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  • The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners for Use in Educational Establishments

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    Translated by Geoffrey Longnecker ...
    A bestselling author in his time, Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925) was a friend of, and influence on, André Gide, Paul Valéry, Oscar Wilde and Stephane Mallarmé among others. He achieved instant notoriety with Aphrodite and The Songs of Bilitis, but it was only after his death that Louÿs' true legacy was to be discovered: nearly 900 pounds of erotic manuscripts were found in his home, all of them ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • An evaluation of western civilisation’s interference with the evolutionary creative process

    Redeeming the cosmos

    by Pierre Louys ...
    Our western civilisation has been tinkered, initially, with artifacts and knowledge taken from the first humans and from the ruins of ancient cultures. The last civilisational change, which originated in ‘the new world’, has interfered and perhaps derailed our species’ evolutionary pathway because it has almost tossed out the perennial and vital relationship between Homo sapiens and Nature which ... Read more

    $4.82 CAD

  • Aphrodite

    by Pierre Louys ...
    Aphrodite - Pierre Louys - Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Woman and Puppet

    Pierre Louys

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    Woman and Puppet is a provocative exploration of seduction, power, and the complexities of desire. In this novel, Pierre Louÿs delves into the interplay of manipulation and sensuality, examining how relationships can be shaped by intense power dynamics and contrasting emotions. Through the intricate, sometimes troubling relationship between the Spanish dancer Conchita Pérez and her lover, André ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Songs of Bilitis

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    The western student is apt to be somewhat confused in his ideas regarding the Yogis and their philosophy and practice. Travelers to India have written great tales about the hordes of fakirs, mendicants and mountebanks who infest the great roads of India and the streets of its cities, and who impudently claim the title "Yogi." The Western student is scarcely to be blamed for thinking of the typical ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Songs of Bilitis

    by Pierre Louys ...
    The Songs of Bilitis Pierre Louys - "First published in Paris in 1894, this purports to be translations of poems by a woman named Bilitis, a contemporary and acquaintance of Sappho. This caused a sensation, not only because finding an intact cache of poems from a completely unknown Greek poet circa 600 B.C. would be a miracle, but because of its open and sensitive exploration of lesbian eroticism. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Woman and Puppet: The New Pleasure; Byblis; Lêda; Immortal Love; The Artist Triumphant; The Hill of Horsel

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    In Spain the Carnival does not finish, as in France, at eight o’clock on the morning of Ash Wednesday. Over the wonderful gaiety of Seville the memory that “dust we are,” etc., spreads its odour of sepulture for four days only, and the first Sunday of Lent all the Carnival reawakens. It is the Domingo de Pinatas, or the Sunday of Marmites, the Grand Fête. All the populous town has changed its ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Manners; Also Known As Aphrodite

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    "Ancient Manners; Also Known As Aphrodite" follows the story of Demetrios, a wealthy merchant living in the ancient Greek city of Alexandria. Demetrios becomes infatuated with Chrysis, a beautiful courtesan who is known for her seductive charm and allure. Despite his wealth and status, Demetrios finds himself unable to resist Chrysis's charms and becomes increasingly obsessed with her.As the novel ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Manners: Also Known As Aphrodite

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    Chrysis. She loved the name. The young men who came to see her called her Chryse like Aphrodite, in the verses they laid at her door, with rose-garlands, in the morning. She did not believe in Aphrodite, but she liked to be compared to the goddess, and she went to the temple sometimes, in order to give her, as to a friend, boxes of perfumes and blue veils. She was born upon the borders of Lake ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The She-Devils

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    Classic French erotica by the extremely prolific Louys. Susan Sontag, so recently deceased, described this book as "one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status." The She-Devils is the story of a young man who one day finds himself in the company of a family of whores, mother and three daughters, each of the younger ones more decadent than the last. Oft-reprinted work first ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Songs of Bilitis

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    The Songs of Bilitisby Pierre Louÿs"First published in Paris in 1894, this purports to be translations of poems by a woman named Bilitis, a contemporary and acquaintance of Sappho. This caused a sensation, not only because finding an intact cache of poems from a completely unknown Greek poet circa 600 B.C. would be a miracle, but because of its open and sensitive exploration of lesbian eroticism. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • The Songs Of Bilitis

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Pierre Louÿs ...
    The Songs of Bilitis unfolds as the recovered life and poetry of an ancient woman, Bilitis, born in rustic Pamphylia and shaped by shepherds, nymphs, and the rhythms of pastoral labor. Her innocence gives way to first love, abandonment, and a journey to Lesbos and Cyprus, where she enters a dazzling world of female companionship, sacred sexuality, and refined desire. Framed with scholarly ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD