Troy is reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.
Andrew is reading Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas.
Santa B is reading The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Friday
Thursday
It's Not all About Sex, But...
Platform - Michel Houellebecq
The hero of the book is a depressed civil servant who uses a small inheritance from his father's death to go on a packaged tour to Thailand. While his physical contact is limited to rapturous encounters with skilled Thai prostitutes ("the best lovers in the world"), Michel gets a crush on a fellow traveler, Valerie, whom he arranges to see back in Paris. Michel and Valerie fall in love. They have adventurous sex.
Vegan, Virgin, Valentine - Carolyn Mackler
Shanna - Kathleen Woodiwiss
Roark's voice was somewhat strained as he finally said, "Milady, you test me sorely. A gentleman my mother tried to teach me to be, with good respect for womanhood." Shanna's breath caught as he stepped nearer.
The Story of O - Anonymous ( later to be revealed as Dominique Aury)
Story of O portrayed explicit scenes of bondage and violent penetration in spare, elegant prose, the purity of the writing making the novel seem reticent even as it dealt with demonic desire, with whips, masks and chains.
Harold Robbins
"It was the first time you ever read a book in which on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard on" - publisher Pat Knopf
Delta of Venus - Anais Nin
Down the rabbit hole I fell into Nin's world of courtesans, artists, showgirls, lecherous old men, voyeurs, prostitutes and cheeky schoolgirls, all cavorting in a European world of shabby gentility.
15 Kinds of Desire - Mandy Sayer
‘Electric neon pulsed across the footpath, bright pink outlines of naked women and signs flashing Live Sex, Pussycat, Love Machine.’
God's Call Girl: One Woman's Journey From Convent to Sex Worker - A Memoir by Carla Van Raay
11 Minutes - Paul Coehlo
Maria becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that "Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer." A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune. Instead, she ends up working as a prostitute.
Pocket Superflirt - Tracey Cox
Get serious with some sexy seduction strategies.
Pocket Supersex - Tracey Cox
All the tricks and techniques you need are in this handbag-handy guide.
Hollywood Lovers: The Raunchy Revelations of Tinseltown's Rich, Famous & Beautiful People - Sheridan McCoid
A long, unblinking look at romantic excess in Tinseltown.
Kinky Couture: A Diva's Guide To Sex, Style And Erotica - Deborah Gray
Including the latest fashion festishes and sex toys (and where to get them), aphrodisiac recipes, lipstick erotica and interviews with Erotic Divas.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex - Dr. Judy Kuriansky
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Plot: Starving writer, living in Paris, has lots of time for sex, some of which he pays for.
White Masai - Corinne Hofmann
Swiss woman Corinne Hofmann changed continents and lifestyles to live with a Samburu youth she knew nothing about, and could not even speak to.
Power and Terror : Post 9-11 Talks and Interviews - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is one of the most readable academics, his prose is clean, his thoughts clearly articulated, and his ideas compelling.
Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan
''We automatically think of domestication as something we do to other species,'' Pollan writes. ''But it makes just as much sense to think of it as something certain plants and animals have done to us.'
Bay of Contented Men - Robert Drewe
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
So Vast a Prison - Assia Djebar
The usual writings from a female writer of the Middle East translated into English. Fairly depressing and middle of the road fare.
The hero of the book is a depressed civil servant who uses a small inheritance from his father's death to go on a packaged tour to Thailand. While his physical contact is limited to rapturous encounters with skilled Thai prostitutes ("the best lovers in the world"), Michel gets a crush on a fellow traveler, Valerie, whom he arranges to see back in Paris. Michel and Valerie fall in love. They have adventurous sex.
Vegan, Virgin, Valentine - Carolyn Mackler
Shanna - Kathleen Woodiwiss
Roark's voice was somewhat strained as he finally said, "Milady, you test me sorely. A gentleman my mother tried to teach me to be, with good respect for womanhood." Shanna's breath caught as he stepped nearer.
The Story of O - Anonymous ( later to be revealed as Dominique Aury)
Story of O portrayed explicit scenes of bondage and violent penetration in spare, elegant prose, the purity of the writing making the novel seem reticent even as it dealt with demonic desire, with whips, masks and chains.
Harold Robbins
"It was the first time you ever read a book in which on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard on" - publisher Pat Knopf
Delta of Venus - Anais Nin
Down the rabbit hole I fell into Nin's world of courtesans, artists, showgirls, lecherous old men, voyeurs, prostitutes and cheeky schoolgirls, all cavorting in a European world of shabby gentility.
15 Kinds of Desire - Mandy Sayer
‘Electric neon pulsed across the footpath, bright pink outlines of naked women and signs flashing Live Sex, Pussycat, Love Machine.’
God's Call Girl: One Woman's Journey From Convent to Sex Worker - A Memoir by Carla Van Raay
11 Minutes - Paul Coehlo
Maria becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that "Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer." A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune. Instead, she ends up working as a prostitute.
Pocket Superflirt - Tracey Cox
Get serious with some sexy seduction strategies.
Pocket Supersex - Tracey Cox
All the tricks and techniques you need are in this handbag-handy guide.
Hollywood Lovers: The Raunchy Revelations of Tinseltown's Rich, Famous & Beautiful People - Sheridan McCoid
A long, unblinking look at romantic excess in Tinseltown.
Kinky Couture: A Diva's Guide To Sex, Style And Erotica - Deborah Gray
Including the latest fashion festishes and sex toys (and where to get them), aphrodisiac recipes, lipstick erotica and interviews with Erotic Divas.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex - Dr. Judy Kuriansky
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Plot: Starving writer, living in Paris, has lots of time for sex, some of which he pays for.
White Masai - Corinne Hofmann
Swiss woman Corinne Hofmann changed continents and lifestyles to live with a Samburu youth she knew nothing about, and could not even speak to.
Power and Terror : Post 9-11 Talks and Interviews - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is one of the most readable academics, his prose is clean, his thoughts clearly articulated, and his ideas compelling.
Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan
''We automatically think of domestication as something we do to other species,'' Pollan writes. ''But it makes just as much sense to think of it as something certain plants and animals have done to us.'
Bay of Contented Men - Robert Drewe
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
So Vast a Prison - Assia Djebar
The usual writings from a female writer of the Middle East translated into English. Fairly depressing and middle of the road fare.
Friday
excerpt from Jonathan Raban's Waxwings
"Here..." He rummaged in a side pocket of his brown silk jacket and produced a flat piece of stone about 2 inches square, which he handed to her like some very fragile precious object. "It's a kind of copper ore".
Her first thought was that it was beautiful - a veined swirl of dark but lucent green that put her immediately in mind of Douglas firs seen in the low summer-sunset light. It was the precise colour of Pacific Northwest. It was brilliant of him to have -
"It comes from Zambia", he said. "They've been quarrying it there for centuries."
Out of left field came her second thought: the malachite was ridiculous. Zambia? This sly boasting about stuff being shipped halfway around the world to adorn some Microsofties place! It was just like ... and then she remembered this was one of Tom's gibes after that fundraiser. Everything has to travel - even the bloody grass.
Her first thought was that it was beautiful - a veined swirl of dark but lucent green that put her immediately in mind of Douglas firs seen in the low summer-sunset light. It was the precise colour of Pacific Northwest. It was brilliant of him to have -
"It comes from Zambia", he said. "They've been quarrying it there for centuries."
Out of left field came her second thought: the malachite was ridiculous. Zambia? This sly boasting about stuff being shipped halfway around the world to adorn some Microsofties place! It was just like ... and then she remembered this was one of Tom's gibes after that fundraiser. Everything has to travel - even the bloody grass.
Thursday
Book on Order...
Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and his Nation - Susan Williams
A relationship that took on the politics of it's time.
A relationship that took on the politics of it's time.
Sunday
Conversatons on Books...
History's Worst Decisions: An Encyclopedia Idiotica - Stephen Weir
From Adam & Eve to Y2K.
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors - Michael Farquhar
From Nero's nagging mother to Catherine's stable of studs.
The Book of Heroic Failures - Stephen Pile
Harry Potter series
Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
Light and cheerful reading about a lady detective in Botswana.
This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall! - Gordon Korman
Written when the author was 12 years old.
Beware The Fish - Gordon Korman
The Railway Children - Edith Nesbit
Published in 1906. Full transcript on link.
Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
From Adam & Eve to Y2K.
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors - Michael Farquhar
From Nero's nagging mother to Catherine's stable of studs.
The Book of Heroic Failures - Stephen Pile
Harry Potter series
Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
Light and cheerful reading about a lady detective in Botswana.
This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall! - Gordon Korman
Written when the author was 12 years old.
Beware The Fish - Gordon Korman
The Railway Children - Edith Nesbit
Published in 1906. Full transcript on link.
Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
The Tesla Legacy - Robert G Barrett
Who was Nikola Tesla?
One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters (audio book)
Murder mystery set in 12 Century with monks
Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith
From Gorky Park to Chernobyl
Regina's Song - David and Leigh Edwards
Murder Mystery about identical twins
The Language Instinct - Stephen Pinker
On linguistics
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place In Nature - David Suzuki
About the Web of Life
Waxwings - Jonathan Raban
A novel which "tries to capture something of the increasingly impermanent, interconnected and rootless societies we inhabit".
Snow - Orhan Pamuk
‘who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has dicovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures’.
Saturday
Snow
The Kurdish youth whose uncle lived in Germany was the most outspoken on this point: "When they write poems or sing songs in the West they speak for all humanity. They're human beings - but we're just Muslims. When we write something, it's just ethnic poetry."
Excerpt from Orhan Pamuk's book Snow
Excerpt from Orhan Pamuk's book Snow
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