Books & Authors - December 2006

2006-12-12 23:53:23 · 9 answers · asked by Profe....llikr 4

It wasn't so long ago people were saying that books would soon vanish, as people could read online. just doing a bit of research

2006-12-12 23:47:47 · 26 answers · asked by Burnt Emberes 3

I can't find these questions. I need some help.

I need shakespeare's supposed lover's name and
what he did before playwriting

2006-12-12 22:57:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wondering, after reading "The old man and the sea", how can Santiago, the old man from the Hemingway masterpiece, can hook and fish a Dolphin ?
Dolphin are huge marine mammals and are not supposed to be edible, right ? Or is there any Dolphin that are small are edible ?

2006-12-12 22:46:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Summarize it plss

2006-12-12 22:33:40 · 5 answers · asked by ♥PurePoison♥ 3

If you did, how did you find it? Do you recommend any?

2006-12-12 21:54:41 · 3 answers · asked by mariamofcairo 1

Mine is from Cannery Row by John Steinbeck:

Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps, sardine canneries of corrugated iron, honky tonks, restaurants and whore houses, and little crowded groceries, and laboratories and flophouses.


Can you beat that?

2006-12-12 21:25:12 · 31 answers · asked by nev 4

I don't really know anything about poetry so I'd like to get some opinions from more experienced/ educated folks....



Your black is so beautiful, trimmed in that gold

Your life so short, your story should be told

Elegance of motion, as you take to flight

Dignified and regal is what you bring to light

Places your ancestor's once called home, meadows and fields

soon shall be gone

Your kingdom is now made of concrete and stone

Serenity I yearn to see you so close, to fly by your side is

what I wish the most.



[written in a prison cell]

2006-12-12 21:01:29 · 17 answers · asked by AK-47 2

He is the master mind behind the discworld novels... What do you think of his work?
(And is there anywhere you can read some of his books online?)

2006-12-12 20:30:59 · 6 answers · asked by Sonstraal 2

2006-12-12 20:14:00 · 8 answers · asked by TAZUL ISLAM MUKUT 2

Looking for good quality, genuinely erotic books, fiction of non-fiction for Xmas present. There's so much tack around, which is about as erotic as a Haynes Manual crossed with Mills&Boon.
We really enjoyed Story of O, so that should give an idea as to our tastes. We enjoy BDSM and the wilder side of love, but I'm reluctant to buy "blind" online as there'ssome real junk out there!
Very happy to have our eyes further opened, and to gain new ideas, so anything welcomed. Also interested in the "reference" side of things!

2006-12-12 19:58:35 · 10 answers · asked by ShinyBlue 2

2006-12-12 19:43:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am writing a story about a girl who pretends to be a celebrity. she really works as a check out girl and gets a week off from work where she goes to hollywood with her friend, to see her friends brother who works as a photographer at a showbiz tabloid. she gets her pictures taken with celebrities and pays the photographer to submit the pics with her in them to make it like a paparazzi shot of her and a celeb "friend" then her exposure increases as she continually bribes the photographer, she fakes her popularity all the way and gets guestings and write ups. serious and helpful answers only. please no sarcasm or "smart" answers. otherwise you will be reported or get a low rating. thanks!

2006-12-12 19:26:24 · 12 answers · asked by painintheneck 4

Im from the philippines and im on budget right now. I was wondering besides booksale and book4less, is there any other bookstores that sell cheap romance boooks? or if guys would like to sell me your used books. ^___^. I dont have a credit card so, scratch the amazon site or any online sites. im a book lover so i would really like it, if you guys would give me suggestions. Thanks a lot.

2006-12-12 18:55:56 · 3 answers · asked by krissy 2

Just asking because it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm bored/curious. I'm personally quite fond of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Tempest," and "The Winter's Tale."

2006-12-12 18:36:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

how can I write an interesting narrative story with only 1 hour; manimum and maximum of 300 words without any useless words..?

2006-12-12 18:27:08 · 3 answers · asked by unhealty teenager 1

Okay this is just for fun, first person with the most right aswers wins 10pts. No hyperlinks, if you know it, type it. All questions are from Book#1

1) Hagrid's Christmas gift to Harry was _?_
2) Petunia & Dudley have _?_ colored hair
3) _?_ brought Harry to London to catch the Hogwarts Express
4) What Muggle candy did Dumblebore offer McGonagall?
5) Neville got Trevor as a gift from _?_
6) _?_ was first paired with Draco (not Harry) for detention in the Dark Forest
7) _?_ bought Harry's Nimbus 2000
8) Which pet (owl, cat, or toad) did Hagrid tell Harry not to get?
9) When did Harry move into Dudley's second bedroom?
10) What was the last task Hermione beat herself before Harry could face Quirrell & the Mirror of Erised?

2006-12-12 18:22:31 · 7 answers · asked by Rukh 6

Games are played without consent
Riddles given but not a hint
suspicions pleading to the questions they present
to be fullfilled is their intent.
Tricks and traps played and laid
seeking the answers that evade
compassion absent and mercies fade
the price that's owed will be what's paid
Conquest will be the fine reward
to watch the vanquished crawl once more
to drag his knees across the floor
his spirits fall but theirs will soar.
To bring him down again in shame
how dare he challenge with this game
shackled now with guilt and sorrow
too down and low to face the morrow
Depression brings down it's heavy hand
too hard to run through sinking sand
though once a runner in the race
hopes and dreams were his to chase
he now surrenders with disgrace
brought back down to take his place
without the wings that gave him flight
the tunnel that once had shone it's light
grows dark and dim as endless night
with the loss of will to fight.

2006-12-12 18:00:07 · 7 answers · asked by RWIZ 3

It would have been published within the past 5 years. It is about human in the far future who are making use of a technology that allows them to travel thru portals to other areas of the universe. I cannot remember many details other than there was another race that was discovered whose entore planetary system was trapped behind an impenetrable barrier until we opened it by accident. They then tried to attack us and some of the creators of the portals used them to defend the human race. We had also discoved a way to regenerate the human body and mind so that we were pretty much immortal. Also, at the end of the story a main character was on a raft that was about to fall off of the edge of an unknown planet he had ended up on. There is a sequal to this book that was published at or around January 2006. PLEASE HELP!

2006-12-12 17:20:17 · 1 answers · asked by Cameron D 1

Name the title, and poet

2006-12-12 16:59:27 · 16 answers · asked by Califguard16 2

Mine is Bambi by Felix Salten. It's very dark and not light-hearted like the Disney movie... TRUST ME. But I love it all the same! :)

2006-12-12 16:57:52 · 10 answers · asked by B K 2

And why? Could be because of plot, characters, theme, length, language.....ANYthing.

2006-12-12 16:56:37 · 6 answers · asked by Genea_80 3

It's about a kid that goes to an island with monsters. He eventually becomes king of the monsters. However, he later sails back home.

2006-12-12 16:53:48 · 4 answers · asked by xricexmanx 2

Hey guys.. I'm actually new to this forum but i was wondering if i could get some help hunting down a book.

Here's the situation.. A couple YEARS ago.. my girlfriend mysteriously came across a book, and, she being the avid book reader she is, opened it up and started reading it. The book is now her favorite book and she wanted me to read it.. but after trying to find it, she came to the conclusion that she must've lost it. I've never seen her so down before.. as if she suddenly had this void inside her. The thing is.. the book was so old and tattered that it was missing the author's name on the cover.. no publisher, nothing. She just mysteriously came across the book, and likewise, mysteriously lost the book.

The ONLY thing she knows about the book is that its called "Honestly". I don't believe its the one written by Gene Gach, because from what i've heard, she has also been looking frantically online for the book and the one by Gene Gach isn't too difficult to come across.

2006-12-12 16:31:27 · 7 answers · asked by aquablue66 1

Is anyone else out there tired of the shrinking literature collection and the growing video & pop-book collections in libraries? Perhaps it's just in my library, but it seems to be lacking the classics.

2006-12-12 16:30:28 · 8 answers · asked by sonofwampa 3

i want to know what it's about. state it breifely but with facts.

2006-12-12 16:26:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Too often, it seems like people tend to think that anything written in a formal academic style is "good writing" and everything written for the masses is "bad writing"

To me, it seems like there are many problems with this argument. For example, there are many very good authors such as Greg Bear, Tad Williams, and Card (for example) who tackle complex issues and also write in an accessible manner.

Another problem I have, is the question of the author's perspective. Do you really think that most of the authors who are currently studied by academics were writing to be studied by academics? Weren't most of these books published to be read by the masses?

I will not dispute that there is a lot of scubolos on those bookstore shelves these days, but can we really dismiss all of it simply because it wasn't written with academics in mind?

2006-12-12 16:12:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi,
I Have A Really Big Project I Need To Do On The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer But I Can Read The Whole Book It 1 Week. Can Anyone Who Has Read The Book Tell Me What Its About? Please And Thank You! :]

2006-12-12 16:10:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

king arthur

2006-12-12 16:06:44 · 3 answers · asked by julian s 1

king arthur

2006-12-12 16:05:47 · 3 answers · asked by julian s 1