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Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert – More Than Two: A practical guide to ethical polyamoryNarrated by Craig BeckThis is the (unabridged) audiobook version. eBook: is highly likely the best book on polyamory. I mean, there are not that many, so the likelihood is indeed very high. Polyamory is close to what we would sometimes call “MLTR” here in the community, the act of having multiple sexual and/or romantic partners with the consent of everyone involved.Many ideas in the book however transcend the boundaries of polyamory lifestyle, as in order to have multiple successful relationships at the same time, you first need to know how to succeed when it is just one-on-one. Quote:Can you love more than one person? Can you have multiple romantic partners without jealousy or cheating? Absolutely! Polyamorous people have been paving the way through trial and painful error. Now the new book More Than Two can help you find your own way. With completely new material and a fresh approach, Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert wrote More Than Two to expand on and update the themes and ideas in the wildly popular polyamory website morethantwo.com.From ancient Greece through the many dynasties of China and to current practices of nonmonogamy, people have openly engaged in multiple intimate relationships. Not until the late 20th century, however, was a word coined that encapsulated the practice, philosophies, edicts, and ethics: polyamory (poly = many + amore = love).For Franklin Veaux, who has been polyamorous for his entire adult life, the emerging framework and subsequent vocabulary for his lifestyle was a light in the dark. Candidly sharing his experiences and thoughts online catapulted his website, morethantwo.com, among the first dedicated to the poly lifestyle, to one of the top-ranking on the subject.In recent years, as more people have discovered polyamory as a legitimate and desirable option for how they conduct their relationships, Franklin and one of his partners, Eve Rickert, saw that there was a growing need for a comprehensive guide to the lifestyle. More Than Two is that guide.