{"product_id":"mistress-ruby-ties-it-together-a-dominatrix-takes-on-sex-power-and-the-secret-lives-of-upstanding-citizens-9780812991543","title":"Mistress Ruby Ties It Together: A Dominatrix Takes on Sex, Power, and the Secret Lives of Upstanding Citizens","description":"Equal parts memoir, how-to and social satire, \u003cb\u003eMistress Ruby Ties it Together\u003c\/b\u003e is a guided tour through New York's S underworld, where the author worked as a professional dominatrix to subsidize her writing career. As Mistress Ruby, this former Catholic school girl took confessions from some of the country's most powerful men. Within the sanctity of the dungeon, they revealed to her their darkest lusts, fears and frailties -- as well as their sincere desire to connect with the opposite sex. Each of these provocative essays provides an insider's view of human deviation; together, they present a startling portrait of our everyday selves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMistress Ruby\u003c\/b\u003e is a striking, candid, and humorous look behind the dungeon doors to a darker -- and often unexplored -- side of human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Shamburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Value Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812991543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2001 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a 12-year internment in Catholic school, Robin Shamburg studied journalism at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 1995, she picked up the professional whip -- on a dare -- and stayed for almost two years. These essays originally appeared as the \u003ci\u003eNYPress\u003c\/i\u003e column \u003ci\u003eMistress Ruby's Whipping Post\u003c\/i\u003e. A novelist, journalist and screenwriter, she has written for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePenthouse Online\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Hoboken, New Jersey with her chihuahua, Carlos, and is working on her next book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Value Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40265605021811,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4ea7530a-3469-4b65-bae3-7bf8ccc8c72d.jpg?v=1657721631","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mistress-ruby-ties-it-together-a-dominatrix-takes-on-sex-power-and-the-secret-lives-of-upstanding-citizens-9780812991543","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}