This beautiful and useful book teaches the reader to design and construct customized fetishwear, restraints, sensory deprivation devices, toys and whips, professionally elegant and crafted to the maker's individual needs and desires. Each project includes a detailed pattern with complete instructions for tailoring it to fit the wearer's or user's physiology and fantasies. Featuring such never-before-shown luxury items as full-body zentai, custom lace-up hoods, fully professional and properly weighted floggers and singletails, and various body harnesses for all genders, The Artisan's Guide will pay for itself hundreds of times over in the hands of a creative craftsperson.

Piracy on the Seven Seas has reached a fever pitch. The black flag poses a constant danger for merchants and navies, as unscrupulous brigands seek their fortunes. But there are more dangers afoot than pirates: beasts lurking under the waves, rumors of haunted and immortal ghost ships...and the demon named "Reis." This book contains material for 7th Sea: Second Edition including new Backgrounds, Advantages, Stories and Sorceries. It also includes five new Pirate Nations: Numa, the land where legends were born and never left. La Bucca, the once-prison island turned headquarters for international intrigue. The Atabean Islands, where the ghosts of Rahuri ancestors sail alongside native peoples. Aragosta, home of the Brotherhood of the Coast and a pirate paradise. Jaragua, self-liberated slave colony and home of a new Sorcery called Kap Sevi. Pirate Nations also includes new setting materials for 7th Sea featuring the Devil Jonah, the dreaded Reis and Theah's first multinational, the Atabean Trading Company. There be adventure aplenty in these lands, more than any one crew can hope to see in a lifetime.

A step-by-step guide that clearly illustrates how to turn great knots into great bondage. When Two Knotty boys, Dan and JD, began teaching rope bondage together they discovered that people learn best when they are shown close up how to tie knots and combine them with bondage techniques. They replicate this learning process with over 750 photos by acclaimed fetish photographer Ken Marcus and a wealth of captions, delivered in a lighthearted style, offering the world of safe BDSM to a new, curious audience.

• The must-have guide for working with leather. • Great book for beginning leather crafters. • Comprehensive presentation of essential techniques. • Handy tips from leather crafting experts. • Well-illustrated with color photos. • Traditional floral carving step-by-step project.

Though the history of slavery is a central topic for African, Atlantic world and world history, most of the sources presenting research in this area are European in origin. To cast light on African perspectives, and on the point of view of enslaved men and women, this group of top Africanist scholars has examined both conventional historical sources (such as European travel accounts, colonial documents, court cases, and missionary records) and less-explored sources of information (such as folklore, oral traditions, songs and proverbs, life histories collected by missionaries and colonial officials, correspondence in Arabic, and consular and admiralty interviews with runaway slaves). Each source has a short introduction highlighting its significance and orienting the reader. This first of two volumes provides students and scholars with a trove of African sources for studying African slavery and the slave trade.

"Inside, you'll find examples of basic leather working tools and techniques for using them, how to cut a hide into straps, how to apply grommets, rivets and snaps. Patterns and instructions for making wrist/bicep band, belt, Sam Browne belt, two kinds of bondage belt, suspenders, bondage cuffs, hogtie straps, D ring collar, locking buckle collar, leash, chest harnesses, stockings, head harness, strapon harness, seven gates of hell and braided handle floggers. All of the gear in this book can be made without a sewing machine and with a minimal set of tools that fit inside a book bag. If you make your own gear, you can save a considerable amount of money - a piece of gear that sells for $120 in a leather store would take an hour and $20 worth of leather and hardware to make." - from back cover.

This entertaining, photo-illustrated book teaches 37 step-by-step techniques for tying sensual and beautiful rope bondage. Two Knotty Boys Showing You The Ropes is designed for fun, easy, hands-on practice with more than 750 photographs and captions, tied and written by the world-acclaimed bondage experts the Two Knotty Boys.