[Explicit] The Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana ~ Full Audiobook

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09/30/22

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The Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana audiobook.

The Kama Sutra, or Aphorisms on Love, has survived at least 1400 years as a dominant text on sexual relations between men and women. Vatsyayana claimed to have written the Kama Sutra while a religious student, “in contemplation of the Deity” - but references to older works, shrewd disputations by Vatsyayana of those authors' recommendations, and careful cataloging of practices in various of the Indian states indicate much more emphasis on kama, or sensual gratification.

Part of the book discusses the 64 arts of love employed by masters of coitus. Learning each of these and when and how to practice them, Vatsyayana affirms, not only leads to the best gratification, but makes the artist a person of great desirability.

Once the means of sexual congress are discussed, the many types of male-female relationships and their proper prosecution are covered. Some of these have small relevance to the modern world, such as how to sneak into the King's harem, but are interesting nonetheless. Others, such as how to get money from a lover, will probably remain useful as long as there are humans in the world.

The translator's concluding remarks call the book primitive; so might also modern women who are told that if their name ends in “l” or “r” they should not be married, because they are worthless. But in tackling the subject of human sexuality, Vatsyayana nevertheless will always attract readers (or, in this case, listeners!).

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(01:02:03) Chapter 02

(02:05:17) Chapter 03

(02:58:32) Chapter 04

(04:04:12) Chapter 05

(05:14:12) Chapter 06

(06:04:04) Chapter 07

(07:16:43) Chapter 08

(08:05:47) Chapter 09

(09:00:00) Chapter 10

(10:03:57) Chapter 11

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Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Victor Appleton ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

September 30, 2022

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235m

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Victor Appleton audiobook.

Genre: scifi

The US Government is very smartly letting Tom Swift Jr. handle the recovery of its probe to Jupiter. But a mystery missile suddenly intercepts the probe and splashes it in the South Atlantic.

Faced with a huge search task to find the probe on the ocean bottom, Tom soon realizes that the same shadowy group that attacked the probe is competing to find it, and no holds are barred: kidnap, coercion, and lethal force are all in play.

Under such circumstances, what can Tom do? What he does every time, of course! He invents some utterly cool device to get the job done! And his Electronic Hydrolung is just the beginning!

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:13) Chapter 02

(00:26:15) Chapter 03

(00:36:19) Chapter 04

(00:49:02) Chapter 05

(00:57:27) Chapter 06

(01:08:09) Chapter 07

(01:17:51) Chapter 08

(01:28:43) Chapter 09

(01:40:32) Chapter 10