eBooks „maurice“
204 eBooks were found for the search term „maurice“.
Sitala Helki
Leere Versprechungen (Leseprobe)
- Romance
- German
- 1781 Words
- Ages 16 and up
- 244
- 28
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Jean-Pierre hasst Hochzeiten. Das Konzept von Beziehung, Ehe und die damit verbundene Einengung ist ihm ein Gräuel. Daher ist er mit der Freundschaft, die er zu seinem besten Freund Maurice pflegt und die nicht vor dem Schlafzimmer endet, mehr als glücklich. Denn was will ein Mann mehr, als Spaß ohne einschränkende Zwänge? Dumm nur, dass sein Herz auch noch ein Wörtchen mitzureden hat.
Diese Kurzgeschichte ist zusammen mit vielen weiteren in der Anthologie "Love is Love" erschienen (links zum eBook und zum Print: unten in den Kommentaren).
Über 15 Autor*innen zeigen in ihren Kurzgeschichten und Gedichten rund um die Themen Liebe, Partnerschaft, Respekt, Homophobie und Ehe: Love is Love. Liebe ist Liebe
Wir alle haben dieselben Bedürfnisse, lieben mit derselben Inbrunst, leiden dieselben Qualen, erfreuen uns an denselben Glücksmomenten. Ob homo- oder heterosexuell, spielt dabei keine Rolle.
Liebe ist Liebe. Verantwortung ist Verantwortung. Und Ehe ist Ehe!
Menschen auf der ganzen Welt sollten – unabhängig von Nationalität, Religion, Hautfarbe, sexueller Identität oder Orientierung – heiraten dürfen, für wen auch immer ihr Herz schlägt. Wir sind alle gleich und lieben somit auch auf dieselbe Weise.
Mitwirkende Autor*innen sind:
France Carol, Màili Cavanagh, Madison Clark, Sitala Helki, Savannah Lichtenwald, Tanja Meurer, Karolina Peli, Elana Rain, Jens Rettberg, Ani Rid, Michael Schwarz, Juliane Seidel, Angie Snow, Karo Stein, Daniel Swan, Marc Weiherhof, Dieter Wischnewski [more]
Keywords: Gay Romance, Love ist love, Enough is Enough
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Mike Gorden
Das Universum im Tautropfen
Gefahr von der anderen Seite
- Thriller
- German
- 174041 Words
- Ages 16 and up
- 60
- 1
Holographische Muster am Rande des Universums. Ein Blick in die nächste Dimension. Ein Strahlungsausbruch im CERN. Nichts davon kann folgenlos bleiben. Anschläge in Paris. Verschwundene Waffen. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, denn die Lösung liegt tief in der Welt der Wissenschaft. So scheint es zumindest. Ein alter Geheimbund, ein ambitionierter Journalist und ein instinktgetriebener Polizist – können sie den Untergang der bekannten Welt verhindern? »Das Universum im Tautropfen« ist der unzensierte Director’s Cut mit erotischen Szenen. Der Autor hält die Selbstzensur, die er seinem Debütroman »Gefahr von der anderen Seite« hat zukommen lassen, mittlerweile für einen Fehler. Science Fiction und Erotik schließen einander nicht aus, sondern ergänzen sich im Rahmen der passenden Geschichte ausgezeichnet. Darum geht es: Mike Peters lebt in Paris und ist Redakteur in einem populärwissenschaftlichen Verlag. Er forscht dem plötzlichen Verschwinden eines Professors hinterher. Er findet ihn, aber das hat seinen Preis. Er erregt die Aufmerksamkeit von Leuten, denen man sonst lieber aus dem Wege geht. Sein bester Freund wird ermordet und er selbst entgeht nur knapp einem Anschlag. Maurice Belloumi stammt aus den Banlieues und arbeitet bei der Pariser Mordkommission. Er wird abgestellt, um Mike Peters zu beschützen. Es macht Spaß, den beiden so verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten zuzusehen, wie sie sich im Zuge der Ermittlungen zusammenraufen und die Verschwörung hinter dem Mord aufdecken. Doch das ist nur der Auftakt eines großen Abenteuers. In den Hauptbänden der Reihe »Gefahr von der anderen Seite«, »Der gefrorene Urknall« und »Neutronenreiter« (erscheint 2023) müssen sich die beiden und ihre Freunde auch mit dem beschäftigen, was der verschwundene Professor entdeckt hat: Die Gesetze, die unser Universum und unsere Existenz beschreiben, sind nämlich unvollständig. [more]
Keywords: Techno-Thriller, Geheimbund, CERN, Antimaterie, Dimensionsportal, Multiversum, Gay Erotik, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Hard Science Fiction
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Henry Edward Krehbiel
Chapters Of Opera (Fiscle Part-Iv)
- Essay
- English
- 64090 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
For The Reasons Set Forth At The Close Of The Last Chapter There Was No
Opera At The Metropolitan Opera House In the Season Of 1892-93, But The
Fall Of The Latter Year Witnessed the Beginning Of A New Period, Full
Of Vicissitudes. With Many Brilliant Artistic Features, It Was Still
Experimental To A Large Extent On Its Artistic Side, The Chief Results
Of Its Empiricism Being The Restoration Of German Opera In the Repertory
On An Equal Footing With Italian And French. It Also Brought The Largest
Wave Of Prosperity To The House That It Had Experienced since Its
Opening, Yet Ended in the Shipwreck Of The Lessees, And Disaster That
Was More Than Financial. The Lessees Were Again Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel
And Grau, With Whom The Reorganized metropolitan Opera And Real Estate
Company (Limited) Effected an Agreement, The Essential Elements Of Which
Remained unchanged for Fifteen Years; That Is, Down To The Close Of The
Season Of 1907-08. The Term Was Five Years. The Lessees Took The House
For An Annual Rental Of $52,000, And Pledged themselves To Give Opera
Four Times A Week For Thirteen Weeks In the Winter And Spring. The
Lessors Paid Back To The Lessees The $52,000 For Their Box Privileges,
And To Insure Representations Which Would Be Satisfactory To Them,
Reserved the Right To Nominate Six Of The Singers, Two Of Whom Were
To Take Part In every Performance In the Subscription List.
The First Season Under The New Lease Was Enormously Successful, Abbey,
Schoeffel, And Grau Realizing about $150,000, Including The Visits To
Other Cities, And A Supplementary Spring Season Of Two Weeks. They Made
Great Losses On Their Other Enterprises, However, Especially On Abbey'S
Theater (Now The Knickerbocker), And The American Tours Of Mounet-Sully
And Mme. Réjane. Like Results Attended the Seasons Of 1894-95, And
1895-96, The Drag In the Latter Instance Being The Lillian Russell Opera
Company, Which, Together With Other Ventures, Brought The Firm Into
Such A Financial Slough That It Made An Assignment For The Benefit Of
Its Creditors, Who Were Forced to Take Over Its Business To Protect
Themselves. Chief Of These Was William Steinway, Who Had Accommodated
Abbey, Schoeffel And Grau With Loans To The Extent Of $50,000. Under
His Guidance As Chairman Of The Committee Of Reorganization, The Stock
Company, Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau (Limited), Was Formed, He Becoming
President, And Henry E. Abbey, John B. Schoeffel, And Maurice Grau
Managing Directors At A Salary Of $20,000 A Year. Ernest Goerlitz, Who
Had Been In the Employ Of The Firm For Some Time, Was Made Secretary
And Treasurer. He Remained in an Executive Capacity At The Metropolitan
Until The Expiration Of The Consulship Of Conried in 1908. Mr. Steinway
Got Rid Of The Debts Of The Company (Or, Perhaps, It Would Be More
Correct To Say, Changed their Character) By Issuing Certificates Of
Stock And Notes To The Creditors. In this Manner Some Of The Principal
Artists Of The Company Became Financially Interested in ope [more]
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Q. Wang
Spirit
The Paintings of Q. Wang
- Art
- English
- 15 Words
- No Age Recommendation
- 341
Spirit: The Paintings of Q. Wang is a collection of contemporary paintings by Q. Wang, a current resident of Southern California. In this “Coffee table” style of high-quality art-book of 44 selected works of artist Q. Wang created during the period from 2006 through 2010, are displayed with only title and date of origin; leaving the viewer to “feel the art”, or as stated in the Preface, “hear the music” without the distraction of a narrative.
Working with acrylic over conventional sized canvases, Q. Wang’s work is easily categorized as being modern art, abstract, using color and lines in very unique and impressive ways. Although, admittedly Q. Wang openly discusses his attraction to the art of Maurice Utrillo, I sense some subliminal influence by other renowned artists. I feel the American legend Alexander Calder aligned with his floating shapes; along with aspects reminiscent of Andy Warhol in his Hillary Clinton portrait; Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gough with some cubism. This said, the originality of Q. Wang stands on his own merit with a fundamental Asian influence. Just as it is obvious to a viewer if a picture on a wall is hung at an angle, not being straight, it is amazingly impressive how parallel, perpendicular, round and exact the geometric shapes are within Q. Wang’s work. He definitely has a highly advanced mathematical spatial relation aspect to his art, resulting in hypnotizing introspection and, in my case, a highly emotional impact. His core talent brings simplicity in shape and form. One of, if not my true favorite, is titled, Woman. In it, Q. Wang takes a red circle, two red domes and a red triangle placed over horizontal colored backgrounds bringing to mind a “nude” like some Hermann Rorschach inkblot test revealing my own thoughts. Other favorites of mine are titled Kiss and Lovers, where two “stick figures” embrace each other, one yellow and one red, over a green background. Just as universal highway and building signage uses stick figures to represent men and women with respect to safety or even a restroom, these figures are international and global in its representation of the love within humanity.
I could go on and talk about Q. Wang’s use of dimensional relations in his landscapes, or his obvious sense of passion for a lady he painted, or even the comedy within his work; but to understand his work you simply need to see it. This book is beyond excellent as a showcase for his talent. Next to having the opportunity to visit a gallery with his work, this book can be easily bought and will truly embellish the library of any art-loving collector. As the famous French film producer Jean-Luc Godard said, “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” Q. Wang has taken me further into the appreciation of my surroundings, people, and love. That is what art is all about.
-- By Pacific Book Review [more]
Keywords: Arts, Paintings, Chinese Cultrue, Abstraction
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