By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Stephen_Russell-Lacy]Stephen Russell-Lacy
This novel is one of President Obama's favourite books. It is widely acclaimed as a book of meditative calm and spiritual intensity. Despite its success with a secular audience it unusually has a lot of openly religious content. This is because it deals with spiritual issues in such a personal way. Reverend John Ames is a Congregational minister and the chief character and narrator. He had experienced great sorrow for a long time in his life after the death of his wife and daughter. Many years later when 69 years of age however he meets and marries his second wife, Lila, who is much younger than him. The book is in the form of a letter to their seven-year old son who will have few memories of him as now he is elderly and dying of a heart condition. Poignantly he writes "How I wish you could have known me in my strength."
What the reader gets are anecdotes described in a companionable way. The book has a quiet gentle almost mystical feeling of peaceful old age - a letting go of the things of life. John remembers grief but never without comfort, loneliness but never without peace. Recalling his life he writes "Strange are the uses of adversity" for he is a preacher who is able to shares his private thoughts about everyday ordinary conversations that describe such difficulty. In my view he does this without preaching at the reader. He gives his religious views in a non-righteous way. "Avoid transgressions - How's that for advice."
He writes his memoir from a position of strong religious faith despite his suffering and a knowledge of his own limitations and failings. His inner spiritual struggles and concerns are clearly revealed. John's emotional difficulties are about being a lot older than his wife and child. In the "crouch and squint and limp and lour" he feels the extent of his old age disguises what he has become inside." He doesn't want to die as he has not completed his "errand" in life and hopes he is not presuming on the Lord's patience.
The book is deeply reflective. He often mentions prayer. To a non-believer this just appears to be superstitious time wasting until it is realised John is talking over with his Lord how he might change and understand better a situation with the aid of inner light; learning to think more graciously about those he meets and act more cordially towards those he dislikes. "I have the dreadful habit of taking the measure of a conversation early in terms of the pleasure or benefit I can expect from it or what I might accomplish through it."
On the topic of life after death, John writes that the Bible offers no definitive picture. His friend says he has more ideas about heaven everyday. "Mainly I just think about the splendours of the world and multiply the smell of the grass by two, the brightness of the stars by two..." Talking of his next life to his son John says "I certainly don't mind the thought of your mother finding me a strong young man." Regarding hell he writes about the lot of the reprobate - how their torments are "figuratively expressed to us by physical things - unquenchable fire" and so on.
On faith he comments "If the awkwardness and failure of religion are interpreted to mean there is no care of truth in it - these people are disabled from trusting their own thoughts, their expression of belief." But regarding the question of predestination he seems hesitant and it is left to Lila to say "What about being saved? If you can't change there don't seem much purpose in it."
He reaches for Calvin's writings but also has read other thinkers. Of his father he says "How ignorant did he think I was? I have read Owen and James and Huxley and Swedenborg and for heaven's sake Blavatsky."
John had suffered at the hands of mischief making of the son of his best friend. This boy Jack Boughton when a young man left the local area in disgrace after getting pregnant a girl who he abandoned in poverty. Now in his forties Jack reappears on the scene much to John's discomfort especially when Jack starts to pay attention to Lila and John's son. John says "I have never been able to warm to him, never". He mistrusts Jack and worries he may do harm to his wife and son given his history of "sly meanness."
We sense jealousy. But he is trying to forgive. The way he puts it is to say that anger with someone can be relieved by remembering that the other's transgressions are trivial besides one's own.
We get his deepest intuition about God at the end. "There is no justice in love, no proportion in it and there need not be because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing incomprehensible reality. It makes no sense at all because it is the eternal breaking in on the temporal - so how could it subordinate itself to cause or consequence?"
Copyright 2011 Stephen Russell-Lacy
As a clinical psychologist, Stephen Russell-Lacy has specialised in cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy, working for many years with adults suffering distress and disturbance. His book [http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2010/07/heart-head-and-hands/]Heart, Head and Hands draws links between the psycho-spiritual teachings of the eighteenth century spiritual philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg and current ideas in therapy and psychology.
He edits Spiritual Questions a free eZine that explores links between spiritual philosophy and the comments and questions of spiritual seekers. [http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/bulletins/]Sign up to share your views and find out more about the meaning of life.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Time Travel in Fiction
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=William_Roskey]William Roskey
Time travel has fascinated people for millennia, beginning with old folk stories and myths, and continuing on into the 21st century in the form of novels, television shows, and motion pictures. Every Christmas in English speaking countries we are treated to two perennial movies which feature time travel. In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, spirits take Ebenezer Scrooge into both the past and the future. In It's a Wonderful Life, an angel conducts George Bailey on a trip into the past and future-a past and future that would have occurred had there been no George Bailey.
Like these examples, time travel in fiction was long accomplished either through supernatural means or through mysterious and unknown means. In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the protagonist is transported instantly from 19th century Connecticut into 6th century England by a blow on the head from a crowbar wielded by an angry employee. How did he return? After being stabbed while attending to the wounded on a battlefield, the sorcerer Merlin cast a spell on the traveler so that he will sleep for 1300 years before waking up. In the 1889 novel, Mark Twain used a literary device often employed in time travel stories since-physical evidence of the trip-proof (at least to the protagonist) that the journey had not been an illusion. In Twain's book, that physical evidence was a bullet hole in a suit of medieval armor in a museum. A hole that the time traveler himself had made 13 centuries before with a revolver that he had fashioned using his knowledge of 19th century technology. In H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, published six years later, Wells used the same device, in this case two withered white flowers the time traveler had absently brought back from the year 802701. Two flowers unlike any known in the 19th century.
Wells was the first novelist to have his protagonist use a machine, therefore moving time travel from the fantasy to science fiction genre. It's awfully hard for a reader-even of what is represented as fiction-to believe that time travel can be effected by a blow on the head with a crowbar. That requires a whole lot of the suspension of disbelief. But travel by means of a machine is much easier to believe. The device described in The Time Machine had only two controls, both small levers that the traveler could unscrew and put in his pocket to prevent an unauthorized person from using the machine. One lever sent the machine forward in time; the other backward in time. Wells' time traveler said that it took him two years to construct the fabulous machine, but never said what its power source was or anything about the principles of physics involved. There are two reasons why none of this vagueness detracts from Wells' book. First, the book was published well over a century ago, when the only air travel was accomplished via an occasional hot air balloon, land travel was by horse or rail, and the telegraph was the most advanced form of communications. Even had Wells formulated a scientifically plausible and detailed explanation of how such a machine might be constructed and powered, it would have been lost on the reading public of 1895. Second, there are the matters of Well's magnificent imagination and his prodigious skill as a writer. Few writers of any generation can match those.
For those of us writing today more effort and attention to detail is necessary. We can't get by with a blow from a crowbar or with the simple bare sketch of the device described by Wells. Our readers don't live in the 19th century, but in the 21st. One of the very things that made Star Trek such a wildly popular television series with spinoffs galore was its attention to scientific detail. Of course some of the physics involved was far out, but it was always plausible, always built on a solid base of the real physics which its fans had learned in high school or college or through reading about NASA's latest projects or in many other ways. This made the series more believable, more satisfying and pleasurable. There is a lesson in this. If in the science fiction we write, we offer the reader 85 or 90 percent solid physics and make sure that the remaining 10 or 15 percent is plausible, we're on the right road.
William Roskey is a military historian whose published articles have covered such varied topics as Civil War cryptography and firearms, satellite photoreconnaissance, truce negotiations, prisoner-of-war escapes, the North Korean missile program, and hostage negotiations. His novel, Muffled Shots, was published by Dell. A Korean translator with Army Intelligence in the 1960's, he subsequently became a Medicare and Medicaid policy analyst.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Time-Travel-in-Fiction&id=6544521] Time Travel in Fiction
Time travel has fascinated people for millennia, beginning with old folk stories and myths, and continuing on into the 21st century in the form of novels, television shows, and motion pictures. Every Christmas in English speaking countries we are treated to two perennial movies which feature time travel. In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, spirits take Ebenezer Scrooge into both the past and the future. In It's a Wonderful Life, an angel conducts George Bailey on a trip into the past and future-a past and future that would have occurred had there been no George Bailey.
Like these examples, time travel in fiction was long accomplished either through supernatural means or through mysterious and unknown means. In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the protagonist is transported instantly from 19th century Connecticut into 6th century England by a blow on the head from a crowbar wielded by an angry employee. How did he return? After being stabbed while attending to the wounded on a battlefield, the sorcerer Merlin cast a spell on the traveler so that he will sleep for 1300 years before waking up. In the 1889 novel, Mark Twain used a literary device often employed in time travel stories since-physical evidence of the trip-proof (at least to the protagonist) that the journey had not been an illusion. In Twain's book, that physical evidence was a bullet hole in a suit of medieval armor in a museum. A hole that the time traveler himself had made 13 centuries before with a revolver that he had fashioned using his knowledge of 19th century technology. In H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, published six years later, Wells used the same device, in this case two withered white flowers the time traveler had absently brought back from the year 802701. Two flowers unlike any known in the 19th century.
Wells was the first novelist to have his protagonist use a machine, therefore moving time travel from the fantasy to science fiction genre. It's awfully hard for a reader-even of what is represented as fiction-to believe that time travel can be effected by a blow on the head with a crowbar. That requires a whole lot of the suspension of disbelief. But travel by means of a machine is much easier to believe. The device described in The Time Machine had only two controls, both small levers that the traveler could unscrew and put in his pocket to prevent an unauthorized person from using the machine. One lever sent the machine forward in time; the other backward in time. Wells' time traveler said that it took him two years to construct the fabulous machine, but never said what its power source was or anything about the principles of physics involved. There are two reasons why none of this vagueness detracts from Wells' book. First, the book was published well over a century ago, when the only air travel was accomplished via an occasional hot air balloon, land travel was by horse or rail, and the telegraph was the most advanced form of communications. Even had Wells formulated a scientifically plausible and detailed explanation of how such a machine might be constructed and powered, it would have been lost on the reading public of 1895. Second, there are the matters of Well's magnificent imagination and his prodigious skill as a writer. Few writers of any generation can match those.
For those of us writing today more effort and attention to detail is necessary. We can't get by with a blow from a crowbar or with the simple bare sketch of the device described by Wells. Our readers don't live in the 19th century, but in the 21st. One of the very things that made Star Trek such a wildly popular television series with spinoffs galore was its attention to scientific detail. Of course some of the physics involved was far out, but it was always plausible, always built on a solid base of the real physics which its fans had learned in high school or college or through reading about NASA's latest projects or in many other ways. This made the series more believable, more satisfying and pleasurable. There is a lesson in this. If in the science fiction we write, we offer the reader 85 or 90 percent solid physics and make sure that the remaining 10 or 15 percent is plausible, we're on the right road.
William Roskey is a military historian whose published articles have covered such varied topics as Civil War cryptography and firearms, satellite photoreconnaissance, truce negotiations, prisoner-of-war escapes, the North Korean missile program, and hostage negotiations. His novel, Muffled Shots, was published by Dell. A Korean translator with Army Intelligence in the 1960's, he subsequently became a Medicare and Medicaid policy analyst.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Time-Travel-in-Fiction&id=6544521] Time Travel in Fiction
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Motionless Traveller by Author Aspi Doctor, a Spiritual Journey
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jan_I_Porter]Jan I Porter
The Motionless Traveller by Author Aspi Doctor
I thought it fitting to play my Dalai Lama CD while contemplating the novel I have just finished; "The Motionless Traveller" by author Aspi Doctor. It assists in setting the tone while I attempt to articulate the many levels of knowledge woven in between the lines for the reader to catch or to just simply sit back and enjoy the ride. Yes, the Dalai OM'ing in the background of my concsious mind overseeing that this review is done with honour. I think he would approve.
Aside from the fact that I am continually amazed at the phenomenal talent to be found off the beaten path of the big box book publishing houses and corporate monopoly distributors and retailers, who knew that this Northern Ontarian would be reviewing a such a 'shining star' from India.
To have the gist of the novel, it is important to understand a bit of the man behind the words. Aspi was born in Bombay, India into a family of Zoroastrians and avid readers. He first demonstrated his gift for storytelling in primary school, to the delight of his classmates. Among the many other demands of a vocation within academia and in pursuit of his passion of the written word, Aspi studied English Literature obtaining a Masters Degree and Diploma in Journalism at the University of Bombay. Here Aspi was awarded the honourable prize of 'First Standing' in his subject group, and continued to explore many other dimensions of the wonderful world of literature in the Dramatic Arts and Theatre, Public Speaking and Radio Script Writing.
In 1969, Aspi finally began putting pen to paper in earnest above and beyond his full duties as Principal and Academic of the Tolani College and the A.P. College of Commence, (affiliates of the University of Bombay). As a respected educator in his own right, he wrote and published a number of Text Books, such as; Business Communications-25 editions, Bank Correspondence-11 editions, Communications Skills in English-12 editions, Mass Communications-6 editions and more.
In 1980, this calm, wise, insightful, mild mannered and ever smiling semi-retired professor began to put his wealth of knowledge into fiction format with "The Motionless Traveler".
A futuristic story that begins in Bombay India, in an era of post fossil fuel exhaustion and overpopulation with a bored government worker named Krish. Jolted out of his routine life when he rescues a young girl from a street gang, Krish inadvertently embarks on an adventure that spans the globe when he is gifted a 'magical' statue of the Buddha. Intertwined within the many levels of the story the reader gains glimpses into the Indian cultural mind with hints of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Spiritualism with some key Natural Law and Quantum Physics to ponder. Through the fine art of storytelling, we participate in Krish's spiritual and metaphysical journey to a desert in Arabia, to Africa, to Mexico, to New Mexico, the United States, all to arrive at destination Canada. However, the true destination is to be continued long after the Buddha is handed over to a scientific research group, whose intent is to unravelling the statues mysteries amidst much intrigue as.
Krish's magical journey across oceans and continents brings thought provoking insights to the reader while he grows into new found power and understandings of the laws of nature and ultimately the evolution of mankind as a whole.
As with all great teachings, the story is innately and humbly human while touching on the sacredness of the spiritual journey toward a collective and timeless God consciousness.
Aspi continues to devote his so called spare time to his current writing endeavors which include another fiction novel entitled "Feet of Clay". Several more text books are also in progress and pending publication.
Aspi is currently the Vice President of the Association of College Principals in Bombay and an active member on the board of directors of two other educational institutions.
I look forward to his next novel with anticipation of yet another spiritual journey filled with insights and the human condition. I am happy to recommend this work.
Addendum: It is worth the time to peruse the rel=nofollow http://www.ideaindia.com web site, a wealth of talented authors, good books, free e-books and articles covering many genres and topics.
Reviewer:
Jan Porter - rel=nofollow http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Jan Porter http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Motionless-Traveller-by-Author-Aspi-Doctor,-a-Spiritual-Journey&id=6549051] The Motionless Traveller by Author Aspi Doctor, a Spiritual Journey
The Motionless Traveller by Author Aspi Doctor
I thought it fitting to play my Dalai Lama CD while contemplating the novel I have just finished; "The Motionless Traveller" by author Aspi Doctor. It assists in setting the tone while I attempt to articulate the many levels of knowledge woven in between the lines for the reader to catch or to just simply sit back and enjoy the ride. Yes, the Dalai OM'ing in the background of my concsious mind overseeing that this review is done with honour. I think he would approve.
Aside from the fact that I am continually amazed at the phenomenal talent to be found off the beaten path of the big box book publishing houses and corporate monopoly distributors and retailers, who knew that this Northern Ontarian would be reviewing a such a 'shining star' from India.
To have the gist of the novel, it is important to understand a bit of the man behind the words. Aspi was born in Bombay, India into a family of Zoroastrians and avid readers. He first demonstrated his gift for storytelling in primary school, to the delight of his classmates. Among the many other demands of a vocation within academia and in pursuit of his passion of the written word, Aspi studied English Literature obtaining a Masters Degree and Diploma in Journalism at the University of Bombay. Here Aspi was awarded the honourable prize of 'First Standing' in his subject group, and continued to explore many other dimensions of the wonderful world of literature in the Dramatic Arts and Theatre, Public Speaking and Radio Script Writing.
In 1969, Aspi finally began putting pen to paper in earnest above and beyond his full duties as Principal and Academic of the Tolani College and the A.P. College of Commence, (affiliates of the University of Bombay). As a respected educator in his own right, he wrote and published a number of Text Books, such as; Business Communications-25 editions, Bank Correspondence-11 editions, Communications Skills in English-12 editions, Mass Communications-6 editions and more.
In 1980, this calm, wise, insightful, mild mannered and ever smiling semi-retired professor began to put his wealth of knowledge into fiction format with "The Motionless Traveler".
A futuristic story that begins in Bombay India, in an era of post fossil fuel exhaustion and overpopulation with a bored government worker named Krish. Jolted out of his routine life when he rescues a young girl from a street gang, Krish inadvertently embarks on an adventure that spans the globe when he is gifted a 'magical' statue of the Buddha. Intertwined within the many levels of the story the reader gains glimpses into the Indian cultural mind with hints of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Spiritualism with some key Natural Law and Quantum Physics to ponder. Through the fine art of storytelling, we participate in Krish's spiritual and metaphysical journey to a desert in Arabia, to Africa, to Mexico, to New Mexico, the United States, all to arrive at destination Canada. However, the true destination is to be continued long after the Buddha is handed over to a scientific research group, whose intent is to unravelling the statues mysteries amidst much intrigue as.
Krish's magical journey across oceans and continents brings thought provoking insights to the reader while he grows into new found power and understandings of the laws of nature and ultimately the evolution of mankind as a whole.
As with all great teachings, the story is innately and humbly human while touching on the sacredness of the spiritual journey toward a collective and timeless God consciousness.
Aspi continues to devote his so called spare time to his current writing endeavors which include another fiction novel entitled "Feet of Clay". Several more text books are also in progress and pending publication.
Aspi is currently the Vice President of the Association of College Principals in Bombay and an active member on the board of directors of two other educational institutions.
I look forward to his next novel with anticipation of yet another spiritual journey filled with insights and the human condition. I am happy to recommend this work.
Addendum: It is worth the time to peruse the rel=nofollow http://www.ideaindia.com web site, a wealth of talented authors, good books, free e-books and articles covering many genres and topics.
Reviewer:
Jan Porter - rel=nofollow http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Jan Porter http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Motionless-Traveller-by-Author-Aspi-Doctor,-a-Spiritual-Journey&id=6549051] The Motionless Traveller by Author Aspi Doctor, a Spiritual Journey
Monday, February 13, 2012
Charlotte Fielden, One Dynamic Canadian Writer!
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jan_I_Porter]Jan I Porter
This dynamic Canadian prolific Author and Playwright, Charlotte Fielden is a mutli-award winner. Bragable is her Curriculum Vitae as; a founding member of both The Writers' Union of Canada and the Playwrights Guild of Canada, founding member and co-artistic director of the Melanie Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, actress and co-founder and producer of Fielden Productions Film Co. in Montreal, Quebec, written for stage, television, radio, and film, various anthologies and literary reviews and retired Psychotherapist. Born and current resident of Toronto, Ontario, Charlotte has lived in Paris, Montreal, and North Carolina.
"Saving Angel" is a magical turn of the century story that flows with the youthful 'Angel Shiner' as the intriguing main character along with Madame Blavatsky, the Irish poet WB Yeats, and scholar Denis Saurat. Angel's obvious visionary and benevolent otherworldly nature, have her confined in a mental asylum. The three notable historical figures are brought together to convene with a board of psychiatrists in order to determine Angel's fate.
Within this seemingly simple plot, we participate in an age old debate of spiritual psychology, religion, dogma and philosophy via the clinical and secular perspective of her Doctors. On a higher level, Angel's abilities represent the Divine aspirations within all philosophical modalities.
As Matriarch Chair, Blavatsky demonstrates spiritual phenomena with calm and grace that some might consider miraculous without directly referencing her leanings toward Theosophy. Saving Angel is a wonderful flowing soul read. Angel's transcendent vision, abilities and plight is our timeless story that lives within us all.
The Wolves of Positano is an intriguing mystery vacation novel transports you to Italy on the Amalfi Coast in the summer of 1966. A crime casts a lingering pall over the beautiful tourist area and the engaging characters and ensuing investigation become entangled in a mystifying web of intrigue and lies. The making of a film that parallels the main plot adds another dimension to the story and keeps you in suspense until the last frame. A sequel entitled 'Earwigs' is in the works.
'Fragrance Of Thyme', Poetry collection is a brilliant gathering of divinely inspired praise for the magic in life, prolific writer and playwright Charlotte Fielden ignites ones soul. One is drawn into participation of the natural world of insight, reverence and wonder. This collection playfully draws ones soul from normal simple mindful observer of gifted prose, to eloquently striking the power of higher sight from within. One is inspired to ponder the nature of our beingness within and beyond the world known. Watch for her latest; 'Beads On A String', target release late spring 2011.
A sampling of Charlotte's other published works are; 'Crying As She Ran'; first of the Weil Trilogy, 'One Crowded Hour' first prize in Women's National Playwriting Competition, 'Palantine Hill', 'Messages Like Memories' sequel to Crying as she Ran, and 'An Age Without A Name ' sequel to Messages Like Memories. In Progress is a musical; 'Me & New Orleans/Storyville'.
Reviewed by, Jan Porter - rel=nofollow http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Jan Porter http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Charlotte-Fielden,-One-Dynamic-Canadian-Writer!&id=6549070] Charlotte Fielden, One Dynamic Canadian Writer!
This dynamic Canadian prolific Author and Playwright, Charlotte Fielden is a mutli-award winner. Bragable is her Curriculum Vitae as; a founding member of both The Writers' Union of Canada and the Playwrights Guild of Canada, founding member and co-artistic director of the Melanie Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, actress and co-founder and producer of Fielden Productions Film Co. in Montreal, Quebec, written for stage, television, radio, and film, various anthologies and literary reviews and retired Psychotherapist. Born and current resident of Toronto, Ontario, Charlotte has lived in Paris, Montreal, and North Carolina.
"Saving Angel" is a magical turn of the century story that flows with the youthful 'Angel Shiner' as the intriguing main character along with Madame Blavatsky, the Irish poet WB Yeats, and scholar Denis Saurat. Angel's obvious visionary and benevolent otherworldly nature, have her confined in a mental asylum. The three notable historical figures are brought together to convene with a board of psychiatrists in order to determine Angel's fate.
Within this seemingly simple plot, we participate in an age old debate of spiritual psychology, religion, dogma and philosophy via the clinical and secular perspective of her Doctors. On a higher level, Angel's abilities represent the Divine aspirations within all philosophical modalities.
As Matriarch Chair, Blavatsky demonstrates spiritual phenomena with calm and grace that some might consider miraculous without directly referencing her leanings toward Theosophy. Saving Angel is a wonderful flowing soul read. Angel's transcendent vision, abilities and plight is our timeless story that lives within us all.
The Wolves of Positano is an intriguing mystery vacation novel transports you to Italy on the Amalfi Coast in the summer of 1966. A crime casts a lingering pall over the beautiful tourist area and the engaging characters and ensuing investigation become entangled in a mystifying web of intrigue and lies. The making of a film that parallels the main plot adds another dimension to the story and keeps you in suspense until the last frame. A sequel entitled 'Earwigs' is in the works.
'Fragrance Of Thyme', Poetry collection is a brilliant gathering of divinely inspired praise for the magic in life, prolific writer and playwright Charlotte Fielden ignites ones soul. One is drawn into participation of the natural world of insight, reverence and wonder. This collection playfully draws ones soul from normal simple mindful observer of gifted prose, to eloquently striking the power of higher sight from within. One is inspired to ponder the nature of our beingness within and beyond the world known. Watch for her latest; 'Beads On A String', target release late spring 2011.
A sampling of Charlotte's other published works are; 'Crying As She Ran'; first of the Weil Trilogy, 'One Crowded Hour' first prize in Women's National Playwriting Competition, 'Palantine Hill', 'Messages Like Memories' sequel to Crying as she Ran, and 'An Age Without A Name ' sequel to Messages Like Memories. In Progress is a musical; 'Me & New Orleans/Storyville'.
Reviewed by, Jan Porter - rel=nofollow http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Jan Porter http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Charlotte-Fielden,-One-Dynamic-Canadian-Writer!&id=6549070] Charlotte Fielden, One Dynamic Canadian Writer!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
'Sky Flyers', a Fabulous Vacation Read by - Richard Mousseau, Moose Hide Books, Canada
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jan_I_Porter]Jan I Porter
Vacation Bliss! Sky Flyers By; Richard Mousseau
Wow, what a breath of fresh air and life!
Time magically slows down to a timely country pace circa 1910 in Mousseau's latest masterpiece, "Sky Flyers'. A snapshot of rural northern Ontario life where a group of children rapture in warm summer days of amazing kite flying on the northern Georgian Bay shoreline. Ironically perhaps, this reviewer had the fortitude of curling up on dock lounge chair to read, adding to ambiance of story. Wide open shoreline sky lines expansive open farm land where two homemade kite's dance and unwittingly set the stage for a life time of adventure, competition and camaraderie. A number of ingenuous attributes built into a variety of kites at the hands of children that would make a ghostly Leonardo Da Vinci proud.
Da Vinci's inspiration in hand with childhood resourcefulness, Mousseau's lovely slow pace style is reminiscent of Samuel Clemens a.k.a Mark Twain's Huckeyberry Finn and the adventures of Tom Sawyer. Readers are taken on a wonderful journey as Mousseau carves new roads of wit and era culturalisms that set precedence for distinctive Canadian Literature. This fine novel comfortably stands in finer categories such as, Stephen Leacock's 'Sunshine Sketches Of A Small Town'.
Mousseau's own rural northern Ontario life experience and boyhood giftedly shines through this wide range appeal page turner. A small rural northern Ontario multi-cultural community is ethno-demographic harmony in action via childhood summertime adventures. One life defining summer far from conscious thoughts children are free of class distinction, racism, poverty and other adult worldly dramas sets precedence for youth and adulthood.
From old hound dogs, to catching frogs, to tom boy girls and growing into youth and adulthood of war and post war, this novel and its characters live on long after its first reading. A measure of a true timeless classic in the making, Mousseau's eloquent, brilliant, and witty this novel is simply a joy to read! For readers caught up in the high fever of box store trends, this masterpiece is a welcome change.
Every once in awhile, a shinning star writer shines and shares a gift for the written word and Sky Flyers is among memorable other works, such as; 'Leave Me To Cry', 'Life Raft', 'Mr Cheeks Too Soft', 'On With The Show', 'Three Plays By Me', 'An Oak Rocking Chair', 'Ed's Daily Quotes', 'Ed's Daily Inspirations', 'Farm Facts From Dung Hill Farms', 'Herman The Hermits Poems Of Life', 'Just The Cook's Trail-Side Gormet Cooking', 'Memories of 1896 The Adventures of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft and Kin', 'Pioneer Poetry of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft', 'Roosevelt Street', 'Steeltown', 'Steeltown Blues', 'Stories From My Time', 'Weathered Boards', and more. As a seasoned and prolific writer, editor and publisher in his own right, Richard Mousseau demonstrates his expertise with numerous other works, such as; novels, story poetry, play writing and in particular, Northern Ontario adventures. A man of many hats, Mousseau also hails as a farmer a raising menagerie of domestic animals in rural Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Congratulations Richard Mousseau!
ISBN 978-1-894650-87-8 Novel, ISBN 978-1-894650-88-5 E-Book
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Reviewer: Jan Porter, rel=nofollow http://www.inspiredsoulworks.com
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Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Sky-Flyers,-a-Fabulous-Vacation-Read-by---Richard-Mousseau,-Moose-Hide-Books,-Canada&id=6549044] 'Sky Flyers', a Fabulous Vacation Read by - Richard Mousseau, Moose Hide Books, Canada
Vacation Bliss! Sky Flyers By; Richard Mousseau
Wow, what a breath of fresh air and life!
Time magically slows down to a timely country pace circa 1910 in Mousseau's latest masterpiece, "Sky Flyers'. A snapshot of rural northern Ontario life where a group of children rapture in warm summer days of amazing kite flying on the northern Georgian Bay shoreline. Ironically perhaps, this reviewer had the fortitude of curling up on dock lounge chair to read, adding to ambiance of story. Wide open shoreline sky lines expansive open farm land where two homemade kite's dance and unwittingly set the stage for a life time of adventure, competition and camaraderie. A number of ingenuous attributes built into a variety of kites at the hands of children that would make a ghostly Leonardo Da Vinci proud.
Da Vinci's inspiration in hand with childhood resourcefulness, Mousseau's lovely slow pace style is reminiscent of Samuel Clemens a.k.a Mark Twain's Huckeyberry Finn and the adventures of Tom Sawyer. Readers are taken on a wonderful journey as Mousseau carves new roads of wit and era culturalisms that set precedence for distinctive Canadian Literature. This fine novel comfortably stands in finer categories such as, Stephen Leacock's 'Sunshine Sketches Of A Small Town'.
Mousseau's own rural northern Ontario life experience and boyhood giftedly shines through this wide range appeal page turner. A small rural northern Ontario multi-cultural community is ethno-demographic harmony in action via childhood summertime adventures. One life defining summer far from conscious thoughts children are free of class distinction, racism, poverty and other adult worldly dramas sets precedence for youth and adulthood.
From old hound dogs, to catching frogs, to tom boy girls and growing into youth and adulthood of war and post war, this novel and its characters live on long after its first reading. A measure of a true timeless classic in the making, Mousseau's eloquent, brilliant, and witty this novel is simply a joy to read! For readers caught up in the high fever of box store trends, this masterpiece is a welcome change.
Every once in awhile, a shinning star writer shines and shares a gift for the written word and Sky Flyers is among memorable other works, such as; 'Leave Me To Cry', 'Life Raft', 'Mr Cheeks Too Soft', 'On With The Show', 'Three Plays By Me', 'An Oak Rocking Chair', 'Ed's Daily Quotes', 'Ed's Daily Inspirations', 'Farm Facts From Dung Hill Farms', 'Herman The Hermits Poems Of Life', 'Just The Cook's Trail-Side Gormet Cooking', 'Memories of 1896 The Adventures of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft and Kin', 'Pioneer Poetry of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft', 'Roosevelt Street', 'Steeltown', 'Steeltown Blues', 'Stories From My Time', 'Weathered Boards', and more. As a seasoned and prolific writer, editor and publisher in his own right, Richard Mousseau demonstrates his expertise with numerous other works, such as; novels, story poetry, play writing and in particular, Northern Ontario adventures. A man of many hats, Mousseau also hails as a farmer a raising menagerie of domestic animals in rural Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Congratulations Richard Mousseau!
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
BOOK REVIEW: The Eden Prescription
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nerissa_Oden]Nerissa Oden
I know what it's like to be up against the system. I rejected surgery and chose to heal my precancerous cells (CIN3) with high doses of vitamins and herbal supplements, and against the advice of doctors and my three lifelong friends - a drug researcher, a cancer researcher and a pharmacist. It only took five months for my cells to heal and my friends to be jubilant. Almost five years after my initial diagnosis I am still here, cancer free, and feel like I'm twenty-something. When you're threatened with cancer, you need hope and all the support you can find - like this action packed fictional story decorated with natural healing facts.
This book is so action packed that you won't want to put it down. The medical and drug industries of today are ripe for conspiracy theorists to take root on several fronts. For example, you've been warned your whole life against taking too many vitamins and yet over 100,000 deaths occur EACH YEAR in the US from properly prescribed, properly taken medications. There are also 2.2 million US hospital patients reported to have experienced adverse drug reactions EACH YEAR to prescribed medications. Plus, there are attempts to regulate herbal supplements and vitamins worldwide through the World Trade Organization allowing each country's laws to be overridden. Minimal goals for the the WTO would require a doctor's prescription for most natural supplements while others will be completely outlawed. These are today's realities ripe and ready for the masterminds who write conspiracy novels!
When I mentioned my friends earlier you might have thought I was starting a bar joke, "A pharmacist, a lab tech, and a drug researcher walked into a bar...," but I was serious. Here are a few tidbits about my friends that are relevant to The Eden Prescription.
My friend who performs research on animals for a large drug company freely admits that it's the drug company's marketing department that twists research, creates new products from by-products of failed research, and then creates public demand for it through advertising.
My friend who is a 25-year veteran cancer research lab tech has witnessed how foreign students perform lab work for cancer projects at universities for wages slightly above minimum wage. She has advised me on health and warns me about the sickcare industry (her words) like advising me NOT to get annual mammograms to prevent breast cancer; to avoid surgery and drugs whenever possible; to take vitamins and drink green tea; and that eating red meat is a known colon cancer risk.
My friend, the pharmacist, also explores botany as a serious hobby. She taught me the meaning of the phrase, "research designed to fail." It's a phrase bantered around the holistic community that I didn't implicitly understand. My friend explained there are two common methods to make research fail. First, study the non-healing part of a plant. For example if a plants' roots contain its medicinal properties, then study the leaves instead. A second way is to dilute the common recommended dose for healing, to a mere fraction of itself. Then study the effectiveness of the highly diluted version. My friend says that most of the research paid for by drug companies on the healing abilities of herbs and plants are done in this manner - they are designed to fail.
As for me, my "cancer incident" led me to look for natural cures everywhere. I found a Naturopathic Physician who suggested a protocol known to boost my immune system and help my body to heal itself of cancer. And that's exactly what it did. Important component of that protocal are listed in this book. I also surrounded myself with supportive and hopeful books, videos and articles. It's important to have faith, hope, and support when you choose a more natural cure for cancer. This book offers hope when others around you might fail at supporting you.
Buy it now!
Author, Nerissa Oden, experienced a positive health transformation by avoiding foods like broccoli, olive oil, salmon, soy and sugar. Free food sensitivity information including MP3s are available on her website http://www.FoodPowers.com
Also, be one of the first to receive her free ebook, "How I Healed My Cervix and HPV Naturally, And You Can Too" as soon as it's released, please visit- http://www.FoodPowers.com
Copyright � 2011 Nerissa Oden. All Rights Reserved.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?BOOK-REVIEW:-The-Eden-Prescription&id=6552779] BOOK REVIEW: The Eden Prescription
I know what it's like to be up against the system. I rejected surgery and chose to heal my precancerous cells (CIN3) with high doses of vitamins and herbal supplements, and against the advice of doctors and my three lifelong friends - a drug researcher, a cancer researcher and a pharmacist. It only took five months for my cells to heal and my friends to be jubilant. Almost five years after my initial diagnosis I am still here, cancer free, and feel like I'm twenty-something. When you're threatened with cancer, you need hope and all the support you can find - like this action packed fictional story decorated with natural healing facts.
This book is so action packed that you won't want to put it down. The medical and drug industries of today are ripe for conspiracy theorists to take root on several fronts. For example, you've been warned your whole life against taking too many vitamins and yet over 100,000 deaths occur EACH YEAR in the US from properly prescribed, properly taken medications. There are also 2.2 million US hospital patients reported to have experienced adverse drug reactions EACH YEAR to prescribed medications. Plus, there are attempts to regulate herbal supplements and vitamins worldwide through the World Trade Organization allowing each country's laws to be overridden. Minimal goals for the the WTO would require a doctor's prescription for most natural supplements while others will be completely outlawed. These are today's realities ripe and ready for the masterminds who write conspiracy novels!
When I mentioned my friends earlier you might have thought I was starting a bar joke, "A pharmacist, a lab tech, and a drug researcher walked into a bar...," but I was serious. Here are a few tidbits about my friends that are relevant to The Eden Prescription.
My friend who performs research on animals for a large drug company freely admits that it's the drug company's marketing department that twists research, creates new products from by-products of failed research, and then creates public demand for it through advertising.
My friend who is a 25-year veteran cancer research lab tech has witnessed how foreign students perform lab work for cancer projects at universities for wages slightly above minimum wage. She has advised me on health and warns me about the sickcare industry (her words) like advising me NOT to get annual mammograms to prevent breast cancer; to avoid surgery and drugs whenever possible; to take vitamins and drink green tea; and that eating red meat is a known colon cancer risk.
My friend, the pharmacist, also explores botany as a serious hobby. She taught me the meaning of the phrase, "research designed to fail." It's a phrase bantered around the holistic community that I didn't implicitly understand. My friend explained there are two common methods to make research fail. First, study the non-healing part of a plant. For example if a plants' roots contain its medicinal properties, then study the leaves instead. A second way is to dilute the common recommended dose for healing, to a mere fraction of itself. Then study the effectiveness of the highly diluted version. My friend says that most of the research paid for by drug companies on the healing abilities of herbs and plants are done in this manner - they are designed to fail.
As for me, my "cancer incident" led me to look for natural cures everywhere. I found a Naturopathic Physician who suggested a protocol known to boost my immune system and help my body to heal itself of cancer. And that's exactly what it did. Important component of that protocal are listed in this book. I also surrounded myself with supportive and hopeful books, videos and articles. It's important to have faith, hope, and support when you choose a more natural cure for cancer. This book offers hope when others around you might fail at supporting you.
Buy it now!
Author, Nerissa Oden, experienced a positive health transformation by avoiding foods like broccoli, olive oil, salmon, soy and sugar. Free food sensitivity information including MP3s are available on her website http://www.FoodPowers.com
Also, be one of the first to receive her free ebook, "How I Healed My Cervix and HPV Naturally, And You Can Too" as soon as it's released, please visit- http://www.FoodPowers.com
Copyright � 2011 Nerissa Oden. All Rights Reserved.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Modern Day Urdu Literature - A Review
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kashif_Ali]Kashif Ali
If you are fond of reading and that to of Urdu literature and that to of classical one, you should be aware of the great writers like Shafeeq-ur-Rehman, Tarar, Yousafi, Hijazi, Ashfaq Ahmed, Qudrut-ulla-shahab, Mumtaz Mufti and so many greats of their time. I have read their books to quench my literary thirst again and again, never felt bore. They are legends, who we all are proud to have amidst us in form and theory of books.
A child growing up nowadays would look stunned by the successors of those legends. I mean, what has happened to the new generation of writers? Why did they miss the classical touch, the super duper novels, the commendable style, the effortless writing, the supreme dominance over readers, the magnificent humor, the sweetest of romance and lovely books of our previous breed of writers. What really happened? I discussed it on Facebook as well in a group, "Shua, Kiran and Khawateen Digest" but there was no female writer to say anything about it. The responses came mainly from readers, just like me.
I read modern stories; there are few names which shine. For instance in females writers, mostly who write in female oriented digests, my picks would be Umaira Ahmed for sure. She is somewhat close to the great mark or level set by the previous writers. However, by close I mean close and not up to their level. Another one just behind Umaira is Faiza Iftikhar. I reckon her irony as well as natural humor is god's gifted tools. Then again, not between the ranks of Col. Mohammad khan or Shafeeq-ur-rehman. One such topnotch writer of today is Serwat nazir, her novels have a good characterization. That is not all, Nemrah, I consider to be a high rank and creative writer. Nemrah's recent novel was a great success. Nonetheless, they are today's popular writers and yet they are so far from the lights of the classical writers.
In quest of knowing the answer, I thought of resources. The resources, specially, literary were scarce in those old days, and nowadays you can have access to the libraries, online and offline, good tools of dictionaries, thesauruses, that can make writing so easy. Is this the lack of effort that has caused the difference? Is it the abundance of resources' access that is making our new ones low rank?
In old times, with less resources and more effort, they had put marvels. They used to do hard labor to get recognized without any social or medial attention. I strongly salute to the classical writers of Urdu literature who still rule the literary world of novels and poems. I urge all the modern ones to "step up" and be among the high ranks.
Considering today's male writers, situation gets worse. His name is Hashim nadeem who has got a little respect as a new writer, promising one. But, he again is far far away from being compared to the classical giants. What would they do to bring a new Manto or Mufti? Where did the talent go? Is it still there or the new generation has no interest in writing, whatsoever. Being a doctor or a CSP or an engineer or a businessperson sounds more profitable careers to them?
There must be a reason behind everything, and we need to find a solid one, unless the splendid journey of Urdu male and female writers are in danger with every passing day. We have writers, but we do not have legends. Legends are stars that shine for centuries, and simple writers get lost in dust of time.
Regards,
K
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Modern-Day-Urdu-Literature---A-Review&id=6555664] Modern Day Urdu Literature - A Review
If you are fond of reading and that to of Urdu literature and that to of classical one, you should be aware of the great writers like Shafeeq-ur-Rehman, Tarar, Yousafi, Hijazi, Ashfaq Ahmed, Qudrut-ulla-shahab, Mumtaz Mufti and so many greats of their time. I have read their books to quench my literary thirst again and again, never felt bore. They are legends, who we all are proud to have amidst us in form and theory of books.
A child growing up nowadays would look stunned by the successors of those legends. I mean, what has happened to the new generation of writers? Why did they miss the classical touch, the super duper novels, the commendable style, the effortless writing, the supreme dominance over readers, the magnificent humor, the sweetest of romance and lovely books of our previous breed of writers. What really happened? I discussed it on Facebook as well in a group, "Shua, Kiran and Khawateen Digest" but there was no female writer to say anything about it. The responses came mainly from readers, just like me.
I read modern stories; there are few names which shine. For instance in females writers, mostly who write in female oriented digests, my picks would be Umaira Ahmed for sure. She is somewhat close to the great mark or level set by the previous writers. However, by close I mean close and not up to their level. Another one just behind Umaira is Faiza Iftikhar. I reckon her irony as well as natural humor is god's gifted tools. Then again, not between the ranks of Col. Mohammad khan or Shafeeq-ur-rehman. One such topnotch writer of today is Serwat nazir, her novels have a good characterization. That is not all, Nemrah, I consider to be a high rank and creative writer. Nemrah's recent novel was a great success. Nonetheless, they are today's popular writers and yet they are so far from the lights of the classical writers.
In quest of knowing the answer, I thought of resources. The resources, specially, literary were scarce in those old days, and nowadays you can have access to the libraries, online and offline, good tools of dictionaries, thesauruses, that can make writing so easy. Is this the lack of effort that has caused the difference? Is it the abundance of resources' access that is making our new ones low rank?
In old times, with less resources and more effort, they had put marvels. They used to do hard labor to get recognized without any social or medial attention. I strongly salute to the classical writers of Urdu literature who still rule the literary world of novels and poems. I urge all the modern ones to "step up" and be among the high ranks.
Considering today's male writers, situation gets worse. His name is Hashim nadeem who has got a little respect as a new writer, promising one. But, he again is far far away from being compared to the classical giants. What would they do to bring a new Manto or Mufti? Where did the talent go? Is it still there or the new generation has no interest in writing, whatsoever. Being a doctor or a CSP or an engineer or a businessperson sounds more profitable careers to them?
There must be a reason behind everything, and we need to find a solid one, unless the splendid journey of Urdu male and female writers are in danger with every passing day. We have writers, but we do not have legends. Legends are stars that shine for centuries, and simple writers get lost in dust of time.
Regards,
K
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Modern-Day-Urdu-Literature---A-Review&id=6555664] Modern Day Urdu Literature - A Review
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Secret of the Nagas - Book Review
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Amandeep_Kohli]Amandeep Kohli
The Secret of the Nagas is the sequel to the best-selling book, The Immortals of Meluha, written by the Indian author Amish Tripathi. While the first book released last year, The Secret of the Nagas is the second book in the Shiva Trilogy. The book has already broken all records with an unofficial estimate of eighty thousand people pre-ordering the book a month before its release.
This second book, The Secret of the Nagas picks up from where The Immortals of Meluha ended, and immediately takes the reader on a roller coaster ride within its first few chapters. At the end of the first book, we saw the sinister Naga warrior trying to abduct Princess Sati. The book starts of on that note and slowly builds up steam.
Shiva and his entourage travel to the Hindu city of Kashi in their quest to solve the never-ending strife in the land of Meluha. With each new chapter comes new revelations and opinions and the reader is left guessing at every stage. At Kashi, Sati gives birth to a baby boy and Shiva travels to the land of Banga in his quest to finding the true identity and secret of the evil Nagas.
Shiva faces an epic battle with a mysterious bandit in the Banga land and is astonished when he learns The Secret of the Nagas. Meanwhile back in Kashi, Sati, too, discovers secrets of her past that had been kept hidden from her. All these twists and turns keep the book moving along while the reader is left speechless at many places.
The events in The Secret of the Nagas take place in the land of Swadeep and ends in the dark and mysterious forests of Dandak. Many new characters make an appearance in The Secret of the Nagas that have an impact on the plot. The book ends with a nice twist and leaves the reader hungry to read the third and final part of the Shiva Trilogy, The Oath of the Vayuputras.
The Secret of the Nagas is truly and deservedly one of the best books of the year and is now available at every major bookstore and one can easily buy it from there. However, for those looking for a good discount on the book, my suggestion would be to buy this book from an online retailer as some of them are offering this book at an amazing discount.
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The Secret of the Nagas is the sequel to the best-selling book, The Immortals of Meluha, written by the Indian author Amish Tripathi. While the first book released last year, The Secret of the Nagas is the second book in the Shiva Trilogy. The book has already broken all records with an unofficial estimate of eighty thousand people pre-ordering the book a month before its release.
This second book, The Secret of the Nagas picks up from where The Immortals of Meluha ended, and immediately takes the reader on a roller coaster ride within its first few chapters. At the end of the first book, we saw the sinister Naga warrior trying to abduct Princess Sati. The book starts of on that note and slowly builds up steam.
Shiva and his entourage travel to the Hindu city of Kashi in their quest to solve the never-ending strife in the land of Meluha. With each new chapter comes new revelations and opinions and the reader is left guessing at every stage. At Kashi, Sati gives birth to a baby boy and Shiva travels to the land of Banga in his quest to finding the true identity and secret of the evil Nagas.
Shiva faces an epic battle with a mysterious bandit in the Banga land and is astonished when he learns The Secret of the Nagas. Meanwhile back in Kashi, Sati, too, discovers secrets of her past that had been kept hidden from her. All these twists and turns keep the book moving along while the reader is left speechless at many places.
The events in The Secret of the Nagas take place in the land of Swadeep and ends in the dark and mysterious forests of Dandak. Many new characters make an appearance in The Secret of the Nagas that have an impact on the plot. The book ends with a nice twist and leaves the reader hungry to read the third and final part of the Shiva Trilogy, The Oath of the Vayuputras.
The Secret of the Nagas is truly and deservedly one of the best books of the year and is now available at every major bookstore and one can easily buy it from there. However, for those looking for a good discount on the book, my suggestion would be to buy this book from an online retailer as some of them are offering this book at an amazing discount.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier: A Review
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Holly_Weiss]Holly Weiss
Nightwoods main character, Luce, is the caretaker of an abandoned, decaying summer lodge on a lake in Appalachia. Frazier aptly describes a lodge in disrepair- a metaphor for the losses in Luce's life. But she is happy and at peace. Unconfined, her solitary life takes on an ethereal quality.
Until the children. She took her murdered sister's children because the state said they would be separated if she didn't. The pyromaniac twins with a propensity for violence remind her in no way of her sweet departed sister. The "bad patch" they had been through was so devastating that they retreat into dark, secret places inside. One wonders how Luce musters the money and resourcefulness to care for the children after the shocking events of her own life.
Luce is the driving force in the novel. She values her freedom and solitude. She has mysticism and quiet strength about her. "What I want most is the ability to whistle the song of every bird in the area."
Charles Frazier, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Cold Mountain, is a skilled wordsmith. The book is rich in description and the author casts a spell over us with Luce's character. Frasier's omission of the use of quotation marks is a mystery to this reviewer. Although we follow a circuitous route to figure out the story lines, the plodding plot comes together in the end. Nightwoods is aptly titled. The book is dark. Despite the violence wreaked upon humans, the peaceful and mysterious woods, home to soothing cricket sounds, hover over the book as a main character.
Random House through Library Thing graciously supplied the review copy for my unbiased opinion.
Holly Weiss is the author of a historical fiction novel, Crestmont, writer and reviewer of newly-released books. [http://www.hollyweiss.com]http://www.hollyweiss.com.
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Nightwoods main character, Luce, is the caretaker of an abandoned, decaying summer lodge on a lake in Appalachia. Frazier aptly describes a lodge in disrepair- a metaphor for the losses in Luce's life. But she is happy and at peace. Unconfined, her solitary life takes on an ethereal quality.
Until the children. She took her murdered sister's children because the state said they would be separated if she didn't. The pyromaniac twins with a propensity for violence remind her in no way of her sweet departed sister. The "bad patch" they had been through was so devastating that they retreat into dark, secret places inside. One wonders how Luce musters the money and resourcefulness to care for the children after the shocking events of her own life.
Luce is the driving force in the novel. She values her freedom and solitude. She has mysticism and quiet strength about her. "What I want most is the ability to whistle the song of every bird in the area."
Charles Frazier, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Cold Mountain, is a skilled wordsmith. The book is rich in description and the author casts a spell over us with Luce's character. Frasier's omission of the use of quotation marks is a mystery to this reviewer. Although we follow a circuitous route to figure out the story lines, the plodding plot comes together in the end. Nightwoods is aptly titled. The book is dark. Despite the violence wreaked upon humans, the peaceful and mysterious woods, home to soothing cricket sounds, hover over the book as a main character.
Random House through Library Thing graciously supplied the review copy for my unbiased opinion.
Holly Weiss is the author of a historical fiction novel, Crestmont, writer and reviewer of newly-released books. [http://www.hollyweiss.com]http://www.hollyweiss.com.
Free reprint of article if entire bio is intact.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Skip Beat! Love Is the Prelude to Tragedy
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Krysmae_S_Casano]Krysmae S Casano
It was an addiction waiting to happen.
It was a very rare opportunity for me to find a very good Japanese graphic novel (commonly known as manga) that will really get me hooked and had me following its every new chapter release. This manga, written by Nakamura Yoshiki, is one of the few stories that had a unique story line.
The protagonist, Kyouko Mogami, is an innocent 16-year old Kyoto girl who came to Tokyo at the request of her childhood crush, Shoutaro Fuwa. Shoutaro is an aspiring musician whose goal is to become the Number 1 Male Idol in the whole of Japan; of course he must first defeat the current number one--- Tsuruga Ren.
At first, Kyouko thought that Shoutaro's invitation was a manifestation of his feelings for her. She worked hard to pay for their apartment's rent, providence for Shoutaro, etc. She didn't even go to high school just for Shoutaro's sake. Shoutaro, on the other hand, became one of the most-sought musicians in the music industry. He now seldom comes home to the luxurious apartment that Kyouko painstakingly provided for him.
It was one fateful day that Kyouko decided to visit Shoutaro in his agency. Going to his agency is kind of tough considering the number of fans that would gather there but, having done 'infiltrating' the place a dozen of times, it was an easy success. What she didn't expect was to see Shoutaro flirting with his manager. She overheard the truth, Shoutaro's side of the story. Shoutaro asked her to come with him for the soul purpose of being his maid! He also blurted out that he would never like a plain-looking, old-fashioned woman like her.
What I really find amusing was Kyouko's reaction. Who wouldn't? Her reaction wasn't like any ordinary girl would do. She got mad, that's inevitable, but she didn't shed a single tear. She vowed to get her revenge on Shoutaro someday.
She changed her outlook --- 'Love is just the prelude to tragedy'. She pitied herself for being the na�ve girl who was charmed into Shoutaro's lies. She changed her style. She promised herself that she would never revert back into the old-fashioned, plain-looking woman whom Shoutaro found her to be. She vowed that she would make Shoutaro fall on his knees and beg for her forgiveness. She decided to enter the show business in order to overthrow him. She applied at LME Productions, the biggest talent agency in the showbiz world.
There were a lot of unexpected things that happened upon her entrance at the said agency. The president of the company, along with his granddaughter, grew very fond of her. He found great talent and natural skills in her, yet she lacks the most crucial thing for a human being ---the feeling of love. To bring back this lost emotion, she agreed to enter the Love Me Section ---a section the president made especially for her and her being the first member.
Kyouko met lots of new friends. One of them is Tsuruga Ren, the agency's biggest talent, who became her senpai (a Japanese term for a senior) in the acting division. She made a promise to herself that, aside from beating Shoutaro, she would also show Tsuruga that she is an actress good enough to act with him on a grand stage. What she didn't know and what Tsuruga refused to say is that he was actually Kyouko's childhood friend named Kuon (English pronunciation would be Corn), the person whom Kyouko describes as the prince of a fairy kingdom. Tsuruga slowly began to show his care for Kyouko and eventually fell in love with her. I might even say that one of his lines can really make it to the top five of the most-cheesy-yet-you-are-dying-to-hear lines: "I wouldn't worry that any other guy would take her away ---if it was another guy. But there is one guy that I'm worried about. It's because the mere mention of his name can make her heart shake." He's referring to Shoutaro Fuwa, of course!
The story doesn't only revolve around Kyouko finding love. Truth be told, it focuses more on how Kyouko slowly materialized her natural skills and passion for acting. Kyouko is also showed here as a professional neophyte actress that even veterans would salute. This story also projects the truth and secrets behind a performer's mask, how they would come to make a good interpretation of a certain role, and up to what intensity they should be able to play their part.
Kyouko Mogami would definitely become one of your most favorite female heroines. Her story is not a matter of hearts and kisses, but a story extraordinaire that you would find yourself wishing that you have thought of this story first before the author did. The ingenuity of the author in keeping the readers' interest in the novel is first-class that there would come a point of irritability at the very slow chapter update.
Currently, there are 152 chapters for this novel and still ongoing. It's actually available to read online via rel=nofollow [http://www.mangafox.com]http://www.mangafox.com.
Anyways, addicted or not, this manga would really gain exclusivity to your attention once you started reading it. There are still a lot of plot in the story that I skipped and intentionally did not reveal. Telling too much is a spoiler. Believe me, I know.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Skip-Beat!-Love-Is-the-Prelude-to-Tragedy&id=6579328] Skip Beat! Love Is the Prelude to Tragedy
It was an addiction waiting to happen.
It was a very rare opportunity for me to find a very good Japanese graphic novel (commonly known as manga) that will really get me hooked and had me following its every new chapter release. This manga, written by Nakamura Yoshiki, is one of the few stories that had a unique story line.
The protagonist, Kyouko Mogami, is an innocent 16-year old Kyoto girl who came to Tokyo at the request of her childhood crush, Shoutaro Fuwa. Shoutaro is an aspiring musician whose goal is to become the Number 1 Male Idol in the whole of Japan; of course he must first defeat the current number one--- Tsuruga Ren.
At first, Kyouko thought that Shoutaro's invitation was a manifestation of his feelings for her. She worked hard to pay for their apartment's rent, providence for Shoutaro, etc. She didn't even go to high school just for Shoutaro's sake. Shoutaro, on the other hand, became one of the most-sought musicians in the music industry. He now seldom comes home to the luxurious apartment that Kyouko painstakingly provided for him.
It was one fateful day that Kyouko decided to visit Shoutaro in his agency. Going to his agency is kind of tough considering the number of fans that would gather there but, having done 'infiltrating' the place a dozen of times, it was an easy success. What she didn't expect was to see Shoutaro flirting with his manager. She overheard the truth, Shoutaro's side of the story. Shoutaro asked her to come with him for the soul purpose of being his maid! He also blurted out that he would never like a plain-looking, old-fashioned woman like her.
What I really find amusing was Kyouko's reaction. Who wouldn't? Her reaction wasn't like any ordinary girl would do. She got mad, that's inevitable, but she didn't shed a single tear. She vowed to get her revenge on Shoutaro someday.
She changed her outlook --- 'Love is just the prelude to tragedy'. She pitied herself for being the na�ve girl who was charmed into Shoutaro's lies. She changed her style. She promised herself that she would never revert back into the old-fashioned, plain-looking woman whom Shoutaro found her to be. She vowed that she would make Shoutaro fall on his knees and beg for her forgiveness. She decided to enter the show business in order to overthrow him. She applied at LME Productions, the biggest talent agency in the showbiz world.
There were a lot of unexpected things that happened upon her entrance at the said agency. The president of the company, along with his granddaughter, grew very fond of her. He found great talent and natural skills in her, yet she lacks the most crucial thing for a human being ---the feeling of love. To bring back this lost emotion, she agreed to enter the Love Me Section ---a section the president made especially for her and her being the first member.
Kyouko met lots of new friends. One of them is Tsuruga Ren, the agency's biggest talent, who became her senpai (a Japanese term for a senior) in the acting division. She made a promise to herself that, aside from beating Shoutaro, she would also show Tsuruga that she is an actress good enough to act with him on a grand stage. What she didn't know and what Tsuruga refused to say is that he was actually Kyouko's childhood friend named Kuon (English pronunciation would be Corn), the person whom Kyouko describes as the prince of a fairy kingdom. Tsuruga slowly began to show his care for Kyouko and eventually fell in love with her. I might even say that one of his lines can really make it to the top five of the most-cheesy-yet-you-are-dying-to-hear lines: "I wouldn't worry that any other guy would take her away ---if it was another guy. But there is one guy that I'm worried about. It's because the mere mention of his name can make her heart shake." He's referring to Shoutaro Fuwa, of course!
The story doesn't only revolve around Kyouko finding love. Truth be told, it focuses more on how Kyouko slowly materialized her natural skills and passion for acting. Kyouko is also showed here as a professional neophyte actress that even veterans would salute. This story also projects the truth and secrets behind a performer's mask, how they would come to make a good interpretation of a certain role, and up to what intensity they should be able to play their part.
Kyouko Mogami would definitely become one of your most favorite female heroines. Her story is not a matter of hearts and kisses, but a story extraordinaire that you would find yourself wishing that you have thought of this story first before the author did. The ingenuity of the author in keeping the readers' interest in the novel is first-class that there would come a point of irritability at the very slow chapter update.
Currently, there are 152 chapters for this novel and still ongoing. It's actually available to read online via rel=nofollow [http://www.mangafox.com]http://www.mangafox.com.
Anyways, addicted or not, this manga would really gain exclusivity to your attention once you started reading it. There are still a lot of plot in the story that I skipped and intentionally did not reveal. Telling too much is a spoiler. Believe me, I know.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Skip-Beat!-Love-Is-the-Prelude-to-Tragedy&id=6579328] Skip Beat! Love Is the Prelude to Tragedy
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