Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850

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Although the interiors found in aristocratic houses have received much attention over the years, little has been written about how the interiors of middle-class homes have evolved. This attractive and deeply informed book traces the development-in word and picture-of vernacular British interiors. The book is a greatly expanded and revised version of Ayres's earlier work The Book of the Home in Britain and deals with a wide range of subjects, including heating and lighting, details of doors, doorways and staircases, and the use of color. Embellished with illustrations from early sources and the author's own line drawings together with photographs of surviving interiors and their details, the book provides evidence for the treatment of historic interiors and inspiration for schemes of decoration today.

Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850

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Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850
James Ayres
Manufacturer: Paul Mellon Center BA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS460I

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Terrific Anthology.......2006-09-18

I bought this when I looked at the index and saw one of the authors is Tee A. Corinne who truly knows how to deliver a story.

This is a Keeper!

I found the following information on the book -

From Publishers Weekly
What do women want sexually? Here 21 women writers, some pseudonymous, spin a variety of candid erotic fantasies in an attempt to answer the question with a turn-on for every taste and circumstance. One of the most imaginative, "The House of the Twin Jewels," describes a futuristic brothel for female patrons. "A Japanese Play" features group sex for money while the camera rolls. "The Scavenger Hunt" and "Humming" celebrate lesbian love, the latter affording a healing experience for one partner, her "aging body wracked these days with the storms of menopause." In "Fearful Symmetry" the handicapped male lover has a prosthetic arm. "Cradles of Light" mingles autoerotic enjoyments with memories of the past. Clinical therapist Barbach has written and edited several volumes (including the nonfiction Pleasures: Women Write Erotica designed to help women fulfill their sensual potential. Her introductory comments to this book stress the need for affirmation, tenderness and mystery. Unhappily, many of the stories suffer from awkwardly sentimental and amateurish writing. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the book - 21 erotic short stories by women, for women. "In this intense exploration of seduction, romance, and erotic fantasy, Lonnie Barbach has collected 21 tales that stimulate the mind as well-as the .body. These graphic stories, filled with the unexpected and forbidden, brilliantly capture the myriad layers, colors, and visions of every woman's sexuality. These stories - by and about women, young and old, married and single, heterosexual and lesbian - involve mysterious partners, racy games, risqué encounters, and more. The result is a classic work of passion that can be used as a starting point for shared intimacies or as a pleasure experienced alone."

Some excellent stories in this volume........2005-07-14

People don't change, sex doesn't change. Writing about sex doesn't change much, either. Originally published in 1986, this volume of short stories ages fairly well, I think. What it's lost in bite is still made up for with flavor. These stories are not as edgy as they were back in '86, but they are still good stories.

Some real gems appear here. Valerie Kelly's "Berlioz and the Ghetto Blaster" takes a genre sex-fantasy staple - the hunky handyman - and renders it with such reality and connection that it becomes fresh again, and one of the hottest pieces in the book. Gayle Feyrer turns to science fiction/fantasy for "The House of the Twin Jewels," an intense and marvelously evoked depiction of lust and beauty as an alien woman falls for a male pleasure-slave. The beautifully-written and painstakingly-evoked "Birthing," by Doraine Poretz, really got to me on a fundamental level, as did Rebecca Silver's "Fearful Symmetry." Sandy Boucher's "Humming," about an older woman loving a younger woman, is beautiful and resonant, and deeply comforting.

Most of the other offerings are at least good, and though there are a few that aren't my thing, there was only one that I really disliked. That was, unfortunately, the first story in the book, but thankfully, I plowed right on through, and was glad to discover some stories that I will definitely revisit in the future.

As a whole, this is varied, evocative, writing, and the subject matter is just challenging enough to be piquant but not uncomfortable.

Considered in a modern context, the stories are not particularly shocking or provocative (though there are exceptions). It reads much like any collection of women's erotica . . . smooth, gentle, and not so much randy as emotional.

A lot of it is very well-written though a majority of it is a bit more billowing and metaphorical than really crazy with the hips, and the writing does skew toward the "and when she had an orgasm, the whole universe came with her, because she was At One With Everything" school of sex writing.

Writers, take heed. There is a difference between having well-groomed, genteel sex scenes, and writing like a rapidly-deflating patchouli-scented gasbag. If your heroine touches the world when she touches herself, you are probably hanging too much on the Big O. Beware the impulse to overstate.

Okay?

Okay.

Overall, worth a look.

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Very entertaining
Uncomfortable afterwards
Awesome BDSM Erotica!
Fantastic Read
Erotic at it's best!!!

Erotic Interludes
Cheyenne McCray
Manufacturer: Elloras Cave Pub Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1419954938

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Erotic Invitation By Cheyenne McCray

Sheila Lane burns for Nick Tarantino, but circumstance has forced her to keep the flames locked deep in her heart—and other parts of her anatomy—for three years. Drop-dead gorgeous bosses only fall in love with their administrative assistants in the movies, right? Besides, she's full-figured and plain, nothing like the flawless, cultured females in his world. Still, no other man has existed for Sheila since she met Nick. All her erotic fantasies revolve around being at the mercy of this powerful man and his sexy, commanding voice.

When Nick sells Tarantino Investments, Shelia is heartbroken and sure her fantasies will never come true. But when she receives a mysterious invitation, her life changes…forever.

Erotic Weekend By Cheyenne McCray

Andi Kelly is looking forward to a weekend of uninhibited sex and turning over control to a dominant man for just two days. She's headed to what patrons refer to as "The Bondage Club", an exclusive resort catering to those who live the lifestyle of, or wish to experience, BDSM.

What she never expects is to meet the man of her dreams—who just happens to be her fellow Vice President of the investment firm she works for, Derrick Macintyre.

Derrick has had his eye on Andi for as long as she's worked at the investment firm. When he learns she's planning a weekend at his favorite club, he ensures that she ends up as his sub—and he intends to make her his, for always.

Erotic Stranger By Cheyenne McCray

Teri Carter can't remember the last time she had a man who really did anything for her. A corporate lawyer, she travels constantly, and her social life—especially her sex life—is nonexistent. It's been ages since she's been laid, and Teri has a deep, dark fantasy… She wants to spend one erotic night with a stranger.

Josh Williams is a BDSM Master who knows a born submissive when he sees one. After just a look at the green-eyed brunette in the hotel bar, he has no doubt he can teach her all about pain…pleasure…and complete submission. What he doesn't expect is what Teri has to teach him.

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Very entertaining.......2007-08-23

I found this book to be very entertaining. I am reading it for the second time. I always find something I missed from the original reading.

Uncomfortable afterwards.......2007-07-27

There are three stories in this book. The first two are okay,(I am not a fan of BDSM) but I had a big issues with the third one. The Dom uses an empty, open-neck, champagne bottle on the sub, in that story. (I think you know what I mean.) Even though this was consensual, I still thought it was dangerous and degrading to the female.(Yes, I know that this is fiction.)

As a result, I will not purchase books by this author again. Shame on her!!!!

Awesome BDSM Erotica!.......2007-05-31

Cheyenne, I think I love you. I haven't seen another author who A; can write decent characters, good dialogue, and fast moving plots and B; actually truly understands the world of BDSM and creates fantasies that are broad reaching, erotic, and realistic.

Erotic Invitation - Voluptuous mild-mannered Sheila is in love with her hot boss Nick. The day he quits she gets a sexy dress and a hot invitation from him. Nick takes her out on the town for an evening of fantasies long denied to them both where he gently initiates her into the world of dominance and submission. Excellent story!

Erotic Weekend - Andi is a high-powered executive with a crush on a fellow VP, Derrick. Her fantasies are of bondage, discipline, and submission, and Derrick is her main co-star. When a mututal friend tells Derrick that Andi is going to try these fantasies out at an S&M club he jumps.

Darker and more erotic than "Invitation" this story explores the world of true Doms and trained subs, and Andi lives out her and Derrick's fantasies with him, 2 female subs, and their male Dom. Jealousy is well examined, the emotions feel real, the sex scenes are extremely well paced with great anticipation. Hot!

Erotic Stranger - Harder to believe than the first two you should read this one last. Teri travels for work constantly and she's lonely. Feeling daring she dresses in a sexy LBD, goes to her hotel bar, and looks for a man to bring her fantasies to life. Josh is an experienced Dom who knows a born sub when he sees her and in one night he takes Teri to the depths of her desires. Wonderful!

If you're new to the world of BDSM Erotica, this is the place to start. The writing is so well done that I'm going to have check out all of Cheyenne's other works.

Don't miss!

Fantastic Read.......2007-05-09

i would reccomend this book to anyone with a desire for a hot, steamy can't put it down kind of read. its very erotic and a very good read.

Erotic at it's best!!!.......2007-04-27

Spontaneous, sexy, hot, sensual, delicious and explosive are mere ways to explain the three short stories in this one delectable read. I certainly couldn't pick a favourite!!

The three couples are masterfully created and brought together by a gifted author who takes three every day type ladies and makes their dreams come true. Of course, in the form of these three ladies, McCray also makes the heroes dreams come true as well.

A reader can't go wrong with a McCray title!

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Fabulous stories that live up to the book's description !!
Review of "Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes" by Cheri
Hot Hot Hot - and beautifully written, too

Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes
Radclyffe
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 1933110074

Book Description

A construction worker discovers a pleasant distraction in the surgical locker room; two friends share a walk on the wild side in Amsterdam's Red Light district; a femme top welcomes her lover home from the road; a woman enjoys a lazy summer afternoon with solo pleasures; a missed flight leads to a memorable limo ride for two women stranded in the fog on Cape Cod...and more than twenty other hot-wired encounters guaranteed to spark more than just your imagination.

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Fabulous stories that live up to the book's description !!.......2005-08-04

Best collection of stories out there - not a dud in the entire book. I'm not as eloquent as the other reviewers but trust what they wrote, I'm glad I did.

Review of "Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes" by Cheri.......2005-07-04

"Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes" by Radclyffe is a wonderful collection of short stories so delightful and delicious they will tempt, tease, and thrill readers for years to come. The anthology is contemporary, yet timeless, not only about sex, but also about love, longing, lust, surprises, chance meetings, planned meetings, fulfilling wild fantasies, and trust. Radclyffe is a masterful storyteller devising subtle plots, interesting settings, and developing believable characters, which don't get in the way of the hot sex scenes.

Radclyffe paints her characters using just enough brushstrokes to give the reader a whole portrait. When one lover states, "She had the hands of a magician, the mouth of a saint, and she could read me as if I were a billboard lighting up the night in Times Square" [p. 134], it's easy to imagine how much she appreciates her lover.

"Full Service Station" made me laugh out loud when the main character was so horny she thought, "The waitress in the diner, a friendly gem of a woman about one year older than God, made my pulse trip. Hell, even inanimate objects such as trees and fireplugs were beginning to appeal" [p. 14]. The scene became funnier as it went on but you'll have to read the book to see what I mean. This is a mere sampling of Radclyffe's humor sprinkled throughout the text.

"Runway Blues" was great! Who hasn't fantasized about meeting a stranger at an airport after the trials and tribulations of trying to fly somewhere on a holiday weekend? Or maybe you've been to the Red Light District in Holland as in "A Woman in the Shadows," or longed for a massage as in "Four Star Accommodations," or perhaps a luxurious bath as in "Hart's Desire." If you've ever gone toy shopping in a sex shop, you'll love "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby." Contemplating a piercing? You have to read "Pleasure Points!" All of the twenty-five stories are diversified enough to keep you interested, and are sexy enough to keep you hot.

The build-up, humor, and satisfaction are evident and incredible; Radclyffe gives her readers the pay-off they long for and have come to expect. Trust me when I say that you are going to need a fan, cold shower, partner, or whatever floats your boat, to quell the fire you'll feel while reading "Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes." Three of my favorite stories are the "Clinical Trials - Phase One: Calibrations," "Clinical Trials - Phase Two: Video," and "Clinical Trials - Phase Three: Assist Mode," but I highly recommend you read all of Radclyffe's "Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes" and choose your own favorite. I am sure you will have more than one favorite in this five star collection.

Hot Hot Hot - and beautifully written, too.......2004-12-13

Radclyffe, the best-selling lesbian romance novelist, has now gifted us with the first (of many, we hope) all-Radclyffe erotica collection. And each of the more than two dozen erotic shorts in this collection takes the old cliche "good things come in small packages" to a new, searingly sexy level.

I have a love/hate relationship with erotica collections. On the one hand, I have always been a fan of short story anthologies: I love anticipating lots of new characters, a variety of voices, a broad range of images. Like a tasting menu, a collection of shorts has the potential to present many wonderful experiences for the price of one. Unfortunately, more often than not *erotica* anthologies fail to meet my expectations. When I read erotica, I want it to blow in my ear. I want to feel the touch of hands and teeth and tongue. I want to forget that I'm reading and to be reminded that the brain really is a sexual organ. But with most erotic anthologies, I'm lucky if more than a few of the stories have that effect on me. Sure, often the stories are good; they just don't...do anything for me.

The stories in this collection are exactly what they are advertised to be: erotic interludes. As Radclyffe's fans have come to expect, each one is beautifully written, creating a sexy, sensual envelope for the reader. You'll meet different characters, different voices, different scenes, different toys. I dare you to read more than one story at a sitting.

But probably what I like most about these stories is that the point of view is constantly a positive one. When I read erotica, I sometimes get the sense that the writer thinks she's being "naughty" or "dirty" -- that there's something salacious about what she's saying, that it's something only bad girls do. I find that a huge turnoff. But Radclyffe's stories are free from any subtextual disapproval -- these are stories about women who love women's bodies, and who love bringing other women pleasure, written by an author who has (literally) elevated the description of that pursuit to an art form.

The perfect gift for yourself, for your lover, or for someone you'd like to send just the right message. Indeed, the perfect read for anyone who wants to test the limits of her own erotic desires. This is the best, from the best.

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An erotic anthology that's well written AND sexy

Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2

Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1933110163

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An erotic anthology that's well written AND sexy.......2005-10-11

Winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary award for Best Anthology and in April 2006 in it's 2nd printing.

By far this will be one of the best anthologies you will read this year. The stories are terrific. This is not a book that you will read once and never pick up again - some will stay with you a long time like Radclyffe's 'Stolen Moments' which is one of the 32 stories.

It contains the best authors in fiction, to name a few -

RADCLYFFE
KALLMAKER
THERESE SZYMANSKI
JEAN STEWART
LYNN AMES
KIM BALDWIN
RONICA BLACK
GUN BROOKE
GEORGIA BEERS
LESLEY DAVIS
MEGHAN O'BRIEN

As a bonus we are treated to outstanding stories by authors I was not familiar with -

'Lunch Break' by Saskia Walker

'Tour Guide' by Sylvia Avante

'Covet Thy Neighbor' by Renee Strider

'Appalachian Canticle' by Saggio Amante

'The Blue Line' by KI Thompson

'Season Pass' by LC Jordan

'Time to Wake Up' by Cliodhna O'Bannion

'Laid' by Kathryn Wolf

'Zooscapade' by Aunt Fanny

from the publisher's web site - A new entry in the Bold Strokes Erotic Interludes collection, this anthology offers no-holds-barred erotica from some of today's best lesbian authors. Love on the run, in the office, in the shadows...women stealing time from ordinary life to make passion a priority, if only for a moment. Fast, furious, and almost too hot to handle.

Song of the loon;: A gay pastoral in five books and an interlude (A Greenleaf classic)

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Song of the loon;: A gay pastoral in five books and an interlude (A Greenleaf classic)
Richard Amory
Manufacturer: Greenleaf Classics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Lessons in Love: Erotic Interludes 3 (Erotic Interludes)

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Tastefully hot
Terrific Anthology, great writing, passionate & sexy

Lessons in Love: Erotic Interludes 3 (Erotic Interludes)

Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1933110392

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Tastefully hot.......2006-11-13

As usual, Radclyffe delivers with superb writing, very satisfying and lovely sex scenes and a nice variety of situations.

Terrific Anthology, great writing, passionate & sexy.......2006-07-16

This is the third anthology from this publisher and the editors continue to get super authors. This collection has 34 excellent stories -

Just a few of the headliners -

Radclyffe
Karin Kallmaker
Therese Szymanski
Gun Brooke
Kim Baldwin
Ronica Black
Meghan O'Brien
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Amie Evans
Lynne Jamneck

and standout stories from -

Nell Stark
Cheri Crystal
KI Thompson
JC Chen
LC Jordan
nyrdgyrl
Karen Perry
Cheyenne Blue
VK Powell
Rouge
Renee Strider
Evecho

This anthology is not to be missed and hang on to it, because the stories are so good you will want to read them again.

from the publisher's website - Sign on for a class in love...

Ronica Black, Cheyenne Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Crin Claxton, Amie Evans, Lynne Jamneck, Karin Kallmaker, Meghan O'Brien, Radclyffe ...and over twenty more of the best lesbian erotica writers take us to "school" with stories of how to make passion an experience to remember. Visit a "butch-on-butch" bath house for an afternoon of discovery; trade secrets with a femme on how to strap-it-on; learn about what happens after the conference ends and the clothes come off; and watch a mistress instruct her pet in public. Matriculate for an education and sample the incendiary pleasures of women trading secrets between the sheets

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Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner!

Extreme Passions (Erotic Interludes)

Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1933110589

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Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner!.......2006-12-20

34 captivating stories

This is a do not miss collection. I expected, and got, fabulously passionate stories and outstanding writing from the first class authors.

As a bonus was the excellent graphic short story from J.C. Chen.

From the book jacket - Without limits, without rules, without precedent...

From the publisher's website - Forbidden Fruits: Over thirty tales of love and lust that know no bounds - or boundaries.

Today's hottest erotica writers explore just how far women will go to get the girl. Erotic tales that push the comfort zone into the hot zone from Kim Baldwin, Deborah Barry, Georgia Beers, Magdalena Benaroyo, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Julie Cannon, J.C. Chen, Crin Claxton, Fiona Cooper, Cheri Crystal, Evecho, Aunt Fanny, Annie Fuller, JD Glass, Lindsey Downing-Greenes, Pam Graham, Lynne Jamneck, Karin Kallmaker, Angela Koenig, Claire Martin, Meghan O'Brien, VK Powell, Radclyffe, Shadylady, Nell Stark, Renée Strider, Therese Szymanski, KI Thompson, Eva Vandetuin, Saskia Walker, and Dillon Weston.

Erotic Interludes: Road Games (Erotic Interludes S.)

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Erotic Interludes: Road Games (Erotic Interludes S.)

Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
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ASIN: 1933110775

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Adventure, "sport," and sex on the road. From erotic travel adventures to games of seduction and conquest -- diverse, out on the edge lesbian erotica with a hint of risk/danger. Established couples looking for a little spice (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas); business women and conference goers sharing one-nighters, threesomes or more; play parties, private clubs and secret rites; roadies and groupies and grips.

Up for a fast ride with the top down - climb aboard for thirty of the hottest trips in town.

Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes (Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes)

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Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes (Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes)
Radclyffe
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Lesbian erotica.

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EROTIC INTERLUDE

Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000MGHTG0

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Reaffirms every woman's right to the pleasures and adventures of sex.

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