Relationships

The School of Life

De Botton Alain

A new route to achieving happiness in loving relationships.

The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment. The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions.

The School of Life is a rapidly growing global brand, with over 5 million YouTube subscribers, 343,000 Facebook followers, 183,000 Instagram followers and 160,000 Twitter followers.

The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane.

Cover: hardcover
Pages: 120
Published: 01.12.2016
Language: English
Weight: 316g

Odiseo Volume 13 The Last Supper was born from the unlucky number 13 – Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table. Born from this superstition, we look at how acts of treachery in many ways define the world we live in. Cheating, deceiving, cowardice – betrayal is almost entirely born out of trust, or love. Without one, the other does not exist. Revealing secrets, breaking a pact, a stab in the back, an act of revenge. We find shelter in the shadow of disloyalty; a thrill in the fear of discovery. The concept is timeless and inherently human, present throughout our history right up to the present day.

In-between body and mind, book and magazine

Combining erotic imagery with insightful texts and crossing the boundaries between books and magazines, Odiseo defines itself as a hybrid. With Odiseo, we don’t seek to publish current normative content, but focus on the extended present, retaining the periodicity but doing away with the obsolete. This complex and contradictory nature shaped Odiseo as a small, bi-annual hardcover publication. Moving away from the tradition of magazine mass consumption, Odiseo is a publication to be appreciated and read without pressure. It deserves quality time invested into its content.

KINK 33, a magazine by Paco y Manolo (Pink Cover)
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume II - 2020

The guys: Martín, Ivo, Álvaro, Luis, Esteban, Isaac, Abner, Adam, Fran, Raúl, Víctor, Stéphane, Sebastián, Álex, Carlos, Agus, Francesc, Raúl, Armen, Luis, Albert, Víctor & Tomás.

The Travel Diaries: "Granada".

+ CUADERNO 14 : “Freetime XXX”, by Pol Anglada.
16 pages - B/N - Catalan-Spanish bilingual - 2020

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.
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KINK 33, una revista de Paco y Manolo (Portada Rosa)
132 páginas - Color & B/N - Bilingue Español-Inglés - Volumen II - 2020

Los chicos: Martín, Ivo, Álvaro, Luis, Esteban, Isaac, Abner, Adam, Fran, Raúl, Víctor, Stéphane, Sebastián, Álex, Carlos, Agus, Francesc, Raúl, Armen, Luis, Albert, Víctor y Tomás.

Diario de Viaje: "Granada".

+ CUADERNO 14 : “Freetime XXX”, por Pol Anglada.
16 pages - B/N - Catalan-Spanish bilingual - 2020

Kink y Cuaderno se presentan en un pack indivisible y empaquetado. Todo ello por el mismo precio de siempre.

Extra Extra - Issue 15

Extra Extra 15 sparks, in times of distance, lustiness. London based artist Saelia Aparicio, in conversation with Natasha Hoare, understands bodies in a way that is both amusing and socially liberating. On Berlin, watery erotics and the fiery hair of the contemporary nymph Undine, there’s filmmaker Christian Petzold. Animator Wong Ping speaks on new forms of digital connectivity at the height of Hong Kong’s lockdown, while photographer Alec Soth captures palpable chemistry between lovers. Enjoy a selection of erotic short stories on parks. Also, and new in this edition, is a one of a kind 16-page work by iconic graphic designer Karel Martens.

ARCHER MAGAZINE #14 - THE GROWING UP ISSUE

Welcome to Archer Magazine: the GROWING UP issue.

"Growing up isn’t just about popping pimples and trying new things. Growing up is about finding a better world, confronting the realities of life and realising the people in power are incompetent. Growing up is about disappointment, guilt, community, love, and recognising privilege and systematic oppression. Growing up is about creating your space." - Lucy Watson, editor-in-chief

This special edition of Archer Magazine (our biggest yet) features a series of articles on growing and discovering, to help us all find our way, regardless of our age.

This issue includes a BONUS fold-out poster by the genius @Pink_Bits!
Instagram: @pink_bits

"A lot of the extensive growth I’ve experienced can be attributed to the queer community I became part of. It’s a community that doesn’t just accept different types of looks and bodies, but celebrates and loves them. It’s a community that includes many people who aren’t interested in what society tells us is hot, what you should find attractive and who you should be with, because we’ve never fit into those moulds anyway." - Rebecca Shaw

"I start to discover the person I can be when I’m not terrified of saying the wrong thing, of being fundamentally unlikable. I start to remember what it’s like to fly without fear of hitting a window." - Ruby Susan Mountford

"It’s always going to be a never-ending flow of fight for rights, up until the point that we start getting these young people into our governments. It’s changing. It’s just a very slow change." - Taz Clay

"It doesn’t matter who seems to be more of an adult, because it turns out there are all different kinds of adults with all different kinds of paths." - Kirsty Webeck

KINK 32, a magazine by Paco y Manolo
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume I - 2020

The guys: Fran, Claudio, Koky, Lucía, Álex, Alberto, Jesús, Jack, Jon, Álex, Nico, Andrés, Alberto, Samuel, Darvish, Jesús, Koke, Paolo, Tao, Germán, Carlos, Adrien, Thomas, Elliot, Juanma, Víctor, Albert, Vicente & Juan.

The Travel Diaries: "Barcelona, the calm after the cumshot", by Alberto Fuguet.

+ CUADERNO 13 : “Things we do for love”, by Slava Mogutin.
16 pages - B/N - Spanish-English bilingual - 2020

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.

The Movie Kama Sutra

69 Sex Positions for Movie Lovers

Little White Lies

Forget high definition or surround sound, this is how to take your enjoyment of film to the next level!

The Movie Kama Sutra offers creative sex positions – including the ‘Potter’s Wheel’ (Ghost), ‘King of the World’ (Titanic) and, for the more sexually experimental, ‘Cable Drop’ (Mission: Impossible) – inspired by the most erotic moments in cinema history.

• Paperback
• 144 pages
• 69 illustrations
• Size: 185 x 135 mm
• Published: 03/09/2018

The First Nations Issue

Guest edited by Bridget Caldwell-Bright and Maddee Clark.

Featuring words by: 
Andrew Farrell 
Indiah Money 
Kai Clancy 
Laniyuk 
Rose Chalks 
SJ Norman 
Timmah Ball 
Tré Turner 
William Cooper

Featuring images by: 
Moorina Bonini 
William Cooper 
Ebony Daniels 
Edwina Green 
Morgan Hickinbotham 
Jacinta Keefe 
Ricardo Martinez-Roa 
Daniel McDonald 
Hailey Harper Moroney 
SJ Norman 
Bodie Strain 
Pierra Van Sparkes 
Toz Withall

KINK 31 a magazine by Paco y Manolo
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume II - 2019

The guys: Anderson, Ralf, David, Carlos, Tom, Derek, Valentín, Ricardo, Frederic, Juan José, Miguel, Joao, Galo, Sergi, Raúl, Pablo, Stefano, José Manuel, Miguel Ángel, Thomas, Jesús, David, Nacho, Albert, Víctor & Woolman Family.

Specials: "Berlin" and "Paris".

+ CUADERNO 12: “I like wanking better than working”, by Carlos Vergara.
16 pages - B/N - Spanish-English bilingual - 2019

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.

KINK 30 a magazine by Paco y Manolo
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume I - 2019

The guys: Cachorro, Alejandría, Jesús, Sergio, Sébastien, Paco, Roger, David, Toño, Alfonso, Sergi, Tomasso, Mattia, Sergio, Víctor, Andrés, Adam, Alex, Alberto, Alexis, Anteo, Francesco, Riccardo, Quim, Jose, Luigi & Vanya.

Specials: “Couples”, "Granada" and "Berlin".

+ CUADERNO 11: “I say your name”, by We Are Spastor.
16 pages - B/N - Spanish-English bilingual - 2019

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.

A Magazine about Sex, Gender and Identity

Tha Gaze Issue

“There’s nothing empowering about one part of you being visible when the rest of you is targeted, shamed and threatened.” — Jacob Thomas, Archer Magazine #11

Welcome to Archer Magazine issue #11: the GAZE issue.

"The notion of the GAZE goes beyond media. It encompasses how we make sense of our bodies through the way other people see us... It’s the way power expresses itself through imbalances in vision control: surveillance, objectification fetishisation, gaslighting, abuse. It’s the way a systemic problem can be minimised when those with influence sweep it under the rug." — Adolfo Aranjuez, editor-in-chief, Archer Magazine #11

X-Rated

Adult Movie Posters of the 60's and 70's

This magnificent book is the new, expanded, complete edition of Nourmand and Marsh’s cult bestseller, with text by renowned writer Peter Doggett. The 1960s and ’70s were the Golden Age of the X-rated movie. For the first time, these films were shown in mainstream cinemas to a fashionable, young crowd. The “porno chic” movement around films like Deep Throat (1972), The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) and Debbie Does Dallas (1978) gave skin flicks an air of credibility that had never existed before. Johnny Carson and Bob Hope talked about Deep Throat on TV, and respected artists became involved in promotional campaigns for adult films.

Of all film genres, the X-rated movie is possibly the one that lends itself best to the use of posters as a promotional medium. Screaming taglines, provocative titles and scantily clad bodies are all elements that can be used to great advantage in poster form. Even though many of the adult movies of the ‘60s and ‘70s have faded into cinematic history, their posters remain an inspiration for graphic designers. And today they are wonderful, joyful period pieces that evoke the temptations and taboos of a bygone age of suspender belts, stockings and eye-popping, gravity-defying brassieres. To quote Steve Frankfurt’s iconic ad campaign for the soft core masterpiece Emmanuelle, “X was never like this.”

EY! POSTER BOY

Each new issue will feature one boy photographed by a renowned artist. 

The first issue is shot by cult artist / filmmaker GUS VAN SANT and starring adult films actor SEAN FORD. 

Limited edition publication, only 500 copies on sale worldwide. 

24 posters printed in 200 milligrams high quality matte coated paper. High quality reproductions.

The posters are two sizes: 25 x 35 cm (9,8 x 13,7 inches) and 50 x 35 cm (19,6 x 13,7 inches).

The posters are printed both sides, so when putting them together it results a huge 100 x 200 cm (39,3 x 78,6 inches)

The posters are sealed inside a transparent protective folder. 

The whole publication -with folder- is a big format, 28 x 37 cm (11 x 14,5 inches) 

Welcome to Archer Magazine #12: the PLAY issue.

Featuring work by author activist Nevo Zisin, transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey, feminist essayist Elizabeth Flux and indigenous editor Bridget Caldwell, the PLAY issue tackles topics including sex toys, swinging, Mormonism, lingerie, sex work, Aboriginal queer motherhood and being LGBTIQA+ in sport and the world of gaming.

This issue sees us go Au Naturel - uncovering a theme that has had shifting boundaries and conflicting definitions. Our Icon William Robinson was a man who sought to imagine a new, more ‘natural’ style of gardening. Jo Metson Scott photographs his legacy at Gravetye with words by Richard Bisgrove. Jonny Bruce takes us on a journey to three subversive gardens that liberated his thinking of what a garden could be. We revisit Howards Sooley’s photographs of Derek Jarman and Dungeness and he shares memories of this friend Mourned by the Wind.

Concepts of beauty are bought under the spotlight with Against Nature by Bethan Cole, photographed by Drew Vickers, and A Vision of Beauty by Sarah Jane Downing. We also take a look at The Bush with artist Ruth van Beek and explore the idea of being naked in At One with Nature. The vegetable gardens of chef Alain Passard are documented over a year by Alexandre Guirkinger - with an interview by Paul Henry-Bizon and we explore the combination of Food and Flowers with Simone Gooch, photographed by Joaquin Laguinge.

Naturally we consider gender and sexuality, so often defined by people on behalf of others. Here Pleasure Garden commissioned artist Linder Sterling to explore film stills from the old porn studio at Flamingo Estate in Los Angeles and we talk to the designer Erdem Moralıoğlu about fashion and self-expression.