Yen Yen has read “Born On A Blue Day”
Born on a blue day: inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant: a memoir Daniel Tammet Call no: 616.858 TAM – [HEA] Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2006 This memoir brings us deeply into the life of an autistic savant. If you have seen ‘Rainman’ starring Dustin Hoffman, the term autistic savant should...
Hakim has read ‘Immediate Action’ by Andy McNab
Immediate action By Andy McNab London : Corgi, [2005] Call No.: 356.16092 MAC There was a lovely phrase I came across recently when reading about career US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan: the “strange allure of a hard life”. Such a phrase, I think, perfectly describes the military career of Andy McNab and his former...
Heartlands meet to discuss Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Less Travelled”
Dear friends, Have you ever did something out of ordinary in your life (which can be life-changing or even for little things)? Share your experiences and thoughts in comparison to Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Less Travelled” which is reproduced below for your reference: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could...
Fiction Alert – Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Image courtesy of bbc.co.uk Dame Beryl Bainbridge died last week at the age of 77. During her time, she has written 18 novels, of which 5 were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Unfortunately, she never landed the prestigious prize. She has also published several plays, essays, reviews and 2 collections of short stories....
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
This summer, the world will celebrate the 50th publishing anniversary of this beloved classic. Estimated to have sold over 30 million copies since its first publication in 1960, it won the Pulitzer Prize that year. Apparently, in 1999, a Library Journal survey of my peers (fellow librarians in Amerian) found that they consider this to be...
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