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Author : Cruz Miranda (author)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781311114006
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book EROTICA written by Cruz Miranda (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miranda Cruz
Publisher : The Red Spot Press
ISBN 13 : 1311114009
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (111 download)
Download or read book EROTICA: Appealing Curves: Watched by Her Boss (Curvy and Inexperienced for the Billionaire Forbidden Romance) written by Miranda Cruz and published by The Red Spot Press. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire doesn't expect much to come from her attempts to get a job, at least until she meets Mr. Trudeau. He's rich, incredibly handsome, frustrated by an ungrateful wife, and he's looking for a maid. Wanting to be with him seems like an impossible dream, but denying her feelings is becoming harder and harder. And when she glimpses him watching her change, she realizes he might feel the same way. The experience of being watched is so much hotter and more thrilling than she'd ever expected, and now that she has the older man's attention, it's only a matter of time before he decides to take control and take what he wants ... Reader Advisory: This story is for mature audiences only and features intensely erotic situations, a mature man of the house and a curvy inexperienced maid, forbidden desires, unprotected first time sex, dominance and submissiveness. All characters are 18 or older. This title includes themes and passages that have been adapted from Jessica Whitethread's Sitter series with full consent of the original author.
Author : J.L. Ryan
Publisher : J.L. Ryan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
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Author : Miranda Cruz
Publisher : The Red Spot Press
ISBN 13 : 1311802479
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Made to Show My Curves (BBW, Forced Exhibition, Humiliation, Spanking) written by Miranda Cruz and published by The Red Spot Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader Advisory: This story is for mature audiences only and features intensely erotic situations, bdsm play, spanking, humiliation, discipline, punishment, submission and dominance. All characters are 18 or older. Erica's dominant, Jonathon, has come up with an interesting way to involve her in a dinner party he intends to throw for some of his old law school friends. Although she is self-conscious around the high society that Jonathon moves in, he is going to have her serve the food over the course of the evening and has designed a very special outfit for her to wear for the occasion. The guests of the party will be given buttons to trigger a vibrating harness underneath Erica's dress and are encouraged to use it as a way of thanking her for her good service. If that weren't enough, an already horrified Erica is told that the penalty of spill or misstep will be to serve dessert without the harness, or the dress. As the night unfolds, her attempts to avoid this terrifying prospect may accomplish nothing but to place her at the center of a spectacle more provocative than anything originally planned. Excerpt: Google has deemed this excerpt too explicit to be displayed.
Author : Charles Stross
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101208473
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Accelerando written by Charles Stross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day. Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Amber’s son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity. For something is systematically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form...
Author : Ronald Bergan
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780241484838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Film Book written by Ronald Bergan and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of cinema -- How movies are made -- Movie genres -- World cinema -- A-Z directors -- Must-see movies.
Author : S M Partlowe
Publisher : The Red Spot Press
ISBN 13 : 131177971X
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Naughty Employee (Gay, Discipline, Spanking, First Time) written by S M Partlowe and published by The Red Spot Press. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader Advisory: This story is for mature audiences only and features intensely erotic situations, bdsm play, spanking, humiliation, discipline, punishment, anal sex, submission and dominance. All characters are 18 or older. Jason's young and handsome boss Tom Haley has always taken a special interest in him, ever since he first came to work for Tom at the age of sixteen. After Jason loses the order form of a very important client, Tom punishes him as he often has before: with a sound spanking. But on this occasion, he settles onto Tom's lap to take the punishment under his strong hands only to find his confused feelings for his boss pushed out into the open by the unmistakable throes of orgasm. When questioned, Jason is forced to admit that he has always been hopelessly aroused by the discipline Tom administers. Now that all feelings are out in the open, will this day prove a nightmare or fulfill the fantasy Jason has never allowed himself to admit he wants? Excerpt: Shakily, and with his help, I lifted myself off his legs and started to stand. I wobbled for a moment, and then found my balance, and he took his steadying hands away. I knew it was too late to conceal what had happened, so I did not try. My slowly softening cock stuck out in front of me as I stood upright. My eyes stayed locked on the ground. I couldn't bear to look at him. "That's never happened before," he said, his tone deceptively mild. My cheeks burned hotter but I could not think of anything to say. "Would you care to explain it?" My eyes locked on the floor and my face growing redder still, I shook my head. "I thought I was joking when I said you enjoyed being disciplined," he said. "But it's true, isn't it?" I bit my lip, trying to tell myself this was all a bad dream and what had just happened had not actually happened. "All this time I thought I was punishing you when you got out of line, but you've been enjoying it. Answer me." I drew in a shuddering breath and managed to look at his feet. "Yes, sir," I said. I physically recoiled as the word 'sir' emerged from my mouth again. "I'm sorry," I blurted, close to tears. "I never ? I mean, it's just ? I didn't mean to. I'm sorry. I don't try to make you angry with me or anything. It's just the way it affects me. The way being around you ? " I clamped a hand over my mouth, horrified that I had said too much. Even without glancing up, I could feel the way he was looking at me. I stared at the floor and tried to ignore the still prominent form of my cock as it shrank, embarrassingly slowly, in my soiled underwear. Another hot wave of humiliation rose in me at the sight of myself and unwedged my underwear and pulled up my pants. "Perhaps this explains a few things," he said. "Maybe I should not be so surprised. Maybe it's my fault that I did not see it before." I dared a shy glance up at him to see how mad he looked. To my relief, his expression was thoughtful, devoid of the disgust or betrayal I had dreaded seeing there. "Well clearly, Jason, the arrangement we have been operating under cannot continue, can it? You've given me a lot to think about." Nervously, I straightened my pants again, feeling the squelch of the come still in my underwear. If only he would say something definite, something to indicate how he felt about this. I could not deny that a small part of me imagined him being maybe a little intrigued. But that was just a childish fantasy, too much to hope for. "You'll need to go home to change, and I think it would be best if you took the afternoon off," he said after a moment. "But it's clear we need to talk about this - when there isn't work to be done. Come by my apartment, would you, after I've locked up for the night." I bobbed and nodded. "Yes, s-" I shook my head, as though to clear it, and began to move towards the door. "And Jason?" he said. "Yes?" "You haven't lost any more orders you might want to tell me about, have you?" I shook my head, even my ears burning at this final jab, and left the room.
Author : Christopher Tilley
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787355608
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book London’s Urban Landscape written by Christopher Tilley and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London’s Urban Landscape is the first major study of a global city to adopt a materialist perspective and stress the significance of place and the built environment to the urban landscape. Edited by Christopher Tilley, the volume is inspired by phenomenological thinking and presents fine-grained ethnographies of the practices of everyday life in London. In doing so, it charts a unique perspective on the city that integrates ethnographies of daily life with an analysis of material culture. The first part of the volume considers the residential sphere of urban life, discussing in detailed case studies ordinary residential streets, housing estates, suburbia and London’s mobile ‘linear village’ of houseboats. The second part analyses the public sphere, including ethnographies of markets, a park, the social rhythms of a taxi rank, and graffiti and street art. London’s Urban Landscape returns us to the everyday lives of people and the manner in which they understand their lives. The deeply sensuous character of the embodied experience of the city is invoked in the thick descriptions of entangled relationships between people and places, and the paths of movement between them. What stories do door bells and house facades tell us about contemporary life in a Victorian terrace? How do antiques acquire value and significance in a market? How does living in a concrete megastructure relate to the lives of the people who dwell there? These and a host of other questions are addressed in this fascinating book that will appeal widely to all readers interested in London or contemporary urban life.
Author : Alejandro Jodorowsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594776563
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)
Download or read book The Way of Tarot written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s insights into the Tarot as a spiritual path • Works with the original Marseille Tarot to reveal the roots of Western wisdom • Provides the key to the symbolic language of the Tarot’s “nomadic cathedral” • Transforms a simple divination tool into a vehicle for self-realization and healing Alejandro Jodorowsky’s profound study of the Tarot, which began in the early 1950s, reveals it to be far more than a simple divination device. The Tarot is first and foremost a powerful instrument of self-knowledge and a representation of the structure of the soul. The Way of Tarot shows that the entire deck is structured like a temple, or a mandala, which is both an image of the world and a representation of the divine. The authors use the sacred art of the original Marseille Tarot--created during a time of religious tolerance in the 11th century--to reconnect with the roots of the Tarot’s Western esoteric wisdom. They explain that the Tarot is a “nomadic cathedral” whose parts--the 78 cards or “arcana”--should always be viewed with an awareness of the whole structure. This understanding is essential to fully grasp the Tarot’s hermetic symbolism. The authors explore the secret associations behind the hierarchy of the cards and the correspondences between the suits and energies within human beings. Each description of the Major Arcana includes key word summaries, symbolic meanings, traditional interpretations, and a section where the card speaks for itself. Jodorowsky and Costa then take the art of reading the Tarot to a depth never before possible. Using their work with Tarology, a new psychological approach that uses the symbolism and optical language of the Tarot to create a mirror image of the personality, they offer a powerful tool for self-realization, creativity, and healing.
Author : Joanna Martine Woolfold
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1589794184
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)
Download or read book The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need written by Joanna Martine Woolfold and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD! This is the classic guide to astrological history, legend, and practice! Readers will enjoy simple, computer-accurate planetary tables that allow anyone born between 1900 and 2100 to pinpoint quickly their sun and moon signs, discover their ascendants, and map out the exact positions of the planets at the time of their birth. In addition to revealing the planets' influence on romance, health, and career, The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need takes a closer look at the inner life of each sign. Celebrated astrologer Joanna Martine Woolfolk offers abundant insights on the personal relationships and emotional needs that motivate an individual, on how others perceive astrological types, and on dealing with the negative aspects of signs. Readers will also welcome the inclusion of new discoveries in astronomy. Lavishly illustrated and with an updated design, this new edition is an indispensable sourcebook for unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos through the twenty-first century and beyond.
Author : Snowqueens Icedragon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492102793
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Master of the Universe written by Snowqueens Icedragon and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella Swan is drafted in to interview the reclusive enigmatic Edward Cullen, multi-millionaire CEO of his company. It's an encounter that will change her life irrevocably, leading her to dark realms of desire. The Fifty Shades trilogy was developed from a Twilight fan fiction series originally titled Master of the Universe and published episodically on fan-fiction websites under the pen name "Snowqueen's Icedragon". The piece featured characters named after Stephenie Meyer's characters in Twilight, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.
Author : Chanel Cleeton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698193601
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Flirting with Scandal written by Chanel Cleeton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of I See London sets her sights on Washington, D. C., with a sexy new series about three sisters, the secrets they keep, and a powerful blog with a knack for exposing scandals… Jackie Gardner knows all about dirty little secrets. The illegitimate daughter of one of the most influential senators in Washington, D.C., she grew up surrounded by the scandals and shadows of politics. Now that she’s landed an internship with a powerful political consulting firm, she’s determined to launch her career and take this city by storm. William Andrew Clayton was born for politics. He knows the drill: work hard, play discreetly, and at all costs, avoid scandal. At twenty-six, his campaign for the Virginia State Senate is the first step to cementing his future. It’s time for him to settle down, to find the perfect political spouse. He needs a Jackie Kennedy, not a Marilyn… When Jackie meets Will in the bar of the Hay-Adams Hotel, sparks fly. But the last thing Will needs is to be caught in a compromising position, and an affair with a political candidate could cost Jackie her career. When what began as one steamy night, becomes a passion neither one of them can walk way from, they must decide if what they have is really love, or just another dirty little secret… Includes a preview of the next Capital Confessions novel, Playing With Trouble "Flirting with Scandal by Chanel Cleeton has it all. A sexy hero, strong heroine, delicious romance, sizzling tension, and plenty of breathtaking scandal. I loved this book!"—New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy “One hot, sexy, politically charged, provocative and deliciously scandalicious read!! I absolutely LOVED this book and could not put it down!!!” –Four Chicks Flipping Pages “Move over Shonda Rhimes, there’s a new scandalous writer in town! Political Romance has never been so good! Flirting with Scandal was a fast paced, sexy romance that has me begging for more!” – Margie’s Must Reads “Forbidden office romance at its finest.” – Life with 2 Boys “With an amazing plot coupled with lots of awesome political action, this book was a true page turner.”– The Literary Gossip “Chanel Cleeton has done it again, once again weaving a beautiful and exciting world full of passion, intrigue, and emotion. Flirting With Scandal was an incredible story of politics, following your heart, and learning who you are in the midst of the overwhelming chaos around you.” – Typical Distractions Praise for the novels of Chanel Cleeton “A sassy, steamy, and sometimes sweet read that had me racing to the next page.”—New York Times bestselling author Chelsea M. Cameron “Fun, sexy, and kept me completely absorbed.”—Katie McGarry, author of Take Me On “I absolutely loved this book!...It set itself apart from the beginning and it kept getting better.”—Examiner.com Romance novels and politics are two of Chanel Cleeton’s greatest passions. What better than to combine them? Chanel received a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Richmond, the American International University in London and a master’s degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She’s also a graduate (survivor) of law school—she earned her J.D. from the University Of South Carolina School Of Law. A summer cruise in the Caribbean changed Chanel’s life when she met and fell in love with a fighter pilot. A happily ever after later, she’s currently living an adventure with her husband and three pups.
Author : Martin A. Lee
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802130624
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Acid Dreams written by Martin A. Lee and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.
Author : Jia Tolentino
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0525510559
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Trick Mirror written by Jia Tolentino and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time.”—Vulture FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HARVARD CRIMSON AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Chicago Tribune • The Washington Post • NPR • Variety • Esquire • Vox • Elle • Glamour • GQ • Good Housekeeping • The Paris Review • Paste • Town & Country • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • BookRiot • Shelf Awareness Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino’s sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
Author : David Talbot
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439108242
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Season of the Witch written by David Talbot and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a kaleidoscopic narrative ... bestselling author David Talbot tells the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982--and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph."--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Mike Donaldson
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039111374
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Ruling Class Men written by Mike Donaldson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Murdochs, Packers, Kennedys, Angnelis, and other men like them, directly determine the fates of thousands and influence the future of the world like no other people. To learn about these often reclusive men, the authors extended the life-history technique to interrogate autobiographies, diaries and biographies.
Author : Erin Watt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593642139
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Paper Princess written by Erin Watt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TikTok sensation Paper Princess, the first in the #1 New York Times bestselling The Royals series, now in a new special edition with bonus material! From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself. These Royals will ruin you… Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. That is until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal is more magnetic than the last, but none is as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from. Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals. He might be right. Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
