The eagerly anticipated second poetry collection from milk and honey author Rupi Kaur is now available. A journey about development and healing that is lively and magnificent, genealogy and respecting one’s roots, emigration and overcoming obstacles to reach inner peace. The sun and her flowers are divided into five chapters and feature illustrations by Kaur. It follows a process of withering, falling, rooted, rising, and blooming. a festival of love in all its manifestations. The flowers you plant in the yard every year will educate you that people too must wilt, fall, root, and rise in order to bloom, my mother remarked as she held me in her arms while I sobbed.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“why is it
that when the story ends
we begin to feel all of it”
“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly”
-Growth is a process.”
“you left
and I wanted you still
yet I deserved someone
who was willing to stay”
“It isn’t what we left behind
that breaks me
it’s whatever we could’ve built
had we stayed”
“and here you are living
despite it all”
The Aeneid has influenced generations of artists, writers, and musicians because it is both exhilarating, terrifying, and tragic.
In Virgil’s epic tale, the Trojan hero Aeneas departs his city when it is destroyed with his father Anchises and his baby son Ascanius because he will one day start Rome and give birth to the Roman race. As Aeneas advances toward his objective, he must first establish his worth and mature to the point required for such a prestigious undertaking. In the course of his adventures, he faces fierce storms in the Mediterranean, comes face to face with the terrifying Cyclopes, falls in love with Dido, Queen of Carthage, journeys into the Underworld, and fights in Italy.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The descent into Hell is easy”
“Let me rage before I die.”
“The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.”
“Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?”
“Through pain, I’ve learned to comfort suffering men”
A significant Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf was most likely written between the first part of the seventh century and the end of the first millennium. The story of Beowulf, the poem’s titular hero, as told in Germanic and Anglo-Saxon oral tradition served as the poem’s primary source of inspiration. It is translated into poetry in this instance, with Christian additions grafted on top.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Behaviour that’s admired
is the path to power among people everywhere.”
“Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what’s said and what’s done.”
“Fate will unwind as it must!”
“I shall gain glory or die.”
“That was their way, their heathenish hope; deep in their hearts they remembered hell.”
A compilation of poetry and prose about love, heartbreak, and unrefined emotions, Pillow Thoughts. It is broken up into pieces that you can read as needed. Tea will do, and let yourself feel.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Perhaps it’s just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit my heart’s a little swollen from losing something that wasn’t even mine.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts
“But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts
“The tragedy of what could have been being nearly as crippling as what once was but can never be again.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts
“Is that why you play the music so loud? A beat to drown out the thoughts sound so high you cannot think, lyrics so close to home you don’t even blink.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts
“Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts
This is how Robert Fagles’ superb translation of the Odyssey gets started. The Odyssey is literature’s most grandiose depiction of the journey through the life of the average person if the Iliad is the world’s biggest war epic. A timeless tale of humanity, as well as a test of moral fortitude for each individual, Odysseus’ ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, required him to rely on his cunning and cunning to survive in the face of supernatural and natural forces.
We now have an Odyssey to read aloud, savor, and appreciate for its sheer lyrical skill. Fagles has caught the fire and poetry of Homer’s original in the stories and legends that are presented here in a bold, modern style. The excellent Introduction and textual analysis by famous classicist Bernard Knox provide the general readers and scholars alike with additional perspectives and background information, enhancing the power of Fagles’ translation.
This Odyssey is meant to enthrall both classicists and the general audience, as well as to enthrall a new generation of Homer scholars. In a striking new modern-verse translation, Robert Fagles, recipient of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, gives us Homer’s most well-known and approachable poem.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier;
I have seen worse sights than this.”
A compilation of poems that is organized into four sections: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The author’s life is depicted in three stages the princess, the damsel, and the queen, while you serve as a message to the reader and all of humanity. investigates life, including all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspirations.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue. – i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.”
“that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years. -”
“silence has always been my loudest scream.”
“sticks & stones never broke my bones, but words made me starve myself until you could see all of them. -”
“if
love
is a
battlefield,
then i
must have
forgotten
all of
my armor
at home.
-a war i never agreed to fight”
My heart is in your hands right now. With the ink of my pen, my feelings flowed out over each and every page. My soul will be shown to your eyes. Your fingers are idly browsing through my thoughts. I hope that you find the stars as intriguing as each tiny word. And I hope that some part of you shares the emotions I experienced while making this art. – 2:00 am This collection of contemporary poetry explores themes such as love, heartbreak, relationships, grief, self-discovery, and learning to appreciate the life you’ve been given. 2am Thoughts is a poetry collection that is comparable to works by Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey and Beau Taplin’s Buried Light.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I indulge myself in a book because diving headfirst into another fantasy is so much more peaceful than living in this reality.”
“I like my rough edges. Smooth women are too easy to climb. I don’t like easy. I want a man willing to hike mountains for me, or I don’t want a man at all.”
“Sometimes emotions surge so strongly that words will never do them justice. So I sit here and stare at a blank page while storms brew inside me.”
“Pen and paper have healed me much better than any doctor ever could.”
“Do not let the dust collect in your soul. Live a life so fulfilling that it will never have enough time to do so.”
True to the poignant life lessons she shares on her highly successful Instagram account, Cleo Wade shares them in Heart Talk, a motivational, approachable, and spiritual book of advice for the younger generation. This book is a daily pep talk to keep you feeling inspired and motivated. It contains more than 120 of Cleo’s original poetry, mantras, and affirmations, including fan favorites and never-before-seen ones.
With understandable, applicable, and accessible counsel, such as “Hearts break. This is a portable, recharging break for your daily life. “That’s how the magic gets in,” and “Baby, you are the finest flower that ever flowered, remember that when the weather changes.” Keep Heart Talk by your side table or in your suitcase for an energizing spiritual adrenaline rush that can assist you in identifying and removing any obstacles standing in the way of your emotional and spiritual growth.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Don’t wait on anyone to tell you what you are worth. You have to be the first person who knows what you are worth and can say what you are worth.”
“Comparison and extreme competition run on insecurities and the belief in scarcity, which inevitably isolates us from one another.”
“Being weird is when you love yourself enough to liberate yourself from the burden of trying to be normal. It is also when you are smart enough to know that there is no such thing as normal.”
“Take risks with faith, not fear.”
“Do not ignore your intuition. There is an infinite intelligence within you; let it be your guiding light.”
A compilation of poetry and prose about surviving is called Milk and Honey. concerning one’s personal experiences with abuse, torture, affection, loss, and femininity. There are four chapters, and each one has a distinct function. handles a new kind of suffering and heals another kind of heartache. ‘Milk and Honey’ takes the readers on a journey through some of life’s most difficult experiences and discovers sweetness in them as sweetness can be found anywhere if you’re just ready to look for it.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
“i am a museum full of art
but you had your eyes shut”
“do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you”
“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise”
“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
Shakespeare created a bloody world in Romeo and Juliet where two young people are in love. The Montagues and the Capulets are involved in a blood feud, thus it goes beyond the fact that their families disapprove of them.
The progression from falling in love at first sight to the lovers’ ultimate union in death almost seems inevitable in this environment rich with death. Yet this play, which takes place in a fantastical universe, has come to represent the classic tale of young love. It is simple to react as though it applies to all young couples, in part because of the beautiful language used.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
“Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.”
“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)”
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”
Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” is often regarded as his best work. For performers, playing Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the pinnacle of a successful theatrical career. Currently, Kenneth Branagh co-directs and stars in a brilliant ensemble performance. This performance of the rarely seen complete version of the play has three generations of renowned leading performers, many of whom were originally brought together for the Oscar-winning film “Henry V.” The Renaissance Theatre Company, in collaboration with “Bbc” Broadcasting, presents this lucid, finely nuanced, magnificent dramatization, which stars actors such Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson, and Christopher Ravenscroft. It brings this great Shakespearean classic brilliantly to life by combining an entire cast with moving music and sound elements. This presentation of “Hamlet” is a priceless resource for students, instructors, and all true Shakespeareans – a recording to be cherished for decades to come. It reveals new richness with each listening.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
The valiant and well-respected commander Macbeth meets three witches on the heath one night who predict that he will rule Scotland. The merciless, unwavering goals of Lady Macbeth, who bears none of her husband’s uncertainty, spur on his initial skepticism. But carrying out the prophecy to its gory conclusion sends them both down a path of paranoia, despotism, lunacy, and murder.
Shakespeare’s horrific tragedy, which serves as a violent warning to those who crave power for its own purpose, continues to be one of his most well-known and significant works.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
“Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!”
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it breaks.”
“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”
The focus of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is on the juvenile exploits of the book’s schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, who is known for causing trouble and strife. Tom resides in the charming Mississippi River port town of St. Petersburg with his aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary. St. Petersburg is regarded as having a typical small-town feel, with a strong Christian presence, a tight-knit social network, and a sense of familiarity.
In contrast to his brother Sid, Tom gets “lickings” from his Aunt Polly. Always up to mischief, Tom prefers to skip school and frequently climbs out of his bedroom window at night to go on adventures with his friend Huckleberry Finn, the town’s social pariah. Sid is such a “tattle-tale,” while Tom, despite his dislike of school, is incredibly intelligent and would typically get away with his tricks.
Aunt Polly gives Tom the task of painting the fence around the home as retribution for skipping school to go swimming. Tom has a cunning plan to trick the local lads into doing the work for him, persuading them of the benefits of whitewashing. Tom is just as flamboyant at school, where he draws attention by yelling, running around, and chasing other boys. Tom uses his customary antics to try to pique the interest of Becky Thatcher, a newcomer to the area, and convince her to get “engaged” by kissing him.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”
“Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome super-abundance of that sort of time which is not money.”
“Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene”
“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.”
It is set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, between the years 1642 and 1649, and centers on Hester Prynne, a woman who has an affair and bears a daughter but refuses to reveal the identity of her lover. She is punished for her wrongdoing and her secrecy by having to display the red scarlet letter A (for adultery) on her clothing and by being publicly shamed. She fights to build a brand-new life that is repentant and respectable. Hawthorne examines topics of legalism, sin, and guilt throughout the entire work.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”
“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.”
“Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.”
“She could no longer borrow from the future to ease her present grief.”
Kafka begins The Metamorphosis, his masterwork, with a stunning, weird, but pleasantly humorous first opening. It tells the tale of a young guy who, after transforming into a big insect-like beetle overnight, finds himself an outcast in his own house and a man who embodies alienation. The Metamorphosis has established itself as one of the most popular and significant pieces of fiction from the 20th century. It is a harrowing—yet outrageously comic—meditation on the feelings of inadequacy, shame, and solitude that plague human beings. As W.H. Auden wrote, “Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.”
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense”
“Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.”
“He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.”
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles has never been exceeded in terms of the hero’s ferocious battle to find an answer to the question “Who am I?” The play, which tells the tale of a king who, acting solely out of ignorance, murders his father and weds his mother, develops with shattering force, dragging us hopelessly along with Oedipus to the shocking conclusion.
Our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics edition of Oedipus includes a dictionary of the more challenging terminology as well as useful sidebar comments to enlighten the reader on areas that may be unclear or disregarded, making it more understandable for today’s readers. Through this version, we hope that the reader will be able to appreciate the poetry’s beauty, the insights’ wisdom, and the drama’s impact to the fullest.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be
When there’s no help in truth.”
“Weep not, everything must have its day.”
“Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father’s.”
“King as thou art, free speech at least is mine. To make reply; in this I am thy peer.”
“Thou lov’st to speak in riddles and dark words.”
Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of symbology, wakes in an Italian hospital feeling disoriented and having no memory of the previous 36 hours, including where the horrific object hidden in his things came from. He and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to leave because a determined female assassin is pursuing them through Florence. They must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a set of codes created by a brilliant scientist whose preoccupation with the end of the world is rivaled only by his love for one of literature’s most famous works, Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno.
In this lavishly engaging thriller, Dan Brown has lifted the bar once more by fusing cutting-edge technology with classical Italian art, history, and literature. Our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics edition of Oedipus includes a dictionary of the more challenging terminology as well as useful sidebar comments to enlighten the reader on areas that may be unclear or disregarded, making it more understandable for today’s readers. Through this version, we expect that the reader will be able to appreciate the poetry’s beauty, the insights’ wisdom, and the drama’s impact to the fullest.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Nothing is more creative… nor destructive… than a brilliant mind with a purpose.”
“The decisions of our past are the architects of our present.”
“The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.”
“Believe me, I know what it’s like to feel all alone…the worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood, It can make people lose their grasp on reality.”
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis.”
The classic book by Mary Shelley is about a scientist whose creation turns into a monster. This edition is the actual 1818 text, preserving all of Shelley’s original writing’s hard-hitting and highly politicized elements as well as her unabashed wit and powerful female voice. Additionally, this version includes a new preface, reading recommendations, literary evaluations and extracts chosen by novelist and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, a chronology, and an article by renowned Shelley researcher Charles E. Robinson.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!”
“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.”
“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…”
William Golding, a British author who won the Nobel Prize, published Lord of the Flies in 1954. The story follows a bunch of British youths’ unsuccessful attempts to rule themselves while stuck on a deserted island.
The story revolves around a gang of schoolboys who get lost on a desolate island. However, don’t allow the young cast to fool you into believing that this is a kid’s book. I had no idea Lord of the Flies was as dark as it is, and I was shocked by some of the things that happened.
The young lads initially make an effort to emulate the island’s tidy adult society. To ensure that any passing ships can see the smoke coming from the island, they band together just to keep a fire going. However, without any adults there to watch over them, the lads start to act violently, cruelly, and brutally in an effort to live.
In the end, I gave this book a 3 out of 5-star rating since I was generally unimpressed and let down by the plot. For young adults who want to read a classic psychological survival thriller, this book’s brief length is ideal. Personally, I don’t think I’ll read this book again because I found most of the tale to be really boring. Although it was intriguing to observe how the mind can evolve to survive such a challenging circumstance and turn it into a game. I think you’ll also enjoy reading this book if you have any interests in sociology or psychology.
Animal Farm, a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell about a farm, was first released in England on August 17, 1945. It depicts the tale of a band of farm animals who rise up to confront their man farmer in an effort to establish an animal-friendly society.
Animals that have been abused and overworked on a farm take over. They went out to construct a paradise of advancement, fairness, and equality with fiery idealism and passionate slogans. The setting is therefore set for one of the most incisive satiric tales ever written—a sharp-edged fairy tale for adults that charts the progression from the revolt against oppression to totalitarianism that is just as dreadful. As Animal Farm was initially published, it was thought to be directed toward Stalinist Russia. Today, it is glaringly obvious that George Orwell’s masterpiece has a meaning and a message that are still fiercely relevant wherever and whenever liberty is attacked, regardless of the cause.
One morning, a pilot who is stranded in the desert awakens to see the most remarkable tiny fellow standing in front of him. Draw me a sheep, please,” the stranger begs. The pilot also understands that when life’s events are too complex to comprehend, there is no other option except to give in to their mysteries. He takes out a pencil and some paper. And so starts this witty and charming fable, which has forever altered readers’ perceptions of the world by revealing the secret of what is truly important in life.
The Little Prince, offered here in a magnificent new translation with meticulously restored artwork, is one of the few stories that are as widely read and as widely adored by both children and adults. It will captivate readers of all ages because it is the authoritative edition of a global classic.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.”
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
“It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.”
The surreal tale of a young fellow who trades his soul for everlasting youth and beauty is the subject of Oscar Wilde’s sole book. A youthful aesthete in late 19th-century England was the subject of a devastating depiction by Oscar Wilde in this well-known work. The book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray descends into a life of crime and excessive sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait develops day by day into a grotesque record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the public. The book uses a combination of a Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction. This captivating tale of terror and suspense has been incredibly popular for more than a century. It is one of Wilde’s most significant works and one of the pioneering examples of its kind.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
“To define is to limit.”
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
The third book written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, was released in 1925. It chronicles the tragic tale of self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman he once loved, in Jazz Age New York. The narrative of the book is provided by Nick Carraway, who describes the happenings of the summer of 1922 after moving into the fictitious Long Island community of West Egg. He resides there among the newly wealthy, while his cousin Daisy and her violently wealthy husband, Tom Buchanan, reside across the water in the more affluent community of East Egg.
Nick eventually receives an invitation to one of Jay Gatsby’s glamorous parties as the summer goes on. Nick extends an invitation to Daisy to fulfill Gatsby’s wish, and there they rekindle their romance. Tom meets Gatsby at the Plaza Hotel as soon as he learns of the affair. Gatsby claims that he and Daisy have always been in adoration and that she has never loved Tom despite Daisy’s attempts to calm them down. As the altercation intensifies, Tom divulges what he discovered during an inquiry into Gatsby’s affairs: that the man had made his money by dealing in illicit booze. Daisy has abandoned her desire to divorce her husband, and despite Gatsby’s best efforts to the contrary, his case appears doomed.
Daisy, who just knew that Tom was engaging in an affair, does not know who Myrtle Wilson is until she is hit and killed on the road. Daisy is terrified as she continues to drive, but onlookers notice the car. George Wilson, Myrtle’s widower, arrives in East Egg the following afternoon. Tom informs him that Gatsby killed his wife. Wilson visits Gatsby’s home and shoots both the man and himself. Following the Buchanans’ departure from Long Island, Nick plans Gatsby’s burial. Fitzgerald regarded The Great Gatsby as his finest work when it was first released, yet the novel was neither a critical nor financial triumph.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, an internationally recognized book set in a grim, dystopian future sixty years after its initial publication, continues to be regarded as a masterpiece of world literature. Its message is more pertinent now than it has ever been.
The fireman is Guy Montag. His responsibility is to destroy both the homes where they are hidden and the printed book, the most illicit of all goods. When Montag returns to his boring life and his wife, Mildred, who spends the entire day with her television “family,” he never doubts the devastation and ruins his activities cause. Montag, however, starts to doubt everything he has ever known when he befriends an eccentric young neighbor named Clarisse. Clarisse introduces Montag to a past in which people didn’t live in fear and a present in which people view the world through the ideologies in books rather than the mindless chatter of television.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn.”
“The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”
“The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.”
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
In the vein of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence, this charming and poetic account of Tuscany’s way of life, customs, and cuisine.
When Frances Mayes started renovating an abandoned villa in the breathtaking Tuscan countryside, she stepped into a beautiful new world. Unexpected finds might be found everywhere: fading frescos hidden behind the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard hidden beneath wildly out-of-control brambles in the garden, and in the adjacent hill towns, bustling marketplaces, and friendly locals. She invites readers to enjoy the pleasures of Italian life and to feast at her table in Under the Tuscan Sun with the poetic speech of a poet, the vision of a seasoned traveler, and the discriminating palette of a cook and food writer.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Life offers you a thousand chances… all you have to do is take one.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“There is no technique, there is just the way to do it.
Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
“I had the urge to examine my life in another culture and move beyond what I knew.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
The film (500) Days of Summer kicks off at breakneck speed into a witty, true-to-life, and original deconstruction of the turbulent and unexpected year and a half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair with the sarcastic, probing narrator declaring, “This is a narrative of boy meets girl.”
The Newmarket Shooting Script book also features production notes, the whole cast and crew credits, an 8-page color section, and special forewords by screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber in addition to the complete screenplay.
Best Quotes from this Book:
y made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“You can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than coincidence.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“You can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than you can’t ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That’s all anything ever is. Nothing more than co”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
“Since the disintegration of her parent’s marriage, she’d only loved two things. The first was her long blonde hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off… And feel nothing.”
― Scott Neustadter, (500) Days of Summer: The Shooting Script
There is a café in Tokyo that has been selling expertly prepared coffee for further than a century, hidden away in a little back lane. But this coffee shop gives its patrons a one-of-a-kind opportunity: the chance to go back in time.
We meet four visitors in Before the Coffee Gets Cold, each of whom wants to take advantage of the café’s time-traveling offer in order to: encounter the man who left them; get a letter from their husband for whom the memory has been chosen to take by early onset Alzheimer’s; see their sister for the last time; and encounter the daughter they never got the opportunity to learn.
However, the trip into the past is not without danger: patrons are required to occupy a specific seat, they are not allowed to leave the café, and finally, they must return to the current before the coffee goes cold. What would you alter if you could go back in time? is a timeless subject that is explored in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful and poignant narrative. Who would you most like to meet, possibly for the final time?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Remember—drink the coffee before it goes cold.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change. So it raises the question: just what is the point of that chair?”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When I’m in the presence of someone with whom I have a bond, and to whom I have entrusted my feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Just remember. Drink the coffee before it goes cold,” she whispered.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“We must become friends before this coffee cools.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Theodore Finch is obsessed with death and frequently considers ways to commit suicide. But every time, he is stopped by something positive, no matter how minor. Violet Markey is counting down the days till graduation so she can leave her Indiana village and her agonising grief following the tragic passing of her sister.
It’s unknown who saves who when Finch and Violet encounter one other on the edge of the school bell tower. And Finch and Violet both make additional significant discoveries as they work together on a project to learn about the “natural wonders” of their state: Only with Violet can Finch be himself—a peculiar, humorous, and live-out-loud kind of guy who is actually not such a weirdo after all. And Violet can only stop counting the days and begin living them when she is with Finch. However, as Violet’s world expands, Finch starts to contract.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
“The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.”
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.”
“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.”
Employers have identified a new, low-cost labor pool, mostly made up of roving older individuals, from the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas. Tens of thousands of these unnoticed victims of the Great Recession have hit the road in RVs and vans that have been converted, constituting a growing nomad society.
Nomadland is a startling account of the murky underbelly of the American economy, one that portends the uncertain future that may be in store for many of us in the future. It also recognizes the extraordinary resiliency and ingenuity of these Americans, who have given up their normal roots in order to live but have not given up on themselves.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves . . . Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.”
“A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong but also tremendously wasteful. Denying access to opportunity for large segments of the population means throwing away vast reserves of talent and brainpower. It’s also been shown to dampen economic growth.”
“The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges.”
“The capitalists don’t want anyone living off their economic grid.”
“The last free place in America is a parking spot.”
Twilight’s Edward Cullen and Bella Swan’s encounter marked the beginning of a legendary love story. Fans, however, have only ever heard Bella’s perspective up until this point. In the eagerly anticipated companion book, Midnight Sun, readers can at last experience Edward’s interpretation.
Through Edward’s eyes, this remarkable story is portrayed in a fresh and unmistakably dark way. In all his years as a vampire, meeting Bella is the most unsettling and fascinating experience he has ever had. We comprehend why this is the most important conflict in Edward’s life as we uncover more fascinating insights about his past and the nuanced nature of his inner thoughts. How can he defend following his emotions if doing so puts Bella in harm’s way?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to.”
“Perhaps romance always seemed a slightly foolish thing to everyone until one actually fell into it.”
“I knew her well enough to see that the sight of so many books in one room was something of a dream to her.”
“I buried my face in the hollow of her neck and breathed in her searing essence, wishing again, as I had in the beginning, that I could dream with her.”
“She had changed me more than I’d known it was possible for me to change and still remain myself.”
The classic story of a boyhood in a peaceful Southern community and the moral crisis that shook it. When it was initially released in 1960, “To Kill A Mockingbird” has become an immediate bestseller and a popular book among critics. It later went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was eventually turned into a great film that won an Oscar.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” is a compassionate, dramatic, and profoundly touching book that explores the fundamentals of human conduct, including purity and expertise, kindness and brutality, love and hatred, humor and pathos. This local tale by a young Alabama woman claims international appeal with over 18 million copies currently in print and adapted into forty languages. Harper Lee has always viewed her novel as a straightforward love story. It is considered a literary masterpiece in America today.
Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old, alternates between her affluent suburban prep school and her impoverished neighborhood of residence. When Starr sees her childhood closest mate Khalil being fatally shot by a police officer, the delicate balance between the two worlds is upended. Khalil had no weapons.
His death makes national headlines not long after that. He is being referred to be a thug, possibly even a drug trafficker, and gangbanger, by some. In Khalil’s honor, demonstrators are marching in the streets. Starr and her family are being threatened by some police officers and the local drug lord. What actually happened that night is what everyone is interested in learning. Starr is the only living person who can respond to that.
However, what Starr says or doesn’t say could completely alter her community. It can potentially put her life in jeopardy. This compelling young adult story, which was motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement, is about one girl’s fight for justice.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?”
“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.”
“I can’t change where I come from or what I’ve been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?”
“You can destroy wood and brick, but you can’t destroy a movement.”
“Pac said Thug Life stood for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody’.”
Jeffrey Eugenides, an American author, published his first book, The Virgin Suicides, in 1993. The Lisbon girls, five tragic sisters, are the main characters of the fictional drama, which takes place in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s.
The girls’ appearance when their mom let them out for their one and only date in their life was stunning because it seemed almost regular. Twenty years later, the boys who worshipped the sisters can still vividly recall the details of their enigmatic personalities, including the brassiere that the promiscuous Lux draped over a crucifix, the sisters’ breathtaking entrance the night of the dance, and the sultry, lethargic street where they witnessed a family break apart and frail lives disappear.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.”
“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she’d fly”
“In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.”
“We couldn’t imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm.”
“I don’t know what you’re feeling. I won’t even pretend.”