Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn pleasure. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn pleasure. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng

Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 2, 2015

Something Reckless

Something Reckless



Prim, headstrong, and beautiful Penelope is determined to expose the licentious affairs of the ton’s randiest rakes. Now one of their powerful numberthe unrepentant libertine Jeremy Vaughn, Duke of Kilgrathhas been selected to put an end to the prudish lady’s interference. Jeremy’s plan is devilishly clever: He will join Penelope’s war against immorality, fighting passionately by her side, all the while showering her with anonymous erotic missives designed to titillate even the coldest, most unwilling maid. He will break down her defenses and inflame her repressed desires by escorting her (in the interests of their ‘noble campaign’) to London’s most notorious pleasure palaces. And he will visit her boudoirmaskedduring the night to school her in the deliciously sinful arts she wishes to abolish. Then he will expose her hypocrisy to the world.




Thứ Hai, 26 tháng 1, 2015

An Invitation to Pleasure

An Invitation to Pleasure



Susanna Hunter once ignored Captain Fergus Lamont’s warnings not marry a fortune hunter –a decision she lived to regret. Three years later and since widowed, she’s surprised by his unexpected invitation to spend Christmas with him in the Highlands. But even more shocking is Fergus’s new proposition: that she pretend to be his fianc?e, with all the accompanying pleasures….




Thứ Tư, 21 tháng 1, 2015

Rush of Pleasure

Rush of Pleasure



Dangerous passion and primal instincts




House of Holes

House of Holes



Shandee finds a friendly arm at a granite quarry. Ned drops down a hole in a golf course. So begins Nicholson Bakers fuse-blowing sexual escapadea modern-day Hieronymus Boschian bacchanal set in a pleasure resort where normal rules dont apply. House of Holes, one of the most talked-about books in recent memory, is a gleefully provocative novel sure to surprise, amuse, and arouse.




Thứ Bảy, 27 tháng 12, 2014

The Philosophy of Tragedy

The Philosophy of Tragedy



This book is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to iek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the ‘tragic effect’? Some philosophers point to a certain kind of pleasure that results from tragedy. Others, while not excluding pleasure, emphasize the knowledge we gain from tragedy – of psychology, ethics, freedom, or immortality. Through a critical engagement with these and other philosophers, the book concludes by suggesting an answer to the question of what it is that constitutes tragedy ‘in its highest vocation’? This book will be of equal interest to students of philosophy and of literature.