When Dashiel s body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his world small in order to survive. By day he lives in an abandoned swimming pool and fixes electrical devices to trade for supplies, but by night, alone, he hunts sharks a reckless search for dangerous men who prey on the vulnerable. A chance meeting with an American boy selling himself on the streets throws this lonely existence into disarray. Micky is troubled, fragile, and Danny feels a desperate need to protect him from what, he doesn't know. As Danny discovers more about Micky, he realizes that what Micky needs saving from is the one thing Danny can't help him fight against. To save Micky, Danny must risk expanding his world and face something that scares him more than any shark ever could: trusting he will be accepted for who he is. If a freezing winter on the streets, a sadistic doctor, and three thousand miles don t tear them apart first, that is.
Josh's idea of a romance is curling up alone and reading a novel with a happily ever after. He s made his flat a safe haven where the walls are covered with beautiful words and his living room ceiling is a map of the universe. Angus may be shy and inexperienced, but he's incapable of hiding anything, especially his attraction to his older neighbor. When Josh admits to Angus that he s gay, he doesn't expect Angus s reaction. Angus s obvious interest terrifies Josh. For years he s managed to keep the world at arm s length and avoid getting too close to anyone. Well, anyone except Eleanor, Angus s mother, who helped Josh rebuild his life after he was hospitalized for depression. But Josh still thinks he s broken. His past has left scars he thinks are too deep to heal. Despite Josh s defenses, Angus begins to mean more to him than just the cute boy next door. If Josh can take a risk and let someone into his isolated world, he might have a chance for a real-life happy ending.
Library Edition" When fifteen-year-old Romeo's mother leaves one day and doesn't return, he finds himself homeless and trying to survive on the streets. Mute and terrified, his silence makes him vulnerable, and one night he is beaten by a gang of other kids, only to be rescued by a boy who pledges to take care of him. Julian is barely two years older than Romeo. A runaway from an abusive home, he has had to make some difficult choices and sells himself on the street to survive. Taking care of Romeo changes him, gives him a purpose in life, gives him hope, and he tries to be strong and keep his troubles with drugs behind him. But living as they do is slowly destroying him, and he begins to doubt he can be strong enough. This is the story of their struggle to find a way off the streets and stay together at all costs. But when events threaten to tear them apart, it is Romeo who must find the strength within himself to help Julian (and not let their love story turn into a Shakespearean tragedy).
At seventeen, Sasha is a little lost and a lot lonely. He craves friendship and love, but although he's outwardly confident, his self-destructive tendencies cause problems, and he pushes people away. Making sculptures out of the broken glass he collects is the only thing that brings him any peace, but it's not enough, and every day he feels himself dying a little more inside. Until he meets Thomas. Thomas is shy but sure of himself in a way Sasha can't understand. He makes it his mission to prove to Sasha that he is worthy of love and doesn't give up even when Sasha hurts him. Little by little Sasha begins to trust Thomas. And when Sasha is forced to confront his past, he realizes accepting the love Thomas gives him is the only way to push back the darkness.
Pink Tiger and the Whore Liberation Front is the fourth book in Suki Khan's Whore Saga series. In book three--Flower Child of Icebane--Algan, a Protector Planet, rescues and heals girls torn up from sexual slavery. The Alganian Fleet, a powerful galactic force, will tolerate no woman or girl mistreated. Big, chivalrous, protective, and compassionate, the Alganian soldiers are Universal Rescuers--a source of hope in a galaxy full of Brothel Planets and continuous war which ravages the soft and the feminine. Pink Tiger is one such 'soft, feminine' who needs to be rescued. Exotic, rare, lovely, and delicate, her downy ivory fur banded with rich pink stripes, this Tiger Girl is both tough and tender. As she is sold and moved from brothel to brothel, she does what she must to survive. This is her story.
The Ojin of Icebane tiny, lovely, delicate, sensual girls--are abducted by the rapacious Korekians and trafficked into sexual slavery. Algan, a Protector Planet, sets out to rescue the vulnerable Ojin. The Alganian Fleet, a powerful galactic force, will tolerate no woman or girl mistreated. Big, chivalrous, protective, and compassionate, the Alganian soldiers are Universal Rescuers--a source of hope in a galaxy full of Brothel Planets and continuous war which ravages the soft and the feminine.
Ori-lana is a warm, enticing pleasure creature of the frozen world of Icebane. Hitherto a small, ignored planet at the edge of nowhere, Icebane suddenly finds itself in the path of invading armies. Daymon, Ambassador Extraordinaire to Icebane from the Protector Planet Algan, is determined to shield the vulnerable, delicate, sensual women of Icebane from harm. When Korekian slavers kidnap the women, Daymon and the Alganian fleet set out on a rescue that leads them to Sex-Slave Auctions and Brothel Planets across the galaxy. Flower Child of Icebane is the third novel in the Whore Saga series. The first two books, Tender Bodies and Whore Stories and Comfort the Comfort Women, are fantasy erotica set in the Earth military-brothel city of KokoBang. Flower Child takes us off-world to Icebane, planet of the Ojin, celestial pleasure women.
The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience. Cuban contemporary dance, or tecnica cubana as it is known throughout Latin America, is a highly evolved hybrid of ballet, North American modern dance, Afro-Cuban tradition, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. Unlike most dance forms, tecnica was created intentionally with government backing. For Cuba, a dancing country, it was natural--and highly effective--for the Revolutionary regime to link national image with the visceral power of dance. Written by a dancer who traveled and worked in Cuba from the 1970s to the present, this book provides an inside look at daily life in Cuba. From watching the great Alicia Alonso, to describing the economic trials of the 1990s "Special Period," the author uses history, humor, personal experience, rich description and extensive interviews to reveal contemporary life and dance in Cuba.
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