Drawing on her own original research-and her own experiences-this is a personal and scientific manifesto it’s an exploration of the complexities of the human sexual experience and a declaration of love and respect for the nonconformists among us. From the invention of heterosexuality to the history of the Kinsey scale, as well as asylum seekers trying to defend their bisexuality in a court of law, there is so much more to explore than most have ever realized. In BI: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, Shaw probes the science and culture of attraction beyond the binary. A provocative, eye-opening, and original book on the science of sexuality beyon. Despite statistics that show bisexuality is more common than homosexuality, bisexuality is often invisible. Read 210 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Ask people to name famous bisexual actors, politicians, writers, or scientists, and they draw a blank. It’s an admission, she writes, that usually causes people’s pupils to dilate, their cheeks to flush, and their questions to start flowing. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal-Shaw studies the science of sexuality and she herself is proudly and vocally bisexual. A provocative, eye-opening, and original book on the science of sexuality beyond gender from an internationally bestselling pop-psychologistĭespite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives.
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Ray bradbury dandelion wine reviewThe book was published in 1957, perhaps over twenty years after the era which it is about, thus providing an inevitable theme of nostalgia throughout the book. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding-remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury.ĭandelion Wine is unique amongst the works of the popular author Ray Bradbury, in that it provides us with perhaps the clearest insight into the thoughts and feelings of the author. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy-reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch-an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.Īs Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.Ĭharlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. Genres: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+, Adultĭev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. 6/9/2023 0 Comments The paperboy book dav pilkeyIn the second grade, Dav's teacher ripped up his comics and told him he couldn't spend the rest of his life making silly books.įortunately, Dav was not a very good listener. The Paperboy Show full title Written by Dav Pilkey Narrated by Forest Whitaker 3 / 5 ( 161 ratings ) About this audiobook Every Saturday morning a paperboy and his dog get ready to leave their nice warm bed to deliver a newspaper to every house along the route they both know by heart. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books - the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Austin has been hurt, badly, and still carries the scars on his heart. He has been working his way through the ranks and is ready to break out in the higher ranked fights. Except that their first meeting didn’t go very well.Īustin Lyons is an up and coming MMA fighter. It’s on the night that she and Taylor are going to meet up with Liam that she first meets him, Austin. Also, her childhood best friend, Liam Fairchild, who is now a famous music star, lives in Los Angeles so she’s excited to be able to spend time with him. On her first day of training, she meets who will become her best friend, Taylor. She took a job in a low income area of Los Angeles as a fourth grade teacher. Especially the second half.Ĭarter McCarthy was a small town Georgia girl, fresh out of college with her elementary education degree, ready to make a difference in the world. It has everything that for me, makes a book unputdownable. Let me tell you that Catherine is making her entry into the world of books with a huge bang. Further To Fall is the debut book by Catherine Cowles. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Make good artNeil Gaiman, of course, is one of my favorite writers, despite his taste in women. Given my obviously jittery focus, it seemed logical to read the speech instead of listen to it. A state later, I discovered this tiny, gorgeous book in the equally tiny, gorgeous Carnegie library I’ve claimed here in the mountains. (This, naturally, vanishes if it’s during scheduled sleep hours.) I saved it to Pocket, where it languished for a few months, but I soon realized it wasn’t going to happen. 2013, as you might recall, was a busy year for me, and I’ve developed the embarrassing habit of dragging my feet when a video is longer than ten minutes. I remember it absolutely blowing up around this time last year, as I was facing my own graduation from college.Īnd I didn’t watch it. In 2012, Neil Gaiman joined in the fun with his “ Make Good Art” speech delivered to the graduating class of Philadelphia’s the University of the Arts. And because we’re lucky enough to live in the digital age, their stories, advice, and inspiration is available to everyone, not just the graduates. Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman and Chip KiddĮvery graduation season, amazing people make amazing commencement speeches. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Good faeries bad faeries bookCategory: Science Fiction & Fantasy ISBN/EAN: 9781862058996. Crammed with Froud's full-colour paintings, and bound in a reversible format with good faeries on one side and bad on the other, this is an attractive gift book sure to delight any fan of fantasy art. Brilliantly documenting both the dark and the light, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries presents a world of enchantment and magic that deeply compels the imagination. The faery kingdom, we find, is as subject to good and evil as the human realm. In this richly imagined book, celebrated artist Brian Froud reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries - what their noses and shoes look like, what mischief and what gentle assistance they can give, and what their souls and dreams are like. Now, 20 years later, this book describes and illustrates the faery folk who still crowd his imagination. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good US 9.78 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. Since he illustrated the Faeries in 1978, Brian Froud has been fascinated by faery lore. Good Faeries Bad Faeries Froud, Brian Published by Simon & Schuster, 1998 ISBN 10: 0684847817 ISBN 13: 9780684847818 Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, U.S.A. Contents are clean bright and unmarked, slight markings and wear to covers. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries Froud, Brian Published by Pavilion Books (2000) ISBN 10: 1862053022 ISBN 13: 9781862053021 New Paperback Quantity: 1 Seller: GoldBooks (Austin, TX, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. I read it because "behind-the-scenes look at trashy reality show" is one of my favorite memoir styles, and I've always been weirdly fascinated by mistresses, harems, harem culture, and the whole "what men think women do when they're not around vs. Underneath the surface, this is a scathing indictment of unfair beauty standards, the fear of female sexuality, and the entire goddamn patriarchy (and Madison, delightfully, seems blissfully unaware of the deeper implications of some of her observations about the unfairness of life at the Playboy Mansion - she's just mad that all these girls were so mean to her). Look, I'm not going to pretend that I had any good reason to read this book. Better yet: The Truth About Kettle: An Autobiography by Pot. Or, as I called the book in my head, Everyone is a Whore Except Me and Here's Why. A perfect Valentine’s Day read.” (Carly Phillips ) From the Back CoverWhat happens in Vegas. The story of a successful wedding planner whose world is turned upside-down when the man she once impetuously married in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony bursts unexpectedly back into her life, Any Man of Mine is pure joy-a beautiful marriage of the wit, heart, and sensuality that is a hallmark of two-time RITA® Award winner Gibson, solidifying her equal standing among Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and Nora Roberts as the crème de la crème of contemporary romance fiction.Review“The NHL ought to pay writer Rachel Gibson big bucks.” (USA Today )“Gibson’s straightforward story of “the one,” and the one that got away, is wrapped in sexual tension so hot your palms will sweat.” (Booklist )“With humor and eloquent prose, Gibson brings substance and depth to this loving, modern romance.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) on True Love and Other Disasters )“Rachel Gibson does it again! A fun, steamy story that also tugs at the heartstrings. “Rachel does it again! A fun, steamy story.”-Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling authorWhat happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there, as New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rachel Gibson delightfully demonstrates in her smart and sexy romance, Any Man of Mine. 6/8/2023 0 Comments Sapiens bookIn Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Harari surveys human history from the evolutionary emergence of Homo sapiens to 21st-century political and technological revolutions. His books also examine the possible consequences of a futuristic biotechnological world in which intelligent biological organisms are surpassed by their own creations he has said, " Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so". Harari writes about a " cognitive revolution" that supposedly occurred roughly 70,000 years ago when Homo sapiens supplanted the rival Neanderthals and other species of the genus Homo, developed language skills and structured societies, and ascended as apex predators, aided by the agricultural revolution and accelerated by the scientific revolution, which have allowed humans to approach near mastery over their environment. His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, and suffering. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018). Yuval Noah Harari ( Hebrew: יובל נח הררי born 1976) is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. History and I: War and the Relations between History and Personal Identity in Renaissance Military Memoirs, c. |