The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz is a book that is also a practical guide to self-mastery. It is a “Toltec Wisdom Book” that expands on the original book The Four Agreements. Book Description “ In The Four Agreements, a New York Times bestseller for over seven years, don Miguel ...
Ah, Ireland…That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be ~ Disraeli For some reason I have always been intrigued with both Ireland and Scotland. Mainly my interests lie with the age of Druids and with the fantasy of the places. What’s not to love about ...
I just love getting a good murder mystery as a Christmas gift! After the wrapping paper has been cleared away, and things settle down to a dull roar, a person can go curl up in a quiet corner and be entertained for hours on end. If you also enjoy getting a good book at Christmas, ...
I am an avid reader and love many different genre’s of books. I couldn’t even begin to tell you how many books I’ve read so far in my life, but it has been quite a lot. Recently on a trip to our local Dollar General, I noticed that they had a box of books that ...
I saw I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot sitting on the discount table at Books-A-Million and passed it up several times due to the cheesy artwork on the cover. It struck me as something that would be perhaps for young children, or just poorly written. When it went down to a dollar, I could ...
As a feminist, I’m aware that plenty of this frame of mind esteem Bradstreet as their fellow, and through this poem I am glimpsing as to why. Though she starts off very humbly admitting, “for my mean pen are too superior things” and “But simple I according to my will”, it is apparent that Bradstreet ...
Imagine seeing the stars for the very first time . . . would an expected reaction be one of utter astonishment, in which new avenues of thinking are suddenly opened after witnessing this unique and breathtaking sight of billions of distant suns littering the night sky? Or would a reaction of sheer horror and insanity ...
Checker Book Publishing has shown that there is no school like the old school. They were smart enough to compile a very old Star Trek series of comics that were first printed in the late sixties, when the original television series was still on the air and at its peak. This is assuming that the ...
The husband in Raymond Carver’sCathedral doesn’t want the blind man over because he held negative stereotypes about blind people. This changed when he spent some time with his wife’s friend. Had some of his generic ideas about blind people been positive then he would have no objection. His change from the beginning of the story ...
Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” is considered by most to be the greatest tragedy ever written. Even in his own time, Sophocles won the Dionysia Festival over twenty times, a feat that shows just how well expected he was. In order to follow the play, it’s helpful to know the back story. King Laius, ruler ...