Memoirs of a Geisha is full of admiration‚ primarily to Western readers who are unaccustomed with the spiritual Japanese geisha. As a geisha‚ you is positioned to entertain men with dance‚ conversation‚ and song. Many people believe geishas are considered as prostitutes‚ but really they represent the past of Japan more than they represent prostitutes. Marc Canter mentioned how these geishas go through a variety of changes in their roles in the past and are now absolutely different from where they
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clinical psychology at Columbia. As well has experience to write about politics‚ culture and psychology. stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. It was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback editions. Solomon’s previous book‚ The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression‚ won the 2001 National Book Award for Nonfiction‚ was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize and was included in The Times of London’s list
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The Influence and Career of Olaudah Equiano There have been many authors throughout history who have impacted America‚ amongst them is Olaudah Equiano. Olaudah Equiano‚ a slave who wrote about his terrible experiences‚ not only changed America‚ but changed the world. Equiano ’s life and career were divided in two parts: his life as a slave and his life as a free man. He battled the slave ships and helped abolish the slave institutions with the power and depth of his writings. Equiano ’s most
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production for the US Bicentennial. Burke’s 10-part television series Connections‚ which aired in 1979‚ attracted one of the largest followings ever for a Public Broadcasting Station documentary series‚ and the companion book was a bestseller in both the UK and the US. The series‚ which took a year of research and another year to film at more than 100 locations in 22 countries‚ surveyed the history of technology and social change by tracing the evolution of eight major modern
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Marie Lu is a dystopian novelist whose life began with a very surprising start. Her given name is Xiwei Lu‚ and she was born in Wuxi‚ China on July 11‚ 1984. When she was just five years old‚ she migrated to the United States after the Tiananmen Massacre‚ and settled with her family in Georgia. Marie finished her first full manuscript when she was just fourteen‚ and has kept a steady interest in the dystopian and/or sci-fi genre. Immediately after Marie Lu’s graduation at the Southern University
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Two years ago in 1852‚ a novel written by female abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ was published and quickly became a bestseller worldwide that has been translated in up to 60 languages. The book has been rumoured to be the cause of the Civil War due to the effect it had on nation’s view of slavery and the awakening of the ignorant-minded. The author‚ Stowe‚ resided in the city of Cincinnati with her single mother and six other siblings. Their home happened to be near the
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his wife who is also a journalist. They have two children and four pets in which two are Labradors and the other two are parakeets. Besides The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future‚ he also‚ has wrote The Wal-Mart Effect that is the bestseller and an Economist Book of the Year‚ The Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life that was also the bestselling collaboration with Hollywood producer
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written by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. The title itself revealed an interesting feeling and curiosity to the readers. The term “Zahir” comes from the Islamic tradition which means visible and incapable of going unnoticed. This international bestseller novel is a piece of art full of surprises and mysteries. The story is about the narrator‚ a bestselling novelist who lived by enjoying all the pleasures and privileges – money‚ fame‚ power‚ and celebrity brings. For unknown reasons‚ he was abandoned
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site‚ offering free online access to literature notes and more than 1‚000 study guides on everything from literature to chemistry to computer science. SparkNotes converted its top study guides into print publications‚ and they have rapidly become bestsellers. In 2003‚ Barnes & Noble purchased Sterling Publishing‚ one of the top 25 publishers in America and the industry’s
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reader to realize how important their beloved ones are in life. Nicholas Sparks uses detail that makes you imagine everything as if you were there. He focuses on characters’ thoughts and feelings. “The Notebook” is number one of the New York Times bestsellers. Sparks has also written “Safe Haven‚” “The Lucky One‚” and “The Best of Me.” All of his novels deal with love and look at a different perspective of love. If you were disappointed by the movie‚ read the book and get the real story. The book captures
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