Her Heinous Defloration

Her Heinous Defloration
Author: Akshat Pathak
Publisher: Akshat S. Pathak
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2024-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9334056177

TRIGGER WARNING!! This book contains Authorial Violence & Character-Imposed: Psychological violence, and Suicidal ideation. A contemporary tale of gothic fiction, describing the fall of a woman’s beauty and the rise of her heinous fragility. Following the night of her blood-stained body in the dark sky, Pooja, the resident of the Mumbai city finds herself entangled between the shades of life and death. She finds herself frozen cold and dead to demand altruism for any human being present in her life, except her ally. Her heart begins wandering in the jungles of justice for her sufferings, but all she holds onto is a release, away from the human’s shelter in her life. She leaves her family and begins her journey in the cold gothic culture somewhere close by, from the scene of her traumatic fall from rise. She seeks herself away from the judiciary of death, from the trap of emotions for years, living alone in the vengeance of that brutal night… Until, one day, her ally, her emotional saviour meets the end of her three-year-long, loveless life. Not with death, not with suffering but with an unfortunate new chance. Love. The chance of love, which placed death in their hearts following the night of a December bonfire. What really happened that night? Who was Pooja, the sixth sense of Mumbai’s uncensored protests? Who was her ally, whom people commotion as her suffering? And of all, what was the unfortunate chance, who was the unfortunate chance, hiding in these clouds? A suspense tale worth describing the cents of gothic cravings, motifs, romanticized past living, and women in distress! “Notion to the unapologetic ravish who seeks rape culture over human culture… this book will be savoured by the readers of dark fiction.”

Her Trials, Her Tribulations

Her Trials, Her Tribulations
Author: Akshat Pathak
Publisher: Akshat S. Pathak
Total Pages: 112
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book “Her Trials, Her Tribulations” is an adaptation of the dark fiction title “Her Heinous Defloration” and is published for the general audience with significant changes to make it reader-friendly, without the use of explicit language and graphics that might be inappropriate for general light fiction readers, especially young adults. Conclusive of the same, this book has no age barrier. A refining tale of classic young adult fiction, describing the fall of a woman’s beauty and the rise of her wicked fragility. Following the night of her blood-stained body in the dark sky, Pooja, the resident of the Mumbai city finds herself entangled between the shades of life and death. She finds herself frozen cold and dead to demand altruism for any human being present in her life, except her ally. Her heart begins wandering in the jungles of justice for her sufferings, but all she holds onto is a release, away from the faithless shelter in her life. She leaves her family and begins her journey in the cold relentless culture somewhere close by, from the scene of her traumatic fall from rise. She seeks herself away from the judiciary of the Grim Reaper, from the trap of emotions for years, living alone in the nemesis of the hard-hearted night… Until, one day, her ally, her emotional saviour meets the end of her three-year-long, loveless life. Not with death, not with tribulation, but with an unfortunate new chance. Love. The chance of love, which placed curtains in their hearts following the night of a December bonfire. What really happened that night? Who was Pooja, the sixth sense of Mumbai’s uncensored protests? Who was her ally, whom people trusted as her suffering? And of all, what was the unfortunate chance, who was the unfortunate chance, hiding amongst these clouds? A suspense tale worth describing the cents of human insecurities, motifs, romanticized past lives, the young adults, and women in distress! “Notion to the unapologetic who fabricates the bad over the good in life… this book will be savoured by the young adults intrigued in the themes of classical background setting, with impending thrill & suspense.”

Sophie, I am happy... (REISSUE)

Sophie, I am happy... (REISSUE)
Author: Akshat Pathak
Publisher: Akshat S. Pathak
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2024-09-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9334112964

Vile is my love for Miss Sophie, Versatile is her friendship to my heart. Our friendship had always been a secretive event to every single person who lived in the Greek Kingdom. The reason was simple, people from enemy states couldn't be friends! Never! - Lovers, Never ever! Hardly was she ever aware of my feelings, my love, but still she was well aware of the friendship we had. A friendship which still had no answers; I was trying my everything to get her love over her body; but I was still unsure about her love being my very candle with a red ruby. I always felt paralyzed, but when one day came the news of her-herr ..... : I was wounded; and I felt myself immensely traumatized. I realized that my Eros was making feudal promises to the Thanatos; which, I, and my heart, unto life; failed to accept and understand. Inside, I felt deluded; lost; and betrayed in a situation where I still needed to discover the faraway truth. I wished to seek a manifestation - when I at last realized, this moment could be my only destination. .... I eventually met her - but; but - what I saw next, brought tears to my eyes... “A tale of love and tragedy which will make you experience love, even in the deadly warfare.”

The Second Sex

The Second Sex
Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 030781453X

The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —Vogue This unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir’s pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.

The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium
Author: Gerald Durrell
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-12-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1504042611

Uproarious antics fill this genre-crossing collection of six stories from the beloved British naturalist and author of the Corfu Trilogy. The eccentric Durrell family sets off on an ill-fated excursion in “The Picnic” and embarks on a Greek cruise in “The Maiden Voyage.” Next, things take a turn for the diabolical when a solo Durrell runs into a former flame in “The Public School Education”—and then finds trouble of a different sort in “The Havoc of Havelock.” Finally, the typically jocular Durrell unexpectedly shifts to the macabre with the surprise cuisine of “The Michelin Man” and the spine-tingling horror of “The Entrance.” With his knack for describing his often outlandish, always entertaining adventures, Gerald Durrell serves up an engrossing blend of genres in this intriguing collection of stories. Including both fiction and nonfiction, The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium reveals the wide-ranging talents of the famed naturalist and memoirist. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

The Consummate Virgin

The Consummate Virgin
Author: Jodi McAlister
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3030550044

This book is a study of female virginity loss and its representations in popular Anglophone literatures. It explores dominant cultural narratives around what makes a “good” female virginity loss experience by examining two key forms of popular literature: autobiographical virginity loss stories and popular romance fiction. In particular, this book focuses on how female sexual desire and romantic love have become entangled in the contemporary cultural imagination, leading to the emergence of a dominant paradigm which dictates that for women, sexual desire and love are and should be intrinsically linked together: something which has greatly affected cultural scripts for virginity loss. This book examines the ways in which this paradigm has been negotiated, upheld, subverted, and resisted in depictions of virginity loss in popular literatures, unpacking the romanticisation of the idea of “the right one” and “the right time”.

Rape in Antiquity

Rape in Antiquity
Author: Susan Deacy
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1997-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1905125879

How did the Greeks and Roman perceive rape? How seriously was it taken, and who were seen as its main victims? The studies in this volume look at the social and legal realities of rape in the ancient world, and also at the numerous myths of rape which themselves may reflect real behaviour and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses on the question of a woman's (or man's) consent to sexual activity and treats an unwilling partner as a victim worthy of sympathy, may find in ancient attitudes much that is disturbing.

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir
Author: Toril Moi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2008-01-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199238715

For the second edition of her landmark study of Simone de Beauvoir, Toril Moi provides a major new introduction discussing current developments in Beauvoir studies as well as the recent publication of papers and letters by Beauvoir, including her letters to her lovers Jacques-Laurent Bost and Nelson Agren, and her student diaries from 1926-7.

The Arthashastra

The Arthashastra
Author: Kauṭalya
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Total Pages: 836
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780140446036

This is an extraordinary detailed manual on statecraft and the science of living by one of classical India's greatest minds. Kautilya, also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta, wrote the Arthashastra not later than 150 AD. His genius is reflected in this volume, which is the most comprehensive treatise of statecraft of classical times.

Immaculate Forms

Immaculate Forms
Author: Helen King
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2024-09-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782836349

'Delightful, timely and critical' Cat Bohannon, author of Eve 'With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, the author weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites and frequently amuses' Adrian Thatcher, author of Vile Bodies Throughout history, religious scholars, medical men and - occasionally - women themselves, have moulded thought on what 'makes' a woman. She has been called the weaker sex, the fairer sex, the purer sex, among many other monikers. Often, she has been defined simply as 'Not A Man'. Today, we are more aware than ever of the complex relationship between our bodies and our identities. But contrary to what some may believe, what makes a woman is a question that has always been open-ended. Immaculate Forms examines all the ways in which medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women's organs. It explores how the womb was seen as both the most miraculous organ in the body and as a sewer; uncovers breasts' legacies as maternal or sexual organs - or both; probes the mystery of the disappearing hymen, and asks, did the clitoris need to be discovered at all?