Maledom BDSM. Welcome to the strange world of psychoanalysis, where smart neurotic people diligently try to understand human frailties, both those of their patients and themselves. Imagine a man and woman in that community who discover that they both have a fierce interest in having massive blonde Viking psychiatrist Eric deliver erotic spankings to the shapely well-toned bared derriere of petite Jewish fellow shrink Melissa. And then, imagine you get to be a spy on the insides of this fas...

This short book on fortune telling, is an essential read if you want to learn about cartomancy. Within it’s pages it covers a diverse amount of methods for classic styles of reading. There is a short two-chapter section at the end about the Tarot. Described are several different spreads, including the 32-card method, the French and Italian methods, the Grand Star, and Etteilla's Tarot spread. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extrem...

This concise and interdisciplinary open access volume explores the imperative of social policy reform in Sub-Saharan Africa and the potential nature of such a reform. Its chapters study social policy changes that have been made before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those that need to be made towards better protecting individuals, families, and communities against exposure to insecurity, poverty, and other vulnerabilities throughout their lifecycle. As argued, for this to happen, the...

This light-hearted Regency folly stars Miss Clarissa Harlowe who wants a quiet life—but falls in love with a smuggler, the marquess of St. Tarval. Tarval's sister, Lady Kitty, is determined to write a dramatic Gothic to save her brother's mortgaged estate—if she can reach London. Clarissa's much-pursued cousin, Mr. Philip Devereaux, is inexplicably intrigued by Lady Kitty, who is doing her best to encourage the match between him and Clarissa, except that Clarissa is now betrothed to . . . ...

This is a short book on telling fortunes, primarily with a standard deck of playing cards. There is a short two-chapter section at the end about the Tarot. Described are several different spreads, including the 32-card method, the French and Italian methods, the Grand Star, and Etteilla's Tarot spread. Contents: Chapter I How we got our Pack of Cards Chapter II What the Individual Cards Signify Chapter III The Selected Pack of Thirty-two Cards Chapter IV The Signification of Quartettes, Tr...

Inspired by the coming-of-age adventures of Percy Jackson, the epic worldbuilding of The Elder Scrolls, and the dramatic edge of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Reaching Shadows offers character-focused depth and development in a vast world full of magic and monsters, human or otherwise…Dawnhaven Manor is beautiful.That much is obvious when Luke wakes there, dazzled by the sunlight streaming in from wide windows, surrounded by warm beds, polished wood floors, a...

"THIS goddess Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of a hundred learned men." In this saying the Latin author has given us the key to all the restless striving to search out the Unknown and the Unknowable which marks our own age, just as it has marked periods in history which we are apt to look back upon as being but little removed from the dark ages. Of all the methods by which men and women seek to penetrate into the mysteries of Fate and Futurity, Cartomancy is one that can clai...

Un recueil de onze nouvelles tordues, terrifiantes par l'autrice primée de romans d'horreur Erica Summers. Comprenant des histoires de terreur psychologique captivante, du cosmic, du bizarro, du body horror et de l'horreur extrême.Ce recueil glaçant d'histoires courtes horrifiques comprend :TINESDÉRAILLÉPEINT EN VERMILLONRASSASI ÉDANS LE SANG DU MARTYRTOUS DE LA MÊME COULEUR À L'INTÉRIEURBAISER D'OCCASION

It was in the middle of the harmattan season, and the weather was hot and humid. The scorching rays of the sun had sucked the moisture out of every plant in the land and had turned the green leaves into dark yellow in color. Many of the leaves had fallen to the ground and had begun to decompose into dark loamy soilrich, fertile land, innocent and untouched. And that was the way it was in ancient times. That was the way it was until the Oburoni slave traders arrived on the continent and cha...

"A major contribution!”—Rachel Pollack, bestselling author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of WisdomThe definitive collection of rare, secret, and arcane tarot knowledgeThe Tarot: A Collection of Secret Wisdom from Tarot's Mystical Origins is the ultimate guide to the mysteries and lost knowledge of the tarot. This single volume includes more than ten selections from foundational tarot books, all from the ...

Michel Foucault has had an extraordinary impact on writers in the human sciences since his first book Madness and Civilization appeared in English. This title assesses the reactions to Madness and Civilization.

Can you still trust your own perception? How far would a fan go for their idol? Luc Morel, a famous musician adored from every angle, and fan Chloé, a wealthy artist, grow closer after his concert. Behind the scenes, they begin a secret love affair like in Chloé's most colourful collages. The stronger the pull, the blurrier the line between reality and illusion becomes. What if Luc is her fate? What if he needs her just as much as she needs him?