Hastings: 278 books

Reasons for the study of tissue materials are discussed. Specific aspects of the musculo-skeletal system are considered, the main emphasis being on bone. Structure and different mechanical properties of parying types of bone are discussed by the authors, with the concluding chapter dealing with mechanically...

First Digital Edition Grier Rating:  A**     Carolyn and Angie have been living together for awhile, but things between them are strained.  Angie is not sure how she feels about Carolyn and is, therefore, ambivalent about their relationship.  She enjoys their physical...

It was an exclusive camp for well-bred young ladies… girls on the threshold of womanhood... long-legged and sweetly-sensitive, eager for an end of innocence, restless with the nagging needs of unfulfilled appetites… anxious to explore the secret avenues of pleasure spoken of in hushed whispers…...

A super-computing, experimental robot incorporating revolutionary next-generation technology falls out of the sky and lands on a golf course with nowhere to hide. In order to survive, he must learn to play the only game where perfection is impossible. The Perfect Round is the latest project from the...

When but a child of seven my uncle placed me in a private school in which one of the so-called redeemed sub-sailors was a teacher of the German language. As I look back now, in the light of my present knowledge, I better comprehend the docile humility and carefully nurtured ignorance of this man.

Published in 1910, this collection of six lectures—originally given at Cambridge University—on the relation between philosophy and religion includes “Mind and Matter,” “The Universal Cause,” “God and the Moral Consciousness,” “Difficulties and Objections,” “Revelation,” and “Christianity.”

The History of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76, and the record of its results, will be found in the work of Sir George Nares. My object in publishing the present volume is to furnish a popular narrative of memorable events as they presented themselves to an individual member of the Expedition, and especially...

Young academic Catherine de la Tour is not content. Her lover James is a thousand miles away and she needs to get a grip on her work, her man and her life. When she accepts a post as artist-in residence at Cambridge she thinks it'll be just the break she needs. But once there she soon gets involved in the world sex lives of both her male and female students.

An erotic historical set in ancient Egypt. Marked from birth with the symbol of Amun, the young, Naunkhte must enter a life of dark eroticism as a servant at his temple. She becomes the favourite of the high priestess but, when she's accused of an act of sacrilege, she is forced to flee to...

I walked the platform fanning myself with my hat. I bought cigarettes, magazines and a shine. I explored the station, scrutinizing faces and searching vainly for matters of interest. I exhausted my resources in filling up fifteen minutes, and the hand of the electric clock seemed as tremulous with...

Deep in an isolated jungle sits a scientific research facility surrounded by an impenetrable steel barrier and patrolled by robots. The compound is powered by a computer, Barrier Defense, or B.D. A routine microchip update for B.D. proceeds as planned. But 36 hours later, the residents of the compound...

When the elderly Lord de Verney is killed in battle, his beautiful widow Rosamund finds herself at the mercy of Sir Ralph Aycliffe, a powerful knight who will stop at nothing to humiliate her and seize her property. He will not rest until he has enslaved her beyond hope of redemption. But there's...

There's something sexy about detectives - and it's time crime novels admitted it. Crime & Passion novels are fast-paced murder mysteries in the British tradition - but the detectives and their suspects have adult tastes and desires. Francesca Lyons is found dead in her art gallery. The...

A patient walks through the dark halls of the psychiatric ward, no memory of his past, but suddenly unbelievable visions and dreams start to torment him. The doctor urges him to write them down as they both believe that the dreams could be related to his memories somehow trying to resurface. Once...