Download or read book Bathhouse Confessions 3 written by Nathan Bay and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the bathhouse, a place where your wildest fantasies can come true. Leave your hang-ups and inhibitions at the door because this is a place where anything goes. Themes include: college hunks, men in uniform, M/M/M, dom/sub, alpha males, love triangle, straight to gay/gay for you, and so much more! This sizzling boxed set includes three daring tales of good guys gone bad: "Denying Morris" An adventurous young man teaches a hunky shy guy how to break free from his inhibitions. "Breaking Boundaries" A spring break vacation takes a wild turn when four college roommates begin a sexy game of dares. "Double Down" A man who thinks he's fallen for the boy next door becomes entangled in a steamy three way fantasy. Each pulse-pounding tale of gay romance is just the right length for an exciting bedtime story. Grab a towel and join us in the steam room...
Download or read book Bathhouse Confessions 2 written by Nathan Bay and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the bathhouse, a place where your wildest fantasies can come true. Leave your hang-ups and inhibitions at the door because this is a place where anything goes. This sizzling boxed set includes three delicious tales set in California during the summer of 1955: FOG CITY TEMPTATION San Francisco - A sexy and mysterious soldier explores forbidden fantasies with an adventurous young man at the bathhouse. It starts with a fist full of rope and a pulse-pounding game of role play, as the alpha male soldier Ricky demands complete and total submission from Charles. After their first steamy encounter, Charles finds himself feeling more than just physical attraction to the handsome Army hunk. But in the conservative post-World War II era of the 1950s, the world outside the bathhouse would never accept the love between two gay men, much less an interracial romance. Is there a way for Charles to find happiness with his military man or is their secret relationship doomed? HOLLYWOOD HEARTBREAK Los Angeles - A brooding closeted movie star is swept away in a tense love affair at the bathhouse. On a muggy August evening, the actor has a fling with a man named Rex. Their feelings quickly flourish into an obsessive and all-consuming mutual yearning. The deeper they fall for each other, the higher the stakes soar. This leading man's secret gay life could destroy his film career if he were exposed. But the heart wants what it wants, and soon the two lovers find themselves pushing the boundaries to be together in this hot and heavy romance with a devastating grande finale. DEEP RELEASE Sacramento - Summer is scorching in the capital city of California, and a high school graduate named Thomas is aching for relief. While browsing his favorite beefcake magazines, he finds a hand-written invitation to receive the unique services of Doctor Doyle at the bathhouse. The curious but desperate young man decides to investigate. Beyond the closed doors of the bathhouse, he discovers a secret paradise filled with sexy, muscular men who express themselves freely and strut around in posing straps, Thomas's favorite type of underwear. When he comes face-to-face with the bearish British doctor, the adventure intensifies. Using magic fingers and an expert touch, Doctor Doyle unlocks deep desires from inside Thomas. After a new awakening, Thomas hungers for more. How far will he go to break the fever? If you enjoy the iconic Physique Pictorial and Adonis beefcake magazines, or the films of Hollywood legend Rock Hudson, you'll love this vintage gay pulp fiction inspired anthology.
Download or read book Bathhouse Confessions XXL written by Nathan Bay and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the bathhouse, a place where your wildest fantasies can come true. Leave your hang-ups and inhibitions at the door because this is a place where anything goes. This sizzling gay romance bundle includes all nine stories from the best-selling Bathhouse Confessions books + a brand-new bonus story starring a fan favorite: "Bear Hunting" A cocky younger fitness guru is taught a sexy lesson in submission by an older dominant bear. "Sensory Deprivation" A college student teams up with his hunky best friend to live out the ultimate group fantasy. "Prostate Pounder" A mysterious man with a magic thrust seizes the opportunity to showcase his special talent. "Denying Morris" An adventurous young man teaches a hunky shy guy how to break free from his inhibitions. "Breaking Boundaries" A spring break vacation takes a wild turn when four college roommates begin a sexy game of dares. "Double Down" A man who thinks he's fallen for the boy next door becomes entangled in a steamy three way fantasy. "Deep Release" A bearish British doctor with magic fingers unlocks the desires of a curious jock. "Hollywood Heartthrob" A mild-mannered fella gets swept up in a whirlwind love affair with the hottest hunk in Tinseltown. "Fog City Temptation" A brooding soldier explores his secret passions with a new friend. "Bear Hunting 2: Santa Bear" (NEW) Everyone's favorite bathhouse character, Bear, returns as a sexy Santa Claus for a very special Christmas holiday party. Each pulse-pounding tale is just the right length for an exciting bedtime story. Grab a towel and join us in the steam room...
Download or read book The End Of Alice written by A.M. Homes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 2013 Orange Prize–winning author of May We Be Forgiven. Only a work of such searing, meticulously controlled brilliance could provoke such a wide range of visceral responses. Here is the incredible story of an imprisoned pedophile who is drawn into an erotically charged correspondence with a nineteen-year-old suburban coed. As the two reveal—and revel in—their obsessive desires, Homes creates in The End of Alice a novel that is part romance, part horror story, at once unnerving and seductive.
Download or read book Prostate Pounder XXL written by Nathan Bay and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the man with the magic thrust in this explosive five book collection! His conquests are legendary, his talents are mind-blowing. Welcome to the wild and secret world of Prostate Pounder. Each tale is stuffed tight with tension, teasing, and a tantalizing finale that will leave you begging for more! Are you ready for the ride of your life? Themes include: first time gay, enemies to lovers, and so much delicious mischief! "Prostate Pounder #1: Hands Free Ecstasy" - A case of mistaken identity inspires a hot college jock to explore his forbidden fantasies. "Prostate Pounder #2: Back Door Bully" - A storm brings together two sworn enemies in a secluded hotel. When hate turns to heat, the consequences will leave you tied in knots. "Prostate Pounder #3: Pounder's Paradise" - The master meets his match when two forces of nature come together for a pulse-pounding trip to paradise. "Prostate Pounder #4: Hollywood Heatwave" - An aspiring actor's bold move pays off when he finds himself living his ultimate fantasy in the arms of a charming man of mystery. "Prostate Pounder #5: Special Bathhouse Version" - Enjoy this remixed and reimagined version of the Prostate Pounder origin story set in a steamy California bathhouse. Each smoldering tale of mm romance is just the right length for an exciting bedtime story. Grab a pillow and join us! Happy endings are guaranteed...
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Augustine s Confessions written by Tarmo Toom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the best scholarship on Augustine's Confessions which will facilitate a better understanding of this masterpiece.
Download or read book Confessions of a Fairy s Daughter written by Alison Wearing and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER (The Globe and Mail) A moving memoir about growing up with a gay father in the 1980s, and a tribute to the power of truth, humour, acceptance and familial love. A true "It GOT Better" story. Alison Wearing led a largely carefree childhood until she learned, at the age of 12, that her family was a little more complex than she had realized. Sure her father had always been unusual compared to the other dads in the neighbourhood: he loved to bake croissants, wear silk pyjamas around the house, and skip down the street singing songs from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. But when he came out of the closet in the 1970s, when homosexuality was still a cardinal taboo, it was a shock to everyone in the quiet community of Peterborough, Ontario—especially to his wife and three children. Alison’s father was a professor of political science and amateur choral conductor, her mother was an accomplished pianist and marathon runner, and together they had fed the family a steady diet of arts, adventures, mishaps, normal frustrations and inexhaustible laughter. Yet despite these agreeable circumstances, Joe’s internal life was haunted by conflicting desires. As he began to explore and understand the truth about himself, he became determined to find a way to live both as a gay man and also a devoted father, something almost unheard of at the time. Through extraordinary excerpts from his own letters and journals from the years of his coming out, we read of Joe’s private struggle to make sense and beauty of his life, to take inspiration from an evolving society and become part of the vanguard of the gay revolution in Canada. Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter is also the story of “coming out” as the daughter of a gay father. Already wrestling with an adolescent’s search for identity when her father came out of the closet, Alison promptly “went in,” concealing his sexual orientation from her friends and spinning extravagant stories about all of the “great straight things” they did together. Over time, Alison came to see that life with her father was surprisingly interesting and entertaining, even oddly inspiring, and in fact, there was nothing to hide. Balancing intimacy, history and downright hilarity, Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter is a captivating tale of family life: deliciously imperfect, riotously challenging, and full of life’s great lessons in love. Alison brings her story to life with a skillfully light touch in this warm, heartfelt and revelatory memoir.
Download or read book The Sound of Waves written by Yukio Mishima and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless story of first love set in a remote fishing village in Japan. • "A story that is both happy and a work of art.... Altogether a joyous and lovely thing." —The New York Times A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.
Download or read book The End and the Beginning written by Hermynia Zur Mühlen and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in Germany in 1929, The End and the Beginning is a lively personal memoir of a vanished world and of a rebellious, high-spirited young woman's struggle to achieve independence. Born in 1883 into a distinguished and wealthy aristocratic family of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hermynia Zur Muhlen spent much of her childhood travelling in Europe and North Africa with her diplomat father. After five years on her German husband's estate in czarist Russia she broke with both her family and her husband and set out on a precarious career as a professional writer committed to socialism. Besides translating many leading contemporary authors, notably Upton Sinclair, into German, she herself published an impressive number of politically engaged novels, detective stories, short stories, and children's fairy tales. Because of her outspoken opposition to National Socialism, she had to flee her native Austria in 1938 and seek refuge in England, where she died, virtually penniless, in 1951. This revised and corrected translation of Zur Muhlen's memoir - with extensive notes and an essay on the author by Lionel Gossman - will appeal especially to readers interested in women's history, the Central European aristocratic world that came to an end with the First World War, and the culture and politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Download or read book The Social Life of Coffee written by Brian Cowan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing he reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Britain’s virtuosi, gentlemanly patrons of the arts and sciences, were profoundly interested in things strange and exotic. Cowan explores how such virtuosi spurred initial consumer interest in coffee and invented the social template for the first coffeehouses. As the coffeehouse evolved, rising to take a central role in British commercial and civil society, the virtuosi were also transformed by their own invention.
Download or read book The Christian Invention of Time written by Simon Goldhill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such life-changing transformation – under Christianity's influence – happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.
Download or read book Be Well written by Kari Molvar and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A showcase of the current culture and architecture, protagonists and ideas, and treatments and aims of twenty-first-century wellbeing. One of life's greatest pleasures is a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries--in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas. Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options. In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world's most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.
Download or read book The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Fall in Love with Anyone written by Mandy Len Catron and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir” (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our ability to achieve and sustain intimacy. What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? Or does obsessing over those love stories hurt our real-life relationships? When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer. In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world, “Catron melds science and emotion beautifully into a thoughtful and thought-provoking meditation” (Bookpage). She delves back to 1944, when her grandparents met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver. She uses biologists’ research into dopamine triggers to ask whether the need to love is an innate human drive. She uses literary theory to show why we prefer certain kinds of love stories. She urges us to question the unwritten scripts we follow in relationships and looks into where those scripts come from. And she tells the story of how she decided to test an experiment that she’d read about—where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions—and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship. “Perfect fodder for the romantic and the cynic in all of us” (Booklist), How to Fall in Love with Anyone flips the script on love. “Clear-eyed and full of heart, it is mandatory reading for anyone coping with—or curious about—the challenges of contemporary courtship” (The Toronto Star).
Download or read book The Bookseller s Tale written by Martin Latham and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPECTATOR AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'A joy. Each chapter instantly became my favourite' David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas 'Wonderful' Lucy Mangan 'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.' This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, mythical libraries, itinerant pedlars, radical pamphleteers, extraordinary bookshop customers and fanatical collectors, Canterbury bookseller Martin Latham uncovers the curious history of our book obsession - and his own. Part cultural history, part literary love letter and part reluctant memoir, this is the tale of one bookseller and many, many books. 'If ferreting through bookshops is your idea of heaven, you'll get the same pleasure from this treasure trove of a book' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express
Download or read book Down and Out in Paris and London written by George Orwell and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through George Orwell's firsthand accounts, readers are exposed to the harsh realities of life as a member of the destitute underclass. Orwell works various menial jobs, as dishwasher and plongeur in Parisian restaurants, and encounters a cast of characters from all walks of life. These include fellow down-and-outs, as well as the exploitative and indifferent employers and landlords who profit from their desperation. Down and Out in Paris and London sheds light on the daily challenges faced by those living in poverty, from the constant struggle to secure food and shelter to the lack of dignity and respect afforded to the working poor. Orwell's experiences also serve as a critique of societal structures and attitudes that perpetuate poverty and inequality, offering insight into the systemic failures that marginalize and oppress the most vulnerable members of society. GEORGE ORWELL was born in India in 1903 and passed away in London in 1950. As a journalist, critic, and author, he was a sharp commentator on his era and its political conditions and consequences.
Download or read book Wrangled written by Daryl Banner and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My heart's about to get wrangled in Chad's wicked little game. I left behind my countryside hometown of Spruce, Texas and my teenage tormentor Chad Landry to start over, pursue a career, and make a new name for myself. Fast forward ten years, and I'm back in Spruce for my high school reunion to confront my past and to face the boy who made my teen years hell. I'm no longer the vulnerable teenager I once was, and I'll guarantee you this: Chad won't have any power over me. But all the mental preparation in the world couldn't possibly prepare me for the sight of the hot, gorgeous, and hunky rancher that Chad has become, nor the secret he's been waiting ten long years to tell me. Chad's got things to say. And I've got a score to settle. Someone's poor little heart is about to get wrangled in a game it is sure to lose. NOTE: Though the story addresses past bullying, it contains no actual bullying or violence. "Wrangled" is a small-town, enemies-to-lovers romance loaded with humor, high romantic tension, and southern sass. *** This is a southern male/male romance set in the same fictional small town as "Football Sundae", "Born Again Sinner", and "Heteroflexible". Though this book takes place between the last chapter and the epilogue of "Heteroflexible", it can be read entirely on its own. Read all the books set in Spruce, Texas! Football Sundae Born Again Sinner Heteroflexible Wrangled
