Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright.The author explores his childhood, race relations in the South, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party.(Linked Table of Contents)

Savage Holiday, first published in 1954 by noted American author Richard Wright, is a tense, well-written psychological thriller about Erskine Fowler, an insurance executive forced into early retirement, who, over the course of a bizarre weekend, is responsible for the accidental death of his neighbor's young son. Tragic consequences follow as Fowler attempts to redeem himself and is forced to question his own life, as events spiral out-of-control to their inevitable concl...

Native Son (1940) is a novel by American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American youth living in utter poverty. Bigger lived in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s and is a convicted criminal.according to his lawyers there is no escape from this destiny for his client or any other black American, since they are the necessary product of the society that formed them and told them since birth who exactly they were su...

The jetsetter’s paradise of Marbella is located in the province of Andalusia in the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain. It is one of Europe’s most well known resorts for the rich and famous to “see and be seen” but this sunny city can be enjoyed by the more budget-conscious vacationer as well.   TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Puerto Banus & Marina - Hike Up La Concha - Ol...

"Doon the wynds an' up the streets,Where revenants sought souls tae eat,The Butcher called for twitching meatAn' Burke an' Hare did answer."-anon.A year after the Cadaver Riots tore the heart from Edinburgh. Fear still chokes the Old Town, for though the revenants were driven back with shot and steel, they still lurk in the city's shadowed closes. When night falls, they strike.In dissecting room...

Native Son is a third person narrative that intimately revolves around an African American named Bigger Thomas in the 1930's. He lives in poverty with his family and is a delinquent. To aggravate his poor life even more, Bigger also lives in a racist society where white people despise black people.One day, Bigger is admitted for a job, which is to be the chauffeur of the Dalton Family, a rich and powerful white family. Through experiencing this new, peculiar and maybe even irritati...

Located in the heart of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (KL) is a vibrant and modern Asian city. It is the capital of Malaysia’s tiger economy and is the country’s cultural, political and financial heart.  Kuala Lumpur’s famous Petronas Twin Towers have been featured in many Hollywood movies.

Kiev is the capital of Ukraine, the largest country in Europe. It is the largest city in Ukraine with 2.7 million inhabitants. The city has a lovely balance of antiquity and modernity and the gleaming domes of the thousand-year-old monasteries and churches are why Kiev is often referred to as the Golden Domed Rose. Ukrainians are very proud of their cultural heritage.TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction to Kiev - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Si...

The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack.An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising, ancient power that may be culprit. The hag has waited long for visitors, and guests are encouraged to extend their stay.For whatever remains of their lives.Welcome... to Craven Place..."Part horror, part thriller and part ...

Fuengirola and Benalmadena are popular tourist destinations on the Spanish Costa del Sol in Andalusia on the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean. The area is well known to Europeans looking for a holiday in the sun. The area is filled with beaches, bars and restaurants (many under expatriate British ownership) but you will also find more typically Spanish influences including flamenco, bullfighting, and Moorish-influenced architecture.  

Homer refers to the island in his works the Iliad and Odyssey, stating that Zakynthos, a prince of Troy and son of King Dardanos arrived here somewhere between 1500 and 1600 BC. The Italians named it Zacinto and in more recent years, following the struggle for national independence, it became Zante. Today, the island, with its reputation for fun has become one of the most popular holiday destinations in Greece and the names Zakynthos and Zante are used interchangeably, when referring to th...

The fight to survive is all in the mind.There is nothing exceptional about Greg Summers, until the day he returns home to discover that his wife no longer recognises him and is married to a stranger using his name.Perhaps it is an elaborate hoax, yet that wouldn’t explain his vivid flashbacks to childhood, or the violent eruptions of blood that accompany them. Nor does it explain the stray memories that seem to belong to an entirely separate man called Richard James...