title and what was it about please. thank you
2007-08-21 18:08:38 · 8 answers · asked by g_ramirezjr 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A short story by Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer. "Where Love Is, There God is Also". It's on the internet at:
http://www1.umn.edu/lol-russ/PopLit/where_love_is,_there_is_god_also.htm
I've seen it as a made-for-TV movie with a different title. It answered the question for me as how to live as a Christian. It suddenly became amazingly simple: We live for God by seeking God and we find God by loving our neighbors.
2007-08-21 22:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. It was Malika Oufkir's memoir "Stolen Lives" in 2000 when I was 13 years old. I saw ithe author on Oprah's show and my Mom got interested and bought the book but I grabbed it and couldn't put it down!
The memoir is about a woman called Malika Oufkir and her family who were part of the Moroccan elite and in the 1970's were punished for their father's crime of participating in a coup. This was in spite of them having absolutely no knowledge of their father's plans. Their father was killed and her, her mother and all of her sisters and brothers were imprisoned in nightmarish desert jails for most of their adult lives. They were starved, abused, and forgotten until the mid-eighties when Malika and her oldest brother made a daring and successful escape from their jailers. The book changed my perception of life from then on regarding the cruelties human beings show towards each other. It sort of "burst" my naive shell, I guess you could say. But it also opened my eyes to the importance and resilency of the human spirit, and how even in insurmountable odds, many people determine to survive. It's a wonderful book! I recommend it to everyone.
2007-08-21 18:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly, not likely replaced my existence drmaticaly however the e book: residing house of Stairs by ability of William Sleator replaced my outlook. the tale is approximately 5 youngsters who're all orphans and get positioned into this strange place the place each thing is starirs. No ceiling, no floor, no partitions. merely stairs - a great purple device that feeds them foodstuff. notwithstanding, this purple device in hassle-free terms provides them foodstuff while the lights furnishings bypass on and that they do a dance. They quickly comprehend that the device needs them to combat and harm one yet another, and in hassle-free terms then will they get foodstuff. the two substantial character, Lola and Peter, opt to not do the dance and that they bypass away. They starve , yet merely as thyare approximately to die, human beings come and get them. It grew to become out they have been medical doctors doing an test. It merely confirmed me that human beings won't be in a position to be depended on as much as you may think of. Human nature defys that.
2016-10-16 10:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Road by Cormac Mc Carthy. That beautiful story of the lvoe between a father and a son in post-apocalyptic America. The father's promise to his son to get him to the ocean is such a remarkably powerful and simple story. It won this year's Pulitzer. It deserves TEN Pulitzer's. It is that powerful and moving. Pax - C
2007-08-21 18:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The color of Water by James McBride. It rly makes u think abt racial differences in our society...i mean y do ppl hate a certain race. The color difference is due to a chemical in the skin called melanin...nd then there r those horrible stereotypical ideas! Humans beings will always remain human beings! nd we only get one chance to live...y spoil sum1 else's life? take a walk in sum1 else's shoes for cryin out loud! This book was abt how every1 shld be accepted in society...regardless of race
2007-08-21 18:29:22 · answer #5 · answered by Alisha M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pact - by Jodie Picoult
It deals with teen suicide by allowing us into the minds of teenagers with depression. It was well researched and powerfully written and it has made me more aware of the emotional turmoil of being a teenager in todays society.
2007-08-21 18:28:21 · answer #6 · answered by blundery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho! It's kind of hard to explain what it is about, but just read it! Seriously it is amazing!
2007-08-21 19:53:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i have but the books i read are very speacial to me they are the ones my brother wrote for me befor he died in the iraq war i would let u read tham but its hard to let u cuz u r some were else and im at home
2007-08-21 20:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋