SPECIAL PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating – Who are we? For the British, ‘Who are we?’ is an oddly difficult question. Although our national self-assessment usually notes a number of good points (we’re inventive, tolerant and at least we’re not French), it lists a torrent of bad ones too. Our society is fragmented and degenerate. Our kids are thugs, our workers ill-educated, our public services abysmal. We drink too much. Our house prices are crazy, our politicians sleazy, our roads jammed, our football team rubbish. When ‘The Times’ invited readers to suggest new designs for the backs of British coins, one reader wrote in saying, ‘How about a couple of yobs dancing on a car bonnet or a trio of legless ladettes in the gutter?’ Is there really nothing to be proud of? British inventors have been responsible for... Views: 20
?The Journey Home? is the story of a young boy?s struggle towards maturity, set against a shocking portrait of Ireland: a tough urban landscape, not a rural Eden. Francis Hanrahan, the shy child of grey suburban streets, is Francy at home to his country-born parents. But when he meets Shay, an older, wilder image of himself, he becomes Hano, and is cast out into the night-time world of Dublin ? a world of drugs, all-night drinking sessions in bars and snooker halls, and the stench of political corruption. Views: 20
Held in a remote African country, the kidnapped beauty Cheryl suffers under the brutal regime of Benjamin Stoner. As one of Stoner's wives, she has settled into a life of intense terror mixed with long periods of quiet. She and her sister wives are regularly whipped, while taking solace in the physical pleasure they can give each other. For not responding quickly enough to Stoner's demands, Cheryl is taken to the punishment room where she undergoes a diabolical torture, being pierced and hung from chains. While she endures the ruthless punishment, Stoner is faced with growing unrest in his domain. He takes off to raid a rebel village and capture dozens of native women who will serve as whores for his soldiers. While Cheryl is being unmercifully tortured, back in New York, her sister Denise has been abducted by the slaver Turk, and taken to his mansion where she's trained by the older Nora to be Turk's personal sex slave. Turk is driven by his powerful obsession for Cheryl and tries to satisfy himself with the sister. He alternates between tender sessions of passionate lovemaking, and brutal beatings, hoping to appease his desires. But still, he's obsessed with having Cheryl back. He and Nora hatch a plan to sell Denise over the Internet, offering her as the perfect match for her look-alike sister. The scheme is to bait Cheryl's unknown buyers and discover where she has been taken. However, his dangerous rescue mission is complicated by a rebel insurgency and a traitorous partner. Will he get close to his goal only to have it slip from his fingers? For Cheryl and Denise, their lives seem destined to remain under the control of men whose sole goal is to enslave them. Will they be rescued from one tyrant, only to be locked in chains by another? Hard action and suspense combine in this erotica thriller. Views: 20
There’s never been any question in Sean Tucker’s mind that he’d do whatever it took to make it to the major leagues and be one of the best pitchers of his time. The day he acknowledged to himself that he was gay was also the day he vowed to stay in the closet in order to chase his dreams. The problem is, he never counted on Mason Atley. Sean showed rookie short stop Mason Atley the ropes, both on the field and off. The two forged a friendship which continued as both of them moved through the ranks of the farm system and into the majors. Unfortunately, there’s always been one secret Mason never felt he could share with Sean. Until now. For seven years, Sean lived with the fact that he loved a man who would never reciprocate. When Mason admits that he’s always known he’s bisexual but has never allowed himself to pursue a relationship with a man, will Sean be able to put aside his reservations about starting a relationship with the friend he’d always assumed was straight? And more importantly, will they be able to find a way to stay together when their careers keep them apart more than they can be together? Views: 20
His father humiliated, a teenage boy vows bloody revenge.Every sports fan in New York knows Al Judge, the hard-bitten reporter whose column is the scourge of gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt players across the city. Sixteen-year-old George LaMain is Judge's biggest fan - right up until the night he decides the writer has to die. George is in his father's saloon, waiting for his dad to give him his birthday present: a trip to the fights at Madison Square Garden. They are about to leave when Judge demands George's father strip and lie down on the barroom floor. George doesn't know why, but his old man does it - and Judge beats him senseless in front of the whole bar.When he's finished crying, George takes his father's gun and sets out into the night. To avenge his disgraced father, he plans to gun Al Judge down. But before he can become a killer, this birthday boy will have to grow into a man. Views: 20
