TheDirty.com, a heavily trafficked online gossip sheet, was created by an entrepreneur by the name of Nik Richie--whose Iranian parents named him Hooman Karamian. Richie's appearances on programs like Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, Nancy Grace, and 20/20 suddenly provided him with notoriety as the Internet's bad boy, whose site is employed by angry ex-mates (of both sexes) to post sordid and vengeful revelations online. TheDirty.com also presents opinionated comments from Nik himself about the shape of women's bodies, as well as a language particular to his site. "Porta-Potties" describes women who prostitute themselves to perverse Saudi royalty. "The Greg" refers to his or anyone else's penis, and "Scooby" refers to his sidekick friend. Sex, Lies and The Dirty is Nik's confession of the backstage realities of his website, and his sordid lifestyle prior to hooking up with his lovely wife Shayne. Nik Richie is the host of a weekly web-radio show that commands a million listeners each week. And along with his wife Shayne, he will star in the upcoming VH1 reality series, Couples Therapy. The controversy has just begun.
Explains how to use handwriting analysis to interpret people's character traits, personalities, and backgrounds, and examines the handwriting of such dangerous individuals as Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, and Osama bin Laden.
A Bestseller! The rollicking investigative book of the year, unveiling the world elite's most powerful secrets and sins, including Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, MBS , Howard Stern and many others. The stunning and groundbreaking six-volume book series by #1 NY Times bestselling author and award winning investigative journalist Ian Halperin. CONTROVERSY is the rollicking, scandalous, untold story behind the power, greed and corruption by the world's most powerful elite. Based on years of extensive research , undercover forays, and candid interviews, Halperin's no-holds barred investigation offers the most extensive journey ever into incredible, tumultuous and shadowy lives of the world's most famous, (alive or dead) , including The British Royal Family, The Kardashians, Bill Gates, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, The Clintons, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, Prince, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Michael Jordan, Howard Stern, Jeffrey Epstein, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Pope Francis, Mick Jagger, The Church of Scientology, Vladimir Putin, The Kennedys, Oprah Winfrey, McDonald's and many more. CONTROVERSY will go down as the mother, definitive journalistic work about the abuse of power and celebrity by the world's rich and famous. In Volume I, Halperin goes for Royal blood. He reveals the real story of Prince Andrew's relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and offers never before revealed testimony from a bevy of young girls who claim they were intimate with the Royal Prince. When Halperin wrote the best selling book about the seedy side of the fashion industry, Bad&Beautiful, he interviewed Epstein, one of the only interviews the serial pedophile ever gave to a journalist. Since then Halperin has followed the Prince Andrew saga extensively. His revelations about the disgraced Prince will make world headlines. They include allegations of rape, a secret sex tape and shady financial dealings. Halperin delves further into the fractured British monarchy, unleashing never-before-revealed details about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's abrupt separation from the United Kingdom. He also offers up sizzling scandal on other public figures who profess to be royalty even though they are not true blue blood - including The King of Pop - Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, music icon Prince, basketball star King Lebron James and the self-proclaimed King Of All Media - Howard Stern. Halperin provides an unparalleled glimpse into the events and scandals that have propelled these public figures to worldwide celebrity, for better or worse. Halperin takes the story much, much further, unveiling never before revealed page turning stories of coverups, deceit, sex, drugs, illegitimate children, and abuse of power. Note: Each volume will have a different cover. Ian Halperin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in the world on pop culture. He is an internationally acclaimed , award-winning filmmaker, having directed and produced nine films that have sold to more than 150 countries. A specialist in undercover investigations, Halperin's subjects in the past include Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Kurt Cobain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Kardashians, Whitney Houston, Roger Waters, Charlie Sheen, Angelina Jolie and The Church of Scientology.Praise for Ian Halperin:"A judicious presentation of explosive material" - The New Yorker"Halperin comes to the story determined to hold to the truth, no matter where it leads him." - The Times (U.K.)"A fascinating portrait...Halperin is an excellent writer." - Jackie Collins"under-the-microscope masterpiece of pop-culture reporting" - LA WeeklyImportant
After Jos and her unborn child survive a gruesome attack on their lives by her jealousy-crazed ex-husband, she struggles to put her life back together. The road to mental and physical recovery is a tedious one, but with the help of loved ones, they not only survive, but thrive. Even so, Jos swears off relationships and the carnal pleasures she usually enjoys and have grown accustomed to until a night out on the town reminds her of what she is missing in the sack. Her life as she has come to know it changes after a chance meeting with a virile Doron, who not only sweeps her off her feet, but gives her a second chance at everything she believed would have forever been missing from her life. Although challenges in her career and personal life threaten what she is now building, she manages, in her usual Jos fashion, to rise above the ashes. In the end, she comes out victorious when things fall perfectly into place, and she is more hopeful than ever before about what lies ahead.
One woman's misguided quest for love, sex, and as much airtime as possible Lisa G. baked cookies for men for all the wrong reasons, but she got it right in radio, eventually landing her dream job as a reporter on The Howard Stern Show. Recipe for Sex, Lies & Cookies 1 oz. dysfunctional Long Island Jewish childhood 3 tbsp. sheer determination 2 cups of double-Ds 1 spoonful of hip-hop A few pinches of sex and a dash of radio reporting Combine ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Salt-n-Pepa to taste, and season with Flavor Flav. Yields: 1 unrated memoir 25+ delicious cookie recipes Lisa G.’s guide to planning the perfect cookie party
Shortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014 'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.' Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and class politics as she is in discussing her own experiences in journalism, activism and underground culture. This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating and eating disorders, riots in the streets and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men and women and social justice – and feminism needs to get braver. Penny speaks for a new feminism that takes no prisoners, a feminism that is about justice and equality, but also about freedom for all. It's about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles, and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights. It is a book that gives the silenced a voice – a voice that speaks of unspeakable things.
The New York Times–bestselling author’s “wickedly sexy and wildly humorous” vampire romance—a “wonderfully original, practically perfect paranormal treat” (Booklist). Amongst the Dark Ones there is the one they call The Betrayer, who is doomed to hand his own kind over to a demon lord . . . for eternity. But now a small boy has been kidnapped, and it's up to Nell Harris—a Charmer (no, literally, that's her job) to rescue him. Problem is, she can’t help but find The Betrayer a teeny, tiny bit attractive. Is it possible he’s not as soulless as he seems, or has her penchant for bad-boys just gone into overdrive? Following A Girl’s Guide to Vampires and Sex and the Single Vampire, this is the third installment in Katie MacAllister’s “smart, sexy, and laugh-out-loud funny” paranormal romance series (Christine Feehan).
"Jaw-dropping . . . Inspiring . . . A haunting and beautifully composed book . . . It blew my mind." --Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Women A fearless exposé of the secrets and lies of women's intimate lives, by the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, Adèle, and In the Country of Others "All those in positions of authority--politicians, parents, teachers--maintain the same line: 'Do what you like, but do it in private.' " Leila Slimani was in her native Morocco promoting her novel Adèle, about a woman addicted to sex, when she began meeting women who confided the dark secrets of their sexual lives. In Morocco, adultery, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and sex outside of marriage are all punishable by law, and women have only two choices: They can be wives or virgins. Sex and Lies combines vivid, often harrowing testimonies with Slimani's passionate and intelligent commentary to make a galvanizing case for a sexual revolution in the Arab world.
Stone Barrington takes on a client who gives him a run for his money in this heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. Fresh off the runway at Teterboro, Stone Barrington arrives home to find an unexpected new client on his doorstep, anxiously soliciting his help. But everything is not as it seems, when the client reveals the true nature—and value—of his recent turn of fortune. From luxury New York high-rises to the sprawling New Mexico desert, his client is pursued from all angles...and Stone quickly learns that easy money isn’t always so easy.
Despite well documented health risks, young women are still drawn to the act of smoking and continue to smoke at an alarming rate. A century ago, women were vocal leaders of campaigns against tobacco across North America. In Sex, Lies, and Cigarettes, Sharon Anne Cook explores the history of the paradoxical relationship between women and the cigarette, in a sensitive and lively description of the many different meanings that smoking has held for women. Focusing on the social context of smoking, Cook explores its allure for elite, middle-class, working, and marginalized women from the late-nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. She argues that smoking's attraction is rooted in women's changing identity formation and in strategies for empowerment, an idea enriched through extensive analysis of visual culture. It is in these images (yearbooks, posters, photographic collages, print advertisements, billboards, movies) but also in the act of smoking itself, that women harnessed the power of the visual. Smoking remains a powerful way for women to express themselves and is closely connected to the processes of modernity, sexualization, and commodification of desire. Textual documents (newspapers, magazine features, textbooks, teachers' guides) and oral testimony are also explored to show how dominant discourses of smoking, sexuality, and health have shaped women's experiences and how women have moulded these discourses themselves. The first comprehensive study of women and smoking in Canada, Sex, Lies, and Cigarettes creates a rich portrait of the cultural factors that have resulted in over a century of women smokers.
