Résultats pour "Sex" dans Fiction historique

"Demain, on reprendrait le bateau, le train, puis Hélène un taxi et l'avion, on quitterait l'odeur de citron. Mais là, seul avec Hélène sur le port de Procida, j'ai eu l'impression que j'étais amoureux. Elle n'avait pas besoin d'un confident, j'ai réalisé, elle avait besoin de quelqu'un qui mangerait ce qu'elle commandait pour lui. Hélène était facile à aimer : il suffisait d'avoir faim. C'était simple et je me sentais important de l'avoir compris."

Ian Worthington’s life as a pirate has always been filled with excitement and the thrill of the sea, but as stimulating as it once was, the young captain finds his heart longing for a new experience. King Edward, of the Island of Westerly, has spent the past 20 years traveling the world, researching the perfect routine for sex, but he needs someone willing to test his technique. For Ian, it sounds like the ideal solution for a dull life. Angelique Abbott holds her father in her arms as he draws his last breath.

Lady Patricia Price-Adams has spent the last four years secretly longing for Thomas Jameson, her sister-in-law’s dashing brother. Thirteen years her senior, Thomas, the newly minted Earl of Ashford, is handsome, intelligent, and being pressured by society to take a wife and carry out his duty of producing an heir.

1923: Faced with impending personal and political scandals (corrupt cabinet members, drinking, gambling, failing health made worse by a quack physician, blackmailers attempting to exploit his numerous affairs and bastard children, murders, and suicides), President Warren G. Harding embarks on a cross-country train trip, from Washington D.C. to Alaska, in an effort to rehabilitate his chances for re-election - something he is unsure he even wants. But the GOP have lost faith in Warren.

Un roman despre trei generații de femei, surprinse în momente de criză ale vieții lor, Trilogia sexului rătăcitor e totodată povestea unei maturizări dure, descrise prin intermediul unei autoscopii necruțătoare, care propune, dincolo de narațiunea propriu-zisă, o poetică a corporalității și a visceralului, a organicului și a vieții instinctuale.

Nachdem eine Party-Nacht in der Notaufnahme endet, stellt Schröders Schwester ihn vor die Wahl: "Entweder Therapie, oder ich sag's Mama." So findet er sich auf der Couch der Kette rauchenden Psychologin Dr. Schulz wieder und erzählt ihr sein Leben: Von den Saunapartys der Hippie-Eltern. Von der ersten Liebe, die tragisch endete. Von ausverkauften Konzerten seiner Band Villa Hammerschmidt.

Freedom Sex and a Meat Cleaver is a young man’s quest for personal freedom and self-discovery. Pierce Colter falls in love with the “Land of Smiles” while in the US Air Force and stationed at the Royal Thai Airbase in Korat, Thailand. When his tour of duty ends in 1974, he flies to Los Angeles, gets a new passport and travel visa, then heads straight back to Thailand. He's a young, wild, and free American guy craving adventure in Southeast Asia.

When David is drafted at the last minute to cover a class on human sexuality, he prepares by attending a sex therapists conference, where a fellow attendee confides that she’s being blackmailed over illicitly obtained sex tapes. Things take a sinister turn when murder is thrown into the mix, and as David fumbles his way through his first mystery, he discovers he has a talent for sleuthing—and for finding himself in sticky situations.

Sex and the City meets The Great Gatsby – das vergessene Meisterwerk aus den 1920ern von Ursula Parrott. Patricia ist 24, als ihr Mann beschließt, die Ehe mit ihr zu beenden. Vor den Kopf gestoßen von dieser Entscheidung versucht sie zunächst, um ihren Mann zu kämpfen, merkt dann aber schnell, dass sie auch ohne ihn ein Leben führen und viel glücklicher sein kann.

The bestselling author and historian Lisa Hilton picks up the mythical ‘City of Ladies’ where the medieval writer Christine de Pisan left off, continuing a conversation about gender and greatness that began more than six hundred years ago. In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend...

The amazing adventure story of a young Japanese woman in the time of the great earthquake of 1905. We follow the young woman, Chie, through many trials, tribulations, and exciting challenges. Chie is attractive, intelligent, and resourceful and faces many terrors along the way - not least strong and appealing men.

Michael Pellegrino’s family came to Ellis Island in search of the American dream. Through hard work and humble beginnings, he watched his parents struggle to make a life for themselves in their new surroundings—but it wasn’t long before tragedy forced young Michael to find his own way. With determination and charm, Michael works his way from grocery clerk to business owner, and even manages to find the love of his life. But when prohibition hits the United States, he sees an even more lucrative business opportunity, quickly amassing power and wealth through the bootlegging trade.

"An eye-opening tale of all the money, sex and drugs washing through the tech world, from someone who has lived it." - Jim Edwards, Editor-in-Chief, Business Insider UK Think of the greatest tech company in the world. Imagine getting a job there. Picture the perks: free gourmet food, free...

The cover of darkness was pulled back by the NODS scopes in their hands. The enemy had no idea what was about to befall them. With the rush of wings of dragons, the sounds of M-14s, M-870 shotguns, M-16s, and grenades spoke the finality of death. This gave the human pack mules a taste of what would continue to reign upon them in the House of the Dragon. North and South Vietnam were at war. Indeed, all of Southeast Asia was at war. Due to national commitments, the US military was drawn into the fray.

Någon har brutit sig in i tre olika hem och slagit sönder byster som föreställer Napoleon. Kommissarie Lestrade ber Sherlock Holmes om hjälp att lösa brottet, och mästerdetektiven inser snabbt att förövaren försöker hitta något som finns inuti statyerna. Nästa dag har ytterligare en byst krossats, men den här gången har även ett mord inträffat. Den tredje novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Många läsare blev besvikna av Holmes död i "Det sista problemet" och trycket från allmänheten blev så stort att Doyle blev tvungen att återuppliva honom igen.

My name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave. If you are reading this diary then I am either dead or I have managed to escape... Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave is a gritty, gripping, and tear-jerking fictional audiobook, inspired by real victims' accounts and research into the sex trafficking underworld.

En el verano que tenía 16 años, Jade vivió un amor tan apasionado que, cuando descubrió que todo era mentira, se le rompió el corazón. Adam, a pesar de ser mucho más mayor que ella, fue sumamente cruel. Cuando, años después, por trágicas circunstancias, vuelven a verse, ella siente un odio tan feroz que no puede estar frente a él. Pero la vida, muchas veces, nos hace dar varios tragos de la medicina que menos nos gusta.

When Lord Alec Hay returns from war, his mother is determined to see him wed. But he wants only to escape into the darkest room in his ruined castle and relive the harrowing moments in battle where he was unable to save his best friend. Lady Giselle Hepburn, an impulsive lass, rides out from a neighboring estate during a storm, attempting to escape her family and a forced marriage to a man with a vicious dark side. She falls off her horse and nearly tumbles over a cliff but is saved by a handsome, mysterious Highlander.

Wie gerät die junge Minna ins Rotlichtmilieu - und mausert sich zur Bordellwirtin? "Kaiserwetter in der Gosse" erzählt die unabhängige Vorgeschichte des Audio-Bestsellers "Die juten Sitten: Goldene Zwanziger, dreckige Wahrheiten" von Anna Basener. Berlin, 1895: Auf der Suche nach einem besseren Leben wählt die junge Minna den Weg ins Bordell und in die Arme adeliger Freier. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen dem Zwielicht der Halbwelt und dem Glanz der Hofgesellschaft, erfährt sie, wie zerbrechlich Träume sind und was es heißt, auf sich gestellt zu sein.

Das neue Audible Original Hörspiel entführt in die Halbwelt der 1920er Jahre in Berlin: Die berühmte deutschstämmige Hollywoodschauspielerin Hedi (Jeanette Hain) sitzt in einem Frauengefängnis in Hollywood. Sie hat einen Mann erschossen. Dem Journalisten der New York Times, der sie dazu befragen will, erzählt sie allerdings nichts von dieser Tat, sondern berichtet in Rückblenden von ihrer ungewöhnlichen Kindheit in einem Berliner Bordell namens "Ritze". Immer an der Grenze zwischen Legalität und Illegalität wächst sie bei ihrer furchtlosen Oma Minna (Ursula Werner) auf, die das Bordell betreibt.