Books & Authors - December 2006

2006-12-11 15:16:38 · 6 answers · asked by henry beyle 2

I want a novel or very interesting nonfiction book, but not a magazine. I do not read romances or fantasy. Who's read something good lately (can be recently written or not)? In a nutshell, what was it about? Thanks for any recommendations.

If I can get it at the library, even better.

2006-12-11 14:59:57 · 36 answers · asked by sarcastro1976 5

any suggestions on topics i could write about? i just need ideas to get started, thanks a lot for your help and please if your going to write something like do your own hwk, dont bother becuase im just asking for suggestions not for you to write the poem

2006-12-11 14:57:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a different than normal copy of, Of Mice And Men and I was wondering, was there anything in anyone else's copy where George tells Candy that "The Dream's Off" after Lenny accidentally kills Curly's wife? If so, I would be ecstatic if you could give me that quote. Any help would be much appreciated. =)

2006-12-11 14:55:56 · 2 answers · asked by jes 2

I really like the DaVinci Code, but I also like romantic books and stuff like that. What book should I read?

2006-12-11 14:49:55 · 17 answers · asked by unknown 1

My sister is only sixteen and she has written this amazing science fiction novel during her school holidays. I was dumbfounded after reading it as the idea that she convayed is simply something that we don't really get to see in ordinery science fiction novels. It is indeed very fresh idea.... She is not so keen about it but I am taking this very seriously. I even think it can develop into a full length movie!!!! What can be my first step? Do you think sending the script to various publisher via the internet is reliable? please tell me what can i do...

2006-12-11 14:38:34 · 14 answers · asked by Nailhead_pixie 3

2006-12-11 14:31:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

His almost-book "If I Did It" could have spawned a whole new genre of literature: the "theoretical confession," where the author details exactly how his villainous acts would have been carried out...except of course that he did nothing of the sort. I'd like to know which books of this kind you'd like to see written. For starters, I'll volunteer two: "If I'd Really Gassed the Kurds," by Saddam Hussein, and "If I Were Really on Steroids," by Barry Bonds. Get it? Let's see what you can come up with...good luck.

2006-12-11 14:30:11 · 6 answers · asked by Yinzer Power 6

How bitter would you be if those were the last words you heard before you were cast into a firey inferno for all eternity for not believing?

2006-12-11 14:29:37 · 4 answers · asked by Atlas 6

2006-12-11 14:18:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if so is it good or bad???

2006-12-11 14:07:18 · 2 answers · asked by Eva 1

Why did the Capulets and the Montagues fight in the first place?
Economic reasons? Politcal reasons?

2006-12-11 14:00:42 · 9 answers · asked by 2 days after my B day :) 2

I have written a book which I am revising. I want to send a query letter to an agent but don't know what a "great" one looks like. Does anyone have a website, or a letter I could use as a guide?

Also, where can I find a list of reputable agents?

Thanks for the help!

2006-12-11 13:42:53 · 1 answers · asked by KJ97Y100 2

2006-12-11 13:42:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have read the book but not watched the movie but am curious how you pronounce it. Can someone please write the name how it phonetically sounds?

Sincerely.

2006-12-11 13:24:24 · 5 answers · asked by Sajjad 1

What is the name of the book that's written by an astronaut. Its about his voyage to space and the time he spends out there. Its written by an american astronaut.

2006-12-11 13:21:37 · 3 answers · asked by slowhand6780 1

What are the priorities of the two groups that are emerging in the story? How does Jack justify his desire to kill a pig and does this desire fit into either groups' priorities?


This is the question I've given and i think there are two ways of catagorizing two groups; one would be little ones and older ones and the other would be Ralph's side and Jack side.

However when it comes to how Jack justifies his desire to kill a pig and what group's priorities is fit by this desire, I don't know what to answer.

Plz help me! I really need some help from you guys. Thanks

2006-12-11 13:19:08 · 7 answers · asked by heyheyhey 2

I'm looking for inspiration to write a novel or maybe just a short story. Everytime I try to start writing, for some reason it dosen't feel right, like there's no inspiration left and everything I write sounds all wrong and in lack of better words, stupid, I have a feeling it's my house I don't feel very comforatble writing something personal with my family around, I am really in need for some help.

2006-12-11 13:16:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i've only submitted my chapters to one website, but i was hoping one of u would know another place to submit stories. i'd appreciate your help cuz my family doesn't know what to do ^^;

2006-12-11 13:14:00 · 3 answers · asked by OrebS 1

“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.” - Mark Twain

What did he mean by this? I'd like to compare my interpretations.

Thanks :)

2006-12-11 13:07:12 · 5 answers · asked by ...Tell Me 2

So here's the question: How do you explain that all literature starts from poetry??

what a stupid question, obviously it doesn't. but i have to answer it...any thoughts would be welcome!!

2006-12-11 13:04:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a teen and i was woundering if you guys know any good books to read! right now i am reading harry potter and i LOVE it!!!!
some of the books that i have read and reall liked where:

*Sisterhood of the traveling pants (summers 1 and 2)
*the child called it
*harry potter
*fever 1793
*lord of the rings


is there any books that are like these that i might like??
if there are, can you explain a little about them?

Thanks!

2006-12-11 12:56:12 · 24 answers · asked by Hannah J 1

2006-12-11 12:47:48 · 7 answers · asked by pc-help 1

Is it character reversal?

2006-12-11 12:39:29 · 7 answers · asked by Ryan 1

PLEASE HELP ME!!

2006-12-11 12:37:39 · 1 answers · asked by AMD2006 1

2006-12-11 12:34:12 · 1 answers · asked by love & peace 2

Do I publish it when I`m older or just don`t publish it at all?

2006-12-11 12:32:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to write a a 400 word essay on one of my favorite books. I have wrote several sentences already, but i am having trouble describing why its so great. I dont need a summary of the plot. Why is it such a classical masterpiece?

2006-12-11 12:23:06 · 6 answers · asked by NY 3

what is the significance of the robber's howling as a bear until he died, by the dogs? He was dressed up in the bear suit. He voluntarily did it. So right there, that shows that it is not like a "Metamorphosis" dealt by the gods, as in Ovid's Metamorphoses. His reasons for voluntarily doing it is also a critique of some ideas of "morality" behind Ovid's Metamorphoses. Then, usually in Ovid's book people make the sound of their animal because that's what they turned into, they really are that animal. Here in The Golden ***, the thief was acting it out as a bear, right until the end. They never found out he was human. Was it basically a metamorphosis like Ovid's works, but just, saving his humanity and giving him some credit? Is that what Apuleius is trying to say Ovid did not do for humans, in his work? And since the thief did escape with the dogs or no one else finally knowing he was human, -why- would Apuleius "let the bad guy win?"

2006-12-11 12:21:58 · 1 answers · asked by bun223 3

2006-12-11 12:20:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous