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The Minotaur is a chilling but familiar account of the rise and fall of a third-world despot. Riding the tidal wave of popular support, Caesar the Marxist, soon turns into a dictator and plunges his impoverished, exploited nation into a bloody civil war. Fleeing from his burning nation, he lands up in a remote island and declares himself the King. Then the personal descent of a once charismatic doctor-turned-guerilla leader into personal hell begins. The Minotaur is born and fina…
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Added by Shaleen Kumar Singh on November 5, 2009 at 12:09pm —
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While traveling we always have new experiences, whether they are amazing, life changing or just disillusioning. Tell us your travel story. It may deal with a travel journey to a new place, time traveling, revisiting one's past, visiting a lost love or a new one, or an inner journey. Travel reports can be as much about one's internal navigation of their emotions as a physical voyage.
There is currently running a free-to-enter short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers. The theme is "…
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Added by Nils on November 4, 2009 at 6:48pm —
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"i read the book through once again just now. your words are loaded with grief and an effort to be brave so that they reflect--- however or wherever they are placed--- the heaviness of your heart. your father's profile comes alive almost as surely as your bereavement. if all these poems were written during the 13 days following the loss of your fath…
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Added by Amitabh Mitra on October 23, 2009 at 2:23am —
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CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
BY DR. RAM SHARMA
C-26, SHRADHAPURI PHASE2, KANKERKHERA, MEERUT, U.P., INDIA-250001
I still remember my childhood,
Love, affection and chide of my mother,
Weeping in a false manner,
Playing in the moonlight,
Struggles with cousins and companions,
Psuedo-chide of my father,
I still have everything with me,
But i miss,
Those childhood memories
2 OCTOPUS
Man has become octopus,
entangled in his own clutches,
fallen from sky to earth,
new foundation was made,
of rituals, customs…
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Added by DR.RAM SHARMA on October 7, 2009 at 12:41am —
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Domination of Patriarchal Authority in Mahesh Dattani`s ``Where There Is A Will``
BY
Dr. Ram Sharma
Senior Lecturer In English
J.V [P.G.] College, Baraut, Baghpat, U.P., India
Mahesh Dattani`s first play `Where There Is A Will` is embedded within the mechanics of the middle class Gujrati family,Dattani has often referred to the subversion of patriarchy in the play as one of the major concerns.Dattani has in a sense chronicled the follies and prejudices of Indian society as reflected within the m…
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Added by DR.RAM SHARMA on October 7, 2009 at 12:41am —
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STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN THE NOVELS OF BHABANI BHATTACHARYA`S
BY DR. RAM SHARMA, SENIOR LECTURER IN ENGLISH, J.V.P.G COLLEGE, BARAUT, BAGHPAT, U.P.
Freedom is a state of mind, i.e. the freedom to be free. The people
have to feel that they are free. The denial of freedom and the struggle for it. The social exploitation and the slavish adherence to the past. Bhattacharya does not stand for all that goes in the name of Indian past. He finds that the Indian society is dominated by a ‗brilliant‘ past…
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Added by DR.RAM SHARMA on October 7, 2009 at 12:39am —
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QUEST FOR SELF IN KAMLA DAS`S POETRY VOLUME THE DESCENDANT
BY DR. RAM SHARMA, SENIOR LECTURER IN ENGLISH, J.V.P.G COLLEGE, BARAUT, BAGHPAT, U.P.
Kamla Das`s present volume contains 29 poems of \which 'The Looking Glass' and some other poems deal with the theme of love. The remaining ones deal with personal anguish and dilemma in love-business with the same degree of urgency found in her first poetic corpus. The most of her poems give ample evidence to her painstaking efforts with life to transce…
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Added by DR.RAM SHARMA on October 7, 2009 at 12:38am —
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TITLE: Her Every Fantasy
SERIES: The Smith Sister's Trilogy
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on October 2, 2009 at 6:53am —
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Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell your rain story and turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame.
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Added by Nils on September 15, 2009 at 4:38pm —
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Call for promo and giveaway items!!!
Hello my fellow authors! I will be attending a literary event in Fort Worth, Texas, September 26th and 27th. I would like to return the favor that some of my fellow authors have given me. If you would like to send book marks, post cards, etc. to give away please let me know. All items must be received by September 24th.
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on September 10, 2009 at 8:24am —
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TITLE: Staking His Claim
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on September 7, 2009 at 10:46pm —
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A Handbook of Language and Literature (For Competitive Examinations) by Dr. S. K. Arora is a book ‘designed with a view to keeping the requirement of the candidates preparing for the PGT/TGT Recruitment Test.’ The book is the outcome of an ‘inner-urge’ that ‘forced’ the author ‘to pen a handbook for the ‘strugglers’ (for job) that will remain with them as a faithful and reliable companion in their struggle’. The author without claiming ‘any originality’ has tried to present both a standard intro…
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Added by Shaleen Kumar Singh on August 30, 2009 at 1:14pm —
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The very title ‘Fledgling’ of the book by Graham Vivian Lancaster, the poet from East London (South Africa) suggests the tiny bird’s emotive flight in the sky of poetry, that is full of zeal and vigour of expression of a bird-like tiny and delicate feelings woven in the chaplet of one hundred and twenty five poems of varied hues and aroma.
Graham Vivian Lancaster is a versatile and prolific pen. He is widely published and decorated with many prestigious awards and honours. He has written novels…
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Added by Shaleen Kumar Singh on August 30, 2009 at 1:13pm —
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www.bookrix.com - a social network for writers and readers, where everyone can convert novels, non-fiction, poetry, comics, poems etc public as an e-book in own design.
You can edit your books with a special tool, or simply upload your doc and pdf-files. It's free to read books online. You can even download e-books for e-reader or smartphones for free. Find community features like individual user profiles, forum, groups etc and make new contacts, discuss with like-minded people or just read. Aud…
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Added by Nils on August 25, 2009 at 4:53pm —
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Cutting to the Chase has received a rave review! Come check out the
review and if you haven't picked your copy, it isn't too late!
Blurb:
Ashley Bennett is a physical therapist burnt out from the job because of all of the rich, spoiled patients she has had to put up with. She moves back to San Angelo, TX to be closer to her family and friends. She has made enough money to live comfortably for a little while until she deci…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on August 17, 2009 at 6:34am —
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Playing For Keeps has received
"5 Nymphs" from Literary Nymphs! Come check out the
review and if you haven't picked your copy, it isn't too late!
Blurb:
Keirra Smith has never met a man more self-confident, overbearing and irritating and she wants him. Only she isn't willing to admit that she does. Eric Brooks lives a lifestyle that she doesn't want any part of but he wont take no for an answer. Knowing that she is…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on August 9, 2009 at 4:50am —
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I'm excited to announce that Better Late Than Never, Playing For Keeps and Cutting to the Chase are all bestsellers! Thank you to everyone for your support! I can't express how much it is appreciated. I hope you have enjoyed these books and the one's to come.
In
Better Late Than Never, Kristen Smith loves to work with children and her life-long dream of opening her own childcare center has finally come true. Everything couldn’t be more perfect until her high school sweetheart walk…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on August 3, 2009 at 3:06am —
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A Hardcover Landscape book with a Jacket. this unique book along with poems and art has the comment of well known Bollywood Filmmaker and Poet, Pritish Nandy and articles on Amitabh Mitra by Daily Dispatch, premier news daily of South Africa. Another successful publishing venture by Poets Printery, South Africa.

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Added by Amitabh Mitra on July 25, 2009 at 9:29pm —
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TITLE: Playing for Keeps
SERIES: The Smith Sister's Trilogy: Book 2
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Interracial Romance
PUBLISHER: Amira Press
ISBN: 978…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on July 25, 2009 at 8:43am —
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TITLE: Cutting To The Chase
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
PUBLISHER: Sugar and Spice Press
RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2009
U…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on July 19, 2009 at 6:46am —
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