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Glenwood Hot Springs Kelly Crusty As a Colorado native, I have been to the hot springs more times than I care to remember. Some good, some bad, some downright awful. A Place to Call Home Casey Manes in Zambia Along painted brick street fronts and sprawled against stretches of sidewalk, young boys make their beds, napping in what has become their pseudo-home. Their ragged clothes depict a small slice of the difficult life they lead. Off the Tracks in Prague Alyssa Connolly To expect to have few, if no, problems while backpacking through Europe with three friends is naïve, to be certain. Bachelor Weekends Rama Vama on the A3 It was one of those weekends when you wake up with memories of angry surf lashing the shingle and gulls clacking and careening beside the cliffs. Mishima Tony Alexander The last samurai's belly that kissed the tip of a sword was Mishima Yukio on 25.11.1970 in downtown Tokyo at 8:35am. De Rode Molen Diana Goss Waiting in front of the big red Windmill at the Piet Mondrian exhibition I failed to realise how much power that magical motherly shape still held over me. Eating Crabs in Kuching Fiona Lal ‘Malaysia truly Asia’, the sing song refrain kept bouncing around my brain as we lurched down the runway at Kuching. Scruffy palm trees bent graciously as we rather jerkily slowed down.

End of an Era James Campion Joe Torre Concludes The Most Successful Tenure In NY Sports Witches Brew Dean Borok The meaning of art is to enhance a miserable and brutish natural existence by the flowering of culture. James Campion Feedback Democracy in action - Oct 07 The End of Real Estate - a green alternative by Josef Graf Woven within the term "real estate" there lives a hint that the nature of the modern land transaction game has little authentic bearing in the real world Burma’s Long Neck Karen Hill Tribe chose exploitation rather than civil war - Antonio Graceffo The Burmese civil war, often viewed as a genocide, committed against Burma’s tribal minorities, has been raging off-and-on for a period of nearly fifty years. Burning Man Annie Lalla Burning Man… most have barely heard of it, many are intrigued, few are brave enough to go The Writing Escapade Marwan Asmar ‘Words and sentences take a life of their own, dancing in front of you, picking themselves up from the gray lines and pages and appealing to your senses and thoughts.

The Other Twin Ross Cavins It was 1968, a summer of love, and so it was with Martha and Odell. They had three girls, the youngest at sixteen months, and another child on the way. Back then, you didn't know what you were going to have until it popped out screaming at the world. Adventure in House Sharing Margaret O'Day I met her for lunch at a pub near St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and liked her immediately. She reminded me of most of the other women I had rented rooms to Fat Chance Ross Cavins I was once on a reality TV show where the contestant who lost the most weight won the prize money. I never saw so many fatties in one place making fools of themselves Interview with Nancy Bradley - Legendary Psychic to the Stars by Paul Dale Roberts Californias' Ghost Whisperer Mazen Kawar Interviewed by Marwan Asmar Jordan is a booming tourism destination. More and more international tourists are visiting the Kingdom than ever.

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Kids on the Block Marc Cunliffe Guy Block groaned in despair at another start to another week. He leant out from his slumber and hit the snooze button An Honourable Act Mark Cunliff's spook story Harry trudged bitterly up the marble steps of the imposing house and pressed the buzzer. It was gone eleven at night, he was tired and hungry A Matter of Great Importance Des Daly A pale wintering sun was rising over a sharp ridge-backed mountain range that trailed off far into the hazy distance as Tang Shi rattled and bumped his bicycle along a narrow potholed road.    Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind   Site search Web search The Passion of Nino De Jesus Dean Borok (extract) Niño de Jesus frequently had marveled at the fork lift truck on his way to work. One day, he snuck in for a closer look. Climbing up the ladder on the side and peering into the control booth, he noticed that they had left the key in the ignition. After all, one might reason, who would steal a monster? A Brother's Regrets Patrick Wilson "Right here!" David said.  It was a few minutes after midnight when they pulled into the gas station parking lot.  The station was closed for the night, but David's thoughts were still open. It isn’t Going to Rain Tessa Foley Seventies furniture. It's always an issue for me. I'm appalled by it. I never understood the idea of a room in brown slash beige oblique orange that might impress the neighbours Andrew on the Bus Julia Gordon Andrew was taking a test. He chewed his pen anxiously and looked over his shoulder. Requiem for a hat Ryan Sirmons The greatest mark of individuality in my father’s family was their baseball caps. Everyone had one: my aunt, my father, my grandfather, my uncles. Whenever the family was together, they always wore them, indoors, outdoors, and everywhere except church. Bob Dylan & his Band Jeffrey Beyl on Modern Times I was eleven years old when I first heard Bob Dylan. I was singing what is still to this day my all-time favorite song, Mr. Tambourine Man The Wild Party Tiffany Lee Crash landing right in the middle of an age obsession with chaos and scandal, soon to be dramatic legend Rosie Kay has hurled at us a play that cannot be silenced.

Secrets From The Dust Warren Hamilton The pang pang gooks all laughed as their several tiny fingers raced over the bushes, plucking at the wild riberries, which were fat with juice. The girl that they sometimes called Snake-woman-child, darted in and out of the scrub with an athletic ease, Lost in the Clouds Des Daly Alvaro Lorca was conceived in the silence of the Osier woods that run along the undulating valleys of the Sierra Albarracin. His father boasted that he was sure to follow his footsteps and become a master Osier cutter. Sips Piper Davenport I didn't know at the time that I met her, that she would change my life forever. When I first met her, all I could think to myself, was Huh? Where did this person come from? Little Brother Wayne Shannon I used to think he’d always be there. His voice rumbling like a Harley-Davidson engine idling, his red head and freckled white face beaming Diamonds - The Rush of '72 Sam North's first chapter... Suddenly anxious, he patted the coat pocket closest to his heart and was reassured to find a large hard lump still situated there. They’d not been robbed...yet. Appleby Fair Frances Lewis I heard tell the Appleby Fair of 1947 was likely to be the best of our lifetime; this cos the farmers are dooming the horse trade, those tarmacadamed roads are threading across our green fields, more and more motors are rolling up – this we all know, this will change everything. Cyber Cynic Tom Nation A full moon adorned the night sky above the city. Her gaze penetrated the steel and concrete lattice of streets below and illuminated the body of a male who identified himself only as "Archos" Dunkin Dreams J Brooke Dead Drunk in Dublin, set 'em up Joe, a drink, the pause that refreshes, you know, something, anything to keep my hands from shaking Trial by remorse Carolyn Hughes ‘Until the boy or girl who did this owns up,’ said Mrs Hill, ‘the whole class will stay in and miss playtime School Dinners Emma Callan I feel like a pigeon, tottering tentatively into the dining room. Nothing prepares you for this. Five get me into Trouble Claire Holland Four days after my ninth birthday, my parents moved house and so did I. And my little world fell apart. Nina’s Near Miss Diana Bretherick Nina sat back on her heels and surveyed her handiwork. In all of her eight years she did not think that she had seen a finer example of a sandcastle. Pictures Andrea Ledbury It started with a tiny spark and within minutes proliferated into gigantic, roaring flames Frit Linda Regan ‘Don’t Put Your Daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington!’ Isn’t a phrase that resounded around our house, in the year when I reached five.

Jupiter Williams S.I. Martin. Jack Clarkson review This is what A Handmaiden's tale would have been if the main character had been played by Samuel L Jackson! Seriously, if you mess with this guy, he will end you… Stone Heart By Charlie Fletcher. Alana Hebenton review Twelve year old outsider George is on what he thinks is just another boring school trip to the Natural History Museum, when his world gets flipped upside down and his life is transformed forever Behind You! by Linda Regan Daniel Alves review Life long feuds, unsolved hatreds, and more than enough lies to twist the plot into a maze. This detective novel boasts all the themes that darken in the eye of betrayal, sex and murder In Rainbows - Radiohead Aby Davis I bought Radioheads new album online. It set me back one pound On The Road @ 50 Jack Kerouac's Peripatetic Ode James Campion review Jean-Louis Le bris de Kerouac wrote the above in a 1949 journal two years removed from his first of three free-wheeling cross-country road trips Faculty of Color: Teaching in Predominantly White Colleges & Universities Dr Mawan Asmar review Reem Al Haj Ali moved from being a dental student at the University of Jordan into an award winning professor at the School of Dentistry at the University of Missouri, Kansas in the United States. Turning The Wheel by Charles Johnson Dan Schneider review Charles Johnson is a fictionist best known for his award winning novels like Oxherding Tale, Middle Passage, and Dreamer. He is one of the rare published writers and intellectuals willing to publicly state his displeasure with the current low state of American writing. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Matt Alison review On my recent rereading of The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald I felt that I truly grasped and appreciated the importance of this classic. The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) DVD Directed by F. von Donnersmarck Josef review There are different ways how film-makers from formal satellite states of the Soviet Union deal with their communist past. The Underwood See by Michael Lawrence - Orchard Books Emma McGill review Naia and Alaric use the willow tree in the north garden at Withern Rise to transport themselves to different realities. ... This is a brilliantly written book, Dirty Angels by Andrew Glovers Aby Davis review On page one of Andrew Glovers debut novel his teenage protagonist announces he's got problems. He's short, clever and has weird dreams. So far, so average, until Colin tells the reader he is psychic and can talk to pigeons. Ratatouille Nicloe Folger This has to be the best Disney/Pixar film I have seen in an awfully long time. This is the one that will be joining the classics, Fashionistas by Sarra Manning Tabz Parkes review Definition: Someone who eats, sleeps, breathes and lives for fashion. The Invasion (2007) Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel with Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig Stephanie Vile Review I was really excited to go and see this film because I like horror films.

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