MyEnglishClub2024-03-28T22:21:42Zhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/feed/allIn Search of a Good Book - Various Book Lists I usehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/in-search-of-a-good-book-various-book-lists-i-use2021-10-05T18:44:51.000Z2021-10-05T18:44:51.000ZTim Newhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/TimNew<div><p><strong>In Search of a Good Book - Book Lists</strong></p><p>I'm an avid reader and in times past I would often just select a book randomly to read. I still do but I also am making a concerted effort to read books that others have read and found to be excellent. Here are some of the book lists you can use to find a good book: For learners of English as a second langauge, the Newbery Award books are an excellent choice once you are past basic English. I love to read Newbery Award Books and my English level is advanced.</p><p><strong>USA:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Caldecott Awards</strong></span> - The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/6/all_years">https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/6/all_years</a></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Newbery Award</strong></span> - The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://abqlibrary.org/newbery/All">https://abqlibrary.org/newbery/All</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or you can download a list from <a href="https://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newbery%20medals%20and%20honors%201922-present.pdf">https://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newbery%20medals%20and%20honors%201922-present.pdf</a></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>National Book Award (USA)</strong></span> - <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/">https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from 1950.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Categories vary by year but include both fiction and nonfiction.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>The Pulitzer Prize</strong></span> is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year">https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>The UK:</strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Booker Prize (Formerly Man Booker)</span></strong> - <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com">https://thebookerprizes.com</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Annual Award since 1969 for Best book published in the UK. November 3, 2021 will be this year's award announcement.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>IMPAC Dublin Literary Award</strong></span> - <a href="https://dublinliteraryaward.ie">https://dublinliteraryaward.ie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Books are nominated for the Award by invited public libraries in cities throughout the world – making the Award unique in its coverage of international fiction.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>BBC Big Read</strong></span> - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml">https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>At the end of the 20th Century, the BBC conducted a poll of its readers to create a book list of the TOP 100 books of all time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The BBC actually compiled a list of the TOP 200 so <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200.shtml">https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200.shtml</a> gives 101-200.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am currently trying to finish the Top 100.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have read I think 93 of the 100 but the 7 left will be slow reading.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong>World:</strong></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Nobel Prize for Literature</strong> </span>- <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes-in-literature/">https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes-in-literature/</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction"</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">GoodReads Reader’s Choice Awards</span> </strong>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com">https://www.goodreads.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Every year Goodreads conducts a “Vote” among members to determine the best book by genre published that year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You can see the best books as voted by members for last year 2020 and the years before back to 2011.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020?ref=nav_brws_gca">https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020?ref=nav_brws_gca</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Goodreads has both a website and an App.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It does NOT have books to read.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But it does provide a way to find out what others like and also to keep track of your own reading.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You can add book titles to your shelves - books read, books you want to read and you can set reading goals.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My annual goal is 52 books - one book a week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So far this year I have completed 102 books.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Last year I read 100.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2019 I finished 110. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong>Others:</strong></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Stairs of Knowledge</strong></span> - This staircase near the library at Lebanon’s University of Balamand is painted to resemble a stack of classic texts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The books are arranged roughly from oldest to newest and feature a lot of philosophy books.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/05/20/stairs-of-knowledge/">https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/05/20/stairs-of-knowledge/</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Stories that Shaped the World</span></strong>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180521-the-100-stories-that-shaped-the-world">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180521-the-100-stories-that-shaped-the-world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So far I have read at least 46 of the top 100.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m not sure which of Shakespeare’s I have actually read versus just know about so I will read ALL of Shakespeare again.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Reading the World</span></strong> - <a href="http://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/">http://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>one person decided to read 1 book from an Author from each of the “recognized” world countries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I think the idea is great and I’ve sought to expand the list to included disputed jurisdictions. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div>Dear John by Nicholas Sparkhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/dear-john-by-nicholas-spark2017-02-09T23:06:07.000Z2017-02-09T23:06:07.000ZYeshiwuahttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Yeshiwua<div><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">The book was written by Nicholas Spark who also known as a romantic writer. His genre on writing is fiction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">Dear John is a love story about an army sergeant who falls in love shortly before 9/11.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">What I like with the story is that it shows the reality of life, not all love story ends with a happy ending sometimes you only need to do is to accept that everything has changed, to move on and be contented with what you have.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">I think this book will help those people, who are still in pain of unhealthy relationship, and will be enjoyed by people who like to read sappy romantic comedies or tragedies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">My favorite part in the story is when John appreciates the essence of his father’s collection and used it for the goodness of others. I also like the developments of the protagonist from being mischievous to a serious man who became matured enough to accept changes in his life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">Try to read this book and you’ll see the difference between love and real love.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"> </span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352903014,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5526.jpg</a></p></div>The Shipyard By Juan Carlos Onettihttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/the-shipyard-by-juan-carlos-onetti2014-12-06T05:16:36.000Z2014-12-06T05:16:36.000ZAhmadhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Ahmad143<div><p>Hi</p><p>Can anybody help me find this book in ebook format (epub,mobi,pdf or scan copy)</p><p>I really want to read this.</p><p>The Shipyard By Juan Carlos Onetti </p><p>Thanks.</p></div>kew Gardens by virgina woolfhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/kew-gardens-by-virgina-woolf2014-11-15T16:47:53.000Z2014-11-15T16:47:53.000ZAmalhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Amal254<div>Hi everyone,This time I came up with a short story by a greatest writer.The story is KEW GARDENS which is in fact the name of garden.It was written by virgina woolf.It is a depiction of the visitors of the garden;like two elderly women who gossip meaninglessly without listening to each other.I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT<p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352894728,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">images-239.jpeg</a></p></div>The Boy And The Apple Treehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/the-boy-and-the-apple-tree2014-09-13T11:50:34.000Z2014-09-13T11:50:34.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>This is a very touching story. It's a story of a boy friendship with an apple tree. It's a short story for kids, but really it's a story for everyone. A story of how we treated our parents.</p><p>I hope you will enjoy the story.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kidsworldfun.com/shortstories_theboyandtheappletree.php" target="_blank">The Boy And The Apple Tree</a>.</p></div>HARD TIMES by charles Dickenshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/hard-times-by-charles-dickens2014-08-31T11:22:14.000Z2014-08-31T11:22:14.000ZAmalhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Amal254<div>I read this novel the last month.It was published in 3 books because of the expensive of publishing during that time ,later it was collected into one book.The three books are SOWING,REAPING,and GARNERING.But fortunetly ,they arenot about agriculture .It is about a ma who raise his children the way of fact and to prevent the way of emotion and feeling .It is an amazing novel ,and you donnot have to read the whole novel.If anyone needs to learn more ,ask me.<p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352893091,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">images-37.jpeg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352893111,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">images-40.jpeg</a></p></div>Married to a Murderer by Alan Russellhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/married-to-a-murderer-by-alan-russell2014-07-26T13:07:54.000Z2014-07-26T13:07:54.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>I found this short story very fascinating. It dealt with the human fascination of total opposite. It's about a wealthy lady who met a convicted prisoner. Their instant attraction led to their marriage. At the same time, the husband denied that he murdered anyone. With his new found wealth and wife, his case was re-examined with surprising result.</p><p>Hope you find this short story interesting too. Please <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mysterynet.com/love/romance/married/" target="_blank">click this link</a> to read it.</p></div>Why We Suck : A Feel Good Guide To Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupidhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/why-we-suck-a-feel-good-guide-to-staying-fat-loud-lazy-and-stupid2014-07-17T07:32:48.000Z2014-07-17T07:32:48.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>This book was introduced by Pash. It sounds like a feel good book. I hope you guys will enjoy reading it and give us your opinion on the book.</p><p>Please <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/3A8rUyA9jKOYYMJIFZr-ACLc4QtQ*NHaWGYNc27d*bR7Z*Ye2BqlTywKIaeNT69cxDtqvDX6kLz-6DCD-G10d*XGO5aA-Ze2/WhyWeSuck_AFeelGoodGuidetoStayingFatLoudLazyandStupidDenisLearyviny.pdf" target="_blank">click on the link</a> to read the pdf file of the book. </p><p>Thanks Pash for introducing this book. </p></div>ASSHOLISM BY XAVIER CREMENThttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/assholism-by-xavier-crement-12014-07-16T06:35:16.000Z2014-07-16T06:35:16.000ZA dreamhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Adream<div><p>Oh please do not get me wrong , I did not mean that :D</p><p>Oh let me explain for you . See ! you are judging so soon :))))</p><p>Can I explain ?</p><p>Ok, thanks for permission :*</p><p>I have read a book in Persian that if you wanna translate its name to English it will be fatuity or silliness . I wanted to find English version of it .I translated the name in English but I did not find :O I searched the name of writer and (OH MY HOLLY COW) The name of the book is assholism and in Iran for getting permission for nourishing the book , they have translated like this :D</p><p>You know I am reading this book in persian but that is not bad to proposal you to read it . This book is about the people who annoy other people with the behavior . the people who wanna take their wills by ordering others by bad act (OMG I cant explain :'() by underestimate other people and by ignoring them .by give them order . The writer says that these people are sick of an illness named Assholism.</p><p>I am reading this book because till you have not read it you do not figure out that you have this illness too I mean assholism . He is writing this book in funny way I mean he used to sens of humor that is why all ill people do not get angry when he call them asshol :D</p><p>So start reading it you will change and enjoy :D</p><p>Unfortunately I did not find a link for downloading free .hope you can find . Pls share here if you find one. :*</p><p></p></div>ASSHOLISM BY XAVIER CREMENThttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/assholism-by-xavier-crement2014-07-16T06:35:07.000Z2014-07-16T06:35:07.000ZA dreamhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Adream<div><p>Oh please do not get me wrong , I did not mean that :D</p><p>Oh let me explain for you . See ! you are judging so soon :))))</p><p>Can I explain ?</p><p>Ok, thanks for permission :*</p><p>I have read a book in Persian that if you wanna translate its name to English it will be fatuity or silliness . I wanted to find English version of it .I translated the name in English but I did not find :O I searched the name of writer and (OH MY HOLLY COW) The name of the book is assholism and in Iran for getting permission for nourishing the book , they have translated like this :D</p><p>You know I am reading this book in persian but that is not bad to proposal you to read it . This book is about the people who annoy other people with the behavior . the people who wanna take their wills by ordering others by bad act (OMG I cant explain :'() by underestimate other people and by ignoring them .by give them order . The writer says that these people are sick of an illness named Assholism.</p><p>I am reading this book because till you have not read it you do not figure out that you have this illness too I mean assholism . He is writing this book in funny way I mean he used to sens of humor that is why all ill people do not get angry when he call them asshol :D</p><p>So start reading it you will change and enjoy :D</p><p>Unfortunately I did not find a link for downloading free .hope you can find . Pls share here if you find one. :*</p><p></p></div>A Reason To Rain - Donna M. Younghttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/a-reason-to-rain-donna-m-young2014-07-12T14:08:10.000Z2014-07-12T14:08:10.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>This is a story of a young mother of two. Her husband left her and she barely make ends meets. When her husband called for her and asked her to come back to Vegas, she thought that her husband finally wanted them to be real family. But the reality is not so. </p><p>She had to endure another round of abuse. When she found herself in another desperate situation with no job, she decided to be a prostitute. However, on her first day, she found herself unable to follow through, and was left in a desolate road.</p><p>I won't tell you guys anymore because otherwise I would tell you the whole story.</p><p>This is a very touching short story. I hope you guys will read the book. Enjoy!</p><p>Click <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bookrix.com/book.html?bookID=donnamyoung_1254089087.1748640537#0,504,5634" target="_blank">this link</a> to read the story.</p><p>Or click <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bookrix.com/_ebook-donna-m-young-a-reason-to-rain/" target="_blank">this link</a> either to read it or to download it.</p></div>Child goes on 'bucket list' trip before he goes blindhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/child-goes-on-bucket-list-trip-before-he-goes-blind2014-03-09T11:18:34.000Z2014-03-09T11:18:34.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>This article in CNN caught my attention when the Malaysia was feeling somber and sad while awaiting news about our lost flight. The article is about a New Zealand's boy who was going blind because of a disease. His parents are fulfilling his wishes and filling his world with as many as beautiful images as they can.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/02/health/blind-child-bucket-list/index.html?sr=sharebar_facebook" target="_blank">Read this article in here for full story</a>.</p></div>Stories of Nasiruddin Hodjahttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/stories-of-nasiruddin-hodja2014-03-08T09:48:27.000Z2014-03-08T09:48:27.000ZShaheenhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Ummad<div><p>I think all of your childhood memories, like me, filled with reading stories of Nasiruddin Hodja. If you are going to read Hodja's stories, that's a real time of reading for pleasure. Hodja is considered a populist philosopher and wise man. He is always remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. He appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but often, too, a fool or the butt of a joke.</p><p>If you want to revisit your much laughed, funny stories, here are few of them. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nasrettinhocafikralari.com/en/Jokes.pdf" target="_blank">Click Here</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888315,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888315,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="260"/></a></p></div>Fifty Shadeshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/fifty-shades2014-02-27T08:48:21.000Z2014-02-27T08:48:21.000ZoOo_MaYa_oOohttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/oOoMaYaoOo<div><p>this is my favorite novel, the author is E.L. James, consisted of 3 books, the first one is "fifty shades of grey", second is "fifty shades darker", and the last one is "fifty shades freed". its for matured and for liberated mind i think...the story is so romantic and mind blowing, for me i guess. i really love this romantic novel especially the main characters, anastasia steele and christian grey....i fell inlove with grey, a man who has everything, control -freak, dominant, obsessive, posessive, romantic...all in one, yet very vulnerable...my dream guy, lolz...it reminded me of someone who's very close to my heart...hope guys like this as i do...enjoy reading!</p><p>ps: it will be on the big screen maybe february next year...they're still working on it until now... </p></div>wattpad is one of my favorite siteshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/wattpad-is-one-of-my-favorite-sites2014-02-27T08:03:54.000Z2014-02-27T08:03:54.000ZShaheenhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Ummad<div><p>That was a great pleasing moment when I discovered this site. Sometimes I enjoy it much more than EC. A simple smartphone can do all you want to do here. Their app is really fantastic. I have added a lots of books from that site and try readin those when I have time. Most of contributors are teenagers. Though I love their write-up coz I am a learner. And some of write-ups so nice!!</p><p>The site name is : <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wattpad.com/home" target="_blank">www.wattpad.com</a></p><p>"<b>Wattpad</b> is an <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online community</a> themed around writing and story-telling. Users are able to post articles, stories, and poems about anything either online or through the Wattpad app. . The content includes work by undiscovered and published writers. Users are able to comment and like stories or join groups associated with the website. Around half of the users are U.S. based; traffic also comes from the U.K., Canada, the Philippines, Australia, and more." (From Wikipedia)</p><table class="infobox" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator" title="Uniform resource locator">Web address</a></th><td><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wattpad.com">www.wattpad.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Type of site</th><td>App, Social Media</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Registration</th><td>Free</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Owner</th><td>WP Technology, Inc. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattpad#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Launched</th><td>November 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet">Alexa</a> rank</th><td><img alt="positive decrease" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/11px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png" height="11" width="11"/> 2,197 (February 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-alexa_2-0" class="reference"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattpad#cite_note-alexa-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Current status</th><td><p>Online</p><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As far as I know this group, I have noticed that most of the active members of Reader's Corner of EC are high-profile readers, though a few of you, like me, may like this site. At the end, I am sharing here a poem (click on the link) by <a rel="nofollow" id="author" href="http://www.wattpad.com/user/DrewChadwick">DrewChadwick</a> from wattpad.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wattpad.com/19547358-seeds-of-change" target="_blank">Seeds of Change</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Current status of the poem is</p><div class="story_meta reads"><div class="story_stat">reads 128,550</div></div><div class="story_meta votes"><div class="story_stat"><span class="story_stat_votes" id="6">votes 5,658</span></div>comment 1,623</div><p></p><div class="story_stat"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hope, you will enjoy</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table class="infobox" cellspacing="3" width="325"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align: center;" scope="row"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div>One of These Days by Gabriel Gracia Marquezhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/one-of-these-days-by-gabriel-gracia-marquez2014-02-25T12:57:19.000Z2014-02-25T12:57:19.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p><b>Gabriel Concordia</b> <b>García Márquez</b> <span class="unicode haudio" style="white-space: nowrap;"><small class="metadata audiolinkinfo" style="cursor: help;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Es-Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez.ogg" title="File:Es-Gabriel Garcia Marquez.ogg"></a></small></span> born March 6, 1927(still alive)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez#cite_note-1"></a></sup> is a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_people" title="Colombian people">Colombian</a> novelist, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-story" title="Short-story" class="mw-redirect">short-story</a> writer, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a>, known affectionately as <b>Gabo</b> throughout <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, he was awarded the 1972 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadt_International_Prize_for_Literature" title="Neustadt International Prize for Literature">Neustadt International Prize for Literature</a> and the 1982 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a>, and is the earliest living recipient. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism.</p><p>Notable work(s) <i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude" title="One Hundred Years of Solitude">One Hundred Years of Solitude</a></i>, <i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_of_the_Patriarch" title="Autumn of the Patriarch" class="mw-redirect">Autumn of the Patriarch</a></i>, <i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera" title="Love in the Time of Cholera">Love in the Time of Cholera</a></i></p><p></p><p><img alt="Gabriel Garcia Marquez.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez.jpg/220px-Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez.jpg" height="330" width="220"/><img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01380/Gabriel_GarciaMarq_1380800a.jpg" alt="Gabriel Garcia Maquez" height="288" width="460"/></p><p>His very short but influential story about a dentist: One of These Days</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/ootdays.html">http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/ootdays.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>Men & women, boys & girlshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/men-women-boys-girls2014-02-24T10:27:10.000Z2014-02-24T10:27:10.000ZPavelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Pavel271<div><p><span class="font-size-3">As there were offered serious classical books lately, I'd like to suggest to the members of our group some other sort of literature :)</span></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888095,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888095,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="750"/></a></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><em>What does a woman wants?</em> This question has been tried to answer men for many centures. This is because men and women are different. We belong to the same species, but live in different worlds with different values, we think differently and act differently in the same situations. It's depicted in numerous jokes and funny stories. It starts from the first days of life, when most girls prefer to play with dolls, but boys - with toy cars and arms. As we evolve the difference grows up so that sometimes it's difficult to connect our wordls. Sometimes it's funny, but sometimes it may cause so big problems that men tear their hair out and women slum the door.</span></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888044,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img style="width: 281px; height: 377px;" class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888044,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="299" height="432"/></a><strong><em><span class="font-size-3">Women:</span></em></strong></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why he can't find things in front of his nose?</span></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why he often even don't try to listen?</span></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why he sometimes is being so hard-hearted and foolish?</span></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-3">Men: </span></strong></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why she hit our car on the parking again?</span></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why she sometimes confuses the left and the right?</span></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Why she takes offense on me without any reason?</span></em></p><p> </p><p><span class="font-size-3">These and many other questions are discussed in the book written by <em><span style="color: #0000ff;">ALAN & BARBARA PEASE</span></em> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>"Why men don't listen and women can't read maps".</strong></span></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Although this book is simple and often written in a funny way, it based on the latest serious neurobiological, psychological and sociological reasearches. It easy to read for people far from science and even not good in English. It contains real examples and various tests. It's extremely wholesome and provides better understanding between sexes, helps to improve relationships, avoid quarrells and mutual offences with sweetdears</span></p><p><span class="font-size-4">PS Great many thanks to my friend <span style="color: #339966;">Jessiefell</span> for sharing it!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-5"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B47D1OVZgk5cZTRPdFBjMTBQOEgxZlRBWU5CSWdBMVZLZl93/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">READ IT!</a></span></p><p> </p></div>The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wildehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/the-model-millionaire-by-oscar-wilde2014-02-23T09:41:57.000Z2014-02-23T09:41:57.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p></p><p><b>Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde</b> (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900),46, was an <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_literature" title="Irish literature">Irish writer</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_poetry" title="Irish poetry">poet</a>.</p><p>After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigram" title="Epigram">epigrams</a>, his only novel (<i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray" title="The Picture of Dorian Gray">The Picture of Dorian Gray</a></i>), his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.</p><p>He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestheticism" title="Aestheticism">aestheticism</a>, led by two of his tutors, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pater" title="Walter Pater">Walter Pater</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin" title="John Ruskin">John Ruskin</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/W/Oscar-Wilde-9531078-1-402.jpg"/></p><p>May be readers like to watch his video biography on this link:</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biography.com/people/oscar-wilde-9531078">http://www.biography.com/people/oscar-wilde-9531078</a></p><p></p><p>a simple great short story by Wilde: The Model Millionaire</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wilde-online.info/the-model-millionaire.html">http://www.wilde-online.info/the-model-millionaire.html</a></p></div>An Old Adagehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/an-old-adage2014-02-22T15:29:17.000Z2014-02-22T15:29:17.000Znoaslplshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/noaslpls<div><p>Anyone who get to know me knows that I don't read poems. But, someone posted this cute poem in my timeline page of Facebook and I can't stop laughing when reading it. I don't know who wrote it, but I hope you guys will enjoy it too. I just give the poem a title "<strong>An Old Adage</strong>"</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888145,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352888145,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="592" class="align-center"/></a></p><p></p><p>The poem goes like this:-</p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">Old age is golden, or so I've heard it said,</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">But Sometimes I wonder, as I crawl into bed,</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">My glasses on the table until I get up.</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself:</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">The reason I know my youth is all spent?</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">Is my get-up-and-go has got up and went!</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">But, in spite of it all, I'm able to grin</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3">And think of the places my getup has been!</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thank you to <strong>Tim New</strong> for sharing it in my Facebook. I'm sorry I don't know the original author of this fun poem. :D</p><p></p></div>The Storyteller by H.H Munro Sakihttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/the-storyteller-by-h-h-munro-saki2014-02-22T13:14:11.000Z2014-02-22T13:14:11.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Hector Hugh Munro</b> (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), born in Akyab, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma" title="Burma"><span style="color: #000000;">Burma</span></a> (also known as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar" class="mw-redirect"><span style="color: #000000;">Myanmar</span></a>) when it was still part of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire"><span style="color: #000000;">British Empire</span></a>,better known by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name"><span style="color: #000000;">pen name</span></a> <b>Saki</b>, and also frequently as <b>H. H. Munro</b>, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre"><span style="color: #000000;">macabre</span></a> stories satirized <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era"><span style="color: #000000;">Edwardian</span></a> society and culture. He is considered a master of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story"><span style="color: #000000;">short story</span></a> and often compared to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry" title="O. Henry"><span style="color: #000000;">O. Henry</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker" title="Dorothy Parker"><span style="color: #000000;">Dorothy Parker</span></a>. Influenced by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde"><span style="color: #000000;">Oscar Wilde</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll"><span style="color: #000000;">Lewis Carroll</span></a>, and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipling" title="Kipling" class="mw-redirect"><span style="color: #000000;">Kipling</span></a>, he himself influenced <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne" title="A. A. Milne"><span style="color: #000000;">A. A. Milne</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward"><span style="color: #000000;">Noël Coward</span></a>, and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse" title="P. G. Wodehouse"><span style="color: #000000;">P. G. Wodehouse</span></a>.</span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Munro#cite_note-1"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSyw_AdCXZjSUETrTYOz7CwUG_gyHJnXUrHc31w9WetG2CvjX6c9AovTNw" height="77" width="128"/></p><p>one of his short stories:</p><p>The Storyteller</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/Storyteller.html">http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/Storyteller.html</a></p></div>A Day in the Country by Anton Chekhovhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/a-day-in-the-country-by-anton-chekhov2014-02-20T16:54:29.000Z2014-02-20T16:54:29.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Pavlovich_Chekhov" target="0">Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)</a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbfbxKuxr-0gym07gyVx1dJyRnt7NBzg9Jx4m5EKZ1J5uFsjY4uCF_66ye" height="150" width="115"/></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">A short story by Chekhov:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/DayCountry.html">http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/DayCountry.html</a></span></p></div>I fall in love with this poem and it lead me this poet...https://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/i-fall-in-love-with-this-poem-and-it-lead-me-this-poet2014-02-17T08:06:21.000Z2014-02-17T08:06:21.000ZA dreamhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Adream<div><p>Yesterday one of my friend gave me a gift ..A book with lots of awesome poems :)</p><p>I really love this book. and I wanna share you a poem of <b>Henry Charles Bukowski,</b> so I wanted to put the link of his Wikipedia here ,But I think it will be better if I write a little about this poet here too :)</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="font-size-4"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>For all who feel lonely</strong></span></span></p><h2 class="title"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">Cause And Effect</span></em></strong></span></h2><div><div class="KonaBody"><p><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">the best often die by their own hand</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">just to get away,</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">and those left behind</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">can never quite understand</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">why anybody</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">would ever want to</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">get away</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">from</span></strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-5"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">them ......</span></strong></em></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; color: #008000;"><strong>About him <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887934,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887934,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;">Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of <span style="color: #000000;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" title="Los Angeles, California" class="mw-redirect">Los Angeles</a>. <span> His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column, </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_of_a_Dirty_Old_Man" title="Notes of a Dirty Old Man">Notes of a Dirty Old Man</a><span>, in the LA underground newspaper </span><i>Open City <span> In 1986 </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a><span> called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife" <span> Regarding Bukowski's enduring popular appeal, </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kirsch" title="Adam Kirsch">Adam Kirsch</a><span> of </span><i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i><span> wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp-fiction</a><span>hero. you can find more <a rel="nofollow" href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski" target="_blank">here</a>..</span></span></i></span></span></p><p></p></div></div></div>Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jeromehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/three-men-in-a-boat-by-jerome-k-jerome2014-02-16T17:00:10.000Z2014-02-16T17:00:10.000ZShaheenhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Ummad<div><p style="text-align: left;">I came across with this book when I was a school goer. This book, I can still remember, was a immense pleasure to me at that time. I read it in Bangla-my mother tongue.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After so many years, again I came across with this book last year when I was walking along the footpath of Nilekhet. Nilekhet is the most renowned place for used books in my country. I noticed this book at the pile of books sold by footpath hawkers', this time in English and in used form. I bought it immediately and finished it again at a stretch.Sometimes we like to get back our past.</p><p>Till now, I read this book time to tome.</p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Book </strong></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm" target="_blank">Three Men in a Boat</a></p><table class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="3" width="342"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Author</th><td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_K._Jerome" target="_blank">Jerome K. Jerome</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Country</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Genre</th><td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_novel" title="Comedy novel" class="mw-redirect">Comedy novel</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887925,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887925,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="304"/></a></p><p></p><p>Hope you will enjoy too.</p><p></p><p>Download link - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm" target="_blank">HTML</a></p><p> For Kindle and other format <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/308" target="_blank">click here</a></p><p> and for PDF <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gasl.org/refbib/Jerome__3_Men.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a></p><p></p><p>To save HTML format <span style="color: #0000ff;">Right Click</span> on <span style="color: #0000ff;">HTML,</span> then click <span style="color: #0000ff;">Save Link As</span></p><p></p><table class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="3" width="342"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"></th><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Louise Amour by Christian Bobinhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/louise-amour-by-christian-bobin2014-02-15T06:09:52.000Z2014-02-15T06:09:52.000ZA dreamhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Adream<div><p>Yesterday I did my best to finish this story which I have started from 3 weeks ago.</p><p>A book Has Written by Bobin .French author. This is the first book that I have read of this author . I like it .This is a book about a man who is journalist and he will fall in love with a woman that always her name has written beside his name in newspaper. </p><p>In this book you cant find special event happen. The author use of the story to show his Idea or special Idea about life! </p><p>I always have said every book has a word to say :D but I should say this book have lots of wordsssss to say :) </p><p>I have read it in Persian :'(</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpdf1471.bookforfree.co.uk%2Fchristian-bobin-books-louise-amour-paperback-PDF-14723395.pdf&ei=3P3-Us-HCcGjtAa53oG4Cw&usg=AFQjCNFlkWZLNDrMiRamS406yW9aDnCm9Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms" target="_blank">Enjoy</a> :)</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887866,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887866,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="284" class="align-right"/></a></p></div>The Baron of Grogswighttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/the-baron-of-grogswig2014-02-12T16:40:16.000Z2014-02-12T16:40:16.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p><b>Charles John Huffam Dickens</b> (<span class="nowrap"><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/tʃ/ 'ch' in 'china'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">tʃ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ɑr/ 'ar' in 'bard'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ɑr</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'z' in 'zebra'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">z</span></a></span> <span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'d' in 'dye'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">d</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ɪ/ short 'i' in 'bid'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ɪ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'k' in 'kind'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">k</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ɪ/ short 'i' in 'bid'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ɪ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">n</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'z' in 'zebra'" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">z</span></a></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelist" title="Novelist">novelist</a> of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_period" title="Victorian period" class="mw-redirect">Victorian period</a>.</p><p>His short story 'The Baron of Grogswig'</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/baron.html">http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/baron.html</a></p><p>I haven't read this yet, lets explore it altogether dear readers!!!!!</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens#cite_note-1"></a></p><p><img alt="Charles Dickens" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Dickens_Gurney_head.jpg/220px-Dickens_Gurney_head.jpg" width="220" height="321"/>Charles Dickens</p><p></p></div>Three Questions by Tolstoyhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/three-questions-by-tolstoy2014-02-11T13:53:48.000Z2014-02-11T13:53:48.000Zangelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/angel715<div><p><b>Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)</b>, Russian author, essayist and philosopher wrote the epic novel <i>War and Peace</i> (1865-6Tolstoy was born on 28 August 1828 into a long line of Russian nobility.</p><p>Three Questions</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2736/">http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2736/</a></p></div>Monument of István Örkény and his feeling telephone booth outside Budapesthttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/monument-of-istv-n-rk-ny-and-his-feeling-telephone-booth-outside2014-02-10T06:52:51.000Z2014-02-10T06:52:51.000ZKacikahttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Kacika<div><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333399;"><strong>This is the monument from the outside.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333399;"><strong><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887713,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887713,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550"/></a></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #333399; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And from the inside.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333399; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887687,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887687,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550"/></a></span><span style="color: #333399; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And they are the people using the symbolic telephone booth.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333399; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887641,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887641,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550"/></a></span></strong></p><p></p></div>Please help me to find the book "The Obscene Bird of Night"https://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/please-help-me-to-find-the-book-the-obscene-bird-of-night2014-02-09T13:18:35.000Z2014-02-09T13:18:35.000ZA dreamhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Adream<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887724,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887724,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="182" class="align-full"/></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obscene_Bird_of_Night">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obscene_Bird_of_Night</a> ...dear members please help me to find this book :D Thank you :)</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887694,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887694,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="287" class="align-right"/></a></p></div>István Örkény: Ballad about the magic of poetryhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/istv-n-rk-ny-ballad-about-the-magic-of-poetry2014-02-09T09:35:54.000Z2014-02-09T09:35:54.000ZKacikahttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Kacika<div><p>I'd like to introduce one of my favourte Hungarian writers. Look at his short biography first, please and then you can read his writing.</p><p><b>István Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest - 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations.</b></p><p><b>Örkény was the son of a pharmacist. He became a pharmacist himself, hoping that he would inherit his father’s chemistry. But WW2 started and he was sent to the Russian Front. As a Jew, he wasn’t a soldier but a labour serviceman for the Hungarian army. He was captured and taken into Soviet captivity. He was able to survive the hardship as a captive-journalist. He returned home to Budapest in 1946. His life wasn’t easy at home either, because of the new socialist system. As his father had been “a rich man”, he was considered a bourgeois. Their farmacy was socialized. But from the 1960s he published a lot of novels, plays, shorts stories, and at last he became very successful and popular. He established a unic genre that is called “one minute short story”. They are very short but their contents are as rich as a full novel’s. Here you can see one of them.<br/></b></p><p><span style="color: #333399;"><b>István Örkény: Ballad about the magic of poetry<br/> <br/></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333399;"><b>The telephone booth stood on Grand Boulevard. Its door opened and closed at regular intervals as people conducted their daily affairs, tried to clear up their petty affairs, called the electric company, made dates for the night, asked friends for a quick loan, or tortured their loved ones with their jealousy. Once when an elderly lady hung up, she leaned against the phone and cried. But such occurrences were rare.<br/> Then on a sunny summer afternoon, a poet entered the booth. He picked up the phone and called his editor. “ I have the last four lines,” he announced.<br/> He next read the four lines of poetry from a soiled sheet of paper.<br/> “That’s depressing,” his editor said, “rewrite it. And make sure it’s cheerful this time.”<br/> The poet tried to reason with him, but in vain. He put the receiver back in its cradle and left the booth.<br/> For a while no one came, and the phone booth stood empty. But then a woman approached. She was appreciably past her prime. She had an exceptionally heave frame and ample breasts, and she was clothed in a light cotton dress with large floral print. She tried to open the phone booth door.<br/> The door opened only with difficulty. At first it wouldn’t even give. But when it did, it flew open with such vehemence, the woman was veritably propelled back onto the sidewalk. When she tried again, the door did something to her that could best be described as a kick. The woman reeled back and fell against a nearby mail box.<br/> The people waiting at the bus stop crowded around her. A man with a briefcase – someone, clearly, to be reckoned with – tried to open the door, but it slammed into him with such force, he fell flat on his back on the hard pavement.<br/> Meanwhile, quite a crowd had gathered around the booth, making comments on it, the post office, and the woman in the large floral print dress. Some people swore that the door was wired for high voltage, while others said the corpulent woman in the large floral print dress must have had an accomplice, and were trying to steal the coins from the booth, but were caught red handed.<br/> For a while the phone booth listened to their confused accusations in silence, then it turned around and began walking down Rákóczi Road at its leisure. When it reached the corner the light had just turned red, so it stopped and waited.<br/> The people watched it go, but nobody said anything. In this part of the world nothing causes a sensation unless it is natural. Meanwhile, the bus pulled up, the people disappeared into its belly, and the phone booth continued its leisurely stroll down Rákóczi Road.<br/> It was in the best of spirits. It engaged in some window shopping, then it stopped in front of a florist. Some people thought they’d seen it enter a book shop, but they may have mistaken it for someone else. Anyway, it stopped by a small pub on a side street for a shot of brandy, then walked along the Danube and crossed over to Margaret Island. On the Island it spotted another phone booth by the ruins of a convent. It went passed it, then turned around, and having made up its mind about something, crossed the road and discretely but unflinchingly began giving the other booth the eye. Later, as the sun was going down, it headed for the rose bushes, trampling some of the roses under foot.<br/> We have no way of knowing what may or may not have transpired by the ruins that night, because the public lighting on the Island is not up to par, to say the least. Be that as it may, the next morning early risers were surprised to see that the booth in front of the ruined convent was packed with crimson roses, and throughout the day, it kept giving the wrong number. The other phone booth had disappeared without a trace.<br/> At the break of dawn it left the Island and crossed over to Buda. It climbed to the top of Gellért Hill, then made its way, through hill and dale, to the peak of Hármashatár Hill. Then it descended the slope and headed for the highway, where after it was never seen in Budapest again.<br/> Outside the city limits, past the very last houses of Hűvösvölgy but on this side of Nagykovácsi, lies a meadow of wild flowers, just big enough for a small child to skip around it without running out of breath. Because of the tall trees, it is as well hidden from sight as a mountain lake. It is too small, even, for anyone to bother taking a scythe to it, and so by midsummer the grass, weeds and flowers have come up waist high. This is the spot where the phone booth camped down. People who pass by it on their Sunday outings are delighted to see it. It makes them feel like playing a practical joke on someone who is still fast asleep, or they remember to call home and ask that the keys they’d left behind be placed under the mat. They enter the booth, which stands awry, sunk into the soft ground, and as the long stemmed flowers of the field lean in after them, they take the receiver off the hook.<br/> The phone, however, will not give them a line. Instead, they hear four lines of a poem coming from the headpiece as softly as the strains of a muted violin. The phone does not return their deposited coins either. But no one has ever complained.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333399;"><b>1961</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333399;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333399;"><b> </b></span></p></div>A Dream by Franz Kafkahttps://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/readers-corner/forum/a-dream-by-franz-kafka2014-02-07T09:35:40.000Z2014-02-07T09:35:40.000ZPavelhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Pavel271<div><p><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887530,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"><img style="width: 282px;" class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887530,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="255" height="197"/></a></span>I'd like to propose you the short story written by Franz Kafka.</p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">A Dream</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Narrator describes a dream where Joseph K. is walking through a cemetery. There are tombstones around him, and the setting is the typical misty and dim atmosphere. Soon he sees someone carving out a name on a stone, and as he approaches he soon notices it is his own name.<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2352887530,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_self"></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">You may read it online <a rel="nofollow" href="http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Franz-kafka-a-dream-annotated#note-2624876" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></p></div>