Wheel of Darkness Book Review

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My mother-in-law recently introduced me to mystery novels and to the Pendergast novels written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Over the past six months, I've read through the series, and I anxiously awaited the new novel, "Wheel of Darkness."I have to say, though, that I found m

How to Travel With Books - Advantage and Disadvantage of Travel Books

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Is it necessary to purchase a travel book or is it realistic that we can get similar information from other resources? Usually, most individuals have a major question on buying a travel book. So here are the pros and cons of purchasing one such book.

Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox

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Waiting to Be Heard is not only about Amanda Knox's case but also gives the readers insight about her time as a student in Italy and the friends she met while in the country. She includes information about her trial, her four years in prison, the many people with whom she had to share a cell an

One Man Show

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Why one man is gifted with such wisdom? He has remained loyal without any freedom. He ventures out seldom and remains in room. This is his place forever including class room.

Matrimony by Joshua Henkin - A Review and an Interview With the Author

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Josh Henkin's Julian Wainwright is the major character in what is a poignant depiction of Mia and Julian Wainwright's marriage and all that entails. All of the emotional upheaval one might expect in a marriage filled with infidelity, suspicion, and loss, is found in Julian's marriage

Girl by Jamaica Kincaid - A Poetic Reflection of the Authors Life

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Learn about the most popular poem Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and how its a direct reflection of the life of the Antiguan born American novelist and poet. Among her other works such as Annie John there seem to many indications that the author writes about her own life experiences and critics believe tha

Book Review:Money Without Matrimony

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Gay and lesbian couples face more financial hurdles than their married counterparts.

Club Expat - A Complete Guide For A Teenager Moving Overseas

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Club Expat is a book that provides insight into life in a touching manner and dispenses valuable bits of advice into the minds of the readers, who are supposed to be teenagers. It will change the perspective in which teenagers view things in life and thereby help them a lot.

One Flew Under the Cuckoo's Nest

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One Flew Under the Cuckoo's Nest is a dark commentary on the dismal state of mental health care in modern society. The book follows Bernie as she battles through a schizophrenic fugue trying to make sense of her own mental state.She struggles through her treatment trying to make sense of her li

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

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The first sentence enthralls and draws you in to the retired Major's grief. He has lived his life in the same house in a small village, Edgecombe St. Mary and he knows all the other villagers. Major Pettigrew receives a phone call telling him of his brother's death. The major's orderl

"The Painted Veil" by W Somerset Maugham

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"The Painted Veil" can be justly tagged a love story, but it's not quite a usual one. It goes much deeper into the psychology of everyone involved than it's usually done in love stories - and it has, unfortunately, no happy end.

Your Money Milestones - A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life

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Milevsky's "Your Money Milestones" really is different from most of the finance books I've seen. Milevsky does have a PH.D. and he's a university professor. At times that does come through in this book.

Animal Farm by George Orwell - Book Review - Revisited

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I first read this book 45 years ago, yet it continues to amuse and amaze. If you don't know the book at all why not take a look, if you do, a second reading can always throw up additional gems.

Review of Behind the Shadows by Patricia Potter

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In the space of one book Patricia Potter manages two love stories and throws in a bit of suspense and action to boot. Behind the Shadows is an impressive piece of work with believable romances, good character building, and healthy doses of mystery.

A Love to Die

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I would love to die. For sacred love and fly.

New Years' Watch - "It's like a Snake that Crawls into a Hole"

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(It's like a Snake that Crawls into a Hole- A Quick Look at Su Dong Po's Poem, New Years' Watch)

Poverty, A Denial of Human Rights

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Poverty is a human rights issue and as such poverty is about social and economic injustices. Almost half of the world's population live on less than $2.50 a day!

Midnight All Day By Hanif Kureishi

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Hanif Kureishi has developed a reputation for deft observation coupled with a lightness of touch. His ability to characterise modern British society is beyond question. In Midnight All Day he offers a series of short stories based in eighties and nineties Britain.

Forest Nightmare (Story)

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Angrily, I stormed out of my car and smacked the bonet. I had broken down about five minutes ago. In front of me, was a car coming up the road.

All Answers

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Why have we extended so much or overstretched Why do we feel frustrated and our dreams wrecked? Have we grown so much obsessive and materialistic? Do we not care about real world and remain static?