This long awaited 3rd Edition of the dog grooming industry "bible" is the most up-to-date and user-friendly manual for both the seasoned stylist and the novice groomer.

Fully illustrated instructions accompany easy to follow numbered steps for the complete grooming of the 161 breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club.

With 416 pages, 320 illustrations and 41 photos, this book is an absolute essential for anyone with an interest in dogs and making them look their best.

Two Lips Reviews, Reviewer, Sheila

Bathing Suits Optional is a story that introduces Steve and Lisa to the world of swinging. Steve’s reaction is stereotypical but still humorous. As his eyes partake the luscious women and sexual activity and his mind and body want to join in, his thoughts want to keep his wife out of the action. Lisa will not accept that. Each pair up with a couple of the opposite sex, at first in each other’s presence, but then go off on to their own “rooms” to enjoy their liaisons.

I enjoyed the sex as Steve had his two women and Lisa her two men. I have to admit I’d have gladly traded places with Lisa as Armando unleashes his roving tongue. Bathing Suits Optional is a short story with no big plot. It is an evening in Steve and Lisa’s lives. As a one handed read (it really is!!!) it succeeds and I have to admit Bathing Suits Optional gave me a happy feeling—a feeling that lasted even after I closed the book. ____________________________________________________
BLURB

When Steven and Lisa attend a big pool party presented for Hollywood’s most beautiful people, they learn, to their surprise that bathing suits are optional and that’s not all. As they enter the pool enclosure from the conservatory, they discover a wanton orgy is taking place.

Steven wants to leave, but Lisa wants to stay and apparently participate. Heating up fast, Steven wants to participate too, as long as Lisa doesn’t. What follows is a sexy hilarious romp, which is liable to excite you and leave you smiling.
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EXCERPT

We continued toward the hazy doorway to the pool, and stepped through the doorway into a mist filled den of debauchery, where hardly a pr*ck or c*nt wasn’t occupied in some fashion. Though it was difficult to see through the ubiquitous fog more than thirty feet in any direction, I suspected, an orgy the likes of which would make Caligula envious was taking place.

I didn’t know where to look. F*cking and s*cking were taking place all over the place. I didn’t know where to step as writhing bodies lay everywhere. We came to squirming mass of beautiful flesh that had formed itself into a circle from the wall to the pool—a daisy chain. Since we couldn’t walk around, I helped my wife step over the chest of a man whose face was buried in one woman’s sn*tch while another woman energetically dined on him and into the circle.

Standing in the center of the libidinous encirclement, I surveyed what was visible of the room. As I’d assumed, the mist originated from the large heated pool. Though the fog was even denser above the water, our close proximity allowed me to see some twenty feet into the pool. Couples who were obviously engaged in some form of coupling dotted the aqua blue water.

No one wore a bathing suit. I looked and looked and everyone as far as I could see was naked, including…my wife! My jaw dropped again. I raised my hands to cover her breasts, “What did you do with your suit,” I screeched.

Her nostrils flared again she pursed her beautiful lips. “I’m not going to be the only oddball wearing a suit.”

Her mons was still uncovered so I moved a hand there.

She laughed.

Realizing I was short a hand, I pulled her in close and looked both ways to see if anyone looked our way. Thank God, they didn’t.

To say I was getting exited was an understatement. “I’m wearing a suit!” I shrieked, “Am I an oddball?”

Two Lips Reviews, Reviewer, Sheila

Bathing Suits Optional is a story that introduces Steve and Lisa to the world of swinging. Steve’s reaction is stereotypical but still humorous. As his eyes partake the luscious women and sexual activity and his mind and body want to join in, his thoughts want to keep his wife out of the action. Lisa will not accept that. Each pair up with a couple of the opposite sex, at first in each other’s presence, but then go off on to their own “rooms” to enjoy their liaisons.

I enjoyed the sex as Steve had his two women and Lisa her two men. I have to admit I’d have gladly traded places with Lisa as Armando unleashes his roving tongue. Bathing Suits Optional is a short story with no big plot. It is an evening in Steve and Lisa’s lives. As a one handed read (it really is!!!) it succeeds and I have to admit Bathing Suits Optional gave me a happy feeling—a feeling that lasted even after I closed the book. ____________________________________________________
BLURB

When Steven and Lisa attend a big pool party presented for Hollywood’s most beautiful people, they learn, to their surprise that bathing suits are optional and that’s not all. As they enter the pool enclosure from the conservatory, they discover a wanton orgy is taking place.

Steven wants to leave, but Lisa wants to stay and apparently participate. Heating up fast, Steven wants to participate too, as long as Lisa doesn’t. What follows is a sexy hilarious romp, which is liable to excite you and leave you smiling.
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EXCERPT

We continued toward the hazy doorway to the pool, and stepped through the doorway into a mist filled den of debauchery, where hardly a pr*ck or c*nt wasn’t occupied in some fashion. Though it was difficult to see through the ubiquitous fog more than thirty feet in any direction, I suspected, an orgy the likes of which would make Caligula envious was taking place.

I didn’t know where to look. F*cking and s*cking were taking place all over the place. I didn’t know where to step as writhing bodies lay everywhere. We came to squirming mass of beautiful flesh that had formed itself into a circle from the wall to the pool—a daisy chain. Since we couldn’t walk around, I helped my wife step over the chest of a man whose face was buried in one woman’s sn*tch while another woman energetically dined on him and into the circle.

Standing in the center of the libidinous encirclement, I surveyed what was visible of the room. As I’d assumed, the mist originated from the large heated pool. Though the fog was even denser above the water, our close proximity allowed me to see some twenty feet into the pool. Couples who were obviously engaged in some form of coupling dotted the aqua blue water.

No one wore a bathing suit. I looked and looked and everyone as far as I could see was naked, including…my wife! My jaw dropped again. I raised my hands to cover her breasts, “What did you do with your suit,” I screeched.

Her nostrils flared again she pursed her beautiful lips. “I’m not going to be the only oddball wearing a suit.”

Her mons was still uncovered so I moved a hand there.

She laughed.

Realizing I was short a hand, I pulled her in close and looked both ways to see if anyone looked our way. Thank God, they didn’t.

To say I was getting exited was an understatement. “I’m wearing a suit!” I shrieked, “Am I an oddball?”

Playboy's Bathing Beauties March 1995

Kindle edition of Herbert Shelton's classic work on the natural hygienic system.

Kindle edition of Herbert Shelton's classic work on the natural hygienic system.

Jeeves judges a bathing beauty contest? Have fun with Jeeves and Bertie!

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In Bathing in the Roman World, Fikret Yegul examines the social and cultural aspects of one of the key Roman institutions. Guiding the reader through the customs, rituals, and activities associated with public bathing, Yegul traces the origins and development of baths and bathing customs and analyzes the sophisticated technology and architecture of bath complexes, which were among the most imposing of all Roman building types. He also examines the reception of bathing throughout the classical world and the transformation of bathing culture across three continents in Byzantine and Christian societies. The volume concludes with an epilogue on bathing and cleanliness in post-classical Europe, revealing the changes and continuities in culture that have made public bathing a viable phenomenon even in the modern era. Richly illustrated and written in an accessible manner, this book is geared to undergraduates for use in courses on Roman architecture, archaeology, civilization, and social and cultural history.

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