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Auf einem Passagierdampfer von New York nach Buenos Aires begegnen sich der Schachweltmeister Czentovic, der Öl-Millionär McConnor und der unscheinbare Dr. B. Eher zufällig tritt dieser gegen Czentovic an und besiegt zum Erstaunen aller seinen routinierten Gegner mit verspielter Leichtigkeit. Doch das Schachspiel fördert bei Dr. B., einem österreichischen Emigranten, Erinnerungen an den Terror seiner Inhaftierung im Nationalsozialismus zutage.

Sie heißen Chaim Yankel Rosenberg, Stanley Fisher oder Rabbi Pearlstein. Sie leben in Brooklyn oder in der Upper West Side von Manhattan, genau 5693 Meilen entfernt von Jerusalem und Tel Aviv. Und sie alle haben ein Problem mit Gott. Oder er mit ihnen, je nachdem. Bloom zum Beispiel hätte bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommen sollen, aber sein Volvo war sicherer als der Plan, den Gott für ihn vorgesehen hatte.

"Erwachen" ist der erste Teil der ungekürzten Lesung von Casanovas "Geschichte meines Lebens". In den gut 45 Stunden schildert Casanova zunächst seine Kindheit, seine Jugend und seine ersten zärtlichen Bekanntschaften. Er sammelt Erfahrungen als Geistlicher und Soldat. Man erfährt außerdem einiges über Casanovas Reisen nach Rom, Wien oder Bologna - und seine zahlreichen amourösen Abenteuer dort. Diese bringen ihm auch seine ersten "galanten Denkzettel" ein.

"Blütezeit" ist der zweite Teil der ungekürzten Lesung von Casanovas "Geschichte meines Lebens". In den mehr als 42 Stunden schildert Casanova nicht nur seine zahlreichen amourösen Abenteuer. Er richtet auch in Paris eine Lotterie ein, erzählt vom Mordversuch an Ludwig XV, gerät später selbst mit der Justiz aneinander und beschließt, Mönch zu werden. Aber er ändert schnell seinen Entschluss und reist als Geheimagent nach Holland.

"Reife" ist der dritte Teil der ungekürzten Lesung von Casanovas "Geschichte meines Lebens". In diesen fast 45 Stunden schildert Casanova wieder viele Reisen, die ihn durch halb Europa führen, unter anderem nach Paris, Madrid oder London. Dort macht er nicht nur Erfahrungen mit der "Denkweise der Engländer", sondern verführt auch zahlreiche Damen der gehobenen Gesellschaft, wobei er sich wie oft zuvor "Denkzettel", also Geschlechtskrankheiten, einfängt.

Francis Durbridge schrieb in der Frühzeit des Fernsehens die besten Radio-Krimiserien und Paul Temples zahlreiche Fälle genießen immer noch Kultstatus. Hierzulande sind einige Temple-Serien aus den Jahren 1951 bis 1967 erhalten geblieben.

Many girls want to join Sonaro’s circus, but most of them just don’t cut it. Valentine, however, is different. She's sexy as hell and a skilled dancer and gymnast, and the ringmaster knows he’ll have to be careful with her. But what a crowd-puller she’ll be! As for Valentine herself, well, there’s more than one kind of fulfilment to be had in a travelling show.

Amy is becoming worried that men just don’t seem interested in her. One day while working delivering flowers, she hands a bouquet to a handsome, shirtless man named Sammy; the flowers are from his ex, and he’s clearly not interested. After an accident leaves Amy needing a replacement blouse, Sammy is able to help - and thereafter Amy’s fantasies seem to focus around him. But when she returns his shirt, will he feel the same way? This adult-themed erotic short story is extremely explicit and is intended only for a mature, open-minded audience.

Lovemaking isn’t the same after Kelly’s husband Alan returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. During an early morning lovemaking session, they reminisce about the time they had wild sex in the women’s restroom at the Officer’s Club during his CO’s retirement party. Kelly had planned to seduce her husband when they returned home that evening, but neither one could wait that long. Although such memories are bittersweet, are they the key to overcome the physical and mental challenges Alan has had to face since his return?

When a good-hearted young woman becomes stressed at her workplace, she ends up doing things she regrets. Unhappy with her immoral actions, she decides to visit the one person she knows can set her back on the right path: a male dominatrix known only as ‘The Priest’. This mysterious character advertises an ability to purge women of their sins - exactly what our woman needs.... This erotic short story contains graphic scenes of a highly explicit nature and is therefore suitable only for an open-minded, mature audience

When Emerald Luzero - jack of all trades, mistress of none - crosses paths with Ivory Valentine, her life threatens to spin out of control. The stunning bar patron is like no one Emerald has ever seen. Her style draws Emerald near, but she proves to be an absolute enigma. Yet there is something quite familiar about this beautiful stranger. Emerald can’t quite put a finger on it, though. Plus, it seems that whenever Emerald tries to get close, Ivory vanishes. Will the gorgeous redheaded bartender figure out Ivory’s secret? Can she find the true romance she is seeking?

Mars is at war with Earth, and things are not going well. Isadora Banner, an experienced pilot, is as desperate for cash as Mars is for soldiers. Before flying out, her thoughts turn to her lost love, Charisse, a courtesan at the Artful Plaisir club in the pleasure district of Laurus City known as the Borough. Isa travels to the Borough in hopes of spending one last night together, but Charisse is less than pleased to see the woman who ran out on her without explanation. Can they mend their wounds from misunderstandings of long ago before it’s too late?

Cass is seriously bummed out that her boyfriend had the gall to confess to having an affair one week before Valentine’s Day. Now painfully single on one of the hardest days to be single out of the year, she reaches out to her good friend Jeannie for support. When Jeannie comes over to Cass’ apartment with flowers and chocolates, Cass is beyond pleased. She grows even more pleasantly surprised when Jeannie begins to hit on her.

Amanda, long divorced, encounters her ex-husband, Mark, for the first time in several years when they attend their daughter’s wedding rehearsal. Their divorce had been amicable, and during the event, they begin to realise how much they miss one another. When Amanda accepts her ex-husband’s offer to take her home, she feels a rekindling of the smouldering embers of the desire they once shared. But will it be reciprocated? This short story from Michael Bracken contains graphic and explicit language of a sexual nature and is strictly for adults only.

They’re an unconventional couple, but they love each other. She wants to trust him, but she needs him to prove she’s the one for him. Cross-dressing and a sound spanking might be the way to find out once and for all how much he loves her.

After adopting a bedraggled Border collie from the local animal shelter, a tenure-track professor of comparative literature discovers the canine’s secret - cursed to live life alternating between human and animal form. As their relationship develops, the professor finds herself drawn into an emotional and sexual relationship unlike any she’s ever previously experienced.

She calls in to talk dirty every time he does his show on pirate radio, and their on-air flirtations are growing hotter by the night. Every single listener seems to be getting off on the chemistry between the two of them, but is there something she hasn’t told him about herself? And will they ever meet up in real life? This erotic short story from Zak Jane Keir contains explicit language of a highly sexual nature and is only suitable for a mature, open-minded adult audience.

Event planner Claire Donovan loves giving clients the weddings of their dreams. But that gets tricky when she has to work with the man who recently broke her heart—Bo Matthews. As the son of the groom and owner of the perfect venue in Sweetwater Springs, Bo will be impossible to avoid. But can Claire be this close to her sexy ex without falling for his charms all over again?

Conrad Clarke, ehemaliger Kampfjet-Pilot und vermeintlicher Verbrecher, erhält erst eine SMS und dann Besuch von keinem Geringeren als Odin. Der möchte, dass Conrad eine vermisste Hexe für ihn findet. Kein Problem, oder? Bevor Conrad "Ragnarök" sagen kann, taucht er in eine Welt voller Götter, Magier, Hexen, Zwerge und einem sehr aggressiven Riesenmaulwurf ein. Seine einzigen Waffen: sein schräger Humor und seine unkonventionellen Methoden.

In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbreaking big-idea book, a deeply researched work of social and political history, and an intimate portrait of an essential American city that has been at the crossroads of the defining themes of the twenty-first century.