John Gimlette

How many positions are there in the Kamasutra?

That, and other intriguing facts about integers, can be found in Barnaby Rogerson's Book of Numbers

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  • Rogerson’s Book of Numbers

    Barnaby Rogerson

    Profile, pp. 277

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