Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 26 March 2010
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The Crossroads
A well-told ghost story with plenty of twists and chills. Eleven-year-old Zack believes that his mother, who died from cancer, haunts his New York City apartment, continually disapproving of his behavior. He is immensely relieved when Dad marries Judy, a kind woman, and they move to Connecticut. Unfortunately, Zack cannot seem to escape the dead. Shortly after arriving in North Chester, they meet Gerda Spratling, the last survivor of the town's founding family.
Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 27 February 2010
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An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1734. It is a rationalistic effort to use philosophy in order to "vindicate the ways of God to man", a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justify the ways of God to man"). It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man.
Two babies born on the same day into very different lives. One is a prince and the other is a pauper who will grow up begging on the streets of London. Ten years later they meet and change places. For a short time they enjoy it but then they cannot change back. That same day, the old King dies. Will a pauper now be King of England? Russian comments to the text
Holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor and servant of his country, Connor Fitzgerald is the CIA's most deadly weapon. Only days from his retirement, he comes across an enemy he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss, the Director of the CIA. And she has only one purpose: to destroy him.
Joe Bonham, a young soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell. He gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and face, but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body. He tries to die by suffocating himself but he has been given a tracheotomy, which he cannot remove or control. He successfully attempts to communicate with his doctors by banging his head on his pillow in Morse code.
