EBooks by Ariana

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Other Lew Wallace - Ben hur

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 11:16pm CEST by Ariana

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Other Lewis Carol - Alice In Wonderland

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 11:06pm CEST by Ariana

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Other Helen Keller - The Story of My Life

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 11:00pm CEST by Ariana

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Other Arabian Nights Collection

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 10:46pm CEST by Ariana

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Other Arundhati Roy - The God Of Small Things

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 10:33pm CEST by Ariana

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May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month.
I caught a glimpse of the first line of this book at a bookshop and I was hooked. But it won’t be months later until I finally get to devour the entire novel. I wasn’t wrong. I knew the book would be unforgettable. Because days after reading it, here I am , still disturbed–both frustrated yet madly infatuated with the book.
I am in love with: the twins, Rahel and Estha, their youth and innocence slowly being surrounded by the madness of adult world. The story, though it seemed to be focused on them, actually skips to every character in the book (no person is missed), and just when you are about to be engrossed on this or that character’s story, like a spotlight gone amock, the story again re-focuses to either the twins, or to a different person.
I love the unusual simple narration, the use of ‘titling’ some words Like This and at times joiningthem atthehip is pretty amusing. The characters make a good combination actually. Twins that are inseperable, their single mother who loves them in a realistic way, the grandmother who spoils their uncle who was schooled in Oxford and loves to quote novels here and there, their grand aunt who seems to be a half baked antagonist.
I love how the characters do not fall into stereotypes. There is an abundance of political and social puns in the narration.

Now that he’d re-Returned, Estha walked all over Ayemenem. Some days he walked along the banks of the river that smelled of shit, and pesticides bought with the World Bank loans.

Too much detail, no matter how beautifully written sometimes overpowers a good plot. At times, I felt lost in the beautiful poetic jungle of details. Just when the story is about to be ‘cooked’ right in front of your eyes (and you are looking forward to it), a sudden chopping board-full of lush cool greens are doused into the pot, delaying the climax yet again. She seemes to be plucking at a beautiful fruit when its just 3/4 ripe.
Storytelling is an art, and many writers use various techniques. Such is the time travelling style. However, there is also proper(reader-friendly) use of it. Usually, this style will leave you confused, but in this book, it will leave you wanting to re-arrange chapters in the book because you know the story will flow more beautifully when told in a straight sequential line.
Many important issues are dealt with (racism, religion, caste system, communism and child molestation) but it seemed they are just brushed in passing because of the “swinging spotlight”.
Scenes and lines still come to my mind. They are all hauntingly beautiful on their own, but somehow when you piece them together,
the chemistry is not exact.

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Other Pervez Musharraf - In the Line of Fire

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 10:17pm CEST by Ariana

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In the Line of Fire looks like being an interesting ebook for your Palm device. "According to Time magazine, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf holds “the world’s most dangerous job.” He has twice come within inches of assassination. His forces have caught more than 670 members of al Qaeda in the mountains and cities, yet many others remain at large and active, including Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri. Long locked in a deadly embrace with its nuclear neighbor India, Pakistan has come close to full–scale war on two occasions since it first exploded a nuclear bomb in 1998. As President Musharraf struggles for the security and political future of his nation, the stakes could not be higher for the world at large.

It is unprecedented for a sitting head of state to write a memoir as revelatory, detailed, and gripping as In the Line of Fire. Here, for the first time, readers can get a firsthand view of the war on terror in its central theater. President Musharraf details the manhunts for Osama and Zawahiri and their top lieutenants, complete with harrowing cat–and–mouse games, informants, interceptions, and bloody firefights. He tells the stories of the near–miss assassination attempts, not only against himself but against Shaukut Aziz (later elected prime minister) and one of his top army officers (later the vice chief of army staff), and of the abduction and beheading of Daniel Pearl—as well as the forensic and shoe–leather investigations that uncovered the perpetrators. He details the army’s mountain operations that have swept several valleys clean, and he talks about the areas of North Waziristan where al Qaeda is still operating.

Yet the war on terror is just one of the many headline–making subjects in In the Line of Fire. The full story of the events that brought President Musharraf to power in 1999 is told for the first time. He reveals new details of the 1999 confrontation with India in Kashmir (the Kargil conflict) and offers a proposal for resolving the Kashmir dispute.

He offers a portrait of Mullah Omar, with stories of Pakistan’s attempts to negotiate with him. Concerning A. Q. Khan and his proliferation network, he explains what the government knew and when it knew it, and he reveals fascinating details of Khan’s operations and the investigations into them.

In addition, President Musharraf takes many stances that will make news. He calls for the Muslim world to recognize Israel once a viable Palestinian state is created. He urges the repeal of Pakistan’s 1979 Hudood law. He calls for the emancipation of women and for their full political equality with men. He tells the sad story of Pakistan’s experience with democracy and what he has done to make it workable."

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Other Jules Verne- 20000 Leagues Under The Sea

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 6:51pm CEST by Ariana

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