They are young, they are ambitious, and they are on a business training seminar on a tropical island when... the phones stop working. The electricity is gone. There is not much food and water. Has some kind of global catastrophe happened, or is this part of the training? And if it isn't an exercise, will anyone escape the island alive?
Rupert Morgan's satire of business and capitalism keeps you laughing as the comedy gets progressively darker.
Eleven short stories. Each one about a famous person. Some are imagined, some are true - but which ones?
Was wi-fi invented by a Hollywood movie star?
Did Prince challenge Michael Jackson to a ping-pong match?
And why was Picasso on the beach?At times funny or sad, poetic or absurd...Peter Flynn returns with a new collection of fascinating stories.
They are artists and vagabonds. Spanish John and his men travel 16th century Italy painting church frescoes. They do it for money... and hope the client will pay. The church in the remote mountain village of Gavelli seemed an ordinary job. But it's not...With a picaresque tale full of life and colour, novelist Michael Gregorio takes you back to the Renaissance - but not as you ever imagined it.
A la découvert du sensible, de la musique, des senteurs et des images dans le monde des hôpitaux psychiatriques.
C'est un récit qui s'écrit à la manière d'un conte, le récit de l'intime que la psychanalyse prolonge de son travail sur la langue, le travail des mots, avec les mots. Une écriture qui va chercher le corps, la voix, pour raconter un monde de musique de senteurs et d'images.
Découvrez, dans ce récit, une immersion dans l'univers de la psychanalyse et de l'écriture.
EXTRAIT
La première fois qu'elle me parle, nous sommes dans la petite pièce qu'on appelle l'infirmerie.
Ce premier échange va donner le ton de tous ceux qui vont suivre.
Elle, qui parle, sans se soucier de ce que je peux entendre, et moi, qui me débrouille pour supporter l'effet que produisent sur moi ses mots qui me sidèrent.
Elle vient me demander un verre de Dakin parce que, dit-elle, elle doit se rincer la bouche.
Qu'a-t-elle à la bouche qui nécessite ce soin??
Elle va faire une pipe à un jeune patient qui va lui donner un paquet de cigarettes...
Et après, tout naturellement, elle va se rincer la bouche.
Elle dit ça comme on dit «?je m'en vais faire des courses?».
À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR
Jeanne Terraorsi - Je me suis baladée durant quelques années dans ces lieux que l'on appelle les hôpitaux psychiatriques. J'y ai d'abord exercé un métier qui n'existe plus, infirmière de secteur psychiatrique. Chemin faisant, je suis devenue psychologue. Après une carrière hospitalière, j'exerce la psychanalyse à Aix-en-Provence. Ce récit peut intéresser les "psys" pour la rencontre avec la folie, le bricolage clinique, mais également tous ceux qui, concernés par le travail de la langue en eux, sensibles à ce qui les a impressionnés, en gardent la trace. Et ceux qui aiment les contes...
Oxford, 1583. A local woman is found murdered not far from the city walls. At the same time, a seller of herbal remedies is accused of sorcery and faces execution. The two dramas do not seem to be connected, until the young lady Maude Mansfield and her friend Harry Hopetoun begin to investigate...In this sequel to the charming The Fortunes of John de Courcy, all the characters return for a new, equally enjoyable adventure.
This is the unabridged original english translation (with all the comments and annotations) made by Sir Richard Francis Burton and first published in 1883.
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted poetry verses. "Kama" which is one of the three goals of Hindu life, means sensual or sexual pleasure, and "sutra" literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. Contrary to popular perception, especially in the western world, Kama sutra is not just an exclusive sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family life and other aspects pertaining to pleasure oriented faculties of human life.
Content
Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra has 1250 verses, distributed in 36 chapters, which are further organized into 7 parts. According to the Burton translation, the contents of the book are structured into 7 parts like the following:
1. General remarks
Chapters on contents of the book, three aims and priorities of life, the acquisition of knowledge, conduct of the well-bred townsman, reflections on intermediaries who assist the lover in his enterprises (5 chapters).
2. Amorous advances/Sexual union
Chapters on stimulation of desire, types of embraces, caressing and kisses, marking with nails, biting and marking with teeth, on copulation (positions), slapping by hand and corresponding moaning, virile behavior in women, superior coition and oral sex, preludes and conclusions to the game of love. It describes 64 types of sexual acts (10 chapters).
3. Acquiring a wife
Chapters on forms of marriage, relaxing the girl, obtaining the girl, managing alone, union by marriage (5 chapters).
4. Duties and privileges of the wife
Chapters on conduct of the only wife and conduct of the chief wife and other wives (2 chapters).
5. Other men's wives
Chapters on behavior of woman and man, how to get acquainted, examination of sentiments, the task of go-between, the king's pleasures, behavior in the women's quarters (6 chapters).
6. About courtesans
Chapters on advice of the assistants on the choice of lovers, looking for a steady lover, ways of making money, renewing friendship with a former lover, occasional profits, profits and losses (6 chapters).
7. Occult practices
Chapters on improving physical attractions, arousing a weakened sexual power (2 chapters)
Ten extraordinary stories about extraordinary people. Some are true, some are completely fictional. But which? Did Einstein truly exchange places with his chauffeur at a physics conference? Does Queen Elizabeth play poker with her servants? And, of course, did Ernest Hemingway really have a killer chihuahua?
Amusing, beautiful, sensual, perturbing...
Ten very different stories with one thing in common: each presents a fascinating mystery!
Doze autores (seis escritoras e seis escritores, portugueses e brasileiros) escrevem histórias cujo cenário é o período natalício. A paixão, a sensualidade, o amor e o humor, na atmosfera do Natal (as luzes, os aromas, os sons e os reencontros), são ingredientes para que esta coletânea permita uma leitura íntima, descontraída e nostálgica da festa mais importante do ano.
A young student is going to undergo an obnoxious blackmail on behalf of a man, a bookseller, who is going to abuse her shamelessly to satisfy his fantasies.
A fascinating, methodical investigation into a little-known tragedy shows that truth can prevail even 180 years after the fact.In this "whodunit," James Jackson is a one-man investigative commission. He meticulously demonstrates how British soldiers shot three innocent bystanders in Old Montreal following a by-election victory of Irish-born Daniel Tracey over Loyalist Stanley Bagg in 1832. He also shows how the political, military, and legal authorities of the time exonerated those responsible for the killings by falsely accusing the supporters of Daniel Tracey, a Patriote Party candidate, of rioting. Jackson shows that the "riot" simply never happened, but also that history has unfortunately retained the official story of events that help explain the Patriote revolt of 1837-1838. Although the names of those shot that day, Francois Languedoc, Pierre Billet, and Casimir Chauvin, have been forgotten, their story deserves to be known. Jackson combines the rigour and moral indignation of Émile Zola with the writing talent and historical perspective of Pierre Berton.
A fascinating, methodical investigation into a little-known tragedy shows that truth can prevail even 180 years after the fact.In this "whodunit," James Jackson is a one-man investigative commission. He meticulously demonstrates how British soldiers shot three innocent bystanders in Old Montreal following a by-election victory of Irish-born Daniel Tracey over Loyalist Stanley Bagg in 1832. He also shows how the political, military, and legal authorities of the time exonerated those responsible for the killings by falsely accusing the supporters of Daniel Tracey, a Patriote Party candidate, of rioting. Jackson shows that the "riot" simply never happened, but also that history has unfortunately retained the official story of events that help explain the Patriote revolt of 1837-1838. Although the names of those shot that day, Francois Languedoc, Pierre Billet, and Casimir Chauvin, have been forgotten, their story deserves to be known. Jackson combines the rigour and moral indignation of Émile Zola with the writing talent and historical perspective of Pierre Berton.
The Romance of Lust, or Early Experiences is a Victorian erotic novel published anonymously in four volumes during the years 1873-1876 by William Lazenby. The novel is told in first person, and the protagonist of the novel is Charlie Roberts. Charlie possesses a large penis, much virility, and a seemingly insatiable sexual appetite. Charlie describes his sexual initiation as an adolescent - as he is "approaching fifteen". He catalogs his sexual experiences including incest with his sisters Eliza and Mary, sex with his governesses, and his later sexual exploits with various male and female friends, and acquaintances. Besides incest, the book deals with a variety of sexual activities, including orgies, masturbation, lesbianism, flagellation, fellatio, cunnilingus, gay sex, anal sex, and double penetration. Taboo subjects such as homosexuality, incest, and pedophilia are common themes in the novel.
My Secret Life, by "Walter", is the memoir of a Victorian gentleman's sexual development and experiences. It was first published in a private edition, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. In spite of "Walter's" obsessive womanising over a period of several decades, only a few of his partners are of his own social class. The great majority are either prostitutes, servants or working class women. The frank discussion of sexual matters and other hidden aspects of Victorian life make this book a rare and valuable social document. It has been described as "one of the strangest and most obsessive books ever written".
Victor dear,
I have a project that you won't be able to turn down. Last week, Richard Dowling had the nerve to take me aside after a tedious financial meeting to ask if I had a "little desk job" his son could fill for a couple of months to "break him in."
Jamie is a charming young thing (if you go for the barely pubescent virginal type). Get here right away, sweep the little baby off his feet, fuck his brains out till he begs for more.
When you get a glimpse of Jamie Dowling, you'll see this is no dreary chore I'm assigning you. And as if that weren't enticement enough, you can always count on the night of hot sex I'll serve you upon completion of your little PR assignment.
xoxo
Terry
Also available in a French or bilingual edition. All three versions are followed by Dangerous Liaisons (in French) by Choderlos de Laclos.
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Le Roman de Moriaen conte l'histoire du fils d'Agloval, chevalier de la Table Ronde et d'une Maure. Il part à la recherche de son père qui a abandonné sa mère avant sa naissance. Grâce à sa rencontre avec Gauvain et Lancelot, il réussit à le retrouver et à restaurer les droits de sa mère par le mariage de ses parents. Le récit, inséré dans la version la plus étendue en moyen néerlandais de la trilogie Lancelot - Queste del Saint Graal - Mort le roi Artu, la Lancelotcompilatie, présente un grand intérêt pour les médiévistes européens car c'est un des quatre romans arthuriens en moyen néerlandais, considérés comme « originaux », leur modèle français n'étant pas attesté à ce jour. Gauvain, Lancelot et Perceval, sont présents du début à la fin du récit. Les quêtes et aventures racontées, les motifs évoqués sont caractéristiques de la « matière de Bretagne ». La technique narrative de l'auteur/ narrateur rappelle celle du roman arthurien en vers, mais aussi celle du roman en prose avec ses annonces et clôtures d'épisodes. Fin connaisseur de la matière arthurienne, et aussi du relationnel familial intime, l'auteur du « scone bediet van Moriaen » (le beau récit de Moriaen) a parachevé le tableau familial initial du fils et grand frère, Agloval, protecteur de sa mère et de son petit frère, Perceval, à travers la peinture émouvante du cheminement du jeune fils, Moriaen, qui a repris le flambeau protecteur à l'égard de sa propre mère.
Dalmàs Ròcamaura, filh d'un bastisseire de glèisas, se fa escudièr de Raimond VI de Sant-Gèli, comte de Tolosa. Aluserpit, serà lèu adobat chivalièr per son mèstre. Amb el, dintram al còr del catarisme e de la societat occitana del sègle XIII. Resistissèm a l'envasiment francés. A travèrs las cavalcadas, los combats, las missions perilhosas e los chaples, nos encaminam pauc a pauc cap al drama final : la fin d'aquela extraordinària fortalesa que foguèt Montsegur. Aurem tanben, coma l'eròi, la vision de tres castelanas em-belinairas dels noms de Brunissenda, Nòva e Estevana de Cabaret, triple amor de Dalmàs Ròcamaura, aparegudas totas tres a l'encòp, sus las emparas del castèl de Cabardés. A seguir las aventuras de Dalmàs Ròcamaura, crosarem atanben la sublima e fugidissa Esclarmonda de Foish.
L'edicion en occitan d'un dels pus polits romans, nascut de la pluma magica del "grand manteneire occitan" que foguèt Maurici Magre, èra esperada desempuèi mai de cinquanta ans. Dins aquel obratge l'autor a meravilhosament sabut descriure, d'un biais mistic e sensual, esperital e guerrièr, lo drama de la guèrra menada contra los pus poderoses dels princes occitans. Un drama fach d'intolerància, de gelosiás e d'ambicions personalas que devastèt Occitània. Un drama que lo pòble occitan ne paga encara uèi las consequéncias.
Maurici Magre nasquèt lo 2 de març de 1877 a Tolosa. Moriguèt lo 11 de decembre de 1941 a Niça. Foguèt tre 1891, a l'edat de 14 ans, que compausèt sos primièrs poèmas. Sos primièrs recuèlhs foguèron publicats en 1895, aviá 18 ans. Escriguèt fòrça pel teatre. Sas pèças foguèron jogadas dins los teatres mai presats d'Euròpa. Mas foguèt tanben un romancièr requist. Plan de sas òbras romanescas s'ameritarián d'èsser reviradas dins sa lenga mairala. Lenga que, sul tard, regretèt d'aver pas escricha. Esperam que "La sang de Tolosa", sa primièra òbra revirada, serà seguida de plan maitas.
Revirat en occitan del Lengadòc pel Sèrgi Viaule.
Normandy, 1940. Two young English soldiers find themselves plunged into war as France succumbs to the German army's blitzkrieg. Inexperienced and ill-equipped, they are soon taken prisoner. But this is just the start of their story as they are forced to march east across the country toward the prison camp that waits for them in Poland...
A powerful war story, written with incredible authenticity by best-selling crime author Graham Hurley, whose novels have been adapted by France 2 for the 2012 series Deux Flics sur les Docks.
