From its etymological roots, sex is related to a scission, Latin for sectus, secare, meaning "to divide or cut." Therefore, regardless of the various studies applied to defining sex as inscribed by discursive acts, i.e. merely a 'performatively enacted signification,' there is something more to sex than just a social construction or an aprioristic substance. Sex is irreducible to meaning or knowledge. This is why psychoanalysis cannot be formulated as an erotology nor a science of sex (scientia sexualis). In this matter, sex escapes the symbolic restraints of language; however, it is through its failure that it manifests itself through the symbolic, e.g. symptoms or dream life. So, what is sex? Sex and Nothing embarks upon a dialogue between colleagues and friends interested in bridging psychoanalysis and philosophy, linking sex and thought, where what emerges is a greater awareness of the irreducucibility of sex to the discourse of knowledge and meaning: in other words, sex and nothing.

Tales of love, sex, and relationships as only “one of the great . . . American short story writers” can tell them (The Washington Post Book World). A one-night stand begins a tragic journey that consumes a man’s soul in “Neither Your Jenny Nor Mine.” Afraid to interact with men who would condemn her as ugly, a young woman imagines herself living the love lives of every woman she sees until one daydream becomes a nightmare in “Mona at Her Windows.” On “A Path Through the Darkness,” a man struggles to understand his attraction to a cruel, morbid woman. Multi-award-winning author Harlan Ellison shatters the rose-colored glasses view of romance in these and other stories, coming to understand the elusive power of love about in terms of the primal passions and emotional onslaughts human beings engage. Insightful and devastating, these are realistic depictions of men and women desperate to connect and communicate, only to discover that love doesn’t conquer all. Includes: “The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie,” “The Universe of Robert Blake,” “G.B.K.—A Many Flavored Bird,” “Neither Your Jenny Nor Mine,” “Riding the Dark,” “Train Out,” “Moonlighting,” “What I Did on My Vacation this Summer by Little Bobby,” “Hirschhorn, Age 27,” “Mona at Her Windows,” “Blind Bird, Blind Bird, Go Away from Me!,” “Passport,” “I Curse the Lesson and Bless the Knowledge,” “Battle Without Banners,” “A Path,” “Through the Darkness,” “A Prayer for No One’s Enemy,” “Punky & the Yale Men”

Frenemies-to-Lovers Billionaire Romance A contract? It's a good cause. Why should I say no? Does his motive really matter? I've never met my best friend. Is that weird? Didn't think so. Anonymity gives me freedom to say things I'd never say to someone's face. And then he breaks it. Yep, the arrogant jerk injects himself into my life without any word or warning. Oh, and the best part? He just happens to be the billionaire owner of the social media company I work for. That's right, people! He's my boss! And he's hot. And he argues with me. He tests me and I push back. It's one long game of tug-of-war. He won't yield and I won't surrender. Me or him? Who will win? Who's right? Who's wrong—damn, then we're kissing and one thing leads to another… This isn't good. Actually, it is good. Too good. Thank God I can't stand him or it could get complicated. Frenemies with benefits works for me. He's there when I'm horny and when I need to flex my sass muscles. It is what it is. No future. No commitment. Who cares if no one else gets it? **HEA STANDALONE**

When Lizzie Fisher sees a black mark above her teachers head, she has no idea how much it will change her life. Seven days later the teacher is dead and Lizzie must come to terms with a frightening new ability: she sees when people are about to die. Sent to Andalucia to live with a grandmother she has never met, Lizzie falls in love with gifted musician, Rafa. All seems well until one day the black mark appears above her grandmother’s head. Horrified, Lizzie finds herself in a race against time to find out what the gift really means. Will Rafa help her? And can she save her grandmother’s life before it’s too late? ,

This volume explores the application of persuasion theory and research to HIV/AIDS prevention, focusing on changing attitudes and behaviors. It is intended for students and scholars applying theory to health or AIDS prevention.

A man from Nashville decides to commit suicide, and chooses an isolated cabin above the Arctic Circle in Alaska plus a date three months in the future to kill himself. Alone, he thinks, he writes, he prays, but nothing happens. Nothing is what he decides he wants to be.

James Burroughs is scared. It seems like only yesterday he was a bright eyed, ambitious young man of twenty-one, freshly graduated and ready to make his mark in the world. But it wasn’t yesterday. It was six years ago. And in that time his dreams and ambitions have disappeared faster than an emu being chased by Rod Hull. After being brought face to face with the stark reality that his future has become his present and in six years he has progressed exactly nowhere, James is determined to find out what happened to his former hopes, dreams and desires, which he decides to do the best way he knows how. By living those days all over again. James’ ambition to transform himself from the twenty-nothing he has become to the twenty-something he feels he should be takes in chavs, Global Hypercolour, sex toys and Gloucestershire based music festivals, all under the banner of the Young Person's Philosophy - James’ new guiding light. Abandoning himself to the whims of youth ensures that what James intends as a short-term project has consequences that neither he nor his friends could ever have predicted.