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Truth About Abs - Will it Work For Me?

If you've been looking into finally getting rid of your chubby midsection belly fat, you've likely come across a program called The Truth About 6 Pack Abs.There are so many programs out there, it's hard to tell which ones work and which are junk.I've done an in depth review of Tr

James James Morrison Morrison - Was A A Milne Predicting a Trend?

The poem Disobedience may be predicting a trend-the child being the parent. Most children in A A Milne's books are well-behaved. Usually the child was looked after by the nanny. This poem shows the parent looking-or not looking-after the child.

Economic Development in Singapore

This abstract contains the economic development in Singapore. This will begin from past, present and future of how this nation developed in Southeast Asia and how they become progressive in terms of foreign reserves. This will observed in highly developed market-based economy.

Fantastic Literatures in English - Where Facts Meet Fiction

Fantastic literature encompasses three different literary streams namely science fiction, fantasy fiction, and weird fiction, each of which has a unique rhetoric and narration style. Fantasy literature is thought to have evolved in Victorian times during the times of writers including William Morris

The Jackal of Venezuela: Hugo Chavez

Here is a poem on Hugo Chavez; as Dennis tries to stay away from the political world, it is sometimes hard when he sees so much wrong going on, especially in South America.Rosa

Was One Day

This poem is yet another poem on "longing for past". When people are not happy living in this absurd world, they often fantasize on their past happy life. This poem is the glimpse of the same feeling every human feels at some point of life.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - The Graphic Novel

With pop culture's insatiable love for seeing the flesh eating undead on the big screen, it was really only a matter of time before zombies invaded classic literature as well. When I first came across Seth Grahame-Smith's "rendition" of Jane Austen's beloved romance novel Pr

Thinking For a Change by John C. Maxwell - A Book Review

In a world increasingly dominated by busyness Maxwell teaches the importance of thought. In this book he outlines 11 different types of thinking and how one should go about disciplining oneself to use these thought methods. He tells us that through a regular discipline of thought we will form the ha

Wishful Thinking

What had I wished throughout life? No trouble, nice spending with beautiful wife. Children to remain very close and playing. I knelt down before HIM for praying.

Crime and Punishment Chap 3

This blurb is a summary of the famous book Crime and Punishment, created by a gentleman named F. Dostoevsky in Russia in the middle eighteen hundreds. He was a poor author.The manual follows a somewhat ...

Finding Clarity

Communication is key in a healthy relationship. Speaking what is on your mind is just as important as listening. Our fictional characters, Jeremiah and Jessica show us what can happen in a marriage when there is a communication break down.

If You Love to Read Books Join a Book Club

If you think reading is a solitary pursuit, then think again. As part of a Book Club you will learn about books, read books you thought you would never read (and enjoy them), socialise with like minded people and if you are a budding author, you will learn techniques on how to be a better writer.

Dylan Thomas - An Introduction

The lyrics of Dylan Thomas are not to be divorced from the legend of his life or lifestyle.You can visit the Cultural Heritage Boat House at Laugharne to see his grave, have a Welsh cream tea and buy souvenirs.Dylan Marlais Thomas came from Swansea, a port town in South Wales.He never learned to rea

Book Review for: "In The Arms of the Enemy"

Eng pens a suspenseful tale of love, betrayal, desperation and hope with "In The Arms of the Enemy." Isabella Ricci is a spy for the Italian resistance. When she's told to make a German mark, Isabella doesn't realize how dangerous the assignment is, not only to her person, but to

Anyone Up for Chicken?

A simple book review for Chicken Boy, by Francis O' Roark Dowell. Chicken Boy follows the story of Tobin; a young boy who has just lost his mother, causing his father to go into his own private well of desperation.