The Mating Game. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1958 book, The Darling Buds of May
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The Darling Buds of May
H.E. Bates, 1958
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George Marshall, 1959

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins’ farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn’t paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn’t easy to calculate when the farmer has such a lovely daughter.


Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1969 book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
David Reuben, 1969
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Woody Allen, 1972

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.