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Bhakti Vikasa Swami, Brahmacarya in Krishna consciousness.  ISBN № 5-86061-002-5. Author, practicing celibate himself, gives evidence from the Gudiya vaishnava tradition of the value of continence and discusses methods of it's practical application in the sex-centered environment.

Gabrielle Brown (Ph.D.) "The New Celibacy, Why more men and women are abstaining from sex - and enjoying it."   ISBN number is 0-07-008430-0 published in 1980 by McGraw-Hill Book Company (New York, St.Louis, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, London, Mexico, Dusseldorf).

The book is more useful for married couples. It definitely defeats the argument we hear so often that sex is a necessary thing for affection to develop between husband and wife. The book proves that sex rather inhibits the growth of true love and affection and that celibacy  indeed promotes it.

...He that on earth from birth to death observes chastity, for him there is nothing beyond reach, know this, O herdsman of men... (from the Vedas). The chapters are called:

1 As the Pendulum Swings: Some new signs of the times (about the successful celibates in the present society etc.)

2 The Old Celibacy

(about celibacy in Hinduism, Buddhism, the Tantric tradition, Judaism,
Christianity, monasteries etc.)

3 Celibacy and Love: Does abstinence make the heart grow fonder?

4 The Celibate Man

5 The Celibate Woman

6 Celibacy in Marriage: Chastity begins at home

7 Celibacy and the Growth of Consciousness

8 Attitudes for Celibacy: Letting go of sex

(ideas and suggestions that may help one take a celibate 'vacation', as well
as a list of benefits of celibacy)

A History of Celibacy, by Elizabeth Abbot. Published by Harper-Collins.

In a radio interview  this lady said that she became celibate herself as a result of her research. Her main motivations were the freedom it provided. More.