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“maxwell kenton”

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  • Candy. Illustrated edition. Complete and Unabridged.

    by Maxwell Kenton ...
    Candy (1958), written under the pseudonym Maxwell Kenton by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, is a provocative satirical novel that blends bawdy humor with social critique. Originally published by Olympia Press as part of its "Traveller's Companion" series, the book gained notoriety for its explicit content and controversial themes. The novel follows Candy Christian, an 18-year-old ingénue ... Read more

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  • The Precious One

    A Novel

    by Marisa de los Santos ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Belong to Me, Love Walked In, and Falling Together comes a captivating novel about friendship, family, second chances, and the redemptive power of love.In all her life, Eustacia “Taisy” Cleary has given her heart to only three men: her first love, Ben Ransom; her twin brother, Marcus; and Wilson Cleary—professor, inventor, philanderer, self-made ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

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  • Tropic of Capricorn

    by Henry Miller ...
    Series series Miller, Henry
    Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller’s Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn’s ethnic neighborhoods and Miller’s outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • The Collected Stories Of Eudora Welty

    A Collection

    by Eudora Welty ...
    With a new introduction from best-selling author Ann Patchett, this National Book Award–winning story collection is a landmark of Southern literary fiction and one of the great works of twentieth-century American literature.Eudora Welty wrote novels, novellas, and reviews over the course of her long career, but the heart and soul of her literary vision lay with the short story, and her National ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Personal Matter

    by Kenzaburo Oe ...
    Translated by John Nathan ...
    From the Nobel Prize–winning author: "One of the great short novels of the 20th century" ( The Wall Street Journal).Internationally acclaimed as one of the world's most influential writers, Kenzaburō Ōe brings to the fore the post-WWII rage and anxiety of a decorous society in this "deathly black comedy . . . dripping with nuclear terror" ( The Japan Times).Bird is an antisocial twenty-seven-year ... Read more

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  • The Master Key

    by Masako Togawa ...
    Translated by Simon Grove ...
    Series Book 17 - Pushkin Vertigo
    The prize-winning debut mystery from one of Japan's best-loved crime writersThe K Apartments for Ladies are occupied by over one hundred unmarried women, once young and lively, now grown and old—and in some cases, evil.Their residence conceals a secret connecting the unsolved 1951 kidnapping of four-year-old George Kraft to the clandestine burial of a child's body in the basement bath-house. So, ... Read more

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  • The Rosy Crucifixion

    Sexus, Plexus, Nexus

    by Henry Miller ...
    Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, his second major trilogy, took more than 10 years for the author to complete. Beginning in 1949 with Sexus, a work so controversial all of Paris was abuzz with L'Affaire Miller, (and publisher Maurice Girodias saw himself threatened with jail), following in 1952 with Plexus, and finally concluding with 1959's Nexus, the three works are a dazzling array of scenes, ... Read more

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  • The Hunting Gun

    by Yasushi Inoue ...
    Translated by Michael Emmerich ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    A tragedy in three letters: THE masterpiece of one of Japan's greatest writersThe Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes of Midori, who had ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Tropic of Capricorn

    by Henry Miller ...
    Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller’s Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn’s ethnic neighborhoods and Miller’s outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. ... Read more

    $1.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

    by Yasunari Kawabata ...
    Series series Vintage International
    Three surreal, erotically charged stories from Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata.In the three long tales in this collection, Yasunari Kawabata examines the boundaries between fantasy and reality in the minds of three lonely men. Piercing examinations of sexuality and human psychology—and works of remarkable subtlety and beauty—these stories showcase one of the twentieth century’s great writers ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • By His Command

    by Justine Elyot ...
    Sarah and Jasper Jay are back for more kinky fun. But this time will it lead to a commitment that reaches beyond mere games of passion? The sequel to Justine Elyot’s bestselling His House of Submission.Sarah’s new job as a costumed guide at a Victorian museum suddenly becomes more tense when Jasper Jay, her lover and master, appears without warning. Jasper is scouting the museum for a film about ... Read more

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  • Candy

    by Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg ...
    The New York Times–bestselling parody of Voltaire's Candide that was banned in France and went on to become a salacious cult classic.Candy is a perfect, idealistic, innocent girl, born on Valentine's Day, which, her daddy says, is why she's so beautiful. At college in Racine, Wisconsin, she listens earnestly to Professor Mephisto's lecture on philosophy and how "deep and aching are the needs of ... Read more

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