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Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Shocking, radical, and undeniably thought-provoking, A Clockwork Orange remains the most enduring novel by Anthony Burgess--a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society of Literature. With the tone of a nightmarish comedy, Burgess satirically envisions a warped future in which gangs of sadistic youths rule the streets after dark. Meet Alex, a 15-year-old boy who enjoys rape, ultraviolence, and Beethoven.
4) The chosen
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Though they've lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, 15-year olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in different worlds. Reuven blends into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny's conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out. When Danny almost blinds Reuven with a vicious line drive in a tumultuous softball game, the two boys are brought together and develop an...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After spending five years with don Juan in the early sixties, Castaneda returned to Mexico in 1968 to continue his exploration of non-ordinary reality and draw ever closer to his ultimate goal of becoming a man of knowledge. Far from Western civilization, don Juana and his world of hallucinogenic drugs offer insight and inducements toward true awakening--wisdom that Castaneda passes on in this work.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Smith clarifies the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. He also highlights the native traditions of the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.
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