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This book contains twelve folk stories from eleven of the Chinese nationalities--Han, Hui, Mongolian, Miao, Zhuang, Hani, Dongxiang, Tu, Oroqen, Blang and Li. Written in a lively, interesting and humorous style, these stories express the Chinese people's longing for a free and happy life and their pursuit of noble ideals to bring about that better life.

Fifth in the series, containing the classic "Magic Knife.

Fourth in the Folk Tales from China series. In addition to the title story, contains the famous "Three Episodes of Fanjiangshan.

Third in the series, with 12 tales of Dai, Mongolian and Uighur origin.

A classic of pre-revolutionary France, this novel examines the inside of a monastery, and offered not a little criticism of false pieties from the clerical regime. Olympia republished this work in the earlier days of the Ophelia imprint, it is believed but not assured that Austryn Wainhouse was the translator.

Pamela appeared so alluringly innocent that she had no difficulty at all in acquiring the post of governess and tutor to the daughters of Sir Richard and Lady Bromley at their country estate. Once secure in her position, the wily and seductive heroine of this late 19th century novel adopts the secret arts of the boudoir with immediate pleasure. Enjoying the newly-won sexual favors of Sir Richard, Pamela sets herself to the task of luring other...

Headmistress of a Victorian finishing school near Paris, the exquisitely beautiful Miss Julie has earned the reputation of providing her charges with "jolly good times." Intimate letters from these tender disciples to families and confidantes soon reveal the nature of this fun, as they describe one passionate erotic episode after another, in abundant detail. With Julie, with each other, and with the various young men Julie has gathered about h...

Collected in one volume: two women, spouses to French literary figures, setting out to top their husbands in every way possible. The Image, by "Jean de Berg" (Catherine Robbe-Grillet) so thrilled her husband, a somewhat better-known Alain, that he wrote a nifty preface to her work, signing off as "Pauline Reage." And Diane Bataille, who'd heard quite enough about her husband, author and erotic bibliographer Georges, decided one day to pen The ...

In London under the fog of war, a 10-year-old Jewish girl is murdered. The police have no clues and little interest, so crusader Asta Thundesley takes up the challenge, sifting through clues and gathering up suspects for a dinner party where... nothing is learned. Detective Turpin goes by the book, and finds himself with a stunning set... of dead ends. Fascinating example of life's perils by author Kersh (Night and the City), who reminds for...

Perhaps no title so sums up Olympia. This particular book has been referenced in dozens of articles on the firm, generally in a condescending manner. It doesn't seem to have been pirated as much as other Traveller's Companion titles. Whatever. Tender Was My Flesh is the coming of age story about a girl, Susan Holiday, who lives in a cold and rural place, surviving the harsh winters with help from the fire that burns in her loins. Susan feeds ...

A brief but much-sought novel of flagellation. Rare title desired for accompanying illustrations by the legendary Mahlon Blaine.

Small-town passions (Palomares, CA again!) in another noirish tale. Middie Abingon runs a motel whose walls echo stories of sex... and murder.

Tale of a boy who, on the advice of a prostitute, blackmails his adulterous aunt into repeated acts of sexual deviance and bondage.

In Ancient Rome, slavegirl Julia retains her beauty, but loses all else to the rapacious men and violent doings afoot. Her immense physical charms woo a number of suitors, who fight and die to be her master, until one day she finds herself Empress.

The second title by Hammer (John Coleman, Olympia's leading inspiration and top blurb-writer). The Itch, a tale that predates Indecent Proposal by decades, presents Viney, the husband, Martha, his wife, their many desires, and a millionaire who wanders along and offers them seven figures if they act out those desires in interesting ways. But their benefactor is hardly pleased when erotic pursuits occasioned by the pair (like running off to Ja...

Handsome handyman finds action with his mistress, her daughter, the maid--exhaustion is his biggest enemy as woman after woman comes seeking him.

Its authorship rumored to include Diane di Prima, Of Sheep and Girls is a tale of life in the west, where Lud Stoner has to herd the flock. It's tough out there on the prairie for Lud and his partner Owen, but local gals like Grace and Abbey help them get along just fine. No animals were harmed in the production of this novel.

Paris. Occupied. The Resistance will do whatever it takes to garner information for their cause. Recruits are chosen to entertain the dread German forces. Some Nazis like women. Others...

Inspired more by the Decameron. Stories of sexual abnormality recorded by an ashram-based mystic and his trusty assistant. Twelve accounts of life, love and lubricant, taking place amid a dizzying array of character shifts, multiple partners, gratuitous violence and odd dialects, with the "Vedas Ashram" playing a role.

These classic tales, centering on an American in Breton and a local French girl include stories about the murder of a butterfly collector and the haunting spirit of a renegade priest.