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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Bloomsbury Classics Ser.)
by Jeanette WintersonWinner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God’s elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.
Order Up
by J. M. SnyderJames sees the "Help Wanted" sign in a deli near his apartment and stops in on a whim. It's summer, classes are out, and none of his friends will see him wearing an apron while he makes a few bucks.Then he meets Deon and falls hard for the sexy night cook. Too bad the guy has a girlfriend, Bree, whose call dashes any hope James might have of a summer romance.But if she's Deon's girl, why does their coworker Joe seem bent on hooking James up with him?
Order in the Court (Survivor's Club Ser.)
by Casey LawrenceSequel to Out of OrderAfter witnessing the murders of her three best friends and having their killer arrested, Corey Nguyen is having trouble adjusting to life after high school. Now a freshman in college, all she wants is to put her dark past behind her, make some new friends, and keep her head down until it all blows over.To Corey’s dismay, her new world comes crashing down when the killer suddenly claims he was coerced into a confession, which means Corey will have to face her friends’ killer in court. Testifying in a murder trial forces her to relive the horrifying events of prom night, and to top it all off, she’s pretty sure her mother is having an affair with the prosecuting attorney, her therapist might be turned against her, and she’s falling for the one person who is totally off limits.It’s clear her ordeal isn’t over yet, but Corey might be one panic attack away from losing her mind and making a mistake that could see a guilty man walk free.
Ordinary Love: A Novel
by Marie RutkoskiA page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and love, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at the one who got away • "A brilliant examination of queerness, friendship, motherhood, longing and ambition. It&’s funny and moving and sexy. Above all, it&’s a stunning love story.&”—J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of The CliffsEmily has, by all appearances, a perfect life: a townhouse on Manhattan&’s Upper East Side, two healthy children, and a husband who showers her with attention. But the truth is more complicated: Emily&’s marriage is in trouble, her relationship with her parents is fraught, and she is still nursing a heartbreak from long ago. When Emily runs into her high school girlfriend at a cocktail party, that heartbreak comes roaring back. But Gen Hall is no longer the lanky, hungry kid with holes in her shoes who Emily loved in her youth. Instead, Gen is now a famous Olympic athlete with sponsorship deals and a string of high-profile ex-girlfriends.Emily and Gen circle one another cautiously, drawn together by a magnetic attraction and scarred by their shared history. Once upon a time, Gen knew everything about Emily. And yet, she still abandoned her. Can Emily trust Gen again? Can they forgive each other for the mistakes they made in their past? Should Emily risk her children, her privacy, and the fragile peace she has found to be with a woman she loved long ago?A sweeping romance, Ordinary Love is the beautiful, wrenching, completely seductive story of two people trying to forge a path toward hope, bound by a love they discovered when they were too young to understand its power.
Ordinary People
by E E MontgomeryWhen Queensland Police Force Constable James Laramee raids a hotel room, he finds Vinnie Canterbury on top of a naked, dead man, covered in blood. Vinnie promptly vomits all over James's shoes. Thanks to a cocktail of horse sedatives and Hendra vaccine, Vinnie's memories of his ordeal are fractured. Finding the culprits and the reasons behind his abduction will be a challenge. With his apartment trashed, his building set on fire, and his clothes, phone and wallet gone, Vinnie needs a place to stay. To his surprise, James not only takes him in, but also lets him cry on his shoulder. It must be true love. Vinnie has plans for his future with James all mapped out, and he hopes he can get James on the same page.
Organic Chemistry (Chemistry Series #1)
by Andrew GreyChemistry: Book OneBrendon Marcus lives for his work. A boy genius who fast-tracked his way to college professor by his early twenties, he doesn't know any other way to be. People confound him. So when Josh Horton, the assistant football coach, pursues him, Brendon isn't sure what to make of him. Josh has his own problems. His successful parents aren't particularly happy with his career path, and some of the players don't like having a gay assistant coach. He begins to have doubts, but Brendon makes the world look a little brighter. But when Brendon's department head starts to make trouble, Josh and Brendon discover that standing up for each other is the first step to standing up for themselves.
Orientation
by Rick R. ReedA novel about reincarnation and loveChristmas, 1983: Robert is a young man tending to his soul mate Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas, but loses the fight late Christmas night.Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out and finds a young girl about to fling herself into the waters of Lake Michigan. He rescues her, and the two form a bond forged from familiarity, and even love. Neither understands it, since Jess is a lesbian and Robert is gay. But there's more ...Jess begins having strange dreams, reliving key moments she couldn't know about in Keith and Robert's life. They begin to wonder if their feelings might be rooted in something much more mystical than a savior/victim relationship.As the two move toward each other, Robert's younger lover Ethan plots the unthinkable. His crystal meth-addled mind becomes convinced there's only one way to save himself: Robert's destruction.There's a murder attempt ... salvation ... redemption ...And a new love is born.
Origins of Sexuality and Homosexuality
by John Dececco, Phd Michael ShivelyThis well-documented book highlights some of the theories of bisexual and homosexual identities and their conceptual bases in cultural history, moral philosophy, biology, and social psychology. Some of the most respected minds in the field of human sexuality challenge traditional views on homosexuality and question the moral principles implicit in many existing psychiatric and psychological theories.
Orizzonti (Orizzonti serie #1)
by Mickie B. Ashling Ugo TeleseSerie Orizzonti, Libro 1Il giocatore di football del college Clark Stevens è un wide receiver popolare con un potenziale contratto nella NFL, ma ha qualche problema: una ragazza gelosa, un padre dispotico e dalla mente ristretta, un deficit dell'attenzione e un'attrazione potente e inaspettata per l'ortopedico, maschio, che gli cura un osso rotto. Il dottor Jody Williams sta ricevendo dei segnali davvero contraddittori. Non può ignorare quanto desidera Clark, perché è ovvio che il giocatore prova lo stesso per lui. Per il medico, gay dichiarato e orgoglioso di esserlo, la soluzione sembra molto semplice. Per Clark, invece, non lo è. Il suo mondo non è tollerante e gli ostacoli che ha affrontato lo hanno portato a negare la sua sessualità per anni. È il Super Bowl dei disastri, non importa da che punto di vista lo si guardi. Alla fine, Clark deve decidere se continuare con l'unica vita che ha sempre conosciuto o se cogliere l'occasione di viverne una nuova con Jody.
Orlando
by Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD AND MARGARET REYNOLDS As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart. The Vintage Classics Virginia Woolf series has been curated by Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Reynolds, and the texts used are based on the original Hogarth Press editions published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Orlando (Queer Film Classics)
by Russell SheafferA film that transcends time, Sally Potter’s Orlando follows its titular character through nearly four hundred years of British history. Orlando starts life as a young man in the 1600s and then, mid-film, becomes a woman in the 1800s. Plot, production, and performance have all contributed to the film becoming a touchstone for Tilda Swinton’s ethereal and gender-bending mode.A Russian-French-Dutch-American-Italian-British co-production, Orlando was hailed as a monumental work of international art house cinema upon its release in 1992. Some understood Potter’s film, a work of ruthless and ingenious adaptation, as moving away from the lesbian content of Virginia Woolf’s novel. Russell Sheaffer uses a detailed analysis of screenplay drafts and more than three decades of reception to argue that while the film moves away from a direct investment in same-sex relationships, Orlando’s articulations of embodiment, desire, and time have made the film continually more queer in the years since its release.Taking cues from adaptation theory and gender studies, this book meticulously charts the distinct shift from lesbian feminist text to queer film classic, arguing that the film is as much an adaptation of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own as it is of its eponymous novel.
Orlando: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf&’s pioneering novel about a time-traveling sixteenth-century nobleman who wakes up in the body of a woman, with a new foreword by Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl&“A brilliant book that teaches you so much about identity and love—all these fundamental questions that we ask ourselves.&” —Emma Corrin&“I read this book and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future.&” —Tilda SwintonA Penguin Classics Deluxe EditionFirst masculine, then feminine, Orlando is a young sixteenth-century nobleman who gallops through the centuries, from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to Virginia Woolf&’s own time. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian Princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey—a nobleman, traveler, writer? Man or . . . woman? Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is one of Woolf&’s most popular and accessible novels, a playful mock biography of a chameleon-like historical figure that is both a wry commentary on gender and, in Woolf&’s own words, a &“writer&’s holiday&” that delights in its ambiguity and capriciousness.This edition is collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions to reflect the author&’s intentions, and includes an introduction and notes by the distinguished scholar and coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic Sandra M. Gibert.For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia WoolfAn annotated edition of &“Woolf&’s most intense work,&” a fantastical biography that spans from the court of Elizabeth I to the year 1928 (Jorge Luis Borges). Begun as a &“joke,&” Orlando is Virginia Woolf&’s fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel&’s end a married woman in the year 1928. From Orlando&’s early days as a page in the Elizabethan court, through first love, heartbreak, and gender transformation, we follow Woolf&’s protagonist across centuries, through adventures in Constantinople and friendship with the poet Alexander Pope. All along, Orlando pursues literary success with her long poem, The Oak Tree. Part love letter to Vita Sackville-West, part exploration of the art of biography, Orlando is one of Woolf&’s most enduringly popular and entertaining works. It has inspired a number of adaptions, including a film version starring Tilda Swinton. This edition, annotated and with an introduction by Maria DiBattista, author of Imagining Virginia Woolf, will deepen readers&’ understanding of Woolf&’s brilliant creation.
Orlando: A Biography (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
by Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf’s satirical, prescient novel Orlando, published in 1928, is a groundbreaking work that explores themes of gender, identity, and time. The narrative features a nobleman named Orlando who lives over three centuries, beginning in the Elizabethan era and ending in the twentieth century, and, remarkably, changes from man to woman at the midpoint. With its fusion of masculinity and femininity, this transformation allows Woolf to critique societal norms and expectations tied to gender and class in different periods. Through Orlando’s unique life span and gender fluidity, Woolf suggests that gender is not fixed or binary, challenging the traditional concepts of gender roles and stereotypes. A complex and multilayered novel that defies easy categorization, Orlando is lauded for its rich prose and its pioneering representation of gender and queer identity. It is a work of literature that continues to resonate with readers today.
Orlando: A Biography (El Libro De Bolsillo Alianza Editorial Ser. #Vol. 0735)
by Virginia WoolfOrlando is one of the most unforgettable creations of twentieth-century literature. He emerges as a young man at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and progresses, with breathtaking ease, through three centuries until, by now a woman, she arrives in the bustle and diversion of the 1920s. for Virginia Woolf, a leading figure of the Bloomsbury Group, Orlando was more than a fantastic flight of imagination. It was a roman à clef, a love letter for her lover, the charismatic, eccentric bisexual, Vita Sackville West. Orlando's journey, from wondrous youth barbed by love, to fêted writer, settled in her femininity, is a wild and curiously relevant fable for our times.
Orlando: A Biography (Signature Editions)
by Virginia WoolfThe fictional portrait of Woolf&’s close friend and lover Vita Sackville-West, the hero Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, a dreamy and romantic youth who wakes up one day to find himself transformed, astonishingly, into a woman. Over the span of three centuries, Orlando will fall in love many times and rub shoulders with the great artists and writers—and observe how differently history treats men than women. Bold and tender, Orlando is a truly multi-faceted work that has been hailed as a satire of biography, a queer classic, and a loving portrait of an irrepressible spirit.
Orlando: Large Print (Macmillan Collector's Library)
by Virginia WoolfLa novela más popular y escandalosa de Virginia Woolf. Desde que se publicó en 1928, Orlando ha sido una de las novelas más populares de Virginia Woolf por su originalidad y espíritu transgresor. Cuenta las peripecias de un joven aristócrata inglés, apuesto, rico, seductor y amante de la literatura -figura inspirada en la vida y la personalidad de la escritora Vita Sackville-West, gran amiga de la autora- que cabalga la Historia con mayúsculas desde el siglo XVI hasta el siglo XX y que, durante el reinado de Carlos II, se convierte en mujer. Esta peculiar mudanza de épocas y sexo supone un viaje por el tiempo, los espacios y las emociones, además de una meditación estimulante sobre la creación artística. Reseñas:«La verdadera obra de arte va siempre más allá de los límites establecidos: se desparrama, se emborracha, se queda despierta contigo hasta la madrugada... te ofrece una oportunidad de ser otro.»Jeanette Winterson, en A propósito de Orlando «He aquí una novela especial y espectral.»Antón Castro, Heraldo de Aragón
Oro viejo (Matices #Volumen 2)
by Alba M. VilaRobert necesitaba alzar la voz. Brian solo debía callar un poco para escucharla. Yo sé lo que tú quieres. Venga, no disimules. Vienes aquí con la esperanza de ver a dos tíos buenorros enamorándose, paseando de la mano por la ciudad y teniendo citas en los sitios más románticos que encuentren. Que haya drama, pero que sepan solucionarlo sin gritos histéricos y se juren amor eterno homosexual y coman perdices entre otras cosas. Pues ¿sabes qué? Aquí no te vas a encontrar nada de eso. Que no, palabrita del tito Brian. Esto es un rollazo de cómo hice por tercera vez el examen de matemáticas. Nada interesante. Así que yo que tú haría de mejor uso de esos dos euritos que estás a punto de gastarte y me compraría una bolsa de chuches. O un bolígrafo de los que se borran. O un pack de stickers con la cara de tus cantantes de BTS favoritos (te tengo calado, ¿eh? Soy un fiera).En resumen, aquí no hay nada que ver, así que circulen. Con amor (y un pelín de mala hostia), B.P.D.: Disculpad a Brian, está un poco arisco porque no se ha tomado el café de la mañana. Ahora deambula por la casa en busca de la cafetera (que le he dicho tres veces que está en el lavavajillas). En fin, espero que os guste nuestra historia. Hemos luchado mucho por encontrar nuestro final feliz, aunque sea muy poco ortodoxo. Que disfrutéis,Robert Edward Black.
Orphan #8
by Kim Van AlkemadeA stunning debut novel of historical fiction set in the forgotten world of New York City's Jewish orphanagesIn 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrews Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. Realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge.Inspired by true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful novel about the human capacity to harm--and to love.and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a person's fate--to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals--is not always set in stone.Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.
Orphan's Cry
by Jaymie WagnerSix months ago Leah Corbyn was bitten by a "dog." Two weeks later, the full moon’s rise revealed she’s now a werewolf.After spending six months trying to hide her secret in the city of London, Leah is about to learn she isn’t alone ... but that knowledge comes with new responsibilities, and new dangers.As Leah finds solace in her girlfriend's arms, she must find her place among the wolves of Londinium, but can she prove herself in time?
Orphea Proud
by Sharon Dennis WyethHOT ICE. Taboo to the touch. A fire in the cold. That was us. Welcome to a stage, where a soaring painting takes shape before your eyes, a big-booty poet stands at the mike, and there's a seat right in front, just for you. This is a place where wise old ladies live and boys act like horses. This is a vision of love that was crushed and brought back to life. And this is my story. I'm Orphea Proud. Welcome to the show. As Orphea, who discovers her sexuality as a lesbian, shares her story, powerful questions of family, prejudice, and identity are explored.
Orpheus Girl
by Brynne Rebele-HenryIn her debut novel, award-winning poet Brynne Rebele-Henry re-imagines the Orpheus myth as a love story between two teenage girls who are sent to conversion therapy after being caught together in an intimate moment.Abandoned by a single mother she never knew, 16-year-old Raya—obsessed with ancient myths—lives with her grandmother in a small conservative Texas town. For years Raya has fought to hide her feelings for her best friend and true love, Sarah. When the two are outed, they are sent to Friendly Saviors: a re-education camp meant to “fix” them and make them heterosexual. Upon arrival, Raya vows to assume the role of Orpheus, to return to the world of the living with her love—and after she, Sarah, and the other teen residents are subjected to abusive and brutal “treatments” by the staff, Raya only becomes more determined to escape. In a haunting voice reminiscent of Sylvia Plath and the contemporary lyricism of David Levithan, Brynne Rebele-Henry weaves a powerful inversion of the Orpheus myth informed by the disturbing real-world truths of conversion therapy. Orpheus Girl is a story of dysfunctional families, trauma, first love, heartbreak, and ultimately, the fierce adolescent resilience that has the power to triumph over darkness and ignorance.CW: There are scenes in this book that depict self-harm, homophobia, transphobia, and violence against LGBTQ characters.
Orphic Paris
by Henri ColeA poetic portrait of Paris that combines prose poetry, diary, and memoir by award-winning writer and poet Henri Cole.Henri Cole’s Orphic Paris combines autobiography, diary, essay, and poetry with photographs to create a new form of elegiac memoir. With Paris as a backdrop, Cole, an award-winning American poet, explores with fresh and penetrating insight the nature of friendship and family, poetry and solitude, the self and freedom. Cole writes of Paris, “For a time, I lived here, where the call of life is so strong. My soul was colored by it. Instead of worshiping a creator or man, I cared fully for myself, and felt no guilt and confessed nothing, and in this place I wrote, I was nourished, and I grew.” Written under the tutelary spirit of Orpheus—mystic, oracular, entrancing—Orphic Paris is an intimate Paris journal and a literary commonplace book that is a touching, original, brilliant account of the city and of the artists, writers, and luminaries, including Cole himself, who have been moved by it to create.
Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought)
by Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura, and Aristotle PapanikolaouSex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past decade has witnessed a newfound openness regarding the topic among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Both the theological trajectory and the historical circumstances of the Orthodox Church differ radically from those of other Christian denominations that have already developed robust and creative reflections on sexuality and sexual diversity. Within its unique history, theology, and tradition, Orthodox Christianity holds rich resources for engaging challenging questions of sexuality in new and responsive ways. What is at stake in questions of sexuality in the Orthodox tradition? What sources and theological convictions can uniquely shape Orthodox understandings of sexuality? This volume aims to create an agora for discussing sex, and not least the sexualities that are often thought of as untraditional in Orthodox contexts.Through fifteen distinct chapters, written by leading scholars and theologians, this book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological perspectives. Chapters devoted to practical and pastoral insights, as well as reflections on specific cultural contexts, engage the human realities of sexual diversity and Christian life. From re-thinking scripture to developing theologies of sex, from eschatological views of eros to re-evaluations of the Orthodox responses to science, this book offers new thinking on pressing, present-day issues and initiates conversations about homosexuality and sexual diversity within Orthodox Christianity.
Oru Puthiya Kathai
by K. Balachandran Narendrapal SinghThis book is a Tamil translation by K.Balachandran of Narendrapal Singh’s Award winning Punjabi Novel BA MULAHAZA HOSHIAR. The novel is a fantasy about the future and is based on the author's personal experience when on his visit to America in 1968, he was stuck up at the Kennedy Airport from 9 P.M. to 4 A.M.