Aphrodisia
Author: Craig Elliott
Publisher:
Published: 2005-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780975491225
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The Aphrodisia
Author: William Percy
Publisher: Anaphora Literary Press
Published: 2023-05-02
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1681145626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rare marinal about disguised identities and loves among the Greco-Roman deities under the Mediterranean Sea. Percy described Aphrodisia as an experiment in a new genre he was inventing, the marinal, designed to contrast the pastoral set on land in the countryside. Beyond this setting, this comedy focuses on taking to an extreme the popular European trope of disguises by having most of the main characters reveal themselves to have an identity other than the one they present themselves as. Arion relates a sad story that is an original translation of a segment out of Bartas’ Weeks about him being a poor singer who was captured by pirates, but in the conclusion, Arion reveals himself to actually be Jupiter, the King of the gods in Roman mythology. And Talus pretends to be an engineer and Vulcan’s (god of fire) son, when he is really Neptune (god of water). In standard published plots from the Renaissance, these revelations prove to have been necessary to further the goals of the characters, but in this censored story, the disguises cause lifetimes of misery and prevent all who are disguised from achieving their romantic and power goals. Percy has designed a plot that subversively shows how common pseudonyms and fraudulent identities are in British society, as it confesses the Workshop’s role in selling ghostwriting services. On the surface, the story is dense with innovative love entanglements, and the mythological misadventures of complex and stumbling characters. The preparations for Empress Cytherea’s arrival and the Aphrodisia feast in her honor also showcases realistic details about what a day might have been like when the aristocratic Percy family prepared for James I’s visit to their Sion House on June 8, 1603, just before James was crowned. “Fascinating study of disguise, identity, self-fashioning, metamorphosis, and authorship. *****” —LibraryThing, Early Reviewers, Charles Alan Ralston Plot and Staging Text Terms, References, Questions, Exercises
Aphrodisia II
Author: Craig Elliott
Publisher:
Published: 2006-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780975491232
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Author: Paolo Serpieri
Publisher:
Published: 2001-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781882931293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTestosterone Dreams
Author: John Hoberman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-02-21
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 0520939786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTestosterone has inspired dreams—of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles—since it was first synthesized in 1935. This provocative book investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies. Exploring many little-known social arenas—both inside and outside the medical world—in which these substances are becoming increasingly available and accepted, Testosterone Dreams examines the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports, in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond. Testosterone Dreams tells the story of testosterone's growing and sometimes concealed influence in our culture over the past 70 years. It explores such controversial topics as the invention and marketing of the male menopause, the disturbing history of hormonal and other medical treatments aimed at boosting or suppressing women's sexuality, and hormone doping in sporting events such as the Tour de France and the Olympics, and in Major League Baseball. It brings to light the hidden use of hormone doping by policemen, soldiers, and other workers in a variety of jobs. It also discusses the burgeoning steroid use in the gay community and its relation to AIDS, and takes a hard look at the pharmaceutical industry's promotional campaigns to create new markets for testosterone products. Testosterone Dreams is the first book to bring together the whole story of testosterone and to consider its social and ethical implications: Where does therapy end and performance enhancement begin? How are changing medical technologies affecting how we think about our identities as men and women and the elusive goal of "well-being"? This book will be essential reading as we move inexorably toward the wide-open, libertarian pharmacology that is now making these drug regimes available to a wider and wider clientele.
Aphrodisia
Author: Julie Bruton-Seal
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780762779871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA book of make-your-own aphrodisiacs with ingredients and recipes to create a variety of love-enhancing elixirs, tinctures, oils, and edibles, all illustrated with original photography by authors.
Delicious
Author: Jami Alden
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780758215321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen her sudden rise to stardom requires her to get a bodyguard, beautiful chef and TV star Reggie Caldwell hires Gabe Bankovic, a hunky man with whom she shared one night of passion long ago, and embarks on a sensual adventure beyond her wildest dreams.
Italian Stallions
Author: Jami Alden
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2008-07-01
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0758233663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe swagger. The sensuality. Ya gotta love 'em. The hottest heroes are Italian-American, and every woman knows it. . . In His Bed Karin Tabke Intense and darkly handsome, Gabriel LaMotta is working an undercover FBI investigation in San Francisco--and he's making the mob real nervous. Tough luck. They can't hide inside a club full of pole-dancing babes. But Gabe would like to know what a demure, soft-spoken beauty like Gia Cipriani is doing there. But first he has to rescue her. Then he'll ask the questions. And when they get behind closed doors, a high-octane attraction turns into blazing, soul-shattering sex. Gia may look innocent, but she sure knows how to show her appreciation--and set him on fire. . . Will That Be All? Jami Alden Vince Mattera clawed his way up from poverty to the top of the financial heap in San Francisco. The hedge fund he manages is making millions. But he still eats at the same little Italian restaurant where he always ate. The marinara is homemade, the food is real, and it doesn't hurt that the owner just hired a spicy little brunette. But smart-mouthed Theresa Bellessi is a whole lot more than a waitress--she's a goddess. And Vince intends to sexually worship every inch of her glorious, soon-to-be-naked body. Check, please. . . Karin Tabke. For a long time, controlled chaos ruled Karin's life. Busy mother of four, owner of her own successful business, and wife to a street cop, she harbored thoughts of twisting plots and hot romantic scenes. Now, with only one child left at home and hubby retired from law enforcement, Karin pounds out those steamy scenes at her keyboard about empowered women and the hot cops who penetrate their lives. A full time writer, Karin draws on a lifetime of stories and backdrops that few outside of the law enforcement community ever see, let alone hear about. Controlled chaos now reigns supreme through the pages she writes where hot heroes serve, protect, and pleasure from page one to the end. Karin also writes sexy historicals, paranormals, and more hot cops for Simon and Schuster.
Damned, Delicious, and Dangerous
Author: Delilah Devlin
Publisher: Aphrodisia
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780758225504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree women discover irresistible passion in the arms of a trio of dark and dangerous lovers, in an erotic anthology of paranormal romances that includes "The Demon Lord's Cloak" by Delilah Devlin, "Night Sins" by Lisa Renee Jones, Megan Kerans's "The Devil's Paradise." Original.
William Percy's The Aphrodisia
Author: William Percy
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A rare marinal about disguised identities and loves among the Greco-Roman deities under the Mediterranean Sea. Percy described Aphrodisia as an experiment in a new genre he was inventing, the marinal, designed to contrast the pastoral set on land in the countryside. Beyond this setting, this comedy focuses on taking to an extreme the popular European trope of disguises by having most of the main characters reveal themselves to have an identity other than the one they present themselves as. Arion relates a sad story that is an original translation of a segment out of Bartas' Weeks about him being a poor singer who was captured by pirates, but in the conclusion, Arion reveals himself to actually be Jupiter, the King of the gods in Roman mythology. And Talus pretends to be an engineer and Vulcan's (god of fire) son, when he is really Neptune (god of water). In standard published plots from the Renaissance, these revelations prove to have been necessary to further the goals of the characters, but in this censored story, the disguises cause lifetimes of misery and prevent all who are disguised from achieving their romantic and power goals. Percy has designed a plot that subversively shows how common pseudonyms and fraudulent identities are in British society, as it confesses the Workshop's role in selling ghostwriting services. On the surface, the story is dense with innovative love entanglements, and the mythological misadventures of complex and stumbling characters. The preparations for Empress Cytherea's arrival and the Aphrodisia feast in her honor also showcases realistic details about what a day might have been like when the aristocratic Percy family prepared for James I's visit to their Sion House on June 8, 1603, just before James was crowned"--
