from the back cover: Everyday life in Baltimore, USA, is full of problems - getting the washing done, buying groceries and dog food, avoiding the neighbors . . . After the death of his son and the departure of his wife, Macon's attempts to run his own life become increasingly desperate - and more and more odd. Meanwhile, he has to get on with his work, writing tourist guides for business peopl…
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Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolen…
Written for the AQA GCSE Religious Studies B specification, this student book covers all six major religions.
Anne Moody’s autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, follows Anne throughout the stages in her life from childhood, to high school, then to college, and ends with her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the novel, the reader has the pleasure of seeing Anne tell us her story through events, conversations, and internal, emotional struggles. In comparison to others that f…