C K: 1211 books

Award-winning author C.K. Stead takes us to the heart of contemporary Paris and into a world of books and witty conversation. The Necessary Angel is a story of people grappling with love and fidelity; a story about the importance of books; a commentary on living in complex modern-day Europe; and a...

In his 85th year, C. K. Stead's new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, remembering old loves and cringing at his ‘sonnets' lugubrious rhyming'. He tells us of those who have gone – Derrida (‘that Derrida whom I derided died') and Curnow (‘Allen's...

Sixteen-year-old Mason Rice is having the night of his life. He's just delivered an incredible performance in the school play, basked in celebratory afterglow vibes at the party of the year, and lost his virginity to one of his best friends—the gorgeous but previously unobtainable Kat Medina. His...

Join Minister Foster on this unbelievable journey as she reveals the true characters and personalities of church leaders and church experiences she has encountered throughout her 30+ years of attending different churches. She has made this testimony available to help others who have experienced "church...

Abigail and Mitch Brooks are precariously close to entering their forties. They’ve been married for what seems like forever and their once hot sex lives have cooled considerably over the years. Mitch turns to net porn—hotwife stories and websites to be specific—to give him some new excitement...

Eighty/Twenty, baby; take it or leave it! That’s Nora’s demand! She has her husband, Butch, by the balls and he knows it. They’ve been married for over twenty years and have done very well for themselves, financially. Their net worth is over thirty million dollars. And, since they...

At first glance, Carson Stanley and her husband Ben are the epitome of a young, middle-class couple living in semi-rural, modern day America. He owns his own auto repair garage, employing two other mechanics, and she is a grocery checker at a large-chain supermarket. They have two young kids, a small...

What, exactly, is the 80/20 Solution, as it applies to personal relationships? Very simply put, it’s the proposition that few people can ever hope to be 100% of all things to a partner at all times: 80% is about the maximum level of participation most people can ever hope to provide, when we’re...

The Overtons, Toni and Frank, are a couple who is ostensively happily married and looking forward to a long and rewarding life together. Everything seems perfect between them—at least on the surface. They were high school and college sweethearts, so much so that Toni has never slept with...

Pepper Landry and her husband, Mike, live in scenic Monterey, California. They grew up there and are considered to be young “movers and shakers” in the small coastal city. They are well off, on solid career paths, and happily married. Or are they? The old notion of the “seven-year...

It might appear to an outsider that Tracy and Charlie are living the American Dream. They are a young, extremely attractive married couple who look to have the world by the tail. The two of them have a healthy two-year old boy by the name of Charlie junior, their own little three bedroom house just...

Cathy Walton feels increasingly adrift amid in her growing marital problems and dissatisfaction with her life in Las Vegas, where her husband has a new, prestigious job as Regional Manager for a national pharmacy chain. Caught up in his new responsibilities, in a brand new city, Ron Walton ignores...

Zoey and Dan Lang make up a seemingly happily-married young San Francisco couple who appear to have it all: youth, beauty, wealth, and a deep love for one another. But secretly, both are wrestling with huge problems they keep carefully hidden. The two of them have spent all of their six month...

Cathy Walton’s once humdrum, boring, and normal life is now anything but mundane and unexciting. When she and her husband moved to Las Vegas from the Midwest a year ago, she hadn’t known a soul in Sin City. And--bored out of her mind at just sitting around in her big new house with nothing to...