in the World's Great Books
"Learned...Highly recommended." -- Library Journal
"Murnighan [covers] the range of human sexuality with energetic entries and adding smart, revelatory and cheeky introductions." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A great idea... Good-natured, erudite." -- Publishers Weekly
Classic Nasty: More Naughty Bits
A Rollicking Guide to Hot Sex in Great Books
from The Iliad to The Corrections
"[Has] a quality rare in anthologies: The editor's bright riffs utterly outshine
most of the material...His genial strain of irreverence delights."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An ideal bedside book...Insightful." -- New Pages Book Reviews
"Warm, open, sexy, and fun to read" -- Abeer Hoque
