Phallus Aforethought


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"Phallus Aforethought" is light-hearted and humorous but with a painful edge of reality. The story of four men (from different countries) who meet in Thailand and decide to take a short vacation together to the infamous seaside ‘fun town’ – ‘sin city’ of Pattaya. Through their dialogue, banter and actions it reveals their attitudes towards women, (both in Thailand and the West) as well as to sex, marriage and relationships. To counterbalance this, there are the views and the normally untold stories of the women they encounter both in Thailand and their home countries. The story is an exposé of what attracts so many men to Thailand. Equally, it reveals the choices (or in some cases lack of real choice) facing many young people, predominantly women, in Thailand who come from the impoverished farming region of Isaan.




Got Action


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“Stand down, drop your weapon!” Make me, almighty officer of the peace. And what peace is that which abuses children in the name of discipline, sends poor people off to martyr themselves for an elite nation state, defends policy that allows the rich to get richer and the poor only further poverty, and stockpiles technology – speaking of weapons – that can destroy all life on earth? Riddle me this, folks.” (From Got Action: Book Three of the Queen of Hearts Trilogy) In the final installment of the dark-fantasy trilogy Queen of Hearts, G.V. Loewen allows the reader not a moment to breathe. From the shocking opening scene of resurrection through necrophilia, to the stunning double climax that radically rewrites both Camelot and Calvary, the four loyal friends of Guinevere and their allies finally understand the stakes and scope of their quest. The question of the history of the world is the same question as is the future of that same world, and on behalf of the entire species, the heroines do not let anyone, or anything, stand in their way to vouchsafe both. “I have never encountered any novel that compresses narrative so that not only is your heart racing along with that within the breast of each character, but that this very breathlessness is designed to make one realize just how desperate is our own reality. No mere allegory, Queen of Hearts is literally the story of who we are, at this specific historical moment. In the meantime, the climactic final volume grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final pages. Got action? Yes, we do.” – Avinash Pillay, co-founder of IEC and Vigilance Digital Media, Inc.




Just One More Step


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In the deepest, darkest regions of space exists our end. The human race are powering up their thrusters and proudly waving their pistols in the air to take care of the stars and its inhabitants. But they find more than they bargained for beyond our solar system... They may even find what they deserve...




Modern American Literature


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A compilation of representative critical comments provides critical portraits of important late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers, with bibliographies for all included authors.




Modern American Literature


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A collection of critical excerpts, chronologically arranged under each author, provide an overview of each author's career.




New York


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Modern American Literature: H-O


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Presents critical excerpts and analyses from a variety of sources that combine to provide overviews of the work of 157 of the most significant authors of the modern period in American literature; arranged alphabetically, with bibliographies.







Nefarious Crimes, Contested Justice


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Nefarious Crimes, Contested Justice also traces shifting attitudes toward illegitimacy and paternity from the late sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Both the Catholic Church and the Republic of Venice tried to enforce moral discipline and regulate sex and reproduction. Unmarried pregnant women were increasingly stigmatized for engaging in sex. Their claims for damages because of seduction or rape were largely unproven, and the priests and laymen that they were involved with were often acquitted of any wrongdoing. The lack of institutional support for single motherhood and the exculpation of fathers frequently led to abortion, infant abandonment, or even infant death.




Crabtree Orations 1954-1994 T


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First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.