Tao of the Gigolo
Tao of the Gigolo

Author: Vin Armani

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781468036473

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Vin Armani - the most notorious sexual iconoclast of our generation - presents his personalphilosophy in TAO of the GIGOLO. With a focus on sex and relationships, the author illustrates the path he developed that led him to become a straight male escort and carried him to the highest echelons of that profession. This book is written as a primer for those readers seeking guidance towards refining their skills in the romantic arts. Though designed to be a starting point for the novice in the Art Of Seduction, Tao Of The Gigolo stands as a pivotal work due to Armani's unique perspective on the metaphysics of love and sexual attraction - a perspective that is simultaneously refreshing, provocative, and controversial.

Gigolo (舞男)
Gigolo (舞男)

Author: Edna Ferber

Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

Published: 2011-12-15

Total Pages: 1118

ISBN-13:

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This 1922 collection of eight stories features "The Afternoon of a Faun," "Old Man Minick," "Gigolo," "Not a Day Over Twenty-one," "Home Girl," "Ain't Nature Wonderful!" "The Sudden Sixties," and "If I Should Ever Travel!" The title story was made into a 1926 movie—the first but not the last of her tales to be filmed.

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Author: Rainer Maria Rilke

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-04-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0307787761

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This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century. Malte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.

Cutter and Bone
Cutter and Bone

Author: Newton Thornburg

Publisher: Diversion Books

Published: 2015-04-05

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1626817464

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“A thriller, and a whacking good thriller, too . . . shows how much can be done within a classic form by a writer who knows his business.”—The New York Times Alex Cutter is a scarred and crippled Vietnam veteran, obsessed with a murder he’s convinced his buddy, Richard Bone, witnessed. That it was committed by the powerful tycoon JJ Wolfe only makes Cutter even surer that Bone saw the unthinkable. Captivated by Cutter’s demented logic, Bone is prepared to cross the country with Cutter in search of proof of the murder. Their quest takes them into the Ozarks—home base of the Wolfe empire—where Bone discovers that Cutter is pursuing both a cold-blooded killer, but also an even bigger and more elusive enemy. “Tense, funny, and despairing . . . charged with a passion that makes even grotesques seem likeable and, more important, credible right up to the last, startling sentence.”—Time “May be the quintessential cult crime classic . . . continues to be cited by other writers as groundbreaking . . . The ending is pure Chinatown, with a dose of Easy Rider, and it leaves us reeling.”—Booklist (starred review) Praise for Newton Thornburg “A commanding writer of unusual delicacy and power.”—The New Yorker “A born storyteller.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “One of the truly great American writers of the 20th century.”—The Guardian

The Geriatric Gigolo
The Geriatric Gigolo

Author: Randall "Randy" Jones

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1499040393

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"The Geriatric Gigolo" is a new erotic romance novel, by Randall "Randy" Jones. This novel is a sequel to his previous erotic romance called "A Sensuous Businessman." This book is about how Randall, a sixty-two year-old man, finds himself in heavy debt after a series of business failure. He decides, after reading hundreds of personal online profiles to become a gigolo catering to older, wealthy divorcees and widows. He finds most of his clients on online dating sites. He becomes a one-man escort service to a wide range of mature women with unique sexual appetites. With the ever-present help of Cialis, his charm, and his well-honed bedroom skills, Randall sets out to clear his massive debt with the help of a number of lovely, lonely, rich women. Randall reveals his most intimate feelings about some of his most memorable clients. He also makes us privy to the details of his exotic life style and the mature women who are willing to pay for his "escort" services.

How Fiction Works
How Fiction Works

Author: James Wood

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-07-22

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780374173401

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What makes a story a story? What is style? What’s the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely—from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings—Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step. The result is nothing less than a philosophy of the novel—plainspoken, funny, blunt—in the traditions of E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel and Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. It sums up two decades of insight with wit and concision. It will change the way you read.

The Way Hollywood Tells It
The Way Hollywood Tells It

Author: David Bordwell

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-04-10

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0520932323

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Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today’s bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition—one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that survives in both mainstream entertainment and niche-marketed indie cinema. Bordwell traces the continuity of this tradition in a wide array of films made since 1960, from romantic comedies like Jerry Maguire and Love Actually to more imposing efforts like A Beautiful Mind. He also draws upon testimony from writers, directors, and editors who are acutely conscious of employing proven principles of plot and visual style. Within the limits of the "classical" approach, innovation can flourish. Bordwell examines how imaginative filmmakers have pushed the premises of the system in films such as JFK, Memento, and Magnolia. He discusses generational, technological, and economic factors leading to stability and change in Hollywood cinema and includes close analyses of selected shots and sequences. As it ranges across four decades, examining classics like American Graffiti and The Godfather as well as recent success like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, this book provides a vivid and engaging interpretation of how Hollywood moviemakers have created a vigorous, resourceful tradition of cinematic storytelling that continues to engage audiences around the world.

Tango Lessons
Tango Lessons

Author: Marilyn G. Miller

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2014-02-07

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0822377233

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From its earliest manifestations on the street corners of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires to its ascendancy as a global cultural form, tango has continually exceeded the confines of the dance floor or the music hall. In Tango Lessons, scholars from Latin America and the United States explore tango's enduring vitality. The interdisciplinary group of contributors—including specialists in dance, music, anthropology, linguistics, literature, film, and fine art—take up a broad range of topics. Among these are the productive tensions between tradition and experimentation in tango nuevo, representations of tango in film and contemporary art, and the role of tango in the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Taken together, the essays show that tango provides a kaleidoscopic perspective on Argentina's social, cultural, and intellectual history from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Contributors. Esteban Buch, Oscar Conde, Antonio Gómez, Morgan James Luker, Carolyn Merritt, Marilyn G. Miller, Fernando Rosenberg, Alejandro Susti

Self Ownership
Self Ownership

Author: Vin Armani

Publisher:

Published: 2017-07-22

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781548689223

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Who owns your body? Who owns your mind? What is the nature of "ownership" itself? The consequences of living without clear principles are severe. Discover why Self Ownership is the foundation for morality and property. It transcends religion. Its lessons are observable in nature and consistent in culture. Embracing Self Ownership provides a path to a better life and a more peaceful society. Today, fewer people than ever hold strong religious or moral beliefs. Society is beginning to reflect that fact. Instinct and emotion are replacing reason and faith. Many now look to the State to police morality. This a grave mistake because the State's only tool is violence. There is a better way to organize ourselves. Religions and ethical philosophies have sought to describe reality and deliver a prescription for a good life. Such systems also attempt to provide a road map for a civil society. Unfortunately, too many of these prescriptions place a premium on the collective fantasy of "the common good," neglecting the inherent rights of the individual. Self Ownership is the concept at the root of both morality and property. The libertarian Non-Aggression Principle ("Don't hurt people and don't take their stuff") is merely a branch stemming from this core precept. In this book - a series of thought provoking essays - Vin Armani demonstrates the purpose and power of Self Ownership.

A New Literary History of Modern China
A New Literary History of Modern China

Author: David Der-wei Wang

Publisher: Belknap Press

Published: 2017-05-22

Total Pages: 1033

ISBN-13: 0674967917

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Literature, from the Chinese perspective, makes manifest the cosmic patterns that shape and complete the world—a process of “worlding” that is much more than mere representation. In that spirit, A New Literary History of Modern China looks beyond state-sanctioned works and official narratives to reveal China as it has seldom been seen before, through a rich spectrum of writings covering Chinese literature from the late-seventeenth century to the present. Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors from throughout the world, this landmark volume explores unconventional forms as well as traditional genres—pop song lyrics and presidential speeches, political treatises and prison-house jottings, to name just a few. Major figures such as Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, Eileen Chang, and Mo Yan appear in a new light, while lesser-known works illuminate turning points in recent history with unexpected clarity and force. Many essays emphasize Chinese authors’ influence on foreign writers as well as China’s receptivity to outside literary influences. Contemporary works that engage with ethnic minorities and environmental issues take their place in the critical discussion, alongside writers who embraced Chinese traditions and others who resisted. Writers’ assessments of the popularity of translated foreign-language classics and avant-garde subjects refute the notion of China as an insular and inward-looking culture. A vibrant collection of contrasting voices and points of view, A New Literary History of Modern China is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of China’s literary and cultural legacy.