A thoughtful, hilarious, and compulsively readable memoir by an Ivy League graduate-turned-pornographer who sets out to bring sophistication and equality to sexual cinema—only to find that he can’t change porn, but porn can certainly change him.American Gangbang heralds the arrival of a profound and gifted new voice in narrative nonfiction. In 1999, after four years of studying at Brown University, Sam Benjamin heads to California in a twe...

A wild, unfiltered rock-star memoir from Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy—an inside look at the sex, drugs, and excess of the 1980s hair-metal scene, and the rise and fall of one of hard rock’s biggest bands.Step into the high-voltage world of 1980s hard rock, where the Sunset Strip was ground zero for sex, drugs, and glam metal glory. Stephen Pearcy, lead singer and founding member of Ratt, lived it all—from Hollywood clubs packed with aspiring rock gods to sold-out a...

The Storyteller gathers for the first time the fiction of the legendary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, best known for his groundbreaking studies of culture and literature, including Illuminations, One-Way Street and The Arcades Project. His stories revel in the erotic tensions of city life, cross the threshold between rational and hallucinatory realms, celebrate the importance of games, and delve into the peculiar relationship between gambling a...

This Audiobook contains the following works : 1. 1984 by George Orwell Start at Chapters 1 2. Animal Farm by George OrwellSt art at Chapters 26 3. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Start at Chapters 36 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 55 5. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Start at Chapters 100 6. Persuasion by Jane Austen Start at Chapters 153 7. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft Start at Chapters 177 8. The Law of Success by N...

This moving book provides an inside-view of life in prison, and people's remarkable ability to make sense of their lives there as they learn to meditate. Drawing on years of intimate correspondence between prisoners and charity workers of the Prison Phoenix Trust, it traces prisoners' struggles through the harshest of circumstances to find authenticity, friendship and hope. This is not only an empowering guide for those in prison, but a testament to the liberating power of peace, which, in...

"GUARD THE DEPOSIT ENTRUSTED TO YOU"--1 TIMOTHY 6:20In the last months before his execution, Paul sent two letters--2 Timothy and Titus--to his sons in the faith. Paul's final exhortations are deeply relevant to Christians today. We must guard our character and hold firm to the gospel in the face of false teaching and opposition.2 Timothy & Titus: A 40-Day Bible Study is meditative, gospel-centered, practical, and prayerful....

This riveting memoir follows a Lebanese-Muslim-American and thirty-year US Marine veteran who suffered a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen—and remained loyal to his country through it all.As air strikes carpeted Yemen's capital, Sam Farran was one of only a few Americans in the war-ravaged country. He was there to conduct security assessments for a variety of international firms. Days after his arrival, he was brutally seized and taken hosta...

This riveting memoir follows a Lebanese-Muslim-American and thirty-year US Marine veteran who suffered a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen—and remained loyal to his country through it all.As air strikes carpeted Yemen's capital, Sam Farran was one of only a few Americans in the war-ravaged country. He was there to conduct security assessments for a variety of international firms. Days after his arrival, he was brutally seized and taken hosta...

I am passion.I am church.I am faith.I am worship.I am praise.I am more than a conqueror.I am a believer.I am a miracle.Sam Johnson has a heart for Jesus and a mind for Christ. No matter what his challenges in life, he has learned, through his steadfast faith in God, that it is possible to view everyday life from a Christian perspective and then successfully use that perspective to cope with any challenging circumstances that arise.

A lively and entertaining memoir of a life in public service to the city and state of New York.When he was twenty-five, Sam Aldrich danced with Queen Elizabeth II in London. By the time he was thirty-seven, he was marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma. Recounting the journey between and beyond those two points, and musing over the irony of the contrast they represent, is the subject of this remarkable and entertaining memoir.After a cosseted childho...

The complete Series 1 and 2 of the drama based on the publications of the real-life Lady Whistledown - the anonymous 18th Century columnist, 'Mr Spectator''Wonderfully droll' The SpectatorLondon, 1710. Enigmatic man of letters Mr Spectator moves like a shadow through the city's streets and coffee-houses, observing the manners, morals and misdemeanours of his fellow men. He has his finger on the pulse of all the latest news...

The legendary rock singer and Skid Row frontman holds nothing back in this "ribald and freewheeling memoir . . . a delightfully trashy and salacious read" (AV Club).FROM SKID ROW TO BROADWAY,FROM THE GUTTERS OF NEW JERSEY TO SAVILE ROW,HEREIN LIES THE TALE OF THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF BACH 'N' ROLL, MOTHERTRUCKERS!!!!!!Sebastian Bach is the epitome of a rock 'n' roll front man. Loud, boisterous,...