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Peter Jalesh Six hot naked old women on a running machine

A scrambled chronicle of my family bondage

Belletristik
Englisch
50364 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
6
0

My grand-grandparents had in their house a servant they brought long time before from Mexico. Her name was Freda. She had a big overflowing breast. Before she would put me to bed she’d take me in her arms and set my nose between her tits. I’ll take a plunge there and get asleep very fast against my will. She smelled always like cayenne pepper mixed with basil. Sometimes before I went to sleep I could see a beautiful woman that grand-grandpa would call “the Blond Harlot” getting in and out of the pub. Most of the time she was dressed in black, with a low cut silk blouse and a short skirt - so short that I could see her panties - and wearing high hills shoes that made her look like she was stepping on hot coals. The warm breeze in the evening made me feel better than the midday hot wind. Then the warm breeze faded away to get replaced by a sandy wind. Within minutes the town got deserted. It was like the whole thing that used to move around would retire to rest. No more voices or laughs or curses: lights of the pub and houses around would gently go to sleep under blinds and rags. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Humor, irony, harsh life situations, poetry, love, compassion, suffering, cynicism, religion

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Julie Steimle The Cynic and the Wolf

A Hallowedspell Novel; Deacon Tales: Tale Four

Fantasy
Englisch
54043 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
326
2

While Audry Bruchenhaus is finishing her Master's Thesis on the effect of outdoor recreational on wildlife reserves, she bumps into Howard Richard Deacon III (Rick Deacon) again. This is the third time in her life that that she has encountered him, and each time his presence seems to create a kind of chaos. And sure enough, trouble is not far behind him. The only thing that really bothers Audry are these crazy werewolf rumors about the family.... which are utterly ridiculous. [mehr]

Stichwörter: werewolf, full moon, moon, wolf, hunt, environment, ski, skiing, hunting, wolves, snow, winter, rumor, college, master's degree, recreation, outdoor, sledding, project, ecology, bullet, silver, garlic, allergy, rich, class, cynic, cynicism, breakup, boyfriend, harassment, littering, rescue, animal [mehr][weniger]

1,99 US$

Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol (Illustrated)

Belletristik
Englisch
28126 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
418
0

A Christmas Carol IN PROSE BEING A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of [mehr]

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EDMOND ROSTAND CHANTECLER

PLAY IN FOUR ACTS

Belletristik
Englisch
38302 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Chantecler is a verse play in four acts, written by Edmond Rostand.[1][2] The play is notable in that all the characters are farmyard animals including the main protagonist, a chanticleer, or rooster. The play centers on the theme of idealism and spiritual sincerity, as contrasted with cynicism and artificiality. Much of the play satirizes modernist artistic doctrines from Rostand's romanticist perspective. [mehr]

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Henry Seton Merriman With Edged Tools (Fiscle Part-I)

Kinder- und Jugendbuch
Englisch
108307 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Why All Delights Are Vain, But That Most Vain Which With Pain Purchased Doth Inherit Pain. "My Dear--Madam--What You Call Heart Does Not Come Into The Question At All." Sir John Meredith Was Sitting Slightly Behind Lady Cantourne, Leaning Towards Her With A Somewhat Stiffened Replica Of His Former Grace. But He Was Not Looking At Her--And She Knew It. They Were Both Watching A Group At The Other Side Of The Great Ballroom. "Sir John Meredith On Heart," Said The Old Lady, With A Depth Of Significance In Her Voice. "And Why Not?" "Yes, Indeed. Why Not?" Sir John Smiled With That Well-Bred Cynicism Which A New School Has Not Yet Succeeded In Imitating. They Were Of The Old School, These Two; And Their Worldliness, Their Cynicism, Their Conversational Attitude, Belonged To A Bygone Period. It Was A Cleaner Period In Some Ways--A Period Devoid Of Slums. Ours, On The Contrary, Is An Age Of Slums Wherein We All Dabble To The Detriment Of Our Hands-- Mental, Literary, And Theological. [mehr]

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craig m. sampson Shadows on the Moon

Horror
Englisch
60501 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
161
0

Dan and Sarah are finally making names for themselves in the literary and art worlds after having struggled for many years as new college graduates. However, psychic abilities from Sarah's youth have returned to change their lives forever. In Sarah's youth, she experienced innate abilities that intruded uninvited on her life seemingly on a whim. As she grew, she hoped that these events had faded with her childhood, but she was soon to learn that that was not the case. She tried valiantly to shield Dan from these intrusions, but eventually they spilled into both their lives setting them on a path of the unknown and inexplicable. Despite Dan's initial cynicism and lack of acceptance of Sarah's connection with a different plane of existence, he soon finds out it may be real after all. [mehr]

Stichwörter: horror, supernatural, psychic

5,99 US$

William Makepeace Thackeray The History Of Pendennis, Volume 2 (Fiscle Part 3)

Historisches
Englisch
178665 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Since That Fatal But Delightful Night In Grosvenor Place, Mr. Harry Foker's Heart Had Been In Such A State Of Agitation As You Would Hardly Have Thought So Great A Philosopher Could Endure. When We Remember What Good Advice He Had Given To Pen In Former Days, How An Early Wisdom And Knowledge Of The World Had Manifested Itself In The Gifted Youth; How A Constant Course Of Self-Indulgence, Such As Becomes A Gentleman Of His Means And Expectations, Ought By Right To Have Increased His Cynicism, And Made Him, With Every Succeeding Day Of His Life, Care Less And Less For Every Individual In The World, With The Single Exception Of Mr. Harry Foker, One May Wonder That He Should Fall Into The Mishap To Which Most Of Us Are Subject Once Or Twice In Our Lives, And Disquiet His Great Mind About A Woman. But Foker, Though Early Wise, Was Still A Man. He Could No More Escape The Common Lot Than Achilles, Or Ajax, Or Lord Nelson, Or Adam Our First Father, And Now, His Time Being Come, Young Harry Became A Victim To Love, The All-Conqueror. [mehr]

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Thomas Rayner Gomm Smudger & Co

Noddy's Surprise

Humor
Englisch
2 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
510
0

Sometime around 1976, our Dad began to act in a most unusual manner. Dad was never one for conformity but even we, his family, were surprised by his actions. In short, Dad began to disappear for long periods of time and would re-appear hours later with a satisfied grin on his face and laughter playing around his lips. We knew where he was, of course, but figuring out what he was doing there was less easy. We had a few hints to help us with our puzzle. We knew Dad was in his bedroom, that no-one should disturb him and that a by-product of whatever he was doing was a painfully slow, rhythmic banging sound that seemed to penetrate our brains and consciences wherever we were in the house - and sometimes in other people's houses as well. Then Dad announced he was writing (and typing!) a book. Those who knew him, (but not his immediate nearest and dearest), would have been surprised by this announcement and would possibly have considered the prospect with some cynicism. Dad, you see, was a man who by his own admission considered formal education an intrusion on his lifestyle. Despite the interference of the second world war with his education, Dad easily passed grammar school entrance exams then, being Dad, realised this would result in him being apart from his friends and promptly set about restructuring his education! It is probably fair just to say that Dad started full-time adult employment pretty early in life. But Dad had an education second to none once he got into the adult world. He was at various times, a projectionist with Gainsborough Film Studios (under the jurisdiction of a young J.Arthur Rank), a milkman, a very capable and commended National serviceman and a host of other things, most of which he probably forgot to tell us about. But mostly, Dad would like to be remembered for being a lorry driver and removal man for a family firm in Watford, Herts. He loved his work, but hated being away from his family for days on end on long-distance jobs. He gained, however, a never-ending supply of comical memories, provided by characters he met as he worked. It is a shame that no publisher or television company took on the publication or production of Dad's book/screenplay (he wrote it in both formats). It is also a shame that a very similar idea was offered to the public via one of the above media not too long after a particular rejection slip was received. Dad, being Dad, took it with a shrug of resignation. He wasn't a man to get upset about such things. Dad left us on November 9th 2001 and there are so many ways that he will be forever in our hearts, but we also believe that he deserved the chance for his book to read by the people who inspired it - the general public and the world at large. It is a huge pleasure to be able to offer Dad's book to the world via this website. Dad would be thrilled to know that anyone, anywhere would be able to read some or all of his 'labour of love'. ' Dad ' is Thomas Rayner Gomm (Ray, to his workmates). All the characters in this work are entirely fictional and any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. Although somehow, we feel strangely like we know at least one of the characters...................... [mehr]

Stichwörter: removals 1970s humour

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