Elias Canetti (25 July, 1905 – 14 August, 1994) was a nov­el­ist, non-fiction writer, mem­oirist and play­wright. Mr. Elias was born in Bul­garia, but is known as a Swiss and British nov­el­ist. Image from russianroulettehitscannes.wordpress.com Books by Elias Canetti The ances­tors of Mr. Canetti were Sephardi Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. Canetti came […]

A 14th Cen­tury book is found hid­den in a wall in a monastery, inside it there is a map which points to a cave filled with out­stand­ing paint­ings on its walls. The book is sent to Paris for restora­tion where Hugo Pineau, a lit­er­ary his­to­rian, enlists the help of Luc Simard, an archae­ol­o­gist to find the cave.

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About: Bring­ing Down Gaddafi: On the Ground with the Libyan Rebels by Andrei Netto is a non-fiction book telling the story of the author, a Brazil­ian jour­nal­ist. Mr. Netto trav­eled to Libya to wit­ness first­hand the upris­ing against Gaddafi. 320 pages Pub­lisher: Pal­grave Macmil­lan Trade Lan­guage: Eng­lish ISBN-10: 1137279125 My rat­ing for Bring­ing Down Gaddafi — […]

We've received a total of $20.41 in repay­ments this July. Loan repay­ments in the amount of $12.02 were made on a por­tion of a loan pur­chased with pro­mo­tional credit, so this amount was returned to the pro­mo­tional account.   Click here to donate your­self Funded on Aug 16, 2013 Fredy Celestino Guatemala  |  Inter­net Café You Loaned: $25.00 […]

Mar­vel announced a female Thor to take over in the comics. Does that mean that Thor is now a Dis­ney Princess? Over­all, it should be an inter­est­ing arc in the comics (noth­ing is per­ma­nent, not even death), they are entrust­ing the line to very tal­ented writ­ers and artists. Fun Facts Fri­day: George Bernard Shawtinyurl.com/lkthgch #BookRe­view Check […]

A ter­ri­fy­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal sus­pense with so many twists that the end­ing will leave you breath­less.
What would you do if you began to sus­pect one day that some­one was out to get you? Really get you. But you had absolutely no idea who it was.

  1) In “Ani­mal Farm” Orwell crit­i­cized the Russ­ian Gov­ern­ment and com­mu­nism. 2) Old Major is par­al­leled to Karl Marx and the farmer is par­al­leled to the Czar. 3) Napoleon, ris­ing to power thru force, is par­al­leled to Joseph Stalin. 4) Snow­ball, an ani­mal with good ideas, good inten­tions who was forced out and blamed for […]

This novel was a delight­ful sum­mer read, quick, funny and easy to ingest. The sto­ry­telling and dia­log are sharp and funny, and the char­ac­ters are engag­ing and natural.

©2014 When a writer sets out to tell the story of an event or short period of their lives they are not always aware of the inher­ent dan­gers of doing so. Celebri­ties who decide to put pen to paper, for all sorts of moti­va­tions, can get away with 'telling it like it is' to a […]