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Lukas verbringt jede freie Minute in seiner Parzelle in der Kleingartenanlage. Eines Nachmittags beobachtet er seine neuen Garten-Nachbarn Gregor und Mascha bei ihrem ultraheißen Liebesspiel unter freiem Himmel. Am nächsten Tag überrascht ihn Mascha in einem knappen Bikini und bietet ihm ihr Hintertürchen an.

You're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.

This collection brings together 12 of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of 19th-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health.

Join Lucy Perkins as she transports us to a time long before our own, in a world untouched by modern civilization. In this captivating tale, we follow two spirited twins with bright twinkling eyes and flaming red hair as they navigate the wonders and dangers of prehistoric life. Discover a realm where there are no cities, farms, or roads—just an expansive, vibrant world filled with lush vegetation, wild beasts, and countless flying creatures. Lucys storytelling is not only entertaining but also rich with insights into early human existence. Get ready for an adventure that will ignite the ...

Step into the peeling corners of a sunlit nursery where shadows weave stories, and the wallpaper whispers secrets to the solitary occupant. The Yellow Wallpaper is a haunting exploration of the fine line between reality and madness, told through the intimate, unraveling voice of a woman confined by both a stifling room and the suffocating norms of her time. In this groundbreaking work, Gilman transforms the mundane into the menacing, using the seemingly innocent patterns of wallpaper to reveal a tapestry of despair, resilience, and suppressed creativity.

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of extraordinary power, exploring issues of mental health, the role of women in society, and the oppressive nature of the patriarchy. Told in the first person, the story follows the plight of a woman confined by her husband in a small room in an old mansion—ostensibly for her own good. As her boredom increases and her sanity deteriorates, she becomes fixated on the wallpaper in the room, the yellow design of which includes an image of a trapped woman.

Award-winning children's author Mitali Perkins grew up steeped in stories - escaping into her books on the fire escape of a Flushing apartment building and, later, finding solace in them as she navigated between the cultures of her suburban California school and her Bengali heritage at home. Now Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times: stories that provide mirrors to our innermost selves and open windows to other worlds.

In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily). Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her...

The Puritan William Perkins was the first to articulate prayer and preaching in his treatise on hermeneutics and homiletics titled The Art of Prophesying (1592). Perkins considered the pastor to be in the great succession of biblical prophets and apostles. Perkins’ method of preaching consists of interpretation, analysis, and application.

This powerful recording of "The Yellow Wallpaper", read by award-winning narrator Alison Larkin, is followed by an essay entitled "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The narrator of this chilling tale speaks of a beautiful house in the country her husband has taken for the summer. But its beauty is marred by her oppressive bedroom, its ugly yellow wallpaper, and the rest cure that her doctor and husband have forced on her.

We are living in historic times. Not since the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s has our country been as vigorously engaged in the reconciliation conversation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a more perfect union. However, it cannot be done without the church, because the faith of the people is more powerful than any law government can enact.

Katina King is the reigning teen jiu-jitsu champion of Northern California, but she's having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata, India and is reluctant to take on his future. Since he knows nothing about his past, how is he...

In today's world, men are more involved in their wives' pregnancies than ever before. This 2nd Edition of Dad's Guide to Pregnancy for Dummies gives new fathers a hands-on guide that covers all of the logistical, physical, and emotional aspects of pregnancy. It is a wealth of information on topics, such as setting up the nursery, childbirth 101, and how to take care of your newborn. The book includes ideas for knowing the right time to break the news and the pregnancy timeline.

Goldschürfer Rick will sich an seinem Chef rächen, indem er dessen heiße Tochter festbindet und hart rannimmt. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat: Sie ist mehr als willig, ihm all ihre Körperöffnungen anzubieten, und schreckt auch vor einem Dreier nicht zurück.

The ancient prophets said he would come. And for centuries the people watched, waited and hoped. He was to be the redeemer of Israel. The all-powerful King of Kings who would finally and decisively deliver the nation from the iron fist of Rome. Joseph of Arimathea is a wealthy man, but wealth can't buy peace. Nor the affection of the wife he loves. Nicodemus is a leader of Israel who will stop at nothing to find truth. Sadducee and Pharisee - two men, worlds apart, thrown together at the most critical moment in the history of the world.

Whether you know it or not, you're a leader. Maybe that's not news; you're used to taking charge. But if you're like many people, you have yet to discover your potential as a man or woman others follow in pursuit of a vision--a compelling, infectious vision that grips people and draws them...

Kiara langweilt sich in ihrem von Etikette bestimmten Leben im Hause ihrer reichen Eltern. Wie gern würde sie ihren sexuellen Hunger stillen, der durch ein Erlebnis mit ihrem Hauslehrer in ihr erwacht ist. Als ihre Eltern sie in ein Mädcheninternat schicken, ahnt sie nicht, wie schnell sich ihr Wunsch nach körperlicher Befriedigung erfüllen wird. Bereits am ersten Abend bekommt sie es mit gleich drei Männern gleichzeitig zu tun ...

Die hübschen Freundinnen Emilie und Magdalena sind dauergeil und lieben Sex. In Ermangelung männlicher Objekte, die ihre Lust im Mädcheninternat befriedigen könnten, bringen sie sich regelmäßig gegenseitig mit Streicheln, Aneinanderreiben und einem Holzdildo zum Höhepunkt. Doch manchmal muss es einfach ein Stab aus Fleisch und Blut sein. Ob sie den neuen knackigen Gärtner dazu verführen können, es ihnen beiden zu besorgen?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860 - 1935), gained much of her fame with lectures on women's issues, ethics, labor, human rights, and social reform. She often referred to these themes in her fiction. She is best remembered for her 1892 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which was based on her own bout with severe depression and misguided medical treatment.

Herland is a captivating utopian novel from 1915, crafted by the visionary feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This intriguing narrative unfolds in a secluded society composed exclusively of women who reproduce through parthenogenesis, leading to an idyllic social order devoid of war, conflict, and oppression. Originally serialized in Gilmans own magazine, Forerunner, this thought-provoking tale invites readers to explore a world where harmony reigns supreme.