The Joy of Sex, originally published in the seventies with illustrations of bearded men, will be joyfully updated. So much about sex has changed in the last thirty-odd years: the book's new author tells the Sydney Morning Herald that "back in '72 they didn't know about hormones, about pheromones, they didn't know about certain body parts and their importance, which we now know." Is that a polite way of recognizing the G-spot? C'mon, just say it.

"The new book is aimed at the couple, rather than just the men, and includes many new entries including advice on internet and phone sex, sex shops and intercourse during pregnancy. Quilliam noted that some tips from the original had to be removed, because they were illegal. "One of them was having sex on horseback, the other was having sex on a moving motorcycle, although I do include guidelines on how to have sex on a stationary motorcycle," she said."

Thank goodness Internet hookups are finally going to be explained, step by step. [via Bookninja; photo: the Independent]