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The Taconic Tragedy: A Son's Search for the Truth
Jeanne Bastardi - 2011
As panicked motorists swerved out of her way, she continued for almost two miles. Blowing horns, flashing lights, and waving arms did nothing to deter her. Rounding a curve in the road, she rocketed head on into an oncoming SUV. The vehicles seemed to explode as they hit. The minivan plunged downhill and burst into flames as the SUV was pushed across two lanes and struck by another SUV. In the smoldering vehicle and twisted metal scattered along the highway, lay the bodies of eight people.Days later came the headlines;"Wrong Way Crash Mom Drunk and High!"
Amazons: An Intimate Memoir By The First Woman To Play In The National Hockey League
Cleo Birdwell - 1980
In this fictional memoir, Birdwell plays for the New York Rangers hockey team and relates her experiences as the team's goaltender.
On The Verge
Ariella Papa - 2002
Poised on the brink of either a new relationship, a trendy new life, or a nervous breakdown, twenty-three-year-old Jersey girl Eve Vitali, administrative assistant for a bicycle magazine, searches for something more then surfing the Net, partying, and casual dating--a hilarious quest that forces her
Ladies' Man
Richard Price - 1978
Now, unattached and unemployed, can he stop the downward spiral of his life?
Warrior Saved: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Fated Mates of Halia Book 3)
Alaska Jones - 2021
He's huge, mean, and damaged. It's bad enough he oversees Elsa's work, but he's also her personal bodyguard and roommate. They're at each other's throats all day, but at night, with no one looking and the wine flowing, she can't stop staring at him. He might be off-limits, but he's also hot as hell, and he can't keep his hands off her when he's drunk.Everyone tells her she should avoid him, that there's no saving him and no going back if she gives in. But forbidden fruit is always the sweetest, and one bite shouldn't hurt.Unless she ends up mated to the angry brute.Warrior Saved is an enemies-to-lovers standalone sci-fi romance featuring a spitfire heroine with OCD and a damaged, messy hero. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happily ever after guaranteed! 18+Each book in the series can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, it’s recommended that the series be read in order.
Suicide Casanova
Arthur Nersesian - 2002
Suicide Casanova is erotic noir and Nersesian’s hard-boiled prose comes at you like a jailhouse confession.”—Jonathan Ames, author of The Extra Man
Arthur Nersesian is the bestselling cult author of The Fuck-Up, Chinese Takeout, Manhattan Is a Loverboy and dogrun. The former managing editor of the Portable Lower East Side, he currently lives in New York City.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Judith Rossner - 1975
But when the sun went down, her life was an endless, faceless whirl of bars and beds and men she'd never seen before and wouldn't see again. If she couldn't find love, she took chances on men who were better than no men at all. And learned, with each new night and each new nightmare, that finding her man was only the beginning.
Bad Behavior
Mary Gaitskill - 1988
Daisy's valentine --A romantic weekend --something nice --An affair, edited --Connection --Trying to be --Secretary --Other factors --Heaven
Whip Smart: A Memoir
Melissa Febos - 2010
In poetic, nuanced prose she charts how unchecked risk-taking eventually gave way to a course of self-destruction. But as she recounts crossing over the very boundaries that she set for her own safety, she never plays the victim. In fact, the glory of this memoir is Melissa’s ability to illuminate the strange and powerful truths that she learned as she found her way out of a hell of her own making. Rest assured; the reader will emerge from the journey more or less unscathed.
This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980–1995
James Lough - 2013
This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic façade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s. Providing a window into the late Bohemia of New York during that time, countless interviews and firsthand accounts adorn this social history of one of the most celebrated and culturally significant landmarks in New York City.
They Whisper
Robert Olen Butler - 1994
In fact, as he relives his moments of intimacy with them, Ira often speaks in the voices of these women. A profound and erotic examination of human sexuality.
The Price: My Rise and Fall As Natalia, New York's #1 Escort
Natalie McLennan - 2008
A cautionary tale about a bright, confident young woman who sells her future for easy money and glamour, "The Price" takes readers inside the world of the twenty-five-year-old-girl "New York" magazine labeled "The $2,000-An-Hour Hooker."
Going Down
Jennifer Belle - 1996
As a call girl. With a sharp eye for satire and a keen comic sense, Belle chronicles nineteen-year-old Bennington’s high-pressure adventures. Stuck with an ulcer, a father who loves his dog like a daughter, a shrink who is hard of hearing, and New York University tuition to worry about, she's working overtime to keep it all together and doing what she can to survive. Spending the night in an abandoned hotel pool, punching pushy old women on the subway, Bennington is at an all-time low, and things are only going down from there. A witty take on making it in the city, Going Down showcases Jennifer Belle’s unerring gift for capturing the absurdities of day-to-day life. Funny and intelligent with an endearingly skewed take on life, Belle is the real thing.
The City and the Pillar
Gore Vidal - 1948
But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in "awful kid stuff", the experience forms Jim's ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the Pillar remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men.
The Alcoholic
Jonathan Ames - 2008
Unfortunately, the first place his search takes him is the bottom of a bottle as he careens from one off-kilter encounter to another in search of himself.