Tag Archives: lust

On Love And Death

Posted on July 20, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Patrick Suskind Translation: Anthea Bell Publisher: Text Publishing Date Published: 2006 Pages: 90 In this inspiring meditation, Patrick Suskind considers the two great forces of human existence. He draws scenes as varied as a young couple having oral sex … Continue reading →

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The Velvet Hammer Burlesque

Posted on May 2, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Michelle Carr Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag Date Published: 2008 Pages: 144 ‘The Velvet Hammer Burlesque’ has put the ‘tease’ back into striptease. Based in Los Angeles, the world famous troupe kick started the current era of Neo-Burlesque, reviving the … Continue reading →

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The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

Posted on April 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: William S Burroughs Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1969 Pages: 192 In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, … Continue reading →

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100 Artists See Satan

Posted on January 17, 2009 by goldnsilver

Editor: Sue Henger Curator’s Foreword: Mike McGee Publisher: Grand Central Press Date Published: 2004 Pages: 128 pages, 115 Full color images Size: 8 x 11 The ‘100 Artists See Satan’ exhibition was organised by the Cal State Fullerton Grand Central … Continue reading →

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Lolita

Posted on January 15, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Vladimir Nabokov Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1955 Pages: 336 ‘Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.’ Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally … Continue reading →

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honest conversation

Posted on December 20, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: Lindsey Kay Publisher: Self published through Cafepress Dates Published: 2008 Pages: 110 A novel about homosexuality and the church Honest conversation begins when a gay couple attends a mainline protestant church in a close community. The pastoral team has to … Continue reading →

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Paradise Lost

Posted on October 24, 2008 by goldnsilver

  Author: John Milton Introduction Author: John Leonard Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1667 Pages: 453 In Paradise Lost Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. … Continue reading →

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She

Posted on October 14, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: H. Rider Haggard Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1886 Pages: 368 On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who … Continue reading →

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Bite Club

Posted on September 14, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: Howard Chaykin and David Tischman Cover Artists: Frank Quitely Penciller: David Hahn Colours: Brian Miller Publisher: Vertigo Dates Published: 2007 Pages: 274 Blood may be thicker than water, but it isn’t thicker than money. That’s something the Del Toros … Continue reading →

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Posted on May 5, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: D. H. Lawrence Publisher: Penguin Date published: 1928 Pages: 363 “Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with … Continue reading →

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