"Eggshells" is a play set in a young University in Ngaza, a fictional province in Kenya.First year students are just about to begin their studies when they notice an abominable stench issuing from within the lecture room...Diabla, the once virtuous lady, turns dangerously carefree and the perfidy that follows her life, together with her bosom friends', leaves theatregoers drop-jawed.

An explosive, funny, wildly original fiction debut: nine stories about the power of love and the love of power, two urgent human desires that inevitably, and sometimes calamitously, intertwine.In I Am an Executioner, Rajesh Parameswaran introduces us to a cast of heroes—and antiheroes—who spring from his riotous, singular imagination. From the lovesick tiger who narrates the unforgettable opener, “The Infamous Bengal Ming” (he mauls his zookeeper out of affection), to the e...

Take your understanding of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan to a whole new level, anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers.Shmoop's award-winning learning guides are now available on your favorite eBook reader. Shmoop eBooks are like a trusted, fun, chatty, expert literature-tour-guide always by your side, no matter where you are (or how late it is at night). You'll find thought-provoking character analyses, quotes...

This is a self-help book to inspire and uplift those who cannot detach from some traumatic event in their lives. Lotus will encourage readers to forgive themselves and others, to love themselves unconditionally, and to express their passion.

We all have dealt with love in some form. This is my perspective on the triangle of love. When love is found lost and consummated.

Humorous envisioning of the afterlife described in the Book of the Dead, one populated by militant monks and hapless wanderers.

A short poem is a drop of the divine, a brief, brilliant flash. An emotion surges, you create an image, and the jewel is born, plucked out of thought-flow, rubbed and polished to its innate glow. Haiku is like that. Intrinsically beautiful! Some see the beauty and others do not. Moreover, poetry is a personal experience. Theres no saying what will touch the heart, the senses, the brain, and why. Haiku and Other Micropoetry would appeal to many people who have had idyllic childhoods in a wo...

Poet Laith Biltaji began writing songs and limericks in his head as a child, only committing them to paper later, as a teen. While he draws his inspiration for his poetry from everyday occurrences in his life, it was after reading Michael Crichtons book Travels that he decided to compile a collection of his poems and divide them into four categories: journeys, love, people, and songs.Biltajis poetry is the product of his personality, which stems from both Middle Eastern roots and g...

This is a collection of eight short stories that depict the nuances of human psychology, the predicament of individuals via-a-vis the complexities of social life and the pains and pleasres of human living.

Sir, you asked me who I am. What shall I say? I have been asking myself this question for quite some time and reached nowhere. After all I am no saint to throw away everything that I have and go in search of an answer. If I had, I would have been a saint. Don’t you agree? Well I have a name, but what’s in a name? You may call me an Ordinary Man. The narrator in a series of conversations with a friend who he says is his alter ego and through his own introspections, unfolds the process of gr...

A collection of poems written on myriad themes by the writer. The essence of the poems is her involvement, observation of life and an effusive innocence. Most of the poems are bound by meter and rhyme but the poet has successfully dabbled in free verse as well. A little something About the poems within Or the writer With whom you will converse. I have heard that Being honest is One of the most difficult things you would ever do. Being candid, Unfortunately, is a given When you start pennin...

A collection of poetry on aging, illness, dying and death through the eyes of a caregiver. The poetry describes the various changes that come with an elderly mind, body, and spirit. The poet takes us on a tireless journey starting with joy, laughter, contentment, and reflection, and then onto the pain, despair, holding on, hopelessness, learning to let go and finally , embracing God on the path to a new beginning.