Showing results for "The Businessman" in Literature & Fiction

Twice unlucky in love, natural hair vlogger Angela Strickland has settled into a life centered around avoiding men and relationships like the plague. Unwilling to risk another broken heart, she resigns herself to being a perpetually single woman. Corporate man and self-professed womanizer Ryan Boye doesn't believe in relationships or love and thinks anyone who does is a fool. But there's just something about Angela Strickland he can't shake.

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments. It was published in February 1840 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story questions the concept of a self-made man. The narrator of the story is Peter Proffit, a "methodical" businessman by his own admission. He says a nurse swung him around when he was a young boy, and he bumped his head against a bedpost.

Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.

Mallory Sullivan is ready to start her new life. After graduating at the top of her class, she's landed one of the most coveted internships in the United States. Hard work and determination have gotten her to this moment of living the life she only dreamed of while growing up in foster care. She never expected Oz to be the greatest culmination of those dreams. But sometimes fate determines who you fall in love with. Who makes you lose control. Who owns your soul. And then you realize it wasn't fate at all.

Kevin’s business has started to hit its stride and was firing on all cylinders. Now feeling like the successful businessman he always felt he was meant to be, Kevin decided to take a well-deserved holiday, inviting his stunning colleague - Stacey. Stacey was all sweet and innocent on the outside. But inside was a different story. It all become clearer to the naive businessman, when he became the subject of ridicule, torment, and humiliation at the hand of an opportunistic Femdom Gang.

One night, Kelsey is dressed up to go clubbing but her manager begs her to come in and cover another employee’s overnight shift. She agrees but she doesn’t have time to change. She’s dressed to the nines and wearing clothes designed to draw men’s eyes in a dark and crowded nightclub, not to check people in!

During the recent economic crisis, Kevin’s found his business suffering some hardship. His business spiraled deeply into debt and his bank became reluctant to lend him more money. Kevin arranged to meet with Mistress Jessica. His proposition - a loan in exchange for a stake in his business. Her suggestion - a loan in exchange for his role in her own business. Kevin find he takes on too much as he volunteers to become a self-defense dummy in one of Mistress Jessica’s gyms.

When Gillian, David, and Michael each take the wrong suitcase from baggage claim, the airline directs them to retrieve their bags at a mysterious facility in a deserted part of the city. There, they meet the enigmatic Baggage Handler, who shows them there is more in their baggage than what they have packed, and carrying it with them is slowing them down in ways they can’t imagine. And they must deal with it before they can leave.

Since Kevin had approached the dominant Femdom Jessica for a small loan, he has found her slowly taking control of his both his business and his body. The submissive businessman foolishly believed he still maintained control over both. But when he is summoned into a board meeting with Jessica and a room full of Dommes...he finds himself in a world he never once envisioned when he embarked on his business career.

Kevin’s business needs a cash injection to propel it forward. Business savings are low, banks have rejected him, family and friends have turned their backs on him, and he has nowhere to turn but to one person. Jessica - Jessica is the last person you want to be owing money to. The epitome of Femdom. The cruel and seductive Mistress knew precisely what was required to reel in her submissive victim, dangling the carrot in front of him...before cruelly snapping her vicious talons shut.

Kevin's luck goes from bad to worse. His car had broken down and now he was laying in a dark alleyway, battered and bruised. The successful businessman thought he was protecting two attractive females from harassment from four large thugs. But instead, he took the brunt of the attacks leaving the busty women untouched. Lucy and Vanessa felt sorry for Kevin and offered him a night’s sleep at their own flat. But when they caught his pleasuring himself over sexy images of Lucy...they decided to teach him the ultimate lesson.