Author: Fazilʹ Iskander
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Betty DeRamus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743482646
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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A collection of true love stories from the American slavery period relates the experiences of slave, free, and black-and-white couples who risked their lives in order to be together, from a Georgia couple who fled bounty hunters for England to a Missouri slave who escaped to Canada to be with his white Mormon love. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Author: Tina Scott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781645431558
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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My story is full of secrets. A twisted novel of my life's journey--a failed marriage, death, sex, a touch of insanity, and an insatiable desire to believe there is a god. There are no more skeletons in my closet. The Forbidden Fruit is a raw memoir told in an honest and resonating tone. It is the story of facing fears and finding ways to hurl through the unknown.

Author: Jaye Robin Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062271016
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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"A sweet, sexy, honest teen romance that just happens to involve two girls—all the more charming for being so very ordinary.”—Kirkus A Kirkus Best Book of the Year! A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year! A Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Year! 3 starred reviews! Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that’s perfect for fans of Julie Murphy’s Dumplin’ and Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees. Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn’t possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad. Even if she’s starting to fall for the girl. Even if there’s a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. Right?

Author: Eden Bradley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 144813353X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Ever been tempted...? While Mia Curry’s university students cram into her class on sexuality, Mia has always kept her own private fantasies carefully under wraps – until now... Jagger James is everything Mia wants and everything that is taboo: he’s young, gorgeous – and a student. But how can Mia resist? From the bestselling author of The Dark Garden comes an irresistibly romantic tale of forbidden attraction.

Author: Erica Spindler
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1460303083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553

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A mother’s dark past is revealed when her daughter falls for a man who knows her secrets in this romantic thriller from a New York Times bestseller. Only one man can uncover the sins and secrets of three generations of Pierron women Lily Pierron: In sultry New Orleans any sin can be had for a price. For Lily, a legendary madam, that price is her daughter, Hope. Hope Pierron St. Germaine: By day, the elegant and pious wife of a wealthy hotelier, and devoted mother to Glory. By night, she succumbs to the unholy passions that threaten to destroy her. Glory St. Germaine: Unaware of her family’s shameful secrets, Glory suffers the consequences of a darkness she doesn’t even know exists. Headstrong and reckless, Glory finds forbidden love—with the one man who knows everything about the Pierron women. “A high adventure of love’s triumph over twisted obsession.” —Publishers Weekly “Outstanding! A first-rate romantic thriller.” —Rendezvous

Author: Mark D. Regnerus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199744947
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why? Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents, schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral, and responsible persons. Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly, evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens have internalized or are even able to articulate the sexual ethic taught by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates sexual decision making.

Author: Mary Katherine Compton
Publisher: NAL
ISBN: 9780451204066
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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America's roadside church signs have long been a source of unexpected wisdom and often very amusing as well. This entertaining, gift-sized book collects hundreds of then wittiest and most thought-provoking and provides a wonderful combination of humour and inspiration. 'Don't give up - Moses was a basket case too' 'Forbidden fruit creates many jams' 'Be nice to your kids. They'll be choosing your nursing home'

Author: Stanley Gazemba
Publisher: Mantle
ISBN: 9780998642307
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Fiction. African and African American Studies. Winner of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Desperate to make ends meet, Ombima commits a "harmless" crime. When he tries to conceal his misdeed, the simple farm laborer becomes a reluctant participant in a sinister affair. If discovered, the consequences could be disastrous for Ombima's family, friends, and a spate of unwitting, gossipy villagers. A delicious tale of greed, lust, and betrayal, Stanley Gazemba's FORBIDDEN FRUIT is more than a dramatic tale of rural life in western Kenya. The moral slips and desperate cover-ups--sometimes sad, sometimes farcical--are the stories of time and place beyond the village of Maragoli. "Once in a while I come across a novel that affirms life, without cheapening it, or sensationalizing, a book that presents a human condition with such mastery it makes one proud to be alive.they are, for me, the sort of books that make literature great."--Binyavanga Wainaina "What makes FORBIDDEN FRUIT] so special is that it has no pretensions about attempting to address issues of modernity, of city life, of 'clash of cultures, ' of the rural-urban divide...the issues it deals with are as immediate, even if they are beyond the gaze, beyond the limits of the urbanity that attracts most writers."--African Review of Books

Author: Michelle R. Holmes
Publisher: BookCountry
ISBN: 1463002777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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There are two sides to every story. Read along while Jasmine & Cole both tell you their sides of the story of how they grew in love over the Internet, & eventually met in person. Jasmine's a young black woman who has recently experienced heart break. She builds up walls so that no one will have the chance to break her heart again. She decides to escape her reality & live vicariously through cyberspace. Cole's a young disabled white man who has spent three-quarters of his life in & out of hospitals. Due to injury, he is bedridden & has only his computer to socialize & meet new people. Because of his upbringing, falling in love with a black woman was taboo. But there was something about Jasmine that made him want to taste the forbidden fruit.