“Where most children are the proof of their parent’s love, I was the proof of their criminality.” Trevor Noah is a South African comedian who rose to fame upon hosting the acclaimed American satirical news program, The Daily Show. His book, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, is an autobiographical comedy that Read more…
Elizabeth’s spirit’s soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. ‘How could you begin?’ said she. ‘I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?’ ‘I cannot fix Read more…
“it is a blessing to be the color of earth do you know how often flowers confuse me for home”
The branch exists only to bear the fruit The knowledge of which resides in the root Would a gardener plant and tend the vine Without the promise of the grape and wine? Before this truth let all your reason pause What you thought was effect, is but the cause.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jeffrey Howard Archer, the Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, is an English novelist and former politician. He wrote his first book Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less in 1974, as a means to avoid bankruptcy. And, since then, he has written plays, fiction, non-fiction, books for children; he has also served Read more…
“How could those who had committed Nazi crimes or watched them happen or looked away while they were happening or tolerated the criminals among them after 1945 or even accepted them – how could they have anything to say to their children? But on the other hand, the Nazi past was an issue even for Read more…
“i want to apologize to all women i have called pretty before i’ve called them intelligent or brave i am sorry i made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is the most you have to be proud of when your spirit has crushed mountains from now on i will Read more…
Summary: It is the early nineteenth century. The British East India Company has been bringing in Chinese indentured laborers to work in the tea gardens of Assam and West Bengal. Amidst days of misery and toil, they slowly begin to find contentment in their day-to-day lives. Descended from the slave Ho Han, Mei Lin lives Read more…
“Sometimes it’s as important to prove there is no answer to a question as it is to answer it.” Originally written in the Japanese language, Salvation of a Saint was released in 2008 with its English translation being published in 2012. This book is the fourth in the Detective Galileo series by the author Keigo Read more…
“Fahrenheit 451 – The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns…” This introductory quote, quite artistically, sets the stage for the story – a dystopian future where possession of books is illegal and hence the books are mercilessly torched, by the firemen themselves with the owners being arrested by the police; a society Read more…
