Intimate Stories
Do you have Vegas wedding ideas/ stories?
My fiance and I wantto get married in Vegas ALONE. No family members or friends. We don’t necessarily want to put the $ out for a wedding chapel if it’s only going to be the two of us. Nor do we want to get married in a drive thru or under the Welcome to Las Vegas sign. Does anyone have any ideas for a romantic intimate wedding that doesn’t involve big planning or an insane amount of money. (or a drive thru) I’d appreciate any feedback.
I would just do a wedding chapel – have them pick you up in a limo(part of a package deal) – and you can get some pics….. AND, your family can watch it LIVE on their computer – this is at the chapel of the flowers. and, they can check out your pictures a few hours after you are married.
After 9/11 The Intimate Story
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Paul McCartney – Wingspan – An Intimate Portrait $24.98 Paul McCartney’s account of his second famous rock band only glosses over his personal and professional life during the 1970s, clocking in at 88 minutes. Still, choice footage and photographs, along with a McCartney interview by daughter Mary interspersed throughout the program, make this an entertaining history of an often unfairly maligned group. Wingspan is also a valentine to McCartney’s … |
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988 Film) $8.08 1988 Soundtrack… |
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Intimate Relations [VHS] $79.98 Based on a true story, this dark, disturbing comedy goes in unexpected directions and makes you laugh at the most appalling things. At the center of this story is the aptly named Harold Guppy (Rupert Graves), an orphan who is fresh out of the navy in 1950s London. He finds a situation as a boarder in the Beasley household, where husband Stanley (Matthew Walker) is no match for his hard-working, ev… |
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Intimate Story A kibbutz-set drama about a couple who blame one another for their failure to have a child. When they try to smooth out their problems through fantasy, the lack of privacy in the kibbutz gets in the way…. |
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Letters from Iwo Jima (Two-Disc Special Edition) $4.79 Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima tells the untold story of the Japanese soldiers who defended their homeland against invading American forces during World War II. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima itself the unprecedented tactics of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe The Last Samurai) and… |
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Honky Tonk Angel (Paperback) $12.34 Earthy, sexy, and vivacious, the life of beloved country singer, Patsy Cline, who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years, is explored in colorful and poignant detail. An innovator—and even a… |
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The Crusader (Hardcover) $18.29 Featuring exclusive interviews with Pat Buchanan—the definitive biography of one of America’s most controversial conservatives. The Crusader tells the intimate story of the man who defined the … |
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A Tea Reader (Hardcover) $10.65 A Tea Reader contains a selection of stories that cover the spectrum of life. This anthology, which is comprised of tea, shares the ways that tea has changed lives through personal, intimate stories. Read of deep family moments, conquered h… |
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The Warlords (Blu-ray Disc) $14.08 4 stars out of 5 — “Like the best war movies do, director Peter Ho-Sun Chan has woven together an intimate story of men against a backdrop of history writ large.` |
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Medeski, Martin & Wood: Fly in a Bottle (DVD) $11.87 This musical release profiles the ensemble Medeski, Martin and Wood during the yearlong process of writing and recording, shot mostly with 16mm film and handheld camcorders, in order to create an extremely personal and intimate story of how the band`s … |
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We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (Paperback) $11.41 Seven intimate stories written in the first person by Cuban writer Obejas. In them, a Latina lesbian confesses that a car accident follows every break-up with a lover, a friendship between a Latino gay man with AIDS and a latina lesbian becomes realize… |
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Getting the Pretty Back (Paperback) $13.12 The iconic Molly Ringwald shares intimate stories and candid advice in this fun, stylish, and sexy girlfriend`s guide to life To her millions of fans, Molly Ringwald will forever be sixteen. As the endearing and … |
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Jackie After O (Large Print,Paperback) $16.33 Filled with intimate stories of her years before 1975, and illustrated with black-and-white photos, a fascinating account documents one extraordinary year in the life of America`s favorite first lady and international icon as she, after losing her seco… |
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The President`s Photographer (Hardcover) $22.85 Official companion to the National Geographic Television Special airing in November 2010, The President`s Photographer is the intimate story of the men and women who are both visual historians and key links between the public and the P… |
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Unti Ricky Skaggs (Hardcover) $16.98 Celebrating his 40th year as a professional musician, the musical prodigy and legend who revived modern bluegrass music presents a heartfelt and candid memoir that is filled with intimate stories of his successful career, personal revelations and inspi… |
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Jackie After O (Hardcover) $16.16 Filled with intimate stories of her years before 1975, and illustrated with black-and-white photos, this fascinating account documents one extraordinary year in the life of America`s favorite first lady and international icon as she, after losing her s… |
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Lucille (Paperback) $25.67 After years of acclaim in Europe, graphic novelist Ludovic Debeurme makes his English-language debut with a book of quiet grace and staggering emotional power.This rich and intimate story follows two teenagers, Lucille and Arthur, as they struggle … |
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Stories by Heart (Hardcover) $14.65 “A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow’s performances.”—Steve MartinEmmy Award-winner John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life in Drama—an intimate story of i… |
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Drama (Large Print,Paperback) $20.3 “A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow’s performances.”—Steve MartinEmmy Award-winner John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life in Drama—an intimate story of i… |
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Intimate Worlds $14.49 Scarf knows the intricacies of the family structure and even better knows how to write well about them. In Intimate Worlds as in most of our lives family is riveting white-knuckle stuff." –The Washington Post Book World In Intimate Worlds bestselling author Maggie Scarf takes on the most important and most universal subject of her distinguished career: the family. As the first social organization that we each encounter the family is where we learn the most fundamental and enduring lessons of our lives. Yet for too many those lessons turn out to be painful perplexing and emotionally crippling. In this luminous beautifully written book Scarf brilliantly examines the complex ways in which families create their own intimate rules and patterns of interaction and how by understanding these dynamics we can each improve the quality of our own family life. At the book’s core are the stories of four fascinating families and the very different ways they enact the central issues of family life: power and intimacy; conflict and love; individuality and group identification. Spanning the spectrum of family health from dysfunctional through optimal these families grapple with serious substance abuse sexual problems difficulties with attachment and nurturance eating disorders and buried resentments that surface generation after generation. As Maggie Scarf probes the motives and meanings of these compelling dramas she reveals the essential truths of how families shape human identity. Combining lucid analysis with warm human understanding Intimate Worlds is a major work that both clarifies and deepens our knowledge of family relationships. "Wrought with care and commitment it is meticulously researched and will I think serve as a valuable resource for families struggling to understand themselves." –Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Intimate Strangers $6.29 They meet in the seediest of places, and within moments they share an intimacy that can only come with extreme sexual attraction. These men hunt their prey in bars, parks, museums and even leather slave auctions. STARbooks is proud to announce the re-release of INTIMATE Strangers, which delivers as only a John Patrick anthology collection can. INTIMATE Strangers features the erotic and page-turning work of Jason Carpenter, Carter Wilson, Sonny Torvig, Tim Scully, and Rick Jackson USMC, just to name a few. Fans of John Patrick s work will not be disappointed in this exciting collection of stories about men who find intimacy with total strangers. A huge collection of highly erotic, short and steamy one-handed tales. Perfect bedtime reading, though you probably won t get much sleep! Prepare to be shocked! Highly recommended! Vulcan magazine…We guarantee you that this book will last you for many, many evenings to come as you relive your youth, or fulfill your fantasies with some of the horniest, hottest and most desirable young guys in fiction. Blueboy |
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Women of Courage: Intimate Stories from Afghanistan $3.94 Women of Courage shares an intimate look at the inspiring women who are forging a new future in Afghanistan and playing a crucial role in the changing landscape of this turbulent nation. First-hand stories and experiences are shared in conversations with a wide array of women-from a beekeeper to a presidential candidate to an Olympic sprinter to a schoolteacher. Mesmerizing photographs accompany unfiltered interviews, giving voice to a culture of women that has been silenced for decades under the oppressive regime of the Taliban. |
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Intimate Dialogues $6.68 Nagging discontent runs through these spare and often humorous stories, presented by a narrator who conducts surveys for a living. Fed up with watching television with her husband every night rather than going out, she finds, through her polls, other women who also feel stuck–their entertainment is food, the computer, and crossword puzzles. Each of them wants to take up new activities and get out of the daily grind, but all of them describe unexpected obstacles, as in the story of Lea’s decision to take belly dancing lessons with her friend Maud and her husband’s surprising reaction. |
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Long Walks and Intimate Talks: Stories, Poems and Paintings $5.27 This first collaboration of two long-time feminist and antiwar activists is a wonderful melding of word and image that creates a powerful call for world peace. Paley’s poems and short fiction and William’s vivid watercolors depict the beauty and dignity of "ordinary" lives from El Salvador to the Bronx, from New Hampshire to Vietnam. Scenes and stories of domestic life, solitude, and nature are interspersed with heart-wrenching images of women widowed and children crippled by war and incarcerated by urban poverty, Here, too, are stories and paintings of protest, joyous and defiant. |
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Companions for the Passage: Stories of the Intimate Privilege of Accompanying the Dying $20.28 "In a society which denies death Marjorie Ryerson’s book can help everyone awaken to the beauty and meaning of life. Death is the greatest teacher I know of, about life, and by sharing the stories within this book with us she will help us all to live fuller, more meaningful lives." -Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of "Help Me to Heal" and "365 Prescriptions for the Soul" "Ryerson offers us the rare opportunity to free ourselves from fear and recognize in our own lives the power of love and the presence of mystery. A book for anyone who has ever wondered what it takes to face the unknown." -Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of "Kitchen Table Wisdom" and "My Grandfather’s Blessings" ""Companions for the Passage" provides a unique look at the ways people adapt to loss. These are powerful stories for anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one." —J. Donald Schumacher, President and CEO, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization "Companions for the Passage," from the author of the acclaimed "Water Music," is an unforgettable book on a rarely visited subject: the personal stories of those who have witnessed the death of a loved one. Similar to works of Studs Terkel, author Marjorie Ryerson’s interviews capture the human condition through their wide variety of experiences and voices. Some of the interviewees are religious, some not; some encouraged their loved ones to accept death, others to fight it to the end. There are stories of heroic nurses and of indifferent hospital bureaucracies, of deaths that came too soon, and those that came at the end of a long, rich life. Possessing an affirmative quality that is anything but sentimental, ultimately thesestories celebrate the experience of being present at the death of a loved one. |
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Famous Fortunes: Intimate Stories of Financial Success $34.33 Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone |
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Embracing Your Authentic Self – Women’s Intimate Stories of Self-Discovery & Transformation $17.26 Embracing Your Authentic Self brings you the stories of 25 extraordinary women who have removed their false masks, stepped past the labels that once defined them, and reconnected with their personal power. Today, they’re standing tall, embracing their authenticity, and stepping boldly onto the path of self-actualization.In this book, you’ll experience the stories about Stepping out of hiding to discover your divine nature Releasing who you "should’ be to become who you really are Learning to speak your truth Using the experience of grief and loss to uncover a greater calling Leaving doubt and fear behind to discover your true purpose, step into your personal power, and even walk through fire These raw, revealing tales of empowerment and new beginnings prove that each and ever one of us have the potential to live authentically and joyfully. Each intimate story is followed by three journaling questions to help you journey deeper into your truth and reconnect with your truest self. |
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Intimate Citizenships: Gender, Sexualities, Politics $79.69 This volume responds to the need to extend the theory of citizenship, in order to bridge the gap between the public and the private sphere. Through the application of intersectional methodology, the authors document how people’s most private decisions and practices are intertwined with public institutions and state policies. The stories of intimate citizenship included in this volume make the theoretical discussion more palpable. Situated perspectives, as well as application of theoretical concepts to lived experience, extend citizenship’s territory beyond the conventional public sphere and locate it at the intersection of many axes of social, political, and cultural stratification. |
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No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart Of Zen $10.99 In No Beginning, No End , Zen master Jakusho Kwong-roshi shows us how to treasure the ordinary activities of our daily lives through an understanding of simple Buddhist practices and ideas. The author’s spontaneous, poetic, and pragmatic teachings so reminiscent of his spiritual predecessor Shunryu Suzuki ( Zen Mind , Beginner’s Mind ) transport us on an exciting journey into the very heart of Zen and its meaningful traditions. Because Kwong-roshi can transmit the most intimate thing in the most accessible way, we learn how to ignite our own vitality, wisdom, and compassion and awaken a feeling of intimacy with the world. It is like having a conversation with our deepest and wisest self. Jakusho Kwong-roshi was originally inspired to study Zen because of zenga, the ancient art of Zen calligraphy. Throughout this book he combines examples of his unique style with less well-known stories from the Zen tradition, personal anecdotes including moving and humorous stories of his training with Suzuki-roshi and his own lucid and inspiring teachings to draw all readers into this intimate expression of the enlightening world of Zen: the world of who we are. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Intimate Relationships: Issues, Theories, and Research $65.29 "This text, written by two social psychologists, tells the story of scientific research on intimate relationships in a comprehensive yet concise manner." Real-life stories from newspapers and magazines, illustrating important issues, open each chapter and provide a context for the subsequent presentation of theory and research. End-of-chapter summaries recount information in terms of issues, theories and research. In addition to giving consideration to classic and contemporary scholarship, the text is sprinkled with references to current events, allowing students to make an instant connection to the material. Authors have devoted a separate chapter entirely to the topic of adult attachment. |
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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters $11.99 Marilyn MonroeÂ’s image is so universal that we canÂ’t help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety – and the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines – and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation – was a woman far more curious, searching, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Even as Hollywood studios tried to mold and suppress her, Marilyn never lost her insight, her passion, and her humor. To confront the mounting difficulties of her life, she wrote. Now, for the first time, we can meet this private Marilyn and get to know her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts – notes to herself, letters, even poems – in MarilynÂ’s own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos. |
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The Impossibility of Sex: Stories of the Intimate Relationship Between Therapist and Patient $18.63 The conventional view of a patient in therapy has been that of someone who forms a powerful, erotic bond with the therapist. On the other hand, the view of the therapist has been that of a neutral listener, emotionally unaffected by the patient. But what really does go on within the sacrosanct space of the therapist’s office? Distinguished psychotherapist Susie Orbach provides the answers as she presents six stories of patients, all of whom suffer from such common afflictions as depression, loneliness, compulsive eating, consuming sexual desires, and fear of attachment. In each story, Orbach reveals not just the client’s problems, but — with startling honesty — the effect the client has on her as therapist. "The Impossibility of Sex" breaks new ground by taking us into the center of the therapy relationship, one usually shrouded by therapist-client confidentiality. From the unlikely role the therapist plays in the troubled relationship of two lesbians to the unsettling dreams the therapist experiences while treating a man consumed by sexual desire, Orbach illuminates the complex human interactions at the heart of the therapeutic process and the "joint discoveries" that contribute to its effectiveness. |
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Intimate Reflections $8.09 Intimate Reflections |
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Intimate Moments with the Shepherd: Guidance Through the Challenges of Life $13.99 “Intimate Moments With the Shepherd is a beautiful devotional with rich biblical truths and stories from the Bible, along with her own profound reflections on the Shepherd and his sheep. Pictures of sheep, taken around the United States, accompany the text. Discover how to wait on the Lord, your Shepherd, and to get your prayers answered in His best timing. You will learn to make decisions through the Lord and recognize His best choices for you. Shift your focus from how small and insignificant you are to how big and strong the Lord is. Your Shepherd will not only guide you powerfully and peacefully through, but lead you to better days ahead.” |
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The Matisse Stories $7.99 These three stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt’s narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling–about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fiction of spellbinding authority. "Full of delight and humor… The Matisse Stories is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion."– San Francisco Chronicle From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking $4.99 Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, “We’re all trying to go that way,” pointing to the rear. “You, you’re going this way?” Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was interested less in its gold rush than in its cultural upheaval, as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions and customs with new ambitions and dreams. In India Calling, Giridharadas brings to life the people and the dilemmas of India today, through the prism of his émigré family history and his childhood memories of India. He introduces us to entrepreneurs, radicals, industrialists, and religious seekers, but, most of all, to Indian families. He shows how parents and children, husbands and wives, cousins and siblings are reinventing relationships, bending the meaning of Indianness, and enduring the pangs of the old birthing the new. Through their stories, and his own, he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself. |
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Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences $29.32 Nervous, inexperienced, confused. For most, losing your virginity is one of life’s most significant moments, always to be remembered. Of course, experiences vary, but Laura Carpenter asks: Is there an ideal way to lose it? What would constitute a "positive" experience? What often compels the big step? And, further, what does "going all the way" really mean for young gays and lesbians? In this first comprehensive study of virginity loss, Carpenter teases out the complexities of all things virgin by drawing on interviews with both young men and women who are straight, gay or bisexual. Virginity Lost offers a rare window into one of life’s most intimate and significant sexual moments. The stories here are frank, poignant and fascinating as Carpenter presents an array of experiences that run the gamut from triumphant to devastating. Importantly, Carpenter argues that one’s experience of virginity loss can have a powerful impact on one’s later sexual experiences. Especially at a time of increased debate about sexual abstinence versus safe sex education in public schools, this important volume will provide essential information about the sex lives of young people. |
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Beatles: A Diary: An Intimate Day by Day History $24.16 This incredible book contains an astonishingly detailed chronology of gigs, venues, quotes and memorable dates. It exposes the unvarnished stories of the four band members, uncovering the quarrels, sex and the drugs as well as the personal triumphs. |
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Winesburg, Ohio: Intimate Histories of Everyday People (1922) $41.15 Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson’s masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small town at the end of the nineteenth century. At the center is George Willard, a young reporter who becomes the confidant of the town’s solitary figures. Anderson’s stories influenced countless American writers including Hemingway, Faulkner, Updike, Oates and Carver. This new edition corrects errors made in earlier editions and takes into account major criticism and textual scholarship of the last several decades. |
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India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nations Remaking $22.79 Reversing his parents’ immigrant path a young writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new.Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said "We’re all trying to go that way " pointing to the rear. "You you’re going this way?"Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors amid an unlikely economic boom. Yet he was interested less in the gold rush than in the cultural upheaval – what would happen when old traditions met new ambitions?In India Calling Giridharadas blends the objectivity of the outsider with the intimacy of the insider; the result is India seen at once from within and without. He introduces us to entrepreneurs radicals industrialists and religious seekers but most of all to Indian families. Through their stories and his own he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself.Anand Giridharadas is a columnist for the New York Times and its global edition the International Herald Tribune. A native of Cleveland he worked in Bombay as a management consultant before joining the NYT in 2005 as its first Bombay-based correspondent in the modern era. He lives in Cambridge Massachusetts.’One of the finest analysts of contemporary India. This is an engrossing and acutely observed appreciation of a country that is at once old and new – an enormously readable book in which everyone at home in India or abroad will find something distinctive and altogether challenging.’ Amartya Sen Nobel laureate’A memorable debut full of insight and diversion.’ William Dalrymple author of Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India’Savvy and often moving India Calling is for those who prefer the view from the ground than from thirty thousand feet.’ Edward Luce author of In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India |
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The Actor Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Actors $7.73 In Rose Eichenbaum’s third work on the confluence of art making and human expression, she delves into the lives of thirty-five celebrated actors through intimate conversations and photographic portraits. With her probing questions and disarming manner, she captures the essential character of her subjects while shining a light on the art that defines them. The work provides extraordinary insights on the craft of acting with discussions of process, techniques, tools of the trade, and how to advice for aspiring actors from seasoned veterans. These stars of stage and screen, known for signature roles and critically acclaimed performances, emerge in The Actor Within with masks and wardrobe removed. Here, they speak their own lines, tell their own stories, and raise the curtain on what it means to live the actor’s life–the challenge of mastering their craft, the drama of big breaks and career woes, the search for meaningful roles, and above all, having the courage to bare their souls before theater audiences or the camera. For the artists featured in this work, acting is more than a profession; it is how they make their way in the world and artfully merge their inner sense of humanness with universal truths. This collection serves as an important inspirational resource for anyone interested in making art, regardless of medium. The Actor Within includes interviews with Karl Malden, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris, Piper Laurie, Marcia Gay Harden, William H. Macy, Ellen Burstyn, Joe Mantegna, Debra Winger, Julia Stiles, Elliott Gould, Elijah Wood, Stockard Channing, Bill Pullman, Amanda Plummer, Marlee Matlin, Charles Durning, Marsha Mason, and many others. |
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Paris Stories $15.43 A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to "The New Yorker" for close to fifty years who has, in the words of "The New York Times," "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje’s new selection of Gallant’s work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times. |
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Awakening to the Presence of God an Intimate Story of a Pastor and His Companion $45.98 This hardcover book is an intimate story of a pastor and his wife. From childhood to the present, the story unfolds how God has touched this ordinary family with extraordinary foresight. These stories will enlighten and amuse you in ways you never expected. With all it’s twists and turns, blessings and stumbling blocks, they minister to others in their church congregation while experiencing the joys and heartbreat of parenthood and strengthening the bonds in their own family while awakening to the presence of God. |
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The Complete Stories $3.95 From the internationally acclaimed Australian writer: a single volume gathering a brilliant new collection of his short fiction, "Every Move You Make, " and all of his previously published stories. In the heretofore unpublished "Every Move You Make": bookish boys and taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers and daughters, lovers and husbands, a composer and his muse, a builder-architect and his legacy–here are their stories, whole lives brought dramatically into focus and powerfully rooted in the vividly rendered landscape of the vast Australian continent, from the mysterious, glittering Valley of Lagoons in Far North Queensland to bohemian Sydney to Ayres Rock in the Great Victoria Desert. These tender, subtle, and intimate stories give us men and women looking for something they seem to have missed, or missed out on, puzzling over not only their own lives but also the place they have come to occupy in the lives of others. Heartbreakingly beautiful, richly satisfying, "The Complete Stories" also includes David Malouf’s short fiction from "Dream Stuff, Antipodes, " and "Child’s Play." It is a major literary event. |
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Stories of Art $39.33 Stories of Art is James Elkins’s intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks from which we were all taught. As he demonstrates so persuasively, there can never be one story of art. Cultures have their own stories – about themselves, about other cultures – and to hear them all is one way to hear the multiple stories that art tells. But each of us also has our own story of art, a kind of private art history made up of the pieces we have seen, and loved or hated, the effects they had on us, and the connections that might be drawn among them. Elkins opens up the questions that traditional art history usually avoids. What about all the art not produced in Western Europe or in the Europeanized Americas? Is it possible to include Asian art and Indian art in ‘the story?’ What happens when one does? To help us find answers, he uses both Western and non-Western artworks, tables of contents from art histories written in cultures outside the centre of Western European tradition, and strangely wonderful diagrams of how artworks might connect through a single individual. True multiculturalism may be an impossibility, but art lovers can each create a ‘story of art’ that is right for themselves. |
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Anchored In Love: An Intimate Portrait Of June Carter Cash $10.19 June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs Virginia to Ezra and Maybelle Carter pioneers of country music. On stage from a very young age June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of humor. Her confidence and spirit were what attracted Johnny Cash to her in the late 1950s. On the road together they quickly bonded. June was his helpmate and closest companion. They were married for forty years through addiction and success tragedy and triumph.  Anchored in Love is an inside look into the life of June Carter Cash through the eyes of her only child with Johnny Cash-John Carter Cash. With skillful prose he reveals new information about the legendary woman through his tender memories and heartwarming stories. |
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Come Along: The Journey Into A More Intimate Faith $9.29 Fall in love with Jesus-again, and again, and again Through ten illuminating encounters, walk into Jesus’ life, love and delight! Laugh, grow, and rest in Christ’s presence as you share these vivid meetings with the One who loves you more than life itself. With humor and spiritual depth, Jane Rubietta passionately draws you into the hope of a freeing relationship with Christ-freedom from false expectations into the brilliance of being fully loved. Let Jesus delight in you. Leave your hurry-worry path.Take Jesus’ hand and Come Along on a journey into intimacy, hope, and passion. Exchange your worn-out, must-do faith for real radiance. Solid biblical teaching, heart-rending stories and sound application in each chapter make Come Along a vital companion for personal, small group, and Bible study use. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash $3.95 June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music. On stage from a very young age, June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of humor. Her confidence and spirit were what attracted Johnny Cash to her in the late 1950s. On the road together, they quickly bonded. June was his helpmate and closest companion. They were married for forty years, through addiction and success, tragedy and triumph. Anchored in Love is an inside look into the life of June Carter Cash, through the eyes of her only child with Johnny Cash-John Carter Cash. With skillful prose, he reveals new information about the legendary woman through his tender memories and heartwarming stories. |
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Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees $23.94 World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In "Between Earth and Sky, "a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees’ intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic role they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it. |
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Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls $28.22 From the ardently religious young woman who longs for the life of a male scholar to the young rebel who visits a strip club, smokes pot, and agonizes over her loss of faith to the proud Lubavitcher with a desire for a high-powered career, Stephanie Wellen Levine provides a rare glimpse into the inner worlds and daily lives of these Hasidic girls. Lubavitcher Hasidim are famous for their efforts to inspire secular Jews to become more observant and for their messianic fervor. Strict followers of Orthodox Judaism, they maintain sharp gender-role distinctions. Levine spent a year living in the Lubavitch community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, participating in the rhythms of Hasidic girlhood. Drawing on many intimate hours among Hasidim and over 30 in-depth interviews, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers offers rich portraits of individual Hasidic young women and how they deal with the conflicts between the regimented society in which they live and the pull of mainstream American life. This superbly crafted book offers intimate stories from Hasidic teenagers’ lives, providing an intriguing twist to a universal theme: the struggle to grow up and define who we are within the context of culture, family, and life-driving beliefs. |
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Bodies in Motion: Stories (P.S.) $4.99 The short stories in Mary Anne Mohanraj’s Bodies in Motion will delight the senses and sensibilities. Her tales follow two generations of two families living on the cusp of disparate worlds, America and Sri Lanka – their lives and ties shaped, strengthened, devastated, and altered by the emigrant-immigrant ebb and flow. Through stunning, effervescent prose, intimate moments are beautifully distilled, revealing the tug-of-war between generations and gender in stories sensual and honest, chronicling love, ambition, and the spiritual and sexual quests of mothers and daughters, fathers and sons. |
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In the Walled City: Stories $14.45 Winner of the prestigious Drue Heinz Prize in 1993 — selected by a panel chaired by Tobias Wolff — O’Nan’s collection In the Walled City features twelve stories that delve into the lives and souls of an astonishing range of characters, from an old Chinese grocer to a young policeman separated from his family and descending into madness. Intimate and generous, these stories brilliantly illuminate the connections that bind us and the obligations and sorrows of love. |
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Interference & Other Stories $3.94 "Humorous or brutal, transgressive or redemptive, each story is full of wisdom and beauty."-Kyoko Mori, author of "stone field, true arrow" Richard Hoffman, author of the acclaimed memoir "Half the House" and of two prize-winning collections of poetry, gives us a powerful first collection of stories. Its title novella tells the story of a child in a blue-collar family who is victimized by a serial predator. The other stories, raw and intimate, explore the difficult struggles to come of age and to live as a man in these times. |
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The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars $3.95 Weaving natural history, memoir, and the stories of maverick scientists, daring adventurers, and stargazing dreamers, this epic work takes us from Antarctica to outer space to tell the tale of how the study of meteorites became a scientific passion. A famed polar explorer who risked personal ruin-and the lives of his crew-in a quest for massive iron meteorites hidden in an Arctic wasteland. A nervy, obscure professor who staked his life against the scientific indifference of his day to become the world’s most prominent meteorite collector and researcher. An Australian scientist confronted with a geological mystery in the Outback-the key to which might yet unlock a secret of evolution on planet Earth. These characters and many other collectors, researchers, dreamers, schemers, and ordinary people populate Christopher Cokinos’s "The Fallen Sky." Through their foibles and successes, their adventures and tragedies, Cokinos unfolds the panoramic history of how science came to understand meteorites-the rocks that fall from space to the Earth-and how these stones reveal truths not only of the solar system, but of the human heart as well. Long sought as trophies of exploratory success, scientific specimens, or even space-age novelties, meteorites have a long and complex hold on the human psyche. Their allure endures from tribal altars to high-tech labs, and Cokinos incisively explores the drama and history of our pursuit of the fallen sky. Over the course of more than seven years, he crisscrossed the globe from Greenland to the American Southwest, from Australia to Antarctica, following in the footsteps of explorers, collectors, and scientists, gaining access to their personal papers and documents, to try to understand the obsession that draws so many people to these fragments of iron and stone, these pieces of the universe that we can hold in our hands. This is an adventure story, a compelling work of first-person literary journalism, and a scientific history, all told through the lives of its remarkable characters-the eccentrics and geniuses who have committed themselves to understanding the stuff of life and death that comes from the sky. |
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Parallel Stories $34.12 A once-in-a-generation literary event: the monumental masterwork being hailed as a "twenty-first-century "War and Peace"" ("Magyar Nemzet") In 1989, the year the Berlin Wall came down, a university student on his morning run finds a corpse on a park bench and alerts the authorities. This classic police-procedural scene opens an extraordinary novel that traces the fate of myriad Europeans–Hungarians, Jews, Germans, Gypsies–across the treacherous years of the mid-twentieth century. The social and political circumstances of their lives may vary, their sexual and spiritual longings may seem unique to each of them, yet Peter Nadas’s magnificent tapestry weaves uncanny, reverberating parallels that link them across time and space. Three men are at the heart of "Parallel Stories": Hans von Wolkenstein, whose German mother is linked to dark secrets of Fascist-Nazi collaboration during the 1940s; Agost Lippay Lehr, whose influential father has served Hungary’s political regimes for decades; and Andras Rott, who has his own record of dark activities abroad. They are friends in Budapest when we meet them in the spring of 1961, a pivotal time in the postwar epoch. Their richly detailed, dramatic experiences now center on Budapest, but the action of the novel carries us across Europe from the Alps to river ports on the Danube, from Greece to the North Sea. The daring episodes of "Parallel Stories "explore the most intimate, difficult human experiences in prose glowing with uncommon clarity and mysterious uncertainty. This web of extended dramas reaches not just forward to the transformative year of 1989 but back to the spring of 1939, with Europe trembling on the edge of war; to the bestial times of 1944-45, when Budapest was besieged, the Final Solution devastated Hungary’s Jews, and the war came to an end; and to the cataclysmic Hungarian Revolution of October 1956. "Parallel Stories "is a daring, demanding, and moving exploration of humanity at its most constrained and its most free. |
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The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities $13.87 The extent of the violence affecting our communities is staggering. Nearly one in three women in the United States will experience intimate violence in her lifetime. And while intimate violence affects relationships across the sexuality and gender spectrums, the likelihood of isolation and irreparable harm, including death, is even greater within LGBTQI communities. To effectively resist violence "out there"–in the prison system, on militarized borders, or other clear encounters with "the system"–we must challenge how it is reproduced right where we live. It’s one thing when the perpetrator is the police, the state, or someone we don’t know. It’s quite another when that person is someone we call a friend, lover, and trusted ally. Based on the popular ‘zine that had reviewers and fans alike demanding more, "The Revolution Starts at Home" finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the "open secret" of intimate violence–by and toward caretakers, in romantic partnerships, and in friendships–within social justice movements. This watershed collection compiles stories and strategies from survivors and their allies, documenting a decade of community accountability work and delving into the nitty-gritty of creating safety from abuse without relying on the prison industrial complex. Fearless, tough-minded, and ultimately loving, "The Revolution Starts at Home" offers life-saving alternatives for ensuring survivor safety while building a road toward a revolution where no one is left behind. Ching-In Chen is the author of "The Heart’s Traffic." Kundiman Fellow Jai Dulani is an interdisciplinary storyteller and activist/educator. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is the author of "Consensual Genocide." |
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Intimate Perfume by Intimate Lavish Dusting Powder for Women $9.99 Intimate perfume by Intimate, 4.2 oz Lavish Dusting Powder. |
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Intercourse: Stories $3.95 A provocative new short-story collection from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, Intercourse delightfully reveals what goes through a person’s mind at a crucial moment during sex. Smart, provocative, subtle, and erotic, each story is a many faceted gem. Butler dazzles and entertains as he channels the most intimate thoughts of 50 couples, including: Adam & Eve Bonnie & Clyde Pocahontas & John Smith Richard Milhous Nixon & Pat Nixon Walt Whitman & Oscar Wilde Elvis Presley & Holly Singleton (admirer) Princess Diana & Prince Charles William Jefferson Clinton & Hillary Diane Rodham Santa Claus & Ingebirgitta (elf) |
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Thirties: An Intimate History Of Britain $24.99 Thirties: An Intimate History Of Britain |
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Intimate Pink $21.99 Women’s 3.6 oz EDT Spray. Intimate Pink Perfume by Jean Philippe Intimate pink is a casual daytime scent that is floral and spicy. It is delightful for spring or summer wear. |
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Christmas Stories $3.95 (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Now joining Everyman’s Library–the most extensive and distinguished collectible library of the world’s greatest works–is an appealing new collection in a small Pocket Classics format, perfect for gift giving and reading pleasure. "Christmas Stories" is a treasury of short fiction by great writers of the past two centuries–from Dickens and Tolstoy to John Updike and Alice Munro. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderfully engaging anthology. Goblins frolic in the graveyard of an early Dickens tale and a love-struck ghost disrupts a country estate in Elizabeth Bowen’s "Green Holly." The plight of the less fortunate haunts Chekhov’s "Vanka" and Willa Cather’s "The Burglar’s Christmas" but takes a boisterously comic turn in Damon Runyon’s "Dancing Dan’s Christmas" and in John Cheever’s "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor." From Vladimir Nabokov’s intensely moving story of a father’s grief in "Christmas" to Truman Capote’s hilarious yet heartbreaking "A Christmas Memory," from Grace Paley’s Jewish girl starring in the Christmas pageant in "The Loudest Voice" to the dysfunctional family ski holiday in Richard Ford’s "Creche"–each of the stories gathered here is imbued with Christmas spirit (of one kind or another), and all are richly and indelibly entertaining. |
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Bodies In Motion: Stories $11.19 Bodies In Motion is a collection of linked stories that traces the emotional sexual and geographic history of two generations of two Sri Lankan families through the last half century. In these stories we see just how emigrant/immigrant ebb and flow shapes lives loves and the bonds of family. Like Michael Ondaatjes Anils Ghost Bodies In Motion transports us to Sri Lanka a country steeped in centuries of tradition but faced with the modernization of social mores and customs. In a land of arranged marriages and entrenched roles particularly for women these stories limn the tug-of-war between generations and gender as family members make their own choices about their futures sometimes bringing them to America and sometimes taking them back to their island home. In a distillation of intimate moments the stories chronicle the loves ambitions spiritual and sexual quests of the members of each family as they search for meaning to their lives and a place to call home. |
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Intimate Death: How The Dying Teach Us How To Live $9.29 How do we learn to die? Most of us spend our lives avoiding that question but this luminous book–a major best-seller in France–answers it with a directness and eloquence that are nothing less than transforming. As a psychologist in a hospital for the terminally ill in Paris Marie de Hennezel has spent seven years tending to people who are relinquishing their hold on life. She tells the stories of her patients and their families. de Hennezel teaches us how to turn death–our loved ones’ or our own–from something lonely and agonizing into a sacred passage. She discusses the importance of an honest reckoning the value of ritual the necessity of touch. In imparting these lessons Intimate Death becomes a guide to living more fully more intensely than we had thought possible. "Unique…Of all the books I have read about the endings of our lives this elegiac testimony has taught me the most."–Sherwin B. Nuland M.D. author of How We Die "The quiet obvious truths [de Hennezel] discovers in her work–these things have a kind of cumulative power."–Washington Post Book World From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Dear Husband,: Stories $3.99 Replete with the emotional intensity and pathos for which Joyce Carol Oates is lauded, these fourteen stories explore the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled relationship between generations, the desperation of loving more than one is loved in return. In “Cutty Sark” and “Landfill,” the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion. The gripping title story finds Oates boldly reimagining the true-crime story of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her children in 2001. Several stories offer a more lighthearted reprieve, examining with dark humor the shadowy intersection between self-awareness and delusion. |
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God’s Gym: Stories $8.59 In God’s Gym the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength both physical and spiritual. The collection opens with a man paying tribute to the quiet fortitude of his mother a woman who "should wear a T-shirt: God’s Gym." In the stories that follow Wideman delivers powerful riffs on family and fate basketball and belief. His mesmerizing prose features guest appearances by cultural luminaries as diverse as the Harlem Globetrotters Frantz Fanon Thelonious Monk and Marilyn Monroe. As always Wideman astounds with writing that moves from the intimate to the political from shock to transcendence. |
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Magical Thinking: True Stories $3.95 From the #1 bestselling author of "Running with Scissors "and "Dry"–a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker and much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate and very funny. |
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Dear Husband: Stories $13.89 Replete with the emotional intensity and pathos for which Joyce Carol Oates is lauded, these fourteen stories explore the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled relationship between generations, the desperation of loving more than one is loved in return. In "Cutty Sark" and "Landfill," the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion. The gripping title story finds Oates boldly reimagining the true-crime story of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her children in 2001. Several stories offer a more lighthearted reprieve, examining with dark humor the shadowy intersection between self-awareness and delusion. |
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English Lessons and Other Stories $15.53 The new reader’s guide edition of Shauna Singh Baldwin’s literary debut features the fifteen stories from the original collection, an interview with the author, an original afterword, and her suggested reading list. When Shauna Singh Baldwin’s debut collection was first published in 1996, it took readers by storm. Reviewers discovered a new voice; listeners tuned in to the stories on CBC Radio. Since then, Baldwin has written two award-winning novels and, in 2007, a second story collection, We Are Not in Pakistan. Dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to the present, from India to North America, Shauna Singh Baldwin travels from the intimate sphere of family to the wasteland of office and university. |
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Arabic Short Stories $40.64 An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest translators of Arabic fiction. Among the authors represented are Edward El-Kharrat, Bahaa Taher, Alifa Rifaat, and Ghassan Kanafani. Through the eyes of insiders, these stories show us the intimate texture of life throughout the diverse countries and cultures of the Arabic world. |
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Bazaar Stories $18.98 Through this collection of short vignettes, Hemila Pedram takes you on a personal journey of intimate encounters with memorable characters that she met in Iran. When Hemila visited Iran after twenty-eight years of living abroad, she thought she was going for a summer vacation. Her stay stretched to six months as her trip turned into a healing journey, and she met people whose quiet grace taught her extraordinary lessons about the beauty of the human spirit. Walk through Iran’s streets and bazaars and discover the wisdom and humor of merchants, craftsmen, and ordinary people who have achieved extraordinary peace of mind and harmony in an unpredictable world. Hemila shares glimpses of everyday moments that offer universal lessons on love, compassion, and the beauty of being alive. |
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Love’s Pivotal Relationships: The Chum, First Love, Outlaw and the Intimate Partner $28.6 Tucked within this volume are heartlines, woven equally of two types of tough yet tender threads: tales and thoughts about loving and longing. The weave creates soul stories about pivotal relationships: one’s chum, first love, outlaw, and the intimate partner. The blend of stories and ideas communicates what happens "on the ground" and in the time of daily life. What belongs together is bound together: experience-reflection, meaning-action, smiles and tears. These relationships concern us all. Within them, we experience life’s most important, validating, and memorable "moments." The chum is one’s first best friend. She or he calls me to become– not just a child, a family member, or a follower of the gang– but a unique person. We tame one another. Thus our friendship promotes us to become real, and affords us an abiding presence. Now I will never be alone, but always vulnerable to loneliness. Significantly, the chum bond is unencumbered with the issues of sexuality. My first love draws out the burgeoning man or woman in me. Within the orbit of our "harmonious us," we share a plethora of "firsts" and negotiate the full spectrum of absolutes: the One, the Good, the True, the Beautiful, the Magic, and the Tragic. The person of the person and not sex matters most. It is the outlaw who stirs my passion and rouses the broad and raw dimensions of my sexuality. He is the significant stranger who comes from a world different from my normal, habitual context. She introduces new ways of seeing and comprehending the social world." My outlaw challenges my meaning-system of values, morals and customary practices. With vows or promises, I commit to my intimate partner. He is my constant companion;she is the one I want to grow old with. These relationships index our growth beyond pure biological unfolding; they reveal that my most significant development happens because the "Other," by facing and appealing to me for my response, solicits and provokes growth. Fastened thus to life’s spiral, we zigzag backward and forward over love’s bumps and bruises and soar through love’s thrills and rapture. Our soul stories expose the romantic-erotic patterns created by our wonderful dream-weaver and elusive, cunning, and sometimes loathsome enemy: Time. We remember the "hour" of struggling to love when we had one foot on thin ice and the other on a banana peel. There came the time, too, when we were flying by the seat of our pants, winging it en route, and hoping for the best. We also endured the adventure of innocence lost and innocence regained. The book invites a journey through our gentlest caring and darkest longing, a search through our hopes, dreams, and erotic desires. Open it insofar as you are ripe to dwell upon your feelings, ready to draw from your memory bank, and eager to think your own thoughts. It will not satisfy the reader who wants short cuts, quick-fixes, game plans, strategies, or recipes. |
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White Snake and Other Stories $3.95 Writing on the broad canvas of recent Chinese history, Yan Geling offers us sharply moving, intimate portraits of women and men who experienced that history in the most deeply felt ways: as lovers, as artists, as friends. Set in China, Tibet, and in the U.S., these stories — sensual, visual, compelling — offer U.S. readers a more textured understanding of life in the People’s Republic of China than we usually get. |
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Hockey Stories on and Off the Ice $15.27 Professional hockey is the perfect melding of team effort and individual performance, in a sport that fascinates first-time viewers and engenders rabid devotion in those who’ve long followed the game. Now hockey fans everywhere will thrill to the game’s intimate details in Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice. This book delivers the fun, funny, and unforgettable tales that fans are dying to read. It includes memorable moments, as well as the strangest facts and legends to ever bulge the twine. From favorite players to driven coaches, hockey’s brightest personalities shine. This one scores |
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The Disobedience of Water: Stories and Novellas $3.95 Evoking passion and heartbreak., intelligence and unapologetic humanity, these eight beautifully crafted stories explore the boundary conditions between the self and others. Although social realities — racial and ethnic tensions, sexual harassment, and abuse — make up their background, these are really love stories in which people discover and forgive one another. A daughter finds her father’s kindness extends beyond her and their family; a wife discovers and forgives the affair between her husband and best friend; and, in the title story which takes the form of a letter to an almost-lover, the narrator winds through swirling eddies of memory and language to relate her present and past lives and the loves that have informed them. Written with a masterful sureness of hand and heart, these captivating, intimate stories display Sena Jeter Naslund’s extraordinary presence as one of today’s most rewarding writers of fiction. |
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The Man from Kinvara: Selected Stories $3.95 Selected stories from a renowned poet and prose writer "who savors the elegance of simplicity and whose stories resonate and linger" ("The New York Times Book Review") Tess Gallagher’s vivid and rewarding short stories bear witness to the intimate details and subtle revelations of daily life. Set mostly in Gallagher’s native Pacific Northwest and drawn from her two widely acclaimed collections, "The Lover of Horses" and" At the Owl Woman Saloon," these stories contain the lives of loggers, bartenders, bear wrestlers, gamblers, Avon ladies, horse whisperers, |
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Fidelity: Stories $13.39 From acclaimed poet and Giller-nominated novelist Michael Redhill comes Fidelity , a subtle but searing collection of short fiction. By turns brooding, strange, and funny, Fidelity probes the blandishments of temptation, the swooning submission to concupiscence, the illusory redemption of desire, the ambivalence at the heart of the most intimate trust, and, most importantly, the irony that when we betray, we betray ourselves first. His characters are not monsters, or really even sinners. Their vulnerabilities are our own: a business-trip affair leaves a man changed in ways he cannot anticipate; a young girl’s sexuality inflicts unexpected wounds on her family; the young amanuensis of a 156-year-old Civil War veteran tries to defend his hero from accusations of desertion; a father of four, pressured by his wife to undergo a vasectomy, gradually learns that he is capable of infidelity when he contemplates the intolerable loss of his virility. Spell-binding and crackling with an unflinching attention to emotional detail, Fidelity looks boldly at the transgressions of desire that seduce, and sometimes break, body and soul. |
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Encounters: Stories of Healing $14.99 “>The Bible isn’t an old-time version of a modern video game with pretend people. Real people encountered a real Jesus and got real answers to real problems. Setting the stage with exciting stories and characters taken from the pages of the Bible, > Encounters illuminates the human element in the lives that Jesus touched personally. Encounters crosses 2,000 years of time to burst into your life today with fresh and intimate revelation of the person of Jesus Christ. You will walk along with the everyday people with whom He interacted–feeling their joy and pain, thoughts and doubts. You will know beyond a shadow of a doubt the eternal truth that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” |
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The Best Australian Stories 2010 $10.79 ‘There is little to match the pleasurable, exhilarating rush when we know we are in the hands of a writer with authority. Their power is like a kind of charisma – we allow ourselves to be willingly, absolutely persuaded.’ – Cate KennedyIn The Best Australian Stories 2010, Cate Kennedy presents a seductive line-up of the year’s most exciting short fiction, featuring the best work from publications around the country alongside pieces published here for the first time. A literary feud unfolds, blow by comical blow, in the books pages of a Sydney newspaper. Ned Kelly’s mother has her day in court. And as flood waters slowly rise in a small Australian town, a woman quietly watches and waits.By turns playful, heart-wrenching, intimate and exuberant, these twenty-nine stories reveal the strength and variety of Australian fiction today. The authors include first-timers as well as established masters, and the result is a stimulatingly diverse collection. |
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Intimate Communion $12.61 To truly understand your intimate relationships, you must read this book David Deida, internationally known for his work in personal growth and intimate relationships, shares the deep understandings and effective techniques that he has refined through his 20 years of consultation, research and spiritual practice. Learn how to keep your relationships growing–beyond the sexually neutralized roles so typical of today–and create a relationship that is spiritually erotic, sexually deep and passionately committed to love. |
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Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenb $9.89 "One of America’s finest writers." San Francisco Chronicle "Concentrated bursts of perfection." The Times (London) "Shimmering stories that possess the power and charm to move us." The New York Times "Exhilarating." Harper’s Magazine "Outstanding." Christian Science Monitor "Eisenberg simply writes like no one else." Elle "Eisenberg’s stories possess all the steely beauty of a knife wrapped in velvet." The Boston Globe "Dazzling." Time Out New York "Magic." Newsweek "Comic, elegant and pitch perfect." Vanity Fair "One of the great fiction writers living in America today." The Dallas Morning News "There aren’t many contemporary novels as shudderingly intimate and mordantly funny as Eisenberg’s best stories." The New York Times Book Review Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and her most recent collection-Twilight of the Superheroes (2006). |
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In Strange Gardens and Other Stories $14.69 With the precision of a surgeon Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life. They are bankers students mothers or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland they work in London or Riga they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It is to these ordinary people that Peter Stamm grants center stage in his latest collection of short stories. Henry a cowherd turned stuntman crisscrosses the country dreaming of meeting a woman. Inger the Dane refuses her skimpy life and takes off for Italy. Regina so lonely in her big house since her children left and her husband passed away discovers the world anew thanks to the Australian friend of her granddaughter who helps Regina envision her next voyage. In these stories Stamm’s clean style expresses despair without flash through softness and small gestures with disarming retorts full of derision and infinite tenderness. There where life hesitates ready to tip over-with nothing yet played out-is where these people and their stories exist. For us they all become exceptional. Praise for Unformed Landscape : "Sensitive and unnerving. . . . An uncommonly intimate work one that will remind the reader of his or her own lived experience with a greater intensity than many of the books that are published right here at home." -The New Republic Online From the Hardcover edition. |
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The First Day and Other Stories $38.21 Dvora Baron (1887-1956), the first modern Hebrew woman writer, was born in a small Lithuanian town in 1887. Her father, a rabbi, gave his daughter a thorough education, an extraordinary act at the time. Baron immigrated to Palestine in 1910, married a prominent Zionist activist, but defied the implicit ideological demands of the Zionist literary scene by continuing to write of the shtetl life she had left behind. The eighteen stories in this superb collection offer an intimate re-creation of Jewish Eastern Europe from a perspective seldom represented in Hebrew and Yiddish literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Baron brings vividly to life the shtetl experiences of women and other disenfranchised members of the Jewish community. Her stories relate the feelings of a newborn girl, a "Jewish" dog, an impoverished bookkeeper, a young widow who must hire herself out as a wet-nurse, and others who face emotional and physical hardships. Baron’s fluid writing style pushes the flexibility of Hebrew and Yiddish syntax to its limits, while her profound knowledge of both biblical and rabbinical literature lends rich subtleties to her stories. A companion to "Conversations with Dvora: An Experimental Biography of the First Modern Hebrew Woman Writer, "by Amia Lieblich (California, 1997), this collection is drawn from Baron’s earlier as well as later works. |
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Intimate Prayer $3.94 With a passion equaled by few others, Ogilvie clearly and simply explains the many dimensions of prayer and provides a 30-day guide to encourage readers to make a satisfying conversation with God a part of their daily lives. Intimate Prayer is ideal for use in group Bible studies or as a treasured personal devotional. Formerly titled Conversation with God. |
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Intimate Allies $4.12 In $lt;I>Intimate Allies,$lt;/I> counselor Dan Allender and theologian Tremper Longman III merge their minds and skills to strip away cultural expectations and takes a fresh look at God’s design for the marriage relationship. The authors focus on five foundations taken from Genesis 1-3 and include an extensive review of other biblical passages on marriage. Each section begins with a real-life story concerning an unresolved marriage issue and concludes with the same story built on the "foundation" of a godly marriage. With eloquence and wisdom, $lt;I>Intimate Allies$lt;/I> will challenge readers to move their marriages out of the mundane and into the fulfilling and enriching experiences God intended. |
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Intimate Relationships $3.94 "Intimate Relationships," 3rd editon, by Sharon S. Brehm, Rowland S. Miller, Daniel Perlman, and Susan Campbell preserves the personal appeal of the subject matter and vigorous standards of scholarship that made the earlier editions so successful. Written in a unified voice, this text builds on the reader-friendly tone that was established in the first two editions. It presents the key findings on intimate relationships, the major theoretical perspectives, and some of the current controversies in the field. Brehm, Miller, Perlman, and Campbell illustrate the relevance of close relationship science to readers’ everyday lives, encouraging thought and analysis. Classic contributions to the field are covered in addition to topics on the leading edge of research. |
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Padre Pio: An Intimate Portrait of a Saint Through the Eyes of His Friends $9.95 “Have you ever met a saint? Meet Padre Pio through the stories of those who knew him best: Tender reflections from the monks who lived with St. Pio chronicle his daily life, deep prayer habits, and incredible love for Jesus. The men who worked, worshiped–and even laughed–side by side with Padre Pio reveal their deep respect and affection for a humble monk so specially acknowledged by God. You’ll never forget these toucing remembrances from the unassuming friars who lived each day knowing a great saint stood in their midst.” |
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Tenney’s Landing: Stories $7.39 The lives and histories of the denizens of Tenney’s Landing, a small Pennsylvania river town, intersect in ways both incidental and intimate as the townspeople learn that their capacity for hope and forgiveness is greater than they thought. In "Where the Devil Lost His Blanket," Elizabeth Tenney embarks on an unexpected journey to return the remains of her deceased neighbor to South America. In "Jordan’s Stand," a gruff old farmer forms an unlikely friendship with a young widow. In "The Springhouse," a woman decides to leave her husband and return to Tenney’s Landing, where she becomes the unofficial guardian of all manner of community secrets. Evocative, resonant, and exquisitely tender, these stories capture moments of change — upheaval, renewal, and the quieter revolutions inspired by the small eventfulness of everyday life. Catherine Tudish’s remarkable debut illuminates the shared human condition through the particulars of a small American town. |
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Leaving Fundamentalism: Personal Stories $37.09 In a time when religious conservatives have placed their faith and values at the forefront of the so-called "culture wars," this book is extremely relevant. The stories in "Leaving Fundamentalism" provide a personal and intimate look behind sermons, religious services, and church life, and promote an understanding of those who have been deeply involved in the conservative Christian church. These autobiographies come from within the congregations and homes of religious fundamentalists, where their highly idealized faith, in all its complexities and problems, meets the reality of everyday life. Told from the perspective of distance gained by leaving fundamentalism, each story gives the reader a snapshot of what it is like to go through the experiences, thoughts, feelings, passions, and pains that, for many of the writers, are still raw. Explaining how their lives might continue after fundamentalism, these writers offer a spiritual lifeline for others who may be questioning their faith. Foreword by Thomas Moore |
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The Curse of Eve and Other Stories $3.95 In this extraordinary collection, acclaimed Mexican writer Liliana Blum presents us with a startling, tender and often hilarious take on modern life. The wry, intimate stories in The Curse of Eve pulse with the ache of abandoned dreams and debauched desires. In the affecting title story, the very ordinary fate of a young mother is laid bare as the stuff of tragedy. In Kisses on the Forehead, a personal ad leads to a desperate tryst between a virgin and a vagabond, while A Model Kit invites us to observe an unorthodox artist and his odious methods of creation. A young woman’s adventures with a porn star inspire an unlikely new vocation in God Bless Ron Jeremy, and in To Adorn the Saints the appearance of a naked virgin in the bell-tower wreaks havoc on the village of San Cordelio de Cocoyotl. Appearing in English for the first time, The Curse of Eve illuminates the vagaries of marriage, motherhood and morality, and encapsulates the many small ways in which we make sense of our lives. |
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The Ancient Memory and Other Stories $3.95 Death-defying and vulnerable fur-traders and Indians, demi-devils and almost-angels, and other complex personalities come fully to life in "The Ancient Memory, "which completes the collecting of John G. Neihardt’s early short fiction begun with "The End of the Dream and Other Stories. "Originally published in popular magazines between 1905 and 1908, these stories about the American frontier illustrated Neihardt’s artistry in the short form and foreshadow the themes, situations, and characterizations of his later, better-known work. Although two of the Indian stories, the ironic "Feather for Feather" and the satirical "A Political Coup at Little Omaha," were collected in "The Lonesome Trail" in 1907, none has been reprinted since early in the twentieth century. Other stories included here are "Like a Woman," featuring the plucky Pelagie, and "The Face in the Balcony," which is dedicated to "those who have gone through life misunderstood." "The Epic-Minded Scot," about a stranger who is stubbornly idealistic and scrupulous, is considered one of Neihardt’s best tales. "The Brutal Fact" revolves around a William Tell type of contest between trapping partners that anticipates Neihardt’s "Song of Three Friends." "The Lure of Woman," a study of greed and revenge, was expanded into his novel "Life’s Lure," The ineffable "Ancient Memory" carries profound philosophical implications while presenting a strange doppelganger of sorts. Finally, the memorable Waters-an alcoholic, one-legged, one-eyed frontier printer-is introduced in "The Discarded Fetish," which, with minor changes, became the first half of the novel "The Dawn-Builder," In her foreword Neihardt’s daughter Hilda Neihardtrecalls intimate details incidental to the writing of these stories. |
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The Intimate Merton $12.99 In this diary-like memoir composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton’s spiritual path. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story Thomas Merton recounted and made famous in The Seven Storey Mountain. This book is the spiritual autobiography of our century’s most celebrated monk — the wisdom gained from the personal experience of an enduring spiritual teacher. Here is Merton’s account of his life’s major challenges his confrontations with monastic and church hierarchies his interaction with religious traditions east and west and his antiwar and civil-rights activities. In The Intimate Merton we engage a writer’s art of "confession and witness" as he searches for a contemporary authentic and global spirituality. Recounting Merton’s earliest days in the monastery to his journey east to meet the Dalai Lama The Intimate Merton captures the essence of what makes Thomas Merton’s life journey so perennially relevant. |
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An Intimate Loneliness $40.56 An Intimate Loneliness explores how family members attempt to come to terms with the death of an offspring or sibling. Drawing on relevant research and the authors’ own experience of working with bereaved parents and siblings, this book examines the importance of social relationships in helping parents and siblings adjust to their bereavement. The chances of making sense of this most distressing loss are influenced by the resilience of the family’s surviving relationships, by the availability of wider support networks, and by the cultural resources that inform each person’s perception of death. This book considers the impact of bereavement on self and family identity. In particular, it examines the role of shared remembering in transforming survivor’s relationships with the deceased, and in helping rebuild their own identity with a significantly changed family structure. Problems considered include: the failure of intimate relationships, cultural and gender expectations, the invisibility of fathers’ and siblings’ grief, sudden and ‘difficult’ deaths, lack of information, and the sense of isolation felt by some family members. |
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Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories $28.84 These 50-word stories are based on "found" texts from mainstream news sources and other public sites. Jaffe sculpts them to reveal their inner core, all niceties stripped away. Now the true motives, fears and sins of our age are on display for all who care to see. Amidst an internet-driven content boom, meaning has virtually disappeared. ANTI-TWITTER’s extreme brevity demonstrates by example that brief need not = dumbed-down. Though the stories describe a wide arc: high and pop culture, intimate and public, sordid and exalted, all subjects are equally laid bare by Jaffe’s incisive stratagems. |
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Come Along: The Journey Into a More Intimate Faith: 10 Illuminating Encounters with Jesus $13.99 “Fall in love with Jesus-again, and again, and again >Through ten illuminating encounters, walk into Jesus’ life, love and delight Laugh, grow, and rest in Christ’s presence as you share these vivid meetings with the One who loves you more than life itself. With humor and spiritual depth, Jane Rubietta passionately draws you into the hope of a freeing relationship with Christ-freedom from false expectations into the brilliance of being fully loved. >Let Jesus delight in you. >Leave your hurry-worry path.Take Jesus’ hand and “Come Along” on a journey into intimacy, hope, and passion. Exchange your worn-out, must-do faith for real radiance. Solid biblical teaching, heart-rending stories and sound application in each chapter make “Come Along” a vital companion for personal, small group, and Bible study use.” |
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Bummer: And Other Stories $12.79 The women featured in these stories have one thing in common: Theyre having a terrible day. Theres the housewife so entranced by the pristine order of her neighbors belongings that she cant stop herself from breaking into their home. Theres the mother easing her young son through the trauma of a murder suddenly confronted with the reappearance of his father. Theres the vulnerable middle-aged woman stuck in a coffee-chain job alongside snotty college kids the talent manager supervising a corral of misguided young stars and the spiky-haired artist who literally dumps her slacker fiancéfrom a moving carand moves angrily through Vegas hitting the bars and casinos before engaging in an ill-advised fling with a sleazy player named Ramon. Janice Shapiro has created a cast of utterly distinct outsiders yet her earthy warmth and asymmetrical humor so suffuse the stories that they surge with a collective voice and the readers experience is that of getting to know a group of close-knit but independent friends. Shapiros gift for pitch-perfect dialoguealong with her instinctual ease in writing about such fraught topics as commercial sex death and the everyday tragedies of growing oldermakes her voice one to be relished: tough-minded sardonic intimate and free. |
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Madame B’s Stories Of Seduction $8.39 In the third volume of Madame B’s saucy tales our intriguing hostess tells all. Ten women confess their stories of seduction, revealing their most intimate and devilish desires and steamy sexual encounters. Jet – a young woman finds herself joining a very exclusive club when she is upgraded to business class Menage a Trois – a voyeur gets to see her neighbours at close quarters The End of the Pier Show – a night out clubbing in Brighton comes to an unexpected climax for Kyra and her friends Rick and Sam I Heard Love Is Blind – deprived of sight, a woman goes on a sensory journey with her young lover Rumble in the Jungle – a yoga retreat is spoiled by the presence of the obnoxious David; or do opposites attract? The Camera Never Lies – models Sara and Kim get carried away at a magazine photoshoot Fetisch – a waitress at a fetish club meets an intriguing new customer The Captain’s Table – an invitation to dine with the captain on a swinging cruise ship means more than just dinner for one young couple Shopped – a security guard comes up with a novel ‘punishment’ for shoplifting Fireman’s Pole – on her hen night, a bride-to-be decides to have one last fling… with the stripper! No fantasy is off limits, and with private indulgences stripped bare for all to see, Madame B’s Stories of Seduction ensures that nothing remains a secret any more. |
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Mothers And Sons: Stories $11.99 Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another. With exquisite grace and eloquence, Tóibín writes of men and women bound by convention, by unspoken emotions, by the stronghold of the past. Many are trapped in lives they would not choose again, if they ever chose at all. A man buries his mother and converts his grief to desire in one night. A famous singer captivates an audience, yet cannot beguile her own estranged son. And in "A Long Winter," Colm Tóibín’s finest piece of cction to date, a young man searches for his mother in the snow-covered mountains where she has sought escape from the husband who controls and confines her. Winner of numerous awards for his fifth novel, The Master — including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award — Tóibín brings to this stunning first collection an acute understanding of human frailty and longing. These are haunting, profoundly moving stories by a writer who is himself a master. |
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Dear Husband Stories $13.79 Fourteen stories that examine with the unflinching candor and sympathy for which Joyce Carol Oates has been celebrated the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled ties between generations the desperation — and the covert radiant happiness — of loving more than one is loved in return. In Cutty Sark and Landfill the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion bringing unexpected consequences for the son. In A Princeton Idyll a woman is forced to realize decades later her childhood role in the destruction of a famous beloved grandfathers life. The Blind Mans Sighted Daughters — two middle-aged sisters whose lives have evolved in radically different ways — are made to acknowledge their fathers violent past with which they have been silently complicit. In Magda Maria a man tries to break free of the enthralling and dangerous erotic obsession of his life and in the gripping title story Oates boldly reimagines the true-crime story of Andrea Yates the Texas mother who drowned her several children in 2001. Several stories – Suicide by Fitness Center The Glazers and Dear Joyce Carol — take a less tragic turn exploring with mordant humor the shadowy interstices between self-awareness and delusion. Dramatic intensely rendered and always provocative DEAR HUSBAND provides an unsettling and fascinating look into the mysterious heart of America. |
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The City Beneath the Snow: Stories $19.2 The final collection of stories by award-winning writer Marjorie Kowalski Cole, "The City Beneath the Snow" is a portrait of contemporary Alaskans, their interactions, and their foibles. These stories reveal the moral decisions that lurk at unexpected corners in daily life as the characters confront a world at once magical and ordinary, joy-filled and tragic. Together, they give the reader an intimate portrait of a people and place more often portrayed through wilderness specials and reality adventure shows."Cole’s characters live, work, and struggle in interior Alaska, and she depicts life here with a keen eye and with compassion. We see the daughter of a Fairbanks junkyard owner, struggling with her isolation. We meet a bartender at Circle Hot Springs who’s also a certified nurse’s assistant at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. A newcomer to Fairbanks fall in love with the aurora. We watch a marriage strained nearly to breaking after a young daughter drowns in the slough. We see an alcohol abuse counselor and a pilot who flies her around in the bush trying to find their way after a brief sexual encounter. These are the inner lives, revealed with care and with skill, the true material of good literature."–Peggy Shumaker, Writer Laureate of Alaska |
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Mothers and Sons: Stories $3.94 Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another. With exquisite grace and eloquence, Toibin writes of men and women bound by convention, by unspoken emotions, by the stronghold of the past. Many are trapped in lives they would not choose again, if they ever chose at all. A man buries his mother and converts his grief to desire in one night. A famous singer captivates an audience, yet cannot beguile her own estranged son. And in "A Long Winter," Colm Toibin’s finest piece of cction to date, a young man searches for his mother in the snow-covered mountains where she has sought escape from the husband who controls and confines her. Winner of numerous awards for his fifth novel, "The Master" — including the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award — Toibin brings to this stunning first collection an acute understanding of human frailty and longing. These are haunting, profoundly moving stories by a writer who is himself a master. |
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A Primitive Heart: Stories $3.95 A powerful, moving collection of stories from one of the masters of American drama, "A Primitive Heart" is a powerful, heart-rending, and completely authentic collection of stories that cut to the quick of American manhood and reveal the distance within the most intimate relationships. "A Primitive Heart" shows David Rabe to be a fiction writer of range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged discord of a risky pregnancy, a group of men whose attempt to settle an account launches them toward unexpected violence, or a young journalist who believes he’s escaped his Catholic roots, only to be forced to confront them by a priest who once mentored his writing, Rabe’s muscular voice, singular gift for dialogue, sly wit, and fearlessness in depicting the savage side of humanity, tenders an inimitable portrait of America and offers benedictions to her lost souls. "A Primitive Heart" confirms the mastery of David Rabe’s writing and establishes him as an exciting voice in fiction. |
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The Bed Book of Short Stories $36.34 The bed, dressed in hand sewn quilt or threadbare blanket, may in and of itself be memorable, but it is what happens in the bed – the sex and lovemaking, the dreams, the reading, the nightmares, the rest, giving birth and dying – which give ‘bed’ special meaning. Whether a bed is shared with a book, a child, a pet or a partner, whether lovers lie in ecstasy or indifference, whether ‘bed’ relates to intimacy or betrayal, it is memories and recollections of ‘bed’, in whatever form, which have triggered the writing of these thirty stories by women from southern Africa. Well known writers Joanne Fedler, Sarah Lotz, Arja Salafranca, Rosemund Handler and Liesl Jobson will delight, but you will discover here new writers from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia, each with a unique voice as they cast light on the intimate lives of women living in this part of the world and the possibilities that are both available to and denied them. The BED BOOK of short stories – some quirky and tender, others traumatic or macabre – is the perfect companion to take to bed with you, to keep you reading long into the night. |
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Intimate Destruction $2.97 Anya is on a search for intimate destruction, but she doesn't realize just how destroyed she can be by a man who plays with naughty toys. Anya and her husband are swingers and, breaking all the rules, Anya seeks out Julian, a powerful Dom. She's determined to be his submissive, but when she follows him into a retreat where anything goes, the morning after is full of complications – and questions. Warning: This title contains graphic language, sex, infidelity and BDSM elements. |
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Getting Intimate $2.59 John and Terri have been dating for six months now and John is anxious to commemorate this special anniversary. As much as Terri loves the time she spends with John she still can’t shake her negative self-worth. When a series of misunderstandings drives the two apart it’s up to John to convince the woman he loves that she’s the only one with whom he wants to be intimate. |
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The Borgias – One of the Celebrated Crimes Stories $36 The ‘Borgias’ is the first volume if the ‘Celebrated Crimes’ series, written by Alexandre Dumas, Pere, prior writing his well known of historical novels. His works show an intimate knowledge of the characters, and they are written without sparing the details. The subjects are of historical importance and show the semi-lawlessness that was typical of Europe in the Middle Ages. The ‘Celebrated Crimes’ series were an instant hit and Dumas was inundated with suggestions of other celebrated criminals to write about. The stories continue to astonish readers today. |
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Nine Women Revealed: Intimate Revelations of Nine Real Women in Images and Words $32.83 Ever noticed how perfect the women always look in magazines like Playboy? But "real" women don’t always wear makeup – and sometimes – they actually have bruises on their legs (gasp) Real life is messy like that If there’s an interview, it’s usually frivolous stuff – they don’t tell you the real dirt. Enter the world of "Nine Women Revealed" where the women aren’t perfect, they aren’t all "painted up," and their photos aren’t even air-brushed…but they are all natural and beautiful View the photos and read the stories of nine real women (ranging in age from 20 to 40) – all of whom model (including in the nude), and who come from a variety of lifestyles: students, housewives, mothers and even a top ten Playboy model See them in everyday situations (in various forms of dress…and undress): – Dancing and acting silly – Raiding the refrigerator – Cleaning house – Taking a bath – Sleeping – Checking themselves out in the mirror – Having fun with Mr. Vacuum Cleaner – Lounging on the couch – Doing laundry Read their stories: – One can’t keep male friends – One wants to be a cop (again) – One is jealous of Seth Rogan – One explains how posing nude is self-actualization for her – One has no problem asking men out if she feels like it – One lived in Indonesia as a child Find out which of the nine women: – Has a fantasy about making love with a partner while others watch them – Recently went skinny dipping with a group of people at a party – Did her interview with the author of this book in the nude – Has wondered what it would be like to have a penis – Has been to a nude resort More than 160 full color photos: clothed, lingerie, negligees, topless and nude Gary Melton, author and photographer, has gathered nine amazing women and reveals them to us through images and words that give us a candid peek into their private worlds. ** This is the International Edition – It contains 18 "unrated" photos not found in the "Standard" or "Deluxe" Editions. ** |
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Chicken Soup For The Soul Love Stories $9.89 Whether it is at first sight, develops over time with a close friend, or it hits you like a ton of bricks–falling in love is a lyrical life-changing event. Chicken Soup for the Soul® Love Stories will transport you to the moments of your life that were filled with devotion and unconditional love. Who can forget what it feels like to walk on air, share private jokes, and ponder over intimate moments? This collection of stories is sure to rouse the inner romantic in your heart, with stories of long-lost love rekindled in the twilight of life, young love discovered, and love that truly lasts forever. But this book will also remind you of the everlasting love between friends, family, and parents and children. Stories peppered throughout celebrate the vastness of love in all its many forms, including the story of one woman who is able to endure a painful illness because of the unconditional love and affection she receives from her cat, and the story about the love shared between father and daughter when he returns from overseas, as well as stories about love found in surprising ways by women and men who thought their time for romantic love had passed. Chicken Soup for the Soul® Love Stories will take you back to your most cherished memories and inspire you to create a few more. |
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Female Trouble: Stories $6.79 "Nelson’s prose is precise and energetic, and her insights delight because they manage to be at once surprising and so right as to seem inevitable." — The New York Times Book Review Antonya Nelson is widely regarded as one of America’s most talented women writers — The New Yorker has named her one of the twenty best writers of her generation — and with Female Trouble she returns to the short-story form with which she made her original literary mark. Thirteen wise, funny, and startlingly perceptive stories about the vagaries of marriage, the uncertainties of family, and the revelations of female life, Female Trouble looks at the relationships not just between men and women but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters. Probing the subjects of love, fidelity, desire, dependence, and solitude, Nelson explores the broad notion of family from myriad angles, but always with surprising insight and her trademark offbeat humor. The title story features a thirty-year-old man carrying on intimate relationships with three different women — one institutionalized, one pregnant, one purely maternal — but unable to commit to any of them. "Incognito" depicts a divorced woman whose turbulent teen years are suddenly brought back to her when she returns to her hometown with her own teenage daughter. In "The Unified Front," a husband reckons with his wife’s decision to steal a baby while at a famous theme park, and in "Stitches," a disturbing late-night phone call forces a mother to confront her college-age daughter’s sexuality and her own adulterous past. Set in the vividly rendered Southwest and Midwest, these moving stories are dark and honest portraits of people in moral quandaries, gray areas, unclear circumstances — stories that reveal us to ourselves with disturbing clarity. As always, Nelson astounds with the clean, terse power of her language, and she deftly uses humor to expose the soft underbellies of her tough-talking, unblinking characters. These are stories that will linger in the reader’s mind long after they are read. |
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How To Write Your Life Stories $7.79 Do people say you should write your life stories? This clear hands-on approach guides you through the process of writing your personal stories so that future generations can truly know your life and times. By reading your memoirs, they will become intimate with your culture, understand your work, lifestyle, travel, values, and beliefs; and they will get to know the people you loved and lost. If your stories are well written, they will be fascinated by what you have to say. If your life has known goals and obstacles, conflict and motion, you have the makings of a gripping story. Discover how to Find the time to write regularly Set manageable goals Improve you writing skills Craft gripping leads Become a captivating storyteller Find a publisher for your writing |
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Intimate Details $5.09 He had one chance to bring down a criminal, and operative Cal Spencer wasn’t about to let a beautiful brunette stand in his way. Unfortunately ex-cop Gina Torno refused to step aside and let Cal take over a mission she and her team had spent months executing. Cal admired Gina’s perseverance, but when she suggested they join forces Cal was torn. Letting down his guard and trusting her could cost him his life. Yet he needed intimate details only she could provide–not to mention their barely controlled attraction made it difficult to deny her anything. Including answers to who he really was… |
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Intimate Things $14.03 There is something about love that opens you wide, and exposes you to a level of vulnerability that is literally embarrassing. It seems to have a way of catching you off guard, red in the face, trying to pull all your stuff together, all the while hoping you don’t look like a fool, and the very thing you try to hide is the thing that love chooses to expose. There is something about love that makes you scream your secrets to the world, with your hand over your mouth. Intimate Things is my little book of muffled screams..of the excitement, the newness, the longing, the passion, the angst of love. |
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Intimate Chaos $4.83 Sadira, desperately searching for love and intimacy, finds Jessie, who displays a desire to be loved but runs from it when it is given to her. Intimate Chaos takes you on a journey from bliss to turmoil and back again with its dramatic twists and turns. Will Sadira and Jessie be able to stand firm in the midst of an emotional whirlwind? Is their love strong enough to overcome the many obstacles thrown in their path? These two women struggle to learn lessons from past mistakes and apply them to future attempts at making things right. Waves of sabotage and temptation crash against their already unstable foundation. Can they weather the storm when love becomes chaotic? |
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BLACK CUPLESS INTIMATE MESH TEDDY $38.99 BLACK CUPLESS INTIMATE MESH TEDDY |
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RAINBOW SEQUIN HALTER INTIMATE BODYSUIT $42.99 RAINBOW SEQUIN HALTER INTIMATE BODYSUIT |
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Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement $3.95 A Marriage Full of A.W.E. If you think intimacy in marriage is an impossible goal, think again. Even if your relationship is the high maintenance variety, you can still find that meaningful connection you are seeking by cultivating three important ingredients in your relationship: Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement–AWE. Sharing personal stories of both success and failure, Jim Burns’ candid and vulnerable style will encourage you to work toward rekindling the fires of your romance, no matter how chilly the coals may have grown. Important areas discussed include communication, sexuality, friendship, forgiveness, worship, attitudes, and priorities. This is not a pie-in-the-sky approach to marriage. The challenges of everyday life with a spouse are faced head-on by someone who has not only experienced them himself but also coached hundreds of other couples and individuals in their struggles. The practical help he offers will equip you to tackle the real-life issues of marriage and find true and lasting intimacy with your spouse. Each chapter includes helpful follow-up exercises and questions for personal reflection. |
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Alzheimer’s Stories: A Caregiver’s Guide to Mismatched Outfits, Goofy Hair and Beer for Breakfast $22.4 ALZHEIMER’S STORIES contains honest, intimate information about the reality of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. There is no false rosy picture or "poor-me" story here. This book reads like an experienced friend offering advice to a novice caregiver. |
