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Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780452280595 ISBN: 0452280591 Label: Plume Manufacturer: Plume Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: January 01, 2000 Publisher: Plume Studio: Plume Editorial Review: Product Description: 'When I think about the most erotic moments of sexual experience, I am drawn to the delicious and unpredictable build-up, the invitation to sensually provocative play . . . to vulnerability and hence more intimacy. Seduction is a gateway to passion.' (Lonnie Barbach, from Seductions) Now a pivotal figure in the field of literary erotica, Lonnie Barbach was first known for her pioneering books about sex and relationships. Seductions is a sumptuous anthology in which she explores the ways that erotic art can kindle romance, ignite desire, and bring two people together in the most pleasurable and satisfying ways imaginable. The twenty stories showcased here cover the full spectrum of sexual experience and identity as they reveal seduction in all its varied and exotic forms. Seductions is written for a wide-ranging audience-young and old, male and female, heterosexual and gay, married and single. It will take readers beyond the limits of their erotic imagination to a realm that is both tantalizing and provocative. Related Items:      see moreAverage Rating:
 Rating:  - 20 stories from a lovely variety of persuasions The cover caught my eye and the deciding factor to buy was a new story from Tee Corinne - a captivating story, it unfolded like petals of a flower. Don't miss this anthology - it is a keeper! From inside the front cover - Seduction at it's most creative - and arousing - when a lesbian artist meets a sexually fearless avant-garde filmmaker in Tee A. Corinne's `Lines of Fire" From the back of the book - "When I think about the most erotic moments of sexual experience, I am drawn to the delicious and unpredictable build up, the invitation to sensually provocative play...to be more vulnerable and hence more intimate. Seduction is a gateway to passion, whetting the appetite for lovemaking and increasing the likelihood that sex will be an exciting and fulfilling experience charged with pleasure and delight." - Lonnie Barbach Lonnie Barbach's erotica collections have broken new ground in their imaginative and liberating depiction of sexual fantasy and adventure. In her new anthology, she explores the erotic art that can kindle romance, ignite desire, and bring two people together in the most pleasurable and satisfying way imaginable. From the subtle to the graphic, from a spontaneous prelude to a meticulously planned encounter, the twenty stories showcased here cover the full spectrum of sexual experience and identity as they reveal seduction in all its varied and exotic forms. Authors Bruce Zimmerman, Tee A. Corinne, Hannah Katz, Ethan Monk, and many others whisk us to places as far away as nineteenth century France, in tales ranging from erotic whodunits to sparkling comedies of manners to dark nights of sexual revenge that will leave no one the same. Whether you are young or old, male or female, married or single, heterosexual or of another sexual orientation, Seductions will take you beyond the limits of your erotic imagination in an explicit volume that tantalizes and arouses. Book Description - Now a pivotal figure in the field of literary erotica, Lonnie Barbach was first known for her pioneering books about sex and relationships. Seductions is a sumptuous anthology in which she explores the ways that erotic art can kindle romance, ignite desire, and bring two people together in the most pleasurable and satisfying ways imaginable. The twenty stories showcased here cover the full spectrum of sexual experience and identity as they reveal seduction in all its varied and exotic forms. Seductions is written for a wide-ranging audience-young and old, male and female, heterosexual and gay, married and single. It will take readers beyond the limits of their erotic imagination to a realm that is both tantalizing and provocative. Card catalog description Lonnie Barbach's new anthology, she explores the erotic art that can kindle romance, ignite desire, and bring two people together in the most pleasurable and satisfying ways imaginable. From the subtle to the graphic, from a spontaneous prelude to a meticulously planned encounter, the twenty stories showcased here cover the full spectrum of sexual experience and identity as they reveal seduction in all its varied and exotic forms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Lonnie Barbach's writing career began almost two decades ago with her groundbreaking and phenomenally successful books on sex and relationships For Yourself and For Each Other. She has been profiled extensively in all of the major women's magazines, and is well known on the lecture circuit and for her frequent television appearances. She has enjoyed great success with her erotica collections Pleasures, Erotic Interludes, and The Erotic Edge (available from Plume). Barbach is on the clinical faculty of the University of California Medical School in San Francisco, and practices privately. She lives in Mill Valley, California. Rating: - Good gentle funThis is a delightful collection of witty, literate fantasies. They depict physical attraction and affection many ways, all of them charged with happy eroticism. I enjoyed the different focus each story had - some centered on women and some on men, some from a woman's sensibility's and some from a man's. Suspension of disbelief is a must, but these stories are fiction after all. They are literate and thoughtful, not the 'organ recitals' of cruder authors. It's not necessary to like every one of the short stories - if one doesn't suit your taste, there's another one a few pages along. Next time I need a vacation of just a few hours, I may spend it in another of Barbach's collections. I just hope it meets the standard that this books sets. Rating:  - Could not BE more disappointed....I bought this book based on other customer recommendations. This was my second attempt at reading an erotica novel (I usually stick to good ol' fashioned romances). So, where should I begin? There are some stories in here that aren't badly witten such as "The Other Woman", "Knowing", "The Welcome Home", "The 5:20 Encounter", "I Wanted To", and "Simply Seduced". So that leaves fourteen other stories that range from seemingly uncompleted, confusing, and down right intollerable. Stories such as "Only In The Movies", "Lines of Fire", "She Went Shopping This Morning", and "Double Clicked" end just when things start getting interesting and leave you wanting more, but not in a teasing prelude sort of way. And then, of course, there are other stories like "A Life of Seductions", "A Conversation About Green Water", "Under The Volcano", and "A Taste of Sicily" whose plot lines are anything but smooth going and, rather than leaving the reader "hot and bothered", they leave them just...plain...bothered. Last, but not least, we come to "The Last Seduction" which is about a woman who is,not only in her twilight years, but is also an invalid. I won't EVEN get into how disturbing this one was. One of my main objections to this book was the language. Maybe I've been spoiled by conventional romances that "romanticize" the human anatomy, but I found the vocabulary used in most of the works, even the better written ones, to be crude, thus leaving me feeling cold and unattached when the main reason for purchasing such a book is to get the blood flowing. So do yourselves a favor and find a better use for your money. Rating: - Great seductive stories.After reading this book, i had to write and state my opinion. It's a great book that's written by both women and men and has wonderful seductive stories. This book can definately ignite desire and make your lovelife more pleasurable. It has twenty different exotic stories and I loved reading them all. This is definately a MUST READ BOOK! Rating: - ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS !!!!!!!!!!!This is a great book. My wife and I read it together. It's many different little stories were fasinating, seductive and erotic. This book is well written and geared towards men and women both. Many sexual fantasies are explained and after reading this book, I came home to find my SEXY, SEDUCTIVE wife waiting to greet me by the front door wearing NOTHING!!!!. She danced for me, teased me and seduced me like crazy. it was GREAT. Thanks to this book, my wife and I are more comfortable with displaying our seductive side and playing out our fantasies. We are definately having more fun in the bedroom. I've noticed we are more open to discussing our own desires and fantasies with each other now. Another GREAT and SEDUCTIVE book, that we enjoy reading over and over is "Deviant Desires". I recommend both these books to spice up any couples sex lives. |
All three principals sing eloquently and with a fine sense of the opera's structure and context. Anna Tomowa-Sintow is in even better voice than Domingo, and Giorgio Zancanaro heads an expert supporting cast. The Covent Garden Chorus, directed with distinction by Michael Hampe, gives a memorable impression of the revolutionary mob. Julius Rudel's conducting is totally idiomatic. --Joe McLellan
Lotfi Mansouri spared no effort or expense in making this production special. He personally directed the staging, and handpicked an outstanding cast (right down to the very young and then-unknown Ben Heppner in the small role of Hervey). The visual elements--sets, costumes, and camera work--are also handled with great care, and Sutherland's positive response to this dedication can be sensed in her performance as the unfortunate wife of King Henry VIII. James Morris is best-known as a Wagnerian singer--perhaps the leading Wotan of our time--but he is equally at home in many of the villainous roles that are the fate of bass- baritones (Iago, Scarpia, Don Giovanni). In this sinister tale of an innocent woman ruthlessly destroyed, he shows a surprising knack for the bel canto style. Judith Forst is also excellent in the role of Jane Seymour. --Joe McLellan
