The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character??s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner??s masterpiece […]
How can extreme suffering be so commonplace if there is a God who knows everything, who is all-powerful and also compassionate? How do the scriptures of our religions explain the existence of suffering? Do these explanations stand up to examination? Does our experience testify to a God? Or do the two demons time and chance […]
Set in the Deep South that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkners finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase of this authors outstanding creative period. The chronicle of an elderly black farmer arrested for the murder of a white man and under threat from the lynch mob, […]
Marian has a problem. A willing member of the consumer society in which she lives, she suddenly finds herself identifying with the things being consumed. She can cope with her tidy-minded fianc??, Peter, who likes shooting rabbits. She can cope with her job in market research, and the antics of her roommate. She can even […]
Mary-Kate and Ashley are planning the best Sweet Sixteen party of all time! Mary-Kate and Ashley??s plans have changed for their Sweet Sixteen party ?? BIG time. After a disaster with posting the invitations to the wrong people, they hit on the tantalising teaser of sending everyone regular updates on the venue and theme. But […]
Why everyone LOVES Katie Ellison Shes top of the class, she parties with A-list, shes bursting with talent- and shes got the kind of boyfriend any girl would kill to get their hands on. Why everyone HATES Tommy Sullivan Four years ago he exposed the football team as cheats- and had to leave town, along […]
Dear Diary, Ashley is so lucky. Shes “in” with the older girls! They say I can be part of the group, too … but youll never believe what they want me to do first! — Mary-Kate Dear Diary, Awesome news! the coolest girls in the entire school want me to hang with them and help […]
How To Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People By Public Speaking is a book by Dale Carnegie, the popular writer, lecturer, and business trainer who is well-known for his self-help books. The book educates readers on how to conquer performance anxiety and speak confidently in public, and Dale Carnegie uses his vast experience to provide tips […]
Times have changed, and it??s hard being a man, for there is now a strange new species around: The Modern Woman??urban, independent, uncompromising, and entirely sure of her place in the world. In this guide for the CIM (Confused India Male), Jerry Pinto provides tips on how to get by in the new world??how to […]
The last thing that Tom Tomsky wanted was a ghost in his house. For this nine-year-old klutz, life was already a mess; finding a spook in the cellar seemed like the final straw. Fortunately, Tom has family connections to world-renowned ghost hunter Hetty Camomile. With Hettys help, Tom turns the tide on this untimely spirit […]
Nicholas dad has had an idea – always a cue for disaster! This time hes planning to take the whole family camping. Sounds great, but Tomato is taking her pet carrot (dont ask) and Cheese is smuggling his pet hen into the camping van, while Granny and Lancelot are planning on bringing the goat. How […]
The jokes on them! Harry and his brother, Alex, are dying to fit in at Camp Spirit Moon. But the camp has so many weird traditions. Like the goofy camp salute. The odd camp greeting. And the way the old campers love to play jokes on the new campers. Then the jokes start to get […]
Abby is desolate when her best friend, Jessica, goes away to spend several months with her dad. Abby promises Jessica shell handle her baby-sitting job, but soon Abby gets fired. Will anything ever go right with Jessica away?
Being a teenage girl with divorced parents is hard enough without discovering youre the heir apparent to a small European country, that you must have a bodyguard tailing you at all times, and that your paternal grandmother is determined to turn you into a proper princess. Mia Thermopolis faces all that and more during her […]
Its show time! Jeff, Cassidy, and Nina find some great props for their class play when they visit a sale at the old Blackburn Mansion. But they bring back more than just an antique fiddle and pet dish. They bring more ghosts! And the new ghosts like to sing…ALL OF THE TIME . Now, the […]