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'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays: The Lover's Melancholy; The Broken Heart; 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; ...

1 review
John Ford

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Great books
All of these in the Oxford English Drama series are well worth the money. Thank heavens (and Oxford) that they are in print at this price. I am collecting them all. I've got a shelf of them now. Jane Smiley, writing on something else, said one doesn't need Shakespeare's contemporaries to recognize his greatness. I feel that misses a giant point: so much of our understanding and enjoyment of ...

Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old Pseudo-Virgin

11 reviews
Iris Bahr

Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Just plain funny. And heartwarming. And gross.
This book is laugh-out-loud funny, from the title to the last word. I never knew a book could make me cringe so much with embarassment! She compassionately writes about it feels to be 21 - bold, insecure, lost, boundless, immortal, giddy, and aching. I read it so fast and wanted it to keep going! I am waiting for the sequel! :)

The Whore's Child: Stories

27 reviews
Richard Russo

Vintage, 2003

Excellent Short Stories with Believable Characters
"The Whore's Child" is an unbelievably touching collection of short stories that showcase Richard Russo's ability to portray various characters as vulnerable, human and sympathetic. The title story is about an elderly nun that enters a creative writing class and proceeds to give a very sad retelling of her life since she was a very little girl. Surprisingly, the ending is not what you might ...

My French Whore

20 reviews
Gene Wilder

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Ineresting World War I vignette
Leaving his uninterested wife, Paul Peachy joins the armed services and is soon deployed to France during World War I. When his camp is decimated by the Germans, he finds himself at the wrong end of a number of rifles, but some quick thinking and a fluency in the German language serve to buy him some time. He assumes the identity of an infamous German spy, Harry Stroller, and is not only ...

Whore (Triple Crown Publications Presents)

126 reviews
Tanika Lynch

Triple Crown Publications, 2006

Mannn.......
First off, this book was so graphic, it was almost gross to read!! But it was real good though!! It was so interesting, youre gonna wonder why kamone wasnt dead by the end; she had a hard azz life!! But i highly recommend...very entertaining!!!

The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS

6 reviews
Elizabeth Pisani

W. W. Norton, 2008

A Must-Read
Elizabeth Pisani's The Wisdom of Whores - Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS is a great book (along with a great website). Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist with years of experience working on HIV/AIDS (or sex and drugs, as she puts, which sounds a lot, well, sexier) at a variety of agencies, including UNAIDS. The book is the story of her frustrations at the way the international ...

Whores on the Hill: A Novel

96 reviews
Colleen Curran

Vintage, 2005

Another good 80s flashback book
I was blown away by this book. The whole "good girl gone bad" thing is an enjoyable topic to read about. If you like THE BITCH POSSE and CONFESSIONS OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRLConfessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl you will love this book!

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

107 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Vintage, 2006

A parable on sex, and love, and the bed they make to lie in.
This book's genius is its masterful infusion with the element of surprise. The story's title suggests that we will perhaps be subjected to a nostalgic self-indulgent account of the sexual adventures of some callous testosterone-bloated man. Instead, we find a hero who is thoughtful, generous, and exquisitely sensitive and attuned to his lovers' slightest moves. Our stud-hero is cast as a ...

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

107 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Penguin, 2007

A parable on sex, and love, and the bed they make to lie in.
This book's genius is its masterful infusion with the element of surprise. The story's title suggests that we will perhaps be subjected to a nostalgic self-indulgent account of the sexual adventures of some callous testosterone-bloated man. Instead, we find a hero who is thoughtful, generous, and exquisitely sensitive and attuned to his lovers' slightest moves. Our stud-hero is cast as a ...

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

60 reviews
P. J. O'Rourke

Grove Press, 2003

Imagining an Updated Edition
P.J. O'Rourke is a wildly entertaining writer. In fact, I may as well admit to being a fan of his entire canon right now. P.J.'s got such a razor-sharp wit, I don't feel the need to agree with him when I laugh at his material. I read PARLIAMENT upon its initial publication, and suffering through the interminable 2008 presidential campaign prompted me to return to this book. It's still ...

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

2 reviews
P.J. O'Rourke

Pan Books Ltd, 1992

Excellent insight, Hard hitting humor, and Regretably true
This is a great read. As usual O'Rouke's witty humour does not let you down as he explains the government. He takes a dry mudane subject and injects it with humor and insight while making it once agian cool to be conservative.

Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity

7 reviews
Sarah Pomeroy

Schocken, 1995

Impressive portrait.
Grim picture of the status of women in Greek and Roman society. A scientific exploration based on classical marriage contracts, legal and medical texts, demographic data (on female infanticide) and philosophical and literary works (Plato, Aristoteles, Homeros and others). The status of Aspasia (Pericles' hetaera) was an exception. Women were confined to the domestic sphere, totally inferior to ...

Rogues, Writers & Whores: Dining With the Rich & Infamous

1 review
Daniel Rogov

Toby Press, 2007

Awesome Illustrations
This book was fun. The illustrations are absolutely perfect and the vignettes are fun. This book would be worth purchasing just for the illustrations.

Whores for Gloria: A Novel (Contemporary American Fiction)

5 reviews
William Vollmann

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994

Hors commerce (mais bien sur)
I read an interview with Mr. Vollman, I think a couple years ago, I can't quote directly but he said he thought that prostitutes were very spiritual people. They save marriages, they provide comfort to the loneliest, most desperate among us. In practically the same breath he observed that they spread disease and sometimes rob their johns. That kind of duality is at the heart of much of ...

Rembrandt's Whore: A Novel

7 reviews
Sylvie Matton

Canongate U.S., 2003

Meet Rembrandt van Rijn
This is a great little book. I enjoyed it tremendously. It brings the artist to life and shows how life with the Rembrandt felt like for Hendrickje, a country girl who became Rembrandt's common law wife. The book shows how it was to live in Amsterdam back in the mid-1600s, in all the little details. It is also a study of the intricate social structures which dominate small communities ...

Whores in History: Prositution in Western Society

4 reviews
Nickie Roberts

Harpercollins, 1993

We all should know!
I had a great time reading this book. We all should know a little bit more about the history of such a common, and obviously, important profession in worlds history. People who have something against them or people who say that their live a easy life will see that they're wrong. You will learn that in the past they were respected. Male readers, as I, will see whores in a diferent view - not ...

Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats: From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger

28 reviews
Star Parker

Pocket, 1998

Be responsible for yourself
Star Parker began life as an Air Force brat. She hung with a bad crowd and ended up on welfare. With the moral support of friends she got out of all that and made something of her life. Star Parker is proof that welfare is not for generations to live on, but with a little personal ambition and responsibility for one's self you can be someone.

Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of American Justice

9 reviews
Margaret A. Hagen

ReganBooks, 1997

A Must Have for ANYONE dealing with Psychs and legal battles
SEND A COPY TO EVERY JUDGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY!! Ms. Hagen has done an OUTSTANDING job of exposing the fallacies of the Psych communities involvement in the legal system. If you are attempting to refute bad "science" this book will help you to understand how to go about it. It will not give you step by step instructions but the understanding of how and WHERE the flaws are will help to create ...

Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction

9 reviews
Brendan Mullen

Da Capo Press, 2006

Great bio of a classic band
As someone who refused to even listen to the latest Jane's album (i'll only acknoledge the first 3!), didn't know what to expect from this book, a cheap attempt to wring some cash from an ever-diminishing fan-base? But Jane's is one of those bands... true innovators, and this book is a terrifically detailed account of their story. I was really impressed by the vast amount of interviewees the ...

'Tis Pity She's a Whore (New Mermaids)

6 reviews
John Ford

Methuen Drama, 2007

Excellent edition of a great play
Had there been no Shakespeare, John Ford's play "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" would never have been written--but Shakespeare's tremendous example not only provided part of context of this play, but also obscures it. "'Tis Pity" is not as good as Shakespeare's very best works (the great tragedies and romances). Ford struggles to match Shakespeare's second-best works (e.g., the great comedies such as ...

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