
by Geneviève
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
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Learn all the French argot (slang), dirty words, and necessary tools of communication your teachers left out of their lesson plans with this essential survival guide to understanding everyday French.Deliciously saucy and full of wit Merde! is a practical guide for understanding French, as it really is spoken. This real-life resource is for anyone who remembers thumbing through English/French dictionaries for such words as "toilet paper" and "damn," as well as for the far more interesting, titillating terms that would never be used in polite conversation. But real French isn't spoken with the intent of being polite... With epithets for every occasion, a range of colorful idioms, and a wealth of come-ons and put-downs, this is the only language book you'll need to prepare for a trip to the city of lights.
Sacre Bleu!!!Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the café…For those of you who delighted in Geneviève's deliciously naughty first book, Merde!, and for those unfortunate few who have not yet had the pleasure…Geneviève is back with Merde Encore!Here the inimitable Geneviève makes further fabulous forays into French argot and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it really is spoken. As an additional treat, she also gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures—those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.So now discover how the French really feel about sex, food, la belle France, foreigners, hygiene, death…Merde Encore! may confirm what you've always suspected.
Sacre bleu! Even though your French teachers stuffed the subjunctive and imperfect down your throat, they failed to give you all the necessary tools to communicate like a native. French argot (slang) is more than just dirty words (though, have no fear, you'll find them here), it's an immensely rich language with its own words for very ordinary things, words that are in constant use.The Complete Merde! is a survival guide to the real French you were never taught at school. From body parts (and we don't mean "la tete" or "les yeux") and the ever-popular and long-sought bodily functions to various and sundry epithets for every occasion, Genevieve introduces must-know basics for everyday French. She builds on your true French education with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it is really spoken. As an added treat, she gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures$151;those silent but expressive signals so beloved by French motorists and shopkeepers.Most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and written, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.Readers who delighted in Genevieve's deliciously naughty book Merde! and its fabulous follow-up Merde Encore! will be doubly glad to have both books in one delectable hardcover volume. Learning how to express yourself on food, hygiene, sex, and even death has never been more fun. Zut alors!
by Geneviève
Rating: 4.2 ⭐
Want to know what your dog really thinks of you? In this hilarious diary, Genevieve, a two-year-old papillon, takes you into the inner sanctum of dogdom, revealing canine secrets never before shared with humans. Genevieve sinks her teeth into such topics as driving tips for dogs, the tragedy of doorbells in TV commercials, measuring the intelligence of humans, finding a reason for cats, how prehistoric dogs saved the caveman'’s bacon, converting your house into an agility course, and productive kitchen behavior. IMPORTANT - read this book before your dog does!
More barktations from Genevieve! Perk up your ears and get to the nearest fire hydrant - canine star Genevieve is back with a brand-new collection of observations about poor, dumb humans. Following up on her best-selling classic, "Memoirs of a The Canine Guide to Living with Humans without Going Mad," Genevieve unleashes a scathing analysis of human culture that will have sociologists all over the world looking for new jobs.
"Book-of-the-Month Club" combined edition contains both: Merde! (1984) and Merde Encore! (1986)
Impatient to get home, she sprints to the bank of elevators. Her latest romance has derailed, it's Christmas Eve, and she's beginning to think of her life as a mine field. A temperamental elevator, a sizzling male acquaintance, and a scenario even her fertile mind couldn't have constructed combine to offer arguments for the reality of kismet.
Chaunacy is thirty, dodging minefields in her personal life, and financially disadvantaged. She's a very conservative individual who rarely acts impulsively... until one night when she explores her repressed sexuality with a virtual stranger.
Mike needed a vacation, and a fresh crop of guys. He was going to have two weeks on a cruise to relax with sun, sex, and nothing remotely serious. Then he met Cameron.
When Adam met Sonya at the gym, he was attracted with a jolt of sexual desire. She made him believe she could help with his impotence,and she did. But is she real, or is this just a dream?
Savagely beaten, sexually assaulted, without family or close friends, Lincoln might have simply given up his will to live. But two strangers entered his life and showed him the kind of beautiful a life could be. One gave him compassion. The other coupled compassion with love.
Eve is starting over with a new man in her life. He isn't what he seems to be, however. He arranges a group date rape and slips her Rohypnol. But Eve isn't a child to be hurt and manipulated and left broken. She waits a few days for her revenge and faces her demons.
This is a personal compilation of prose and poetry I have written.
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Her fairytale romance became a nightmare at the hands of her sadistic husband. Revenge becomes priority one.
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It wasn't supposed to end this way, suddenly and without clues that he was dissatisfied. He wanted space - wanted to analyze their four year affair - with no elaboration. She loved him, but this complaint out of the blue sealed the fate of their relationship.
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This is just an old fashioned love story. He's a lonely mid-twenty something guy trying to engineer a relationship in the isolated area of his ranch. She's a nineteen year old hooker who wants to go somewhere nobody will ever think to look for her. For Sarah, being Dobie's mail order bride is the solution to her problems, or perhaps wishful thinking.
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This is a personal look inside one woman's private thoughts. While taking a final walk through her ancestral home prior to its demolishment, she relives certain events during her teenage years when nothing was more important than sex. From her first sexual encounter with her future husband, through the snapshots of other lovers, and the rape that marked her, she shares bits of the past she never forgot, and likely never will. Surrounded by memories of Lucas, she is no longer lost.
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A book of healthy recipes for 7 days for 3 meals per day!All recipes use only organic and/or natural ingredients (nothing artificial).
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Maggie works in a Manhattan law firm. In order to afford her expensive tastes, she also has her own little weekend business. She's an upscale call girl. Her regulars are fairly ordinary gentlemen who simply wish to indulge their sensuality. A message from Jack does a fair job of shaking up her routine. He's a virgin. Can she accomplish what no other woman has... for a price.
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1913. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 118 The faun 1913 Genevieve (Browne) Farnell
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Simone created and continues to rule Chateau Sandwell, an elite, legal brothel. Twenty years have made her rich, but not happy. Her fantasizing about her partner all those years is becoming an obsession she realizes she needs to resolve.
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Theirs are meetings of convenience to satisfy their sexual appetites. She has often stripped, given him lap dances and belly danced to tease and tempt his passion. He hasn't returned the favor - until now.
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Storm was just another girl in high school who got pregnant and struggled to raise her son alone. Nineteen years later, the child's biological father, now a career Marine, discovers he has a son. Storm and Ian can't fight the passion that still attracts them, but she's determined to turn away. When she learns he's about to be deployed, can she fight the knowledge that he may not return?
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Melina forgave Ted for his affair, but even as they share a beach holiday, his affection for her is absent. Since he is ostensibly working during their time together, Melina reaches the end of her emotional rope. She storms out of the hotel and into the arms of a stranger. Well, she thinks he's a stranger...
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When they met, Camille was aware that she was engaging in a short-term affair. Micah was a singer in an established band, and she was a receptionist who led a quiet life. The physical attraction was dynamic, but there could be no happily ever after for them... or could there?
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Chantal enjoys the bohemian lifestyle she and her lover lead. She fantasized about a long and loving relationship with him. But when she discovered him cavorting sexually with another woman in their garret, her practical side advised her to accept reality. When Chantal met Gregor, she found love. Please be aware that this short story does not end with a "happily ever after."
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As their online affair became more intense, Alexis and Marcus laid the ground rules and arranged to meet in person. They share passion, desire, touches that scorch and kisses that promise. Can they keep their promise to limit their relationship to sex and friendship?
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Abby feels as though she's no more than a pawn. Her husband never incited the sexually explosive reactions his brother seems to evoke so easily, but then her husband never loved her as more than his best friend.
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She's been played long enough. It's time for August to become a playa, to live her sexual fantasies, and to soar.