The Naked Truth about Hedonism II

The Naked Truth about Hedonism II
Author: Chris Santilli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2010-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780966268379

What Happens in Jamaica, Stays in Jamaica? Except in this tell-all, cheeky guide to the world's naughtiest resort, Hedonism II. Everyone returns from Hedonism II with at least one good story no one at home believes. Is Hedonism II a retirement home for worn-out swingers? Is it a testosterone tour-de-force with too few eligible single women to clamor over? Is it a cult that sucks away all your vacation time? Well, the last one might be true. Learn why Hedonism II has a 90% repeat guest rate--even though the facilities are tired, the food is mediocre, and the beach sand hurts your feet--if you are still standing after a week. The Hedo myths: Only young singles go to Hedonism II. People walk around naked everywhere. Open sex is rampant. Someone will try to steal your wife. Every myth has its truth...but Hedonism II is 50% couples--and most guests are over 30, full nudity is only allowed on one beach, the hotel does not condone public sex (but it happens), and your wife--well, that's her choice. But at Hedo you will see what you've never seen before. And you might do it too. Here are the truths and tips that will make your vacation to Hedonism II the most fun trip you'll ever take--again and again. FYI: The resort Hedonism II did not authorize this book; the book includes the good, bad, and the ugly. Although the resort's owners tried to stop distribution of the 1st ed. of the book in federal court in 1998, the author enjoys Hedonism II as a vacation destination and continues to travel there regularly.

Chasing: Undercover at Hedonism II

Chasing: Undercover at Hedonism II
Author: Jason Pinaster
Publisher: Smashwords
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780463894880

In this high-stakes and erotically charged thriller, two undercover agents seek evidence against an evil, if libidinous, criminal mastermind. The problem is that each agent thinks that the other is part of the target's illicit organization.Follow the action at Hedonism II, Jamaica's notorious sex resort: sun, fun and undercover operations-undercover in both senses of the word!Shadow F.B.I. agent Jackie as she seduces her target and is initiated into the joys of girl-girl relations. Plus see the action through Keith's eyes as he lies back on the bed and watches his lovers in the mirror on the ceiling.Then matters really heat up when their target demands an orgy in Hedo's anything-goes Romping Room!Will the agents learn each other identity in time, or will each sink the other's operation? And what will happen when they each learn the other's true identity?

A Hedonist Manifesto

A Hedonist Manifesto
Author: Michel Onfray
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0231538367

Michael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a sweeping survey of history's engagement with and rejection of the body, he exposes the sterile conventions that prevent us from realizing a more immediate, ethical, and embodied life. He then lays the groundwork for both a radical and constructive politics of the body that adds to debates over morality, equality, sexual relations, and social engagement, demonstrating how philosophy, and not just modern scientism, can contribute to a humanistic ethics. Onfray attacks Platonic idealism and its manifestation in Judaic, Christian, and Islamic belief. He warns of the lure of attachment to the purportedly eternal, immutable truths of idealism, which detracts from the immediacy of the world and our bodily existence. Insisting that philosophy is a practice that operates in a real, material space, Onfray enlists Epicurus and Democritus to undermine idealist and theological metaphysics; Nietzsche, Bentham, and Mill to dismantle idealist ethics; and Palante and Bourdieu to collapse crypto-fascist neoliberalism. In their place, he constructs a positive, hedonistic ethics that enlarges on the work of the New Atheists to promote a joyful approach to our lives in this, our only, world.

Sexpot with Stretch Marks

Sexpot with Stretch Marks
Author: Jenny Perry
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781503332379

In a culture obsessed with how we look, weight loss and anti-aging, Jenny G. Perry's book, "Sexpot with Stretch Marks" asks us to redefine beauty and passing judgment on other women. Are we allowed to truly love ourselves? Inside this book you'll read empowering words that push the boundaries of how we see our bodies, our stretch marks and our wrinkles. Are we too much or too little? Are we good enough as we are? Loving and accepting yourself exactly as you are now, is the goal of the courageous, enlightening words. Not just about stretch marks but about how you really see yourself, your body and your beauty!

Violence

Violence
Author: Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008-07-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0312427182

Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in the world.

The God Who Is There

The God Who Is There
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441213856

It can no longer be assumed that most people--or even most Christians--have a basic understanding of the Bible. Many don't know the difference between the Old and New Testament, and even the more well-known biblical figures are often misunderstood. It is getting harder to talk about Jesus accurately and compellingly because listeners have no proper context with which to understand God's story of redemption. In this basic introduction to faith, D. A. Carson takes seekers, new Christians, and small groups through the big story of Scripture. He helps readers to know what they believe and why they believe it. The companion leader's guide helps evangelistic study groups, small groups, and Sunday school classes make the best use of this book in group settings.

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-10-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892367857

Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.

The Cambridge Introduction to Satire

The Cambridge Introduction to Satire
Author: Jonathan Greenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2019
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1107030188

Provides a comprehensive overview for both beginning and advanced students of satiric forms from ancient poetry to contemporary digital media.

Heavy Vinyl #2

Heavy Vinyl #2
Author: Carly Usdin
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1613989733

With Rory in danger and Chris finally in on the crew's off-hour activities, they need a plan to get to her in time... and they find it in the most unexpected place!

Democracy and Education

Democracy and Education
Author: John Dewey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1916
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.