Book Excerpt returning to full health. Aging may provide early warning signs of possible political problems. For instance, instability might result from a population boom among young adults. Agricultural Products: The key crops and commodities are listed in order of importance in this category. Airport: This article lists all airfields or airports that have received … Read more
In addition to the regular information updates, The World Factbook 2008 features several new additions. In the Geography category, two new fields focus on the increasingly vital resource of water: “Total renewable water resources” and “Freshwater withdrawal.” Book Excerpt estimation, which changes the relative configuration of various economies globally. The primary faiths referenced in Facebook’s … Read more
In Austen’s best comedy set in the 1800s, the lively and witty Elizabeth Bennet and the restrained Mr. Darcy interact with early misunderstandings (and mutual enlightenment) in the middle of a genteel village society. Book Excerpt We’ve had the most wonderful evening, Elizabeth remarked as she entered the space. Nothing could compare, Jane, if only … Read more
Ligeia! Ligeia! My beautiful one, Whose harshest idea Will to melody run, Say, is it thy will, On the breezes to toss, Or, capriciously still, Like the lone albatross, Incumbent on night, As she on the air, To keep watch with delight On the harmony there? Book Excerpt “Explore the mysteries of the human mind; … Read more
The sole book written by Emily Bronte, this tale of Catherine and Heathcliff shows the depth of their love for one another and how that deep passion finally kills them both, forcing Heathcliff to withdraw from society and slide into vice. English literary experts consider Wuthering Heights to be a masterpiece. It was first published … Read more
When a straightforward young Englishman accompanies a customer to Transylvania and encounters the mysterious Count Dracula, the most well-known vampire tale in history starts. When Dracula reveals his actual self, he takes a ship towards England, where dreadful things start to happen to the inhabitants of London…. Book Excerpt The snow-covered top of the big … Read more
Book Excerpt “A shroud may work as the coffin’s pall, I suppose. My blood rushes through my veins with immense power, and my long-restrained youth suddenly explodes into active activity, like an eruption in a volcano that erupts once every hundred years and then remains dormant. I feel as though life is rising within me … Read more
Mrs. Velkanon Alberic’s portrayal by Arthur B. River can be seen in the films “The Haunted and The Hunters,” “The Silent Omen,” “Banishes the Man Who Wants to Two Women,” “Ghost Stories of Phantom Rickshaw,” “The Rival Ghosts,” “The Damned Thing,” “The Intervalled American Ghost,” and “Assassin of The American Ghost.” Book Excerpt Arthur B. … Read more
“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.” – Rudyard Kipling The half-Indian opium in India fascinates Kim, a youngster who was raised as an orphan by a British soldier and also goes by the name Kimball O’Hara. While playing freely on the streets of Lahore as a boy, he becomes … Read more
“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”- John Buchan “I got the first hint in an inn on the Achensee in Tyrol. That set me inquiring, and I collected my other clues in a fur-shop in the Galician quarter of Buda, … Read more