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One girl's journey toward sexual freedom amidst the wild days and nights of the Village Jan Marlowe's a sweet young thing fresh off the bus from Indiana. But she has a secret: women make her hot. Spending a summer on the steamy streets of Greenwich Village, this square sets out to unleash her passion. But it isn't just women who take up with this country girl. Mike, a sensitive young folksinger, can't get his mind off Jan, even as she rebuffs him
...62) Thirty
The titillating diary of a housewife gone wild Turning twenty-nine years old, Janet Giddings Kurland starts a journal and records her comfortable, if boring, suburban lifestyle. But when this square sneaks a screw with her friend's husband, she starts down a path that will lead her to the hip streets of Greenwich Village. Amidst the sexually free, Janet blossoms and her housewife's journal turns into a sex diary filled with raunchy encounters,
...Four-time Edgar Award–winning author Lawrence Block's definitive essay collection on the art of writing fiction
For ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer's Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer's block and experimenting
...64) Threesome
There's more than one side to every story—especially in a threesome Harry, Priss, and Rhoda have a brilliant idea. They're going to write the best "bad" novel and they'll each contribute one third of the story. But what to write about? How about their unusual arrangement? And so this tale of steamy liaisons begins, as Harry and his wife, Priss, welcome randy divorcée Rhoda into their lives—and their bedroom. And so the three adventurers
...65) April North
Consumed by passion, a nice girl turned bad goes on a sexual tear that will threaten her reputation, her sanity, and ultimately, her life Innocent high school student April North gave her virginity to Dan, her long-time steady, an expression of pure love that she thought was the first step to marriage. But when Dan spreads the word, she finds herself marked with a scarlet letter—not A for adultery, but E for easy—and in a town like
...66) So Willing
A young lecher embarks on a quest to bed a virgin and quickly discovers that his town's so-called virgins are more experienced—and aggressive—than they seem A certified sex-hunter at seventeen, Vince is making the leap to that most elusive game: the maiden. With his skills, seducing a virgin would be short work but for a simple problem: he can't find any. First there's Betty, whom he beds before learning she has a prude's reputation
...67) Sin Hellcat
Bored with his perfect suburban life, a bitter '60s ad man reconnects with his college sweetheart, a prostitute who enlists him in a spectacular act of international smuggling [Summary] Harvey Christopher is a successful man. After twelve years on Madison Avenue, he owns a suburban palace complete with electric oven, electric icebox, and an electric wife—all of them highly functional but completely unresponsive to his needs. A brush with
...68) Matando a Castro
69) Small town
"A witty series, Bernie is incorrigibly adorable. Between his inquiring mind and his sticky fingers, Bernie is the ideal sleuth. Notre Dame at dusk. Pepy's account of the great fire of London. A really good cashmere coat. Some treasures are timeless...I feel like putting Bernie Rhodenbarr on that list." —New York Times Book Review "Wonderfully funny...Block's effortless first-person narrative and zippy dialogue is as pleasing
...Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting—and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period.
He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is apparently burgled three times on the night Bernie breaks in: once before
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