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  • Anthony Burgess. An introduction  By : Stephen Colbourn
    Anthony Burgess, best known for his novels, particularly A Clockwork Orange, is also remembered as a composer, a biographer and critic, and occasional TV personality. The novels were products of later life; five being written in the space of twelve months when he was diagnosed as terminally ill
  • Lawrence Durrell and the The Alexandria Quartet  By : Stephen Colbourn
    The Alexandria Quartet is set in Egypt during the late 1930s and Durrell’s original sub-title for the group of four novels was The Book of the Dead (an ancient Egyptian collection of funeral texts placed in tombs to aid the deceased). Characters drift through the story giving their own viewpoints of the action
  • Paul Scott and The Raj Quartet  By : Stephen Colbourn
    Scott was stationed in India and Malaya from 1943 to 1946, which is roughly the period covered by The Jewel in the Crown (1966), The Day of the Scorpion (1968), The Towers of Silence (1971), and A Division of the Spoils (1975). The sequence of novels ends with Indian independence in July 1947
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. 1. Introduction  By : Ian Mackean
    Sir Tom Stoppard has produced a large and varied body of work, including plays for radio, television and the stage, a novel, and several screenplays. In his early career he became best known for three major stage plays, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966), Jumpers (1972) and Travesties (1974).
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. 2. A Separate Peace  By : Ian Mackean
    Sir Tom Stoppard's first two plays, A Separate Peace (TV, 1960) and A Walk on the Water (TV, 1963, adapted for the stage as Enter a Free Man in 1968) are concerned with the problem of the individual as a 'private' being, having to exist in a society which does not agree with him.
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. 3. Enter a Free Man  By : Ian Mackean
    Sir Tom Stoppard's play Enter a Free Man (Originally called A Walk on the Water, made for TV, 1963) is a more complex play built up on the simple foundations of A Separate Peace (1960).
  • Astrology's Unique House to House System  By : Martin Schulman
    There is much more to astrological houses than meets the eye. Houses have deeper and more far-reaching meanings when looked at through the House-to-House system.
  • The Square Aspect and the Modes  By : Martin Schulman
    One of the often overlooked qualifiers to the meaning of a square aspect comes from determining what mode or modes the aspect is in. If for no other reason, this makes squares behave differently, depending upon the sign modality affecting the plants in square.
  • The Cultural Significance of Symbolic Art  By : Kathleen Karlsen
    Symbolic art is a universal cultural phenomenon. The symbolic significance that man assigns to external objects may reflect more about him than about objective reality. Ultimately all visual objects can have symbolic significance. Symbolic art can remind the viewer of resolutions or goals, inspire particular feelings and emotions, and harmonize attitudes and relationships. Carl Jung writes in Man and His Symbols, “The history of symbolism shows that everything can assume symbolic significance…."
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority  By : Grace Pallin
    The Tennessee Valley Authority was entablished on May 18, 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt. USA was going through severe economic dpression during that period. The President formulated several programs to lift the country out of this depression. These programs were collectively known as the New Deal. Apart from providing employment to people all over the country, the Tennessee Valley Authority provided much needed succor to the inhabitants of the Tennessee Valley by bringing electricity and irrigation facility to the area.
  • A Lesson in Karma  By : Martin Schulman
    Sometimes, there is more to life than we see on the surface. Here is a story of how Karma can express itself in a most unexpected way.
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. If You're Glad I'll be Frank  By : Ian Mackean
    In Sir Tom Stoppard's play If You're Glad I'll be Frank (Radio 1966), a change of direction is clearly seen. Here the central couple are, in fact, separated, and although they try to meet they are unable to do so.
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. Albert's Bridge  By : Ian Mackean
    Sir Tom Stoppard's play Albert's Bridge (Radio, 1967), develops similar themes to those of his earlier plays, concentrating specifically on the opposition between chaos and order.
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead  By : Ian Mackean
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is probably Sir Tom Stoppard's best-known and most frequently-studied play, and is one of the most original and inventive plays of British post-war theatre. Beneath the verbal and visual wit lies a concern with serious philosophical issues to do with the opposition between determinism and free will, and reality and illusion, and it is part of Stoppard's genius that he manipulates the medium of the theatre itself to mirror the intellectual themes.
  • Human Speech Evolution  By : Sharon White
    Human speech developed after human body and brain size, shape, features and abilities started to approach their distinct and unique forms.
  • Compatibility and Common Sense  By : Martin Schulman
    Relationships have many facets. Astrology may hold the answers as to why some relationships work better than others.
  • Dr Martin Luther King Jr A Celebration Of His Life  By : Christy Corley
    a brief sumary of the live and bacgground of Dr King, his problems with the FBI and his assination
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. Jumpers  By : Ian Mackean
    One of Sir Tom Stoppard's most successful early plays, Jumpers (1972), is structured on roughly the same lines as his earlier play Enter a Free Man (1963). George Moore of Jumpers, like George Riley of Enter a Free Man, holds convictions which put him in conflict with the society around him.
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. Dogg's Our Pet  By : Ian Mackean
    Although a very short and simple play Dogg's Our Pet is a useful landmark in the evolution of Stoppard's ideas about language. His interest in the way different forms of language have implicit meanings of their own, distinct from their content, was evident in earlier works, for example, the contrast between poetry and the speaking clock in If You're Glad I'll be Frank (1966), and the contrast between Shakespearean and modern language in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966).
  • Sir Tom Stoppard, the early plays. Travesties  By : Ian Mackean
    Sir Tom Stoppard's play Travesties (1974) might be seen as a return to the problems he dealt with right at the beginning of his career in A Separate Peace (1960) and Enter a Free Man (1963). In these plays the 'heroes' lived in a world of their own so separate from the real world that they were unable to function in society.
  • Palmistry - Can Hand Analysis Predict the Future?  By : Kenneth Lagerstrom
    The practice of using palm reading to predict the future dates back thousands of years, and continues to be very popular today. Yet one of the most common questions that many people still have about it is: "Can palmistry really predict the future?" The answer to this is a definite "No".
  • Ideal Society  By : Sharon White
    The word Utopia conjures up images of a perfect society, a picture of a peaceful, enviable place that we can only visit in our dreams.
  • Middle Years Utopia  By : Sharon White
    Upon first glance then one could be under the impression that Utopia would be a pleasant place to live in. Everyone is equal, immoral acts such as adultery are punishable, and there is no private ownership; the community is important and everyone works and lives together, each person as important as the next.
  • Meaning of the colors.  By : Silk Bow
    Colors affect all of us in different ways. Each color, however, has certain universal properties or associations. Flowers of different colors have unique meanings too. Use these color meanings as a guide to help you find just the right gift for each person and each occasion.
  • Old Phil Propagated A Good Old Hoax  By : God's Penman
    It began as all things begin n a long period of boredom with nothing exciting to do. Whoever said, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,” knew something of what they were speaking.
  • The mythology behind Iron John  By : Randell Rogfend
    Iron John is a book, which was written by an American Poet Robert Bly in the year 1990. This book is on the subject of – Men. The author has tried to explore the mythology and the deep-rooted cultural traditions of a specific dynamic male mode of feeling. This feeling as described by Bly is a forceful combination of fierceness and tenderness, which was sacrificed to the demands of the industrial revolution at that time.
  • Iron John will teach you about the journey to manhood  By : Randell Rogfend
    Iron John is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about a wild man and a prince. It is Aarne-Thompson type 502, the wild man as a helper. Most people see the story as a parable about a boy maturing into adulthood.
  • New Book Reveals Truth, Suffering and Aftermath of Domestic Violence  By : Lion Lady
    Supreme Love: A Battered Woman's True Story is a controversial book that took 6 and half years to write. When the author was living it, she couldn't believe what she was going through and it got even more amazing.
  • Festivals of India - An Overview  By : Ross Kortman
    Indian festivals speak of India's rich cultural and traditional background. The colorful festivals are an integral part of every Indian. The festivals play an important part in promoting the traditional handicrafts and tourism of India. The rich cultural heritage of India attracts the Western world during the celebration of important festivals like Onam, Holi, Durga Puja and many more. Every region celebrates their festival according to their regional customs and rituals....
  • Numerology Readings aren't always Accurate  By : Keith Abbott
    I've done hundreds of Numerology readings over the years, and almost all of them have errors and contradictions in one form or another. The question is, why is this so, and how can you determine what's true and what's false in your own reading.

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