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 		Themes in Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The themes of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer wrap up the Twilight series and include choice, abortion, life and death, and redemption.
Canadian Literary Impostors
What do Grey Owl, Robert W. Service and Farley Mowat have in common? They all used their creativity to revise their apparent identities to suit their written work.
Raymond E. Feist's At the Gates of Darkness
A succinct critique of Feist's latest novel.
Book Review: Robin Hobb's The Dragon Keeper
A succinct, accessible critique of American fantasy writer Robin Hobb's latest novel.
The Bingo Palace Book Review
The Bingo Palace is a tale of love, luck, and finding a place in the world.
Book Review – The Big Over Easy
DI Jack Spratt is the head of the Nursery Crime Division and is joined by Sergeant Mary Mary to try and crack the biggest whodunnit in nursery rhyme history.
Larry King's Remarkable Journey A Great Read
One of the most famous interviewers of all times, Larry King, gives his readers an inside scoop into historical events and his topsy-turvey love life and financial woes.
Paul Celan's "So many constellations ..."
"So many constellations ..." begins with cosmological imagery that explores the uncertainty and ultimate unknowability between human subjects.
Interests of Poet Elizabeth Oakes Smith
An interest in Spiritualism is evident in the writings of activist and poet, Elizabeth Oakes Smith. Her short memoir, Shadow Land; or The Seer, documents her dream-life.
The Ghosts of Dickens' Christmas Past
Was Dickens' most famous tale forged in Yorkshire?
More Books for Hunger Games Fans
Teens who like "The Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins will love these post-apocalyptic edge-of-your-seat-thrill-ride young adult novels.
Masters' Judge Somers
A boasting judge reveals petty jealousy of the town drunk, whose burial arrangements seem to elevate the drunk's station above the erudite, accomplished legal scholar
Howard Nemerov's "The War in the Air"
The saying goes, "Out of sight, out of mind", but even if something looks empty it may not be the case.
Santorini Island and The Myth of Atlantis
Atlantis is a symbolic narrative of the modern-day Santorini Island of Greece which continues to engage international attention.
Angels: A Pop-Up Book by Chuck Fischer
Chuck Fischer's Angels: A Pop-Up Book brings angels to life for audiences and believers of any age.
Maximum City:Bombay Lost and Found
Maximum City reveals more about Mumbai than one could ever imagine. Learn about Bollywood, the justice system, red light district and family life of the middle class.
Book Review - Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
American author Victor Lodato isn't afraid to tackle the big themes: love, death, family and forgiveness.
Body Politic in Rushdie's Midnight's Children
Saleem, born at the moment India became a nation, represents India through the metaphor of the body politic in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
Art Speigelman's Maus
Maus, a tale of the Holocaust told in comic book format, is the most hard-hitting and yet life-affirming graphic novel ever made.
List of Words to be Banished - 2010 Winners
Each New Year's Day, Lake Superior State University releases the Banished Word List. Pop culture watchers get a chuckle from the 35th annual tongue-in-cheek word list.
Great American Short Stories by Women
Some of American literature's greatest, most memorable short stories are written by women authors.
Rainer Maria Rilke's "Apprehension"
Beginning with a lonely birdcall, Rainer Maria Rilke's "Apprehension" enacts a prophetic sense of anxiety in the changing world of early 20th-century Europe.
Review: One Second After by William Forstchen
A professor of military history and technology writes a chilling cautionary tale depicting social collapse after all electrical grids go down following an EMP attack.
Review of Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight
The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight will be indispensable for parents who have tried other methods and their children are still not sleeping through the night.
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Over the course of a summer, Vicky Austin juggles three boys, learns the importance of mortality and begins to understand her own heart.
Rereading Rebecca
What is it like to reread Rebecca in one's 30s? After all the experience one has gained and after all the changes that have transformed social values?
Nora Roberts – The Circle Trilogy
One witch, one sorcerer, one shape-shifter, one scholar, one vampire and one warrior join forces to defeat a 2000-year-old vampire queen.
Osamu Tezuka's MW
MW is one of Osamu Tezuka's darker manga. Available in English for the first time in thirty years, MW explores themes of power, corruption, guilt, and identity.
Book Review: Diamond Head
Patrick Robinson's 2009 novel of war, conspiracy, and justice will please hard-core military thriller fans, but may not be right for those seeking more than just action.
Twist Endings - O. Henry, Saki, De Maupassant
These three short stories are by masters of the twist ending. This article contains a brief synopsis of the stories and a little about each author.
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