A collection of essays and stories showcasing one of America's most insightful thinkers at his best Featuring both short stories and critical pieces, The Death of Picasso exhibits the versatility and innovative thinking that drives all of Guy Davenport's work. As a critic, he takes on topics such as Ruskin's life and influences and Benson Bobrick's history of English versions of the Bible, through which Davenport explores how translation has affected the text's interpretation for centuries. Both his fiction and essays contribute to the eternal conversation on how the arts reflect, inform, and influence the human experience. In his short stories, Davenport vividly evokes entire worlds—such as that of a regatta on the Thames or an air show in Northern Italy—with an eye for telling details that typically go unnoticed. Fact and fiction combine and shift forms throughout the collection, for instance, in "The Concord Sonata" when the... Views: 52
Grady Service, Detective for Michican Upper Peninsula's DNR, investigates a case on the shores of Lake Superior involving “bleeding sand” and a centuries-old mystery surrounding a Native American archaeological site . . . not to mention an enormous forest fire. Views: 52
Why She Loves Him is a collection of short stories by award-winning novelist Wendy James. 2 of 5 includes the stories: 'Bad Blood'; 'Cold'; 'Divertimento'; 'Ground Zero'; and 'The Witch's Daughters'. Holding a discerning mirror to seemingly ordinary lives, James captures recurring themes of love, betrayal, passion and guilt to show just how vulnerable and intricate the human heart really is. Whether narrating from the living room of a contemporary marriage, from the wheel of a desperate getaway car, or while composing an elaborate diversion in 18th century Salzburg, James has the rare ability to wryly comment on humankind with unnerving clarity and precision. Views: 52
While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place?In this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past. Often surprising and always thought provoking, The... Views: 52
From AE Publications comes 4 filthy tales, featuring hardcore graphic sex, anal, alpha males, femdom, lesbians, threesomes, romance, bdsm, rough sex and more. Adults only. 18+ Views: 52
To ferret out the location of a hidden atomic installation, The Coxeman volunteers to make love to a harem ruled by a sexually abnormal, power-mad African dictator. The 'harem' consists of nine gorgeous scientists, each more insatiable and erotically inventive than the other. When they are not working on Rod they are working on perfecting the hydrogen bomb that the dictator will detonate if the great powers do not succumb to his wishes. Night after night, the great Rod tries to discover the secret place only these love-starved women know. But how long can he go from orgy to orgy before he and the whole free world go down in flames! Views: 52
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This is it! The SHOCKING CONCLUSION to the VATICAN ASSASSIN TRILOGY! Bernard Campion, "BC", has been an Assassin for the Pope - The Vatican's Ambassador to Lunar Prime - CEO of The Project - Head of the UTZ Council - and now he's the Pope of the New catholic Church, the NcC. But the mantle sits uneasily on BC... The Universal Trade Zone (UTZ) and The Universal Islamic Nation (UIN) are forced to work together in the face of dual threats: The alien race, The Eldred and the recently revived survivor of the race known as the Ancient Enemy - Dolomay. Can BC remain Pope and still lead the battle against The Eldred and Dolomay? Can humanity come together to face those who would enslave them... or worse? It all comes to a head. There will be war... but who will be fighting who? Find out the answers - in VATICAN ABDICATOR! Views: 52
It's the summer of 1987 and Mira is beginning her first year at uni. She's got a radical new haircut, and an all-black wardrobe — she should be having the time of her life. But it's hard to get excited about anything when you're being smothered by your crazy Italian family, enrolled in a course you're not interested in, and expecting nuclear warfare at any moment. Even a new best friend and the magnetic boy from art class can't wipe away the image of a looming mushroom cloud. And Mira's right. Her world is about to explode, but it's not the skies she should be checking. Views: 52
When Sarah Hanson-Young called out the abuse she received from male parliamentarians as slut-shaming, she sparked a national conversation about the rampant sexism in politics. Placing the responsibility on women to defend themselves is the same cheap trick as asking, why didn't she just fight back? After witnessing verbal abuse levelled at female parliamentarians and public figures, Hanson-Young is convinced that now is the time to call it out and not retreat. Views: 52
Nicole Michelin avoids airplanes, motorcycles, and most of all, Japan, where her parents once were missionaries. Something happened in Japan...something that sent Nicole and her father back to America alone...something of which Nicole knows only bits and pieces. But she is content with life in little Mount Olive, North Carolina, with her quirky relatives, tank of lively fish, and plenty of homemade pineapple chutney. Through her online column for the Pretty Fishy Web site, she meets Harrison Michaels, who, much to her dismay, lives in Japan. She attempts to avoid him, but his e-mails tug at her heart. Then Harrison reveals that he knew her as a child in Japan. In fact, he knows more about her childhood than she does... Views: 52
To Walk Through Fire…At two Samantha Cray lost her mother. By fifteen her father was gone. At eighteen she lost the only woman she'd ever truly love.Trapped by an unsuspected inheritance - the gift of her father’s blood, guided only by the guardian who holds the secret to her future, Samantha must enter an arcane new world where why she fights is sometimes more important than what…And she must walk the path of Light alone.But the darkness within parallels the darkness without… and the hunger she is charged to control in others echoes through her as well. Constantly questioning what is duty, what is selfishness, what is self...Boy. Girl. Gay. Straight. All of them, none of them…or something just a little…different, and all intertwined with a destiny only she can fulfill.The purest steel goes through the hottest flame. Let those who should beware: the only power to rival love is righteous fury -- and a new Wielder has been sworn. Views: 52
Callie McKenzie had worked hard to get where she was. Finally a fully qualified vet, she'd opened her own veterinary practice in the town she'd grown up in. She worked long hours, she had too, and she wasn't looking for anything else in her life. Or anyone. People had a habit of letting her down. So while she might be attracted to Tanner Jamieson there was no way in hell she'd fall in love with him. Particularly since he had this nasty habit of spanking her when she did something he disagreed with. Except she couldn't get him out of her mind. Couldn't push him out of her life. In fact, at every turn she seemed to pull him closer.Tanner Jamieson knew that Callie needed a keeper. She was her own worst enemy. She was a worrier and didn’t take good care of herself. All he wanted was to protect her, cherish her and ensure her safety and if he sometimes had to do that with a spanking. Then so be it.Warning: If you don't enjoy reading about two consenting adults in a loving relationship that involves a strong Alpha male with an equally strong spanking hand then this isn't the story for you. Adults only. You must be eighteen years old to read this. Views: 52
