Painful Pleasures

Author : Christopher Vaccaro
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526153343
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painful pleasures written by Christopher Vaccaro and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely volume ventures into the subject of sadomasochism in varied aspects of medieval life. Saint’s Lives and mystical treatises provide evidence of failed sadism and empowering masochism. Literary culture in the form of epics and courtly tales preserve stories of eroticised power. These exciting chapters join together to form a picture of medieval culture that is kinky in its practice and deeply psychological at its core.

Author : Patrick Richards
Publisher : Pink Flamingo Media
ISBN 13 : 1954079206
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painful Pleasures written by Patrick Richards and published by Pink Flamingo Media. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan MacGregor wants to be used and abused, but not just by anyone. He wants a sadistic Mistress, dressed in sexy, black leather, carrying a big whip who will give him the discipline, pain and humiliation he desires. As far back as he can remember, he’s been intrigued with ropes and chains. He’s spent hours tying himself up and enjoying self-inflicted bondage and pain. He’s discovered that his self-abuse and intense pain makes his ejaculations far better than normal. With the arrival of the internet, he’s been able to live his life vicariously through the bondage, discipline and pain of others – which feeds his needs both physically and sexually. Excited yes, but satisfied, no! Then one day entirely by accident a woman comes into his life who gives him everything he wants. He desires pain, she likes to dish I out! When his Mistress asks him what he wants, he replies, “I want it all!” Now Dylan gets everything he wants and far more! But remember that famous line, “Be careful what you wish for.”

Author : Andrea K. Henderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521884020
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Romanticism and the Painful Pleasures of Modern Life written by Andrea K. Henderson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the Romantic obsession with power, submission and masochism, through readings of Byron, Keats, Burney and others.

Author : Keith D. Paul
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492191599
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Painful Pleasures of Female Genital Piercings written by Keith D. Paul and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Painful Pleasures of female genital piercings. The main motive for genital piercing is beautification, individualization and in some instances enhancing sexual pleasure by increasing stimulation. This book illustrates some of the forms of female genital piercings, and some of the risks and diseases associated with genital piercings.

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Publisher : ER Books
ISBN 13 : 1898998957
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painful Pleasures written by and published by ER Books. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of some of Lynn Paula Russell's most oustanding work which lays bare the sexual fetish of corporal punishment. The focus is on her drawings commissioned to illustrate Februs and Janus, both magazines dedicated to the act of chastisement. Also included are a number of columns written by Paula during her time as magazine editor of Janus. There is no better guide to corporal punishement as the artist herself; by word and image she brings into play her talents and a special insight born of personal experience to show the reader a world of painful pleasures.

Author : George Grote
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1193 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates written by George Grote and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 1193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to the publication of Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, George Groves was renowned as "the greatest nineteenth-century Plato scholar". In the reface to this book, the author says, he's chosen the characters of Plato and Socrates, as they are interesting and important characters in philosophy and history. The personality of Socrates has become legendary. Yet, the period of his greatest achievement coincided with work and life od other important philosophers. This book tells about important leaders of thought from the Socrates circles: Xenophon, Kriton, Protagoras, Parmenides, Menon and others. It may be used an as supplementary source for learning philosophy and for individual research on the history of philosophy. According to the author, this book is a sequel and supplement to his major opus "The History of Greece."

Author : Leigh Cowart
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 9781541798038
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurts So Good written by Leigh Cowart and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped, and can be delightfully bizarre. Deliberate and consensual pain has been with us for millennia, encompassing everyone from Black Plague flagellants to ballerinas dancing on broken bones to competitive eaters choking down hot peppers while they cry. Masochism is a part of us. It lives inside workaholics, tattoo enthusiasts, and all manner of garden variety pain-seekers. At its core, masochism is about feeling bad, then better--a phenomenon that is long overdue for a heartfelt and hilarious investigation. And Leigh Cowart would know: they are not just a researcher and science writer--they're an inveterate, high-sensation seeking masochist. And they have a few questions: Why do people engage in masochism? What are the benefits and the costs? And what does masochism have to say about the human experience? By participating in many of these activities themselves, and through conversations with psychologists, fellow scientists, and people who seek pain for pleasure, Cowart unveils how our minds and bodies find meaning and relief in pain--a quirk in our programming that drives discipline and innovation even as it threatens to swallow us whole.

Author : Fred Feldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 019926516X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure and the Good Life written by Fred Feldman and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, hedonism has been one of the most attractive and controversial theories. In this text, the author presents a careful, modern formulation of hedonism, defending the theory against some of the most important objections.

Author : Paul Bloom
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062910582
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sweet Spot written by Paul Bloom and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will challenge you to rethink your vision of a good life. With sharp insights and lucid prose, Paul Bloom makes a captivating case that pain and suffering are essential to happiness. It’s an exhilarating antidote to toxic positivity.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife One of Behavioral Scientist's "Notable Books of 2021" From the author of Against Empathy, a different kind of happiness book, one that shows us how suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Where do these seemingly perverse appetites come from? Drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science, The Sweet Spot shows how the right kind of suffering sets the stage for enhanced pleasure. Pain can distract us from our anxieties and help us transcend the self. Choosing to suffer can serve social goals; it can display how tough we are or, conversely, can function as a cry for help. Feelings of fear and sadness are part of the pleasure of immersing ourselves in play and fantasy and can provide certain moral satisfactions. And effort, struggle, and difficulty can, in the right contexts, lead to the joys of mastery and flow. But suffering plays a deeper role as well. We are not natural hedonists—a good life involves more than pleasure. People seek lives of meaning and significance; we aspire to rich relationships and satisfying pursuits, and this requires some amount of struggle, anxiety, and loss. Brilliantly argued, witty, and humane, Paul Bloom shows how a life without chosen suffering would be empty—and worse than that, boring.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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