The novel War and Peace, by author Leo Tolstoy, is a truly amazing book. It recounts the Napoleonic Battles and details the journeys of Prince Andrey, Pierre, Nikolay, Natasha, and many others. Tolstoy describes these battles with haunting images and …
A fire started just before quitting time which burned the top three floors of the Asch Building in downtown Manhattan, where around 500+ workers, mostly women, were collecting their things to leave for the day. This fire was the cause …
Past midnight, Chyna Sheperd, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in Napa Valley, where her best friend’s family lives For her, instinct proves reliable tonight. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered …
There are many scenes which may be considered essential for the understanding of a novel, and after the reading of which we have a full view of the author’s intentions in relation to the plot. In The Picture of Dorian …
Francisco Jimenez shows a lot of sympathy, apathy, empathy, and advocacy in The Circuit. This makes the reader want to keep reading the story. It is easy to spot in his book. You just have to know what those terms …
The novel, The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding was published by Penguin Putnam Inc. in New York, New York. The copyright date is 1954. Take a group of privileged school boys from a sophisticated background and send …
This book was about one little kid who did not have any friends and had an abusive family. This kid lived in a family which did not treat him in a good way. He was tought not to inetupt “mom” …
In Camus’s The Stranger, Meursault, the protagonist, finds himself sentenced to death in an absurd twist of fate. For no rational reason, Meursault takes the life of an Arab, whom he does not wish to kill,
on a hot, sunny …
Charles Dickens the writer of “A Christmas Carol” in my opinion has written the most beloved Christmas story of all time. The story is constructed with good well rounded characters. The story line is very
social, with the story of …
Love and Security
Sometimes inspiration can come when you least expect it. A smile from a stranger or a song on the radio can ignite your imagination and instantly transport you to a different time and place. I recently
experienced …
White Fang is a Fictional story that was written by Jack London. This book is based in the late 1800’s, in the Canadian territory of Yukon, during the Klondike Gold Rush. I decided to read this book because I thought …
Messenger, by Lois Lowery, is about a boy named Matty and is set in futuristic times. Matty had come to Village six years ago after fleeing a life of hardship and poverty. In his old village he had a
friend …
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Author(s): Al Ries & Jack Trout
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York. 1993. 143 pages.
Price: Rs.50.
This book is dedicated to the elimination of myths and misconceptions from the marketing process. The authors dispel most …
The book I chose for my review was written by Waldo W. Braden on Abraham Lincoln’s ability as a public speaker. The popular opinion of Americans in Lincoln’s day was that he was a wonderful president, but a second-rate public …
When reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel, I found myself unable to put it down. The word unbelievable kept coming to mind when reading away. How a person of such young age could have that much willpower and courage …